With cycling enthusiasts looking to bike shops for personalization and a sense of community, The Active Times has unveiled its list of the 50 Best Bike Shops in America. The Active Time’s list is designed to celebrate local bike shops that offer the expertise, quality, and personal touch that big box stores can’t provide.
When building the list, bike shops were nominated by experts in the field and then turned over to The Active Times readers to choose the honorees. With participation from 2,525 voters, and more than 1,000 cycling enthusiasts commenting in support of their local shops, 50 shops were chosen for the list.
Georgia placed 4 shops on the list, with Roswell Bicycles coming in at #2.
Of the 26 states who placed on the list, Colorado reigned king with 5, followed by Georgia with 4, and Vermont with 3. Minnesota, Massachusetts, and New York also had multiple bike shops featured.
You can read the list here:
Final Ranking
| Rank | Bike Shop | Place |
| 1 | Fit Werx | Waitsfield, Vermont |
| 2 | Roswell Bicycles | Roswell, Georgia |
| 3 | First Flight Bicycles | Statesville, North Carolina |
| 4 | CamRock Café & Sport | Cambridge, Wisconsin |
| 5 | The Pedal House | Laramie, Wyoming |
| 6 | Island Triathlon & Bike | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| 7 | Bike & Bean | Sedona, Arizona |
| 8 | The Hub & Pisgah Tavern | Brevard, North Carolina |
| 9 | Fair Wheel Bikes | Tucson, Arizona |
| 10 | Freeze Thaw Cycles | State College, Pennsylvania |
| 11 | Angry Catfish | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 12 (Tie) | Motion Makers Bicycle Shop | Asheville, North Carolina |
| 12 (Tie) | Bicycle Michael’s | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 14 | Las Vegas Cyclery | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 15 | Free-Flite Bicycles | Marietta, Georgia |
| 16 | Over the Edge Sports | Fruita, Colorado |
| 17 | Big Poppi Bicycle Company | Manhattan, Kansas |
| 18 | Belmont Wheelworks | Belmont, Massachusetts |
| 19 | Absolute Bikes | Salida, Colorado |
| 20 | Blue Ridge Cyclery | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 21 | Paradise Garage | Columbus, Ohio |
| 22 | Bikes and Life | John’s Creek, Georgia |
| 23 | Mellow Johnny’s | Austin, Texas |
| 24 | Bicycle Pedaler | Wichita, Kansas |
| 25 | Poison Spider Bicycles | Moab, Utah |
| 26 | Mc Cully Bicycle | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| 27 | Velo Cult | Portland, Oregon |
| 28 (tie) | Bicycle Habitat | New York, New York |
| 28 (tie) | Old Spokes Home | Burlington, Vermont |
| 30 | Monkey Wrench Cycles | Lincoln, Nebraska |
| 31 | One on One Bicycle Studio | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 32 | Wheat Ridge Cyclery | Wheat Ridge, Colorado |
| 33 | River City Bicycles | Portland, Oregon |
| 34 | East Burke Sports | East Burke, Vermont |
| 35 | Beacon Cycling | Northfield, New Jersey |
| 36 | NYC Velo | New York, New York |
| 37 | Solon Bicycle | Solon, Ohio |
| 38 (Tie) | Lee’s Cyclery | Fort Collins, Colorado |
| 38 (Tie) | Vecchio’s Bicicletteria | Boulder, Colorado |
| 40 | The Hub Bike Co-op | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 41 | R&A Cycles | Brooklyn, New York |
| 42 | Ride Studio Café | Lexington, Massachusetts |
| 43 | Shenandoah Bicycle Company | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| 44 | Sunnyside | Fresno, California |
| 45 | Alpha Bikes | Alpharetta, Georgia |
| 46 | Speedway Cycles | Anchorage, Alaska |
| 47 | Wheel and Sprocket | Hales Corner, Wisconsin |
| 48 | Goodale’s Bike Shop Inc. | Concord, New Hampshire |
| 49 | Hub Bicycle Company | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| 50 | Parvilla Cycle & Multisport | Edgewater, Maryland |
