Davis Square now has a bicycle shop: "Bike Boom"

[ron_newman]

Bike Boom is a newly opened used bicycle shop in a space I never thought a business could occupy: 420 Highland Avenue, off the tiny little alley between Sessa's Italian Foods and Snappy Sushi.

You have to walk down the alley past the dumpster and turn left to find the business. I hope they can do something to improve their visibility.

They sell used bikes and accessories, and they're also a repair shop.

ETA: Somerville Patch has an article about the store.

Comments

[teko.livejournal.com]

I stopped in recently. It's a tiny little shop, about the size of a bedroom. Most of their bikes were refurbished 70s and 80s vintage road bikes and the like, lots of fixies -- bikes made for high-utility, low-theft. Prices in the $300-$500 range.

[ron_newman]

What does it mean for a bike to be 'made for low-theft' ?

[teko.livejournal.com]

Most of the bikes I saw there didn't have much attention paid to the frames, and many had worn paint and wear. One of the guys said something like "Some of 'em aren't too pretty, but they ride in new condition and won't get stolen."

[secretlyironic.livejournal.com]

So, ugly, in other words.

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

It's not the smallest bike shop I've seen. That award goes to the former Harvard Square Bicycles, which consisted of a display case in the Garage mall piled to the ceiling with bikes. When it was open, the owner had to unpile them and line them up in the common hallway.

[ron_newman]

This one I don't remember. How long ago was it?

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

Maybe 7 or 8 years ago.

Their website is still up: http://www.google.com/search?q=site:angelfire.com+%22harvard+square+bicycles%22

[ron_newman]

Wow - Angelfire. Haven't thought about them in years, surprised any business was still using them even in 2001. Their page says they were moving "to a location more convenient to Harvard students"; did they perhaps become Quad Bikes?

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

No, Quad Bikes was started from scratch.