Ride Bicycles in 2014, shortly after moving to the 64th and Roosevelt location. Seattle has lost another bike shop. Ride Bicycles is closing its Seattle location after 14 years, consolidating into its Issaquah location while also shifting to an online retail focus.
“The lease was up, so I had to make a decision,” said owner Christiaan Bourdrez. “I was going back and forth and back and forth all summer long, and I finally decided if I’m going back and forth this much, then I probably shouldn’t do it.” With insurance costs rising 40% year-over-year, increasing inflation and falling retail margins due to bike industry oversupply, Bourdrez decided against committing to a new lease. “I’m not comfortable being that stressed out anymore,” he said, and he didn’t want to take the risk amid uncertainty for the bike industry. “The economic wind is not really blowing in our direction.”
The Roosevelt shop will be open regular hours through Sunday (December 22), and most remaining items are 50% off. There are only a few bikes left, but they do have a good number of parts and accessories. “Any home mechanics should probably come out and grab some parts,” said Bourdrez.
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Ride Bicycles is just the latest in a series of major bike shop closures in recent years. Long-running general purpose shops like Velo Bike Shop and Counterbalance Bicycles closed in 2023, and then Back Alley Bike Repair and the electric cargo bike specialty shop G&O Family Cyclery closed in early 2024. Many of […]
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