Bike repair shop: Freewheel Bike Shop

May 11, 2012 at 7:11PM
The service department at Freewheel Bike Shop.
The service department at Freewheel Bike Shop. (Margaret Andrews — Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Twin Cities' intense, immense bicycle culture has spawned different tribes fiercely loyal to various repair shops, but we've got to go with Freewheel for three reasons: First, the staff gets consistently high marks for catering to both serious connoisseurs and casual pedalers. Second, you can have the staff do your repairs, or rent tools and do it yourself. And with the opening of its Eden Prairie store a year ago, Freewheel has three locations including Minneapolis.

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