Glover Bicycle Construction & Repair

Ray is an excellent bike repair person and very reasonable. He fixed something on my bike that most other bike places didn’t want to bother with or were going to charge a lot for.

To call this a «bike shop» is a gross understatement. Ray Glover has been working on high end bicycles and making custom frames since at least 1972. Ray built a frame for me in 1974 to which I added Campagnola components and a Brooks leather saddle (which Ray had pre-​softened a couple years earlier for another bike).
With Ray you get someone with an unequaled (in the USA) knowledge of frame geometry and you do not need to settle for a generic mass market bicycle but can get one the is perfect for your body and for how you will use it.
The frame Ray built for me included custom connections to get the exact angles needed and the end result was a touring frame that was unique at its time but very similar to bikes which started to appear 10 years later that were designed for use by triathletes.
Few shops in the world have the ability to produce a truly custom bike and it is worth the effort to travel to Arcata and get a bicycle built that you will enjoy for the rest of your life. Can’t say that about too many things.