bike shops

It's hard to keep track of all the new bike shops over the last year or two. Can the Toronto market sustain them all? Is it a sign of a booming bike market? Last year saw:

Some Canadian bike shops and distributors are angry, claiming Mountain Equipment Co-op is using its unfair competitive advantage to push its own bike line. Read on.

Its foray this month into bike selling has been criticized by rival specialty retailers for everything from unfair competition because of its tax-exempt status, to a Wal-Mart-style money grab, to unethical sourcing.

From blogTO's bike store survey of their readers we get the top 15 bike stores in Toronto:

It may come as no surprise that bike shops are located where people bike.

This last January Cycle Therapy finally closed its doors, after months of speculation. Cycle Therapy was just one more east Toronto bike shop that couldn't. And now Velotique is also up for sale, though it appears to be for personal reasons not a bad market.