Gear

This is a fantastic bike shop, especially considering the limited space they have to work with. They have everything you need to bring out your inner Lance Armstrong, in his prime or his more sedately paced future. Not only do they have accessories, clothes and magazines on the subject, they have a great range of bikes. Since the store is so small only a few of them are kept on premises, but they are available to order and usually only take a couple of days to arrive.

I’m not a fixed gear enthusiast myself (I rather prefer my bicycles to have brakes!!) but this is one trendy little shop. My boyfriend is into cycling, although doesn’t ride a fixed gear, and loves Gear for its cycling accessories. Whilst the trend amongst hard-​core regular cyclists is lycra all the way, «fixies» as they call them, have a trend of their own, much more street cool.
With their swirly bicycle logo, Gear does a great t-​shirt for $ 29.95. My boyfriend has a black one with white logo and it’s lasted him ages. I recently bought him some socks from there, which cost a whopping $ 20 (apparently there’s something special about cycling socks) and he loves them. Made from a slightly lycra-​ish fabric that’s supposed breath well, they’re also supposed to be ultra-​durable. The ones from Gear also come with their little logo on it.
This tiny little store is packed with things – clothing, helmets, frames, pedals, seats – literally, the walls are covered with stuff. So if you’re a bike enthusiast of any kind, you’re bound to find something of interest in there.

At time’s intimidatingly hipster,
you thankfully don’t need to be a fixie aficionado to appreciate the beautiful bikes here at Gear.
Gear has some of the most badass two-​wheelers I’ve seen,
and from seriously cool designers like Corratec, Cinneli and leader (to name a few.)
They also stock a highly covetable range of clothing, head ware,
shoes, books, sunglasses, watches, bags and bike parts.
The staff are pretty helpful but prepare to part with some greens as frames alone can go for up to $ 1000.
For seriously good Gear,
I highly recommend checking this place out.