Weir’s Cyclery

I’m glad I read the Unilocal reviews first — I was expecting horrible service but good prices. We went there to buy a bike lock — the guy was really quite helpful explaining the different locks they carried but when it came time to buying it and I whipped out my 30% off Unilocal discount, he was none too pleased. I don’t blame him — it’s a steep discount but I only used what he worked out with Unilocal.It’s an amazing deal and I don’t know if it’s going to last. But I’m a UP student with a bike and I’m sure I’m going to be going there a lot in the upcoming years so I don’t feel too bad. Small but good selection of bikes — I would encourage you to support this local business and consider the grumpy old man part of the charm of this place.

Dan at Weir’s gave my old bike an overhaul and it’s riding, stopping and shifting better than I remember it ever doing in the past. Not just mechanical either but adjusted the seat, handle bars, and all the rest. Im looking forward to my next ride.

Whooooooaaaaa.
Uh, so… I’ve been coming to this shop since I was a kid. The bike I’m still rocking, actually, is from this shop, and my dad bought it for me probably like 15 years ago. So I’m very familiar with this place, although I haven’t been in since the original owner sold the shop.
The attitude I encountered yesterday at the shop though, was so uncalled for! I’m sure he was having a bad day (or maybe he’s just like that all the time), but bike shops in PDX are like bars in PDX – can you really afford to compromise your customer service when the business is so saturated in this town?
The day before, I think a guy named Dan helped me price out some new tires. Super nice. No time to put them on though, so I promised I’d be back the following day.
I walk in yesterday, without a word. Dude barks «BE WITH YA IN A MINUTE.»
Ok.
I check in on Unilocal app, and a 30% coupon pops up. SWEET. Bring my tires and tubes up to the counter.
I ask cheerfully if he’s got time to throw the tires on for me. He replies shortly «Uh, not really.»
Me: «ok.»
Him: «I mean, I CAN DO IT FOR YOU, but I’m saying I don’t have the time to.»
WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?! Either you can or you can’t!
«Well if you don’t have the time, you don’t have the time.»
«I’M SAYING I CAN DO IT FOR YOU I JUST DON’T REALLY HAVE THE TIME.»
So I decide to not waste his precious time and just call a friend to do it for me. I flash the 30% off Unilocal coupon upon checking in. He stares at it for a solid 10 seconds. «I’ve never seen this before.»
What, do you think I hacked into the Unilocal website and fashioned a coupon just to throw a wrench in your day? I say «ok. no problem, I wasn’t counting on it anyways, that just popped up when I checked in.»
Dude: *sigh, keys it into the computer receipt, begrudgingly gives me Unilocal discount*
So, all in all – I think that the prices in this shop are reasonable, for sure. The tires I picked up are perfect for cruising around town and they’re only $ 25 a piece. But I didn’t need the attitude of a grumpy curmudgeon-​y uncle with my purchase. There was even a framed copy of a Unilocal Customer Service award, mocking me from the pillar next to the register.
Might go back, might not, depends on what I’m in the market for. I hope nice younger dude is there if I do go back.

I advise the reader to avoid any review of Weir’s that predates 2012. Since Don bought the shop and moved it to Lombard, I’ve been disappointed by the service I receive there.
Don and his employees there are reliably non-​enthusiastic about helping me and aren’t interested in finding the best solution for my problems. Bike sales and routine maintenance is no problem. Anything else is an inconvenience they don’t want to put up with.

Mean people. Confrontational and they only care about your money, not about whether you are satisfied or not. We will never set foot in there again.

These guys are helpful and honest and do good work for a fair price. You won’t find the egos and condescension typical of many bike shops here. I’ve been in for simple tune-​ups or just to ask questions — which they won’t hesitate to answer. They even gave me free grease for my bone dry bearings. Most recently they repaired my wrecked bike and now its riding better than ever.

Great service. They don’t treat you like a jerk if you aren’t wearing a dumb racing outfit and they don’t hold your hand either. I like it. Honest hard working people. Ive been taking my bikes there for 5 years for a reason. F bike n hike.

How can u still criticize your customers opinion towards u instead of accommodating it customers it seems it too busy making up excuses. Good luck staying in business with that strategy.

Finally checked out the neighborhood bike place and it is awesome!
I took my old bike in for a tune up and they worked their magic in just a few hours. I called and asked about 20 questions before I brought it in and each time Patrick was nice enough to answer them all, no ‘tude and with a sense of humor. Score!
I kind of called around to a few other places to ask about their tune ups and some of the repair guys were weird about my questions. One guy at a different store even managed to give me one word answers to said questions. Maybe that guy was having a bad day. But that made me appreciate this place even more.
Love the new location and their customer service! There is no pressure to buy stuff, which sure is nice. I will most definitely be back!

Meh, I’ve experienced better. Not the worst place to go but I have experienced much better. The price changed depending on who I talked to. It seemed like everyone was slightly distracted. Inventory is poor with out much to look at. If you want your bike fixed they can do it. You might pay a bit more to get it done in labor but they won’t try to up sell you on things you don’t need which is a plus. This place is not for me but I can see some value in it.

This is more of a business practice issue for us. We drove from NE Portland to St Johns to buy local, only to find the shop had moved to N Portland. Time to update your web site, folks. So we backtracked to the new address, and found the shop closed with a «back at…» sign on the front door. This is on a Saturday afternoon.
So, bottom line, we were unimpressed and shopped elsewhere.

Im down! This place is cool. Ill be back for more. I love little small home feel stores like this one.

