Spoke and Hub

Excellent bike service can be found here. Brian and Dave are tops! Super friendly and very knowledgeable about bikes. Check out the sneakers, they are legit!

Updating because of Business Owner’s comment — of course my bike was immediately listed online as stolen on four different sites (15 minutes after it got stolen). Look how they try to make you believe they don’t know what’s going on. How cute. You’ve been warned.
BTW, that is not a haiku, Brian.

NOTE: mechanic is located in different location from actual store. If you’re having trouble finding the mechanic, go to store at 1042 Columbus Ave and they can point you in the right direction.
Great experience: knowledgeable, friendly, no-​nonsense mechanic at fair and reasonable prices.
I was visiting my little sister who lives in Berkeley. We decided to take our bikes on the BART to SF and ride them to the Golden Gate bridge. As we were taking the escalator out of the BART, both her tires popped. We looked around on Unilocal,found Spoke and Hub, and walked our bikes there. The store owner instructed us to walk around the block to a small outside stand. This no-​frills shop = low overhead = low price for customer.
The mechanic looked over her bike, pointed out structural issues (turns out her bike was Frankensteined from mismatched parts), and gave her a price estimate. Considering how much work he had to do and how much had to be replaced, we were thrilled that it was under $ 100. We were grateful for his straightforward and friendly expertise.
Thank you!

Best guys in the business! Honest prices and honest people! Could not recommend these guys enough they’ll get it done while you have a beer!

By far my favorite bike shop in the city. They are the cheapest place to rent bikes anywhere in San Francisco. Brian and Dave are both excellent mechanics and have worked on both of my bikes (great at truing wheels). I have ordered parts from them on several occasions with perfect success.
I have been next door having a beer on two occasions when they reopened the bike shop after closing to repair someone’s bike. I really like the atmosphere of the place and the fact that the owners go out of their way to help customers. No one is snooty in this place and I have always felt welcome — not really the case with other bike shops in San Francisco. If you want a great deal on a bike rental — a reliable repair — a welcoming atmosphere — or a solid used bike — give this place your business. You won’t regret it.

Helped fix up my bike in a matter of a few days! Brakes, chains, and gears all had issues that they helped me out with. Worked with Brian and Dave, thanks!

Can I give negative stars? Is there a setting for «let’s put this guy out of business?»
Super shady shop that was trying to sell my stolen bike. I recovered it with the help of the SFPD. Thanks officers! Stay away from this place unless you’re a fan of the criminal kind. Go support
instead!

Purchased a great condition second hand road bike and all the gear from the team at spoke and hub yesterday. Amazing service and great products, couldn’t have asked for more! A+++

Just had my bike tuned for $ 60 — the cheapest in SF, I think. Added a chain and brakes for an extra $ 20. Sports Basements is $ 95 starting. Service was great — little local place in North Beach. I think the reviews about the stolen bikes are really for one bad luck situation. I think this place is a gem really and look forward to using them in the future. Also, they rent bikes (Jamis!) for around $ 20 a day.

Dave has helped me fix several bikes when he was at Wheel Fun