The most impressive bike cooperative I've come across is Bikas in Tucson, http://bicas.org/
And I second the drive down Bisbee for the Bicycle Brothel. It's a great old mining town anyways, full of character. Perry On Jan 24, 1:58 pm, Bill Gibson <bill.bgib...@gmail.com> wrote: > In 10 years of living in the Phoenix zone of the Arizona Urban Desert, I've > found no destination bike shop; they are all strip mall shops selling mass > market bikes sold everywhere, even though several are well stocked and > competent and helpful. Just nothing special, except the Bisbee Bicycle > Brothel in Bisbee, which is not exactly a full service retail shop but is > definitely a destination! Nothing like several shops I recall in > Seattle...and not so close to Phoenix. > > > > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 1:50 PM, cm <chrispmur...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Off the top of my head, the top shops in Tucson: > > > 1. Ordinary Bike Shop > > 2. Arizona Bicycle Experts > > 3. Fair Wheel > > > To be honest, I am not sure that any of them are MUST visit shops. > > They are great shops but I just am not sure they are destinations The > > only must visit shop to me is BICAS. Also, Andy Gilmour, who has been > > building bikes for 30+ years, is here and has a cool back room full of > > new frames along with his full shop. The Bicycle Brothel in Bisbee is > > amazing and might be worth the 2 hour drive alone, never mind the > > beautiful scenery and funky-artsy-mining town included at no extra > > charge. Call ahead to be sure you it will be open-- more than once I > > have longingly pressed my face up to the glass to look inside. > > > There are some great shops here that focus more on the racing set and > > have some incredible bikes (Miles Ahead, Sabino, Arizona cyclist, > > etc)-- but incredible in an OT-carbon fiber kinda way. > > > To me, Tucson is about riding. It is pretty incredible here and there > > are some amazing rides-- not sure you have the bike with you. If you > > are looking to rent there are shops that rent decent bikes (FairWheel > > and others). > > > Cheers! > > cm > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Bill Gibson > Tempe, Arizona, USA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