I’ve been coming to Weir’s again and again since I was a little kid and their shop was down by Columbia Park by Merck Realty (for a short time in the early 70s we even lived directly across the street, on N. Lombard). They nursed my bikes back to health through their many woes during my paper boy years. One summer in HS I took some classes to get ahead in my curriculum, and rode my bike from deep in No Po over to Benson all through that summer— such was both my love of biking, equaled by my fear and loathing of my only other alternative at the time — the #4 bus. Those of you who remember the Columbia Villa in the years before they razed it to the ground, when the Crips and Bloods came to town, probably don’t need to be reminded those were some scary times!!!
During my sci-​fi nerdy phase (does that seem to imply that the phase is over, ‘cos it definitely isn’t), Weir’s was also instrumental in providing all the cool tech gadgetry I was seeking. If they didn’t have the spaceship model I was looking for, they could almost always get it for me.
Weir’s has always been a little spendy… but very much worth it. Thanks for helping me get all that great exercise and fresh air and possibly dodge a few bullets along the way Weir’s!

Thank you Weirs. I am a NoPo local for 8 years and have come through for random parts and such every now and then (for my cross and mtn bike). I try to do my own maintenance, but I couldn’t find time this spring for my cross bike that I let fall into disrepair. The techs at Weirs were super friendly and helpful, they got my bike in/​out super quick and were very honest. They had the opportunity to charge me for unnecessary maintenance/​parts if they wanted to, but they did not.
Ive been to other recommended (some more hipster/​fixie, some more sporty) bike shops around town, but so far this is BY FAR the most straightforward, helpful, welcoming, and friendly shop ive been to. An added bonus that it is only a few miles from my place.

I have held onto my dad’s bike for years as a sort of sentimental thing and an awesome gift to give the dude in my life who was worthy of such a gift. The bike is an old touring road bike an early 80’s centurion with a lot of history. After a few years of use from Jeff V. and a move up to Portland, this bike was in desperate need for a tune-​up and fenders.
There are so many bike shops in Portland it felt a little overwhelming trying to pick one. Riding pass Weir’s one day we decided to check it out and we were impressed with how helpful the staff was, after all was said and done we knew we made the right choice. Jeff V. was satisfied with their work and the prices. The guys were just really stand-​up and our Frenchie Frankie really liked them too.

Took my bike in for a tune-​up and fenders. These guys got it working like brand new. I was really thinking about making an investment for a new bike. Now this thing will last me another 5 years.
I’m not a bike geek and I definitely do not know much about bikes and these guys weren’t pretentious and did not talk down to you for not knowing about certain things. They are very helpful and instead of buying a groupon for a bike tune-​up for a cheaper price go here and maybe buy their Unilocal 50 for 75 deal and they will have the time to take care of your bike instead of another shop that will be backed up because they did a groupon. (this is not directed towards any specific shop)

Damsel in Distress… Weir’s Cyclery Epic Fail
I got a flat about a ¼ mi. from your shop (halfway through a 9 mi. ride), so I walked in to see about getting it fixed and getting back on the road. You quoted me almost 13 dollars to fix a flat. I only had 8 dollars on me, and as soon as I said that you proceeded to go back to whatever it was you were doing… as I no longer existed. I waited outside your shop for a ride for at least 20 min. Next time I will go down the street another block and see if I can get some help there.

This is an update to move them up the ladder of stars. The staff has changed a bit and in the positive direction.
Great Service!
No more pressure on sales!
Friendly and no attitude!

First off, I am a moped mechanic. As in Motor/​Pedal. I get negative attitude from about ¹⁄₁₀^th of the bicycle community. That’s the absolute environmental elitist that sees me coming and gets his two middle fingers ready and blazing for me to see as I happily motor by. The rest either smile when I ride by, or just don’t care or notice. Awesome.
I love to get on Unilocal and leave local businesses good reviews, and this is the first negative one i’ve put together… but my experience was bad.
Yesterday I needed to remove bicycle specific part that required a specialty tool which I didn’t have. I went over to the recyclery. They were amazingly helpful, and one of the guys left with my business card at the end. The mechanic called his friends at other local shops and recommended one for me to go to. Unfortunately they did not have the right tool and couldn’t make it work with what they had…
So I walked down the street to Weirs. It’s a local St. Johns business. It can’t be bad, right?
Me: Hi, I need some help with this wheel. It’s off an old moped.
Weirs guy: A moped huh? Well you’re probably in the wrong place.
Me: OK. Well if it’s not too much trouble, it’s a bicycle freewheel on a wheel that is common on 70’s trikes.
Weirs guy: Yeah, we don’t have that. *smirks at me until I leave*
So I left. I guess I’m not welcome in their shop, because the mopeds I ride and work on burn gas or something.

Being new to the bicycle realm of the world, I shall approach this review that way.
I’m a noob, and my cheap ass bike had some broke ass plastic pedals. I popped into the store expecting to walk away empty handed as the bikes on the sidewalk were all 600 bucks or so. I know you get what you pay for, I really do.
The helpful clerk walked out and just saw my bike, went to the wall and handed me some nice looking pedals. I could only imagine how much these are going to cost. Remember, if you have to ask, it’s too much.
9.95?@??? That’s half price of what I was quoted from somewhere else!
The bikes in the shop seemed to be on the much nicer end of the spectrum and I can’t tell you how the prices are in comparison with other shops. What I can tell you is this shop matters because the people make it fucking matter. That means a lot.