Are no more? A guy came in with problems with his new bike today after taking it back there only to find the doors well and truly closed…. I never went in there, but they are (were?) one of the few shops that I never heard anyone bitch about so shame if they've gone?
treezz
wow you are a ass
website has no mention of it, but has been updated recently
you sure?
edit: on the other hand, face book posts mention windows papered up and bankruptcy :(
"Nobody really gives a shit that you don't like the thing that you have no firsthand experience with." Dave
True story, it is done.. Shame.
Jon-boy.
been closed for at least a week or two
been closed for at least a week or two
(One of?) the only other shop in van that did mtb in any serious way. You guys will likely see a bump in bidness, or have already?
"Nobody really gives a shit that you don't like the thing that you have no firsthand experience with." Dave
What happened to the NV store?
Pastor of Muppets
NV store is obsessionbikes.com
Has been for some years
We got a newsletter at work from Able Auctions about a bike store sell off. Dizzy was it. Bike shop biz is a tough racket, industry needs to change.
Bike shop biz is a tough racket, industry needs to change.
Agree here - and it keeps getting tougher with online retail. I can't imagine the fortitude it must take to sink your life into a bike shop.
We got a newsletter at work from Able Auctions about a bike store sell off. Dizzy was it. Bike shop biz is a tough racket, industry needs to change.
ah, yes:
http://www.ableauctions.ca/flyer/?EventID=2E8B995C-CB13-C4C7-57582869C5BAF98C
Yeah I was going there last night to pick up a few things and the windows were all covered up with paper. They were in trouble last year. Some help was provided but not enough apparently. Sad. I worked there in 84-85 when the shop first opened as The Bike Cellar. lots of history there.
Debate? Bikes are made for riding not pushing.
especially tough neighbourhood to stay afloat (west 4th). Lots of turnover, maybe due to high rents?
Sad to see them go.
Not certain if it was called Dizzy on the first go round or not. But the shop on 4th Ave off Broadway went under once before.
We had a wedding gift of a really nice Chariot Jogger, that we ended up loosing when the store went under.
Some shady shit was going down as the day after the store closed, some people where in clearing out partial inventory. Even with gift receipt in hand we were not allowed to claim our jogger that was sitting on the floor. Yet some other stakeholders were allowed to take some stock.
Needless to say I was pissed off. I am sure that more people will get burned again.
Good luck to anyone who may have had deposits in on items or gear in for service in getting what was owned to the back.
Edit: Didn't see Oldfart's post when I had originally posted. Yes it was the Bike Cellar at the time. Then only a short time after Dizzy popped up, I believe.
The 4th and Burrard/Cypress store opened in 1984 or 5 as the Bike Cellar. Funded partly by Black's Cycle in Comox which also has bastion Cycle in Nanaimo. ( Had to have BC initials as the name) Dizzy was I believe their corporate name. I know some history but this is not the place to blab about it.
Was the shop you are referring to Reckless? I think that has gone through a bunch of incarnations. It was Robson Cycles once at 3rd and Fir? 2nd and Fir?
Debate? Bikes are made for riding not pushing.
I had an "encounter" with Reckless when they went under in Victoria. Luckily the shop staff alerted me before the doors were locked and I got my bike out.
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