Mani’s Bicycle Shop

I walked in last week looking for a bike. There was no one in the store except for one guy behind the counter reading a magazine. No hi, no hello, no welcome, no nothing. I started looking at a few bikes. Still no nothing. Finally, I walked out. If you can’t even greet a customer when he walks in the door, don’t be surprised when a customer walks out the door. With several good bike shops in the area, why waste my time with a bad one?
This is also one of the very few bike shops that charges for air. Come on.

My experience was the same as Daneliz below. Went in to buy a bicycle. Helper took it off the rack. Then I was a ignored for a long time and finally walked out. The owner should pay attention to these reviews about lack of attentiveness to new customers. (I have bought parts there in the past; service slow but got what I wanted.)

Mani has always done a great job on my bike. I go there for tune ups, flats, whatever. I work/​commute to Washington Heights and would much rather go to Mani’s than Victor’s on Broadway because I’ve had bad experiences with Victor’s doing a crap job.
Also– to Deborah, I doubt there were «5 workers» the shop is tiny and usually it’s Mani, his son (maybe) and his wife working the desk on the rare occasion. Just because they’re all Dominican doesn’t mean they work there.

friendly and efficient neighborhood bike shop

I wish I could give them NO Stars!
Walked in today looking to buy a bike, with literally 5 workers standing there talking no one stopped gossiping to ask if we needed assistance with anything!
Last time you find me in this bike shop!

I really like Mani. I have used his shop over the years. Unfortunately he has made mistakes on my bike that have nearly killed me. Once he failed to tighten one bolt on the rear wheel on my fixie. The other time he did not tighten on the crank bolt. I found both these problems while riding both could have easily been fatal.
I have started going to Tread bike shop.
If you need supplies stop by and he will have what you want. You need wrenching, go somewhere else.

This is the only store between 175^th street and Dyckman in Manhattan. I used to think it was important to support the local businesses. But after a couple of bad experiences, I advise avoiding this place, even for Air ($.50). Good selection of accessories but as for bikes, Target would be a better deal, as the customary maintenance is suspect. Encourages payment in cash to avoid sale tax as well as avoid recourse if the consumer is unhappy. The first time I left my bike for annual maintenance/​tune –up overnight. In the Afternoon when I returned, he had not done anything with the bike as promised. He told me come back in 20 minutes, and merely adjusted the gear shift, –no cleaning, no lube etc. A waste of $ 40!
More recently, popped 2 spokes of the rear tire, reluctantly walked to his shop and he replaced them for $ 12. Somehow he had misplaced the Quick release Axle that came with my Giant/​Cypress, and replaced it with whatever was lying around. I only got 3 blocks away when another spoke popped, the rim now severely warped. He had not bothered to readjust the other spokes. Went to Tread on Dyckman and had to replace the rim for $ 60. no charge for Air, same parts are cheaper, take credit cards, all the things a good store should do! Huge inventory of Bikes and accessories.