Where To Buy, Rent, or Tune Up a Bike in Pittsburgh

Gear up for a fun season ahead with these Pittsburgh shops, rentals, and repair services.

Makeshift Bikes

📍East Allegheny

Visit this small, scrappy shop on East Ohio Street for a used bike or tune up. The shop runs a membership program that includes discounts, free stand use, and more. Want to learn to work on your own bike? Organize a group lesson or request a private session. Call ahead at 412-586-5410 to schedule.

Biketek Pittsburgh

📍Squirrel Hill

Find new bikes, parts and accessories, car racks, clothing, and more at this shop on Forbes Avenue. Already have a ride? They also do bicycle repairs, from minor tune-ups to full rebuilds. Browse the impressive catalog on their site (including e-bikes!) before you stop in.

Bicycle Heaven Bike Shop & Museum

📍Chateau

Did you know that this North Side spot is the world’s largest bicycle museum and bike shop? It has a collection of 6,000 new and vintage bikes — including some once owned by famous riders like Pee-wee Herman. You can buy, rent, and repair bicycles here, but it’s also completely free to visit and explore!

Kraynick’s Bike Shop

📍Garfield

What started as a hobby for steelworker Steve Kraynick in the 1940s is now a staple Pittsburgh bike store and repair shop. Every year, volunteers with the shop’s “Bikes Before Christmas” program repair hundreds of donated bicycles for local families.

Free Ride Bicycle Collective

📍Point Breeze North

Do it yourself! This collective is a community space where you can learn basic bike repair through volunteering and get store credit in return. The Collective also sells fully-built bikes and everything you need to assemble or repair your own bike. Visit during shop hours to use the tools on hand, purchase parts and ask questions. Want to learn? Join a volunteer night Mondays and Wednesdays.

Golden Triangle Bike

📍Downtown

Take a guided tour of Pittsburgh, go on your own adventure, or book a group experience at this shop on First Avenue along the Monongahela River. Want something more long term? They also do used bike sales and repairs.

Kindred Cycles

📍Strip District

This full-service bike shop offers a range of services, from flat tire fixes to complete overhauls. They also service e-bikes, which are gaining popularity with daily commuters who traverse Pittsburgh’s hills.

Iron City Bikes

📍Lawrenceville

From wheels to chains, this Butler Street spot has everything you need for, as they put it, “two-wheeled freedom machine.” Need help finding parts for repairs? The staff is super helpful and can guide you to the right gear.

Bike the Burgh

📍Downtown

If you want to discover Pittsburgh’s trails or go on a long trip through the Great Allegheny Passage, Bike the Burgh offers rentals for all the gear you need. Or, you can take an urban tour with one of their expert guides for $49.

Fern Hollow Bicycles

📍Wilkinsburg

Want to ride a Fern Hollow Bicycle on the new Fern Hollow Bridge? Get a new or used bike, an electric ride, accessories, a tune-up, or a larger repair at this S. Trenton Avenue shop.

Unison Bike Lab

📍South Side

This full-service bike shop will give you a basic tune-up or full restoration, polish your old parts, or make you a custom bike with one of their vintage frames. They have clothing too!

Thick Bikes

📍South Side

Need a good look before you test ride? Thick Bikes has a full inventory of new and used bikes on their website. Stop in for a bike repair, special flat fix clinic event, or — if you’re brave — try to balance on one of their unicycles! Join them Friday evenings at the South Side River Trail below Hofbrauhaus from 7-9 p.m through July.

Woods Room Bike Shop

📍 Larimer

Leading this shop is the former manager at ramp designer at The Wheel Mill (RIP), who’s working to develop a new indoor bike facility to the Burgh. Shop bikes, frames, merch and more online or at the store’s brick-and-mortar. You can even own a piece of The Wheel Mill!