New bike shop for serious riders raises the game
What’s On visits a brand new bike shop in Dubai, perhaps the most professional place to buy a bicycle in Dubai. Find out about Be Bike Shop.
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There is a new shop in Al Quoz that smells amazing, but doesn’t sell candles or perfume. It’s a bike shop and, if you love the smell of new bicycles, then you and your nostrils are going to want to check it out.
Aimed at the serious bike rider, Be Bike Shop is next door to Tom & Serg café and sprawls across two floors.
The warehouse-style store has road bikes, mountain bikes and fixies. They carry Cube bikes from Germany, Commoncal rides from France as well as the Italian brand Willier. Prices for road bikes start at Dhs6,000 and Dhs3,000 for mountain bikes. There’s also a lounge where you can wait while the bike boffins in the workshop fix your wheels.
15a Street, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, daily 9am to 6pm. Tel: (02) 4455838. Taxi: Behind Ace Hardware. besport.ae
OTHER COOL BIKE SHOPS IN DUBAI
CHARI CYCLES
Bikes from this Dubai-based online store will not only get you from A to B, but they’ll make you look good while doing so. With a timeless yet casual look, Chari Cycles bikes are designed to fit in with everyday life – whether you’re suited up and riding to work, popping down to the corner store, or riding to the beach in flip-flops. These lovingly restored cycling specimens are ‘up-cycled’ in Dubai and are customised to suit your personal style with your choice of colours and add-ons.
charicycles.com
ADVENTURE HQ
Located in Times Square Centre, Adventure HQ is a one-stop-shop for anything to do with bikes – from road warriors to the fixie, (that’s a hipster bike without gears and often no brakes either). Adventure HQ also stocks a huge range of top quality cycling gear, spare parts and accessories. You can get a cool cruiser here, or a bike worthy of the Tour de France. Just ask the enthusiastic staff to guide you through the racks.
Adventure HQ, Times Square Mall, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, Sat to Wed 10am to 10pm, Thur and Fri 10am to midnight. Tel: (04) 3466824. Taxi: Times Square. adventurehq.ae
THE CYCLE HUB
The Cycle Hub is a bike store operated by bike lovers, and it shows. The sprawling showroom in Motor City is filled with the finest that Specialized has to offer as well as harder-to-find brands such as Pinarello. In addition to the bikes themselves, the store has Cycle Bistro – a café serving organic paleo-style cuisine making it a hub for health and fitness fanatics. You can also sign up to weekly cycle meets.
Shop B6, Dubai Motor City Grandstand, Dubai, Sun to Thur 10pm to 8pm, Fri and Sat 8am to 4pm. Tel: (050) 5528872. Taxi: Motor City. thecyclehub.com
WOLFI’S
These guys mean business and the bikes here are impressive and terrifying in equal measure. If you’re a cycling nut – the kind who only gets through the working week by thinking about how much closer you’ll be to buying that new bike – this is your joint. These guys specialise in racing bikes. We’re talking serious money for serious bikes catering to serious cyclists.
Sheikh Zayed Road, between Interchange 2 and 3, Dubai, Sat to Thur 9am to 7pm, Fri closed. Tel: (04) 3394453. Taxi: Audi Showroom, Sheikh Zayed Road. wbs.ae
GO SPORT
The multi-brand sports outlet became a major contender as one of Dubai’s best bike stores when it started selling Silverback bikes earlier this year. The German-South African hybrid builds lightweight mountain bikes starting from Dhs1,699.
The Dubai Mall, Downtown Dubai, Dubai, daily 10am to 10pm. Tel: (04) 3253595. Metro: Burj Khalifa/Dubai Mall. gosportme.com
RIDE BIKE SHOP
One of Dubai’s most established bike shops, Ride stocks an extensive range of bicycles including Giant, Cipollini, We The People BMX bikes, as well as Shimano mountain bikes. Within its depths you’ll also find a state-of-the-art workshop, with fast and friendly service.
Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, Sat to Thur 10am to 7.30pm, Fri 2pm to 7.30pm. Tel: (800) 7433. Taxi: Next to Organic Foods & Café. ridebikeshop.com
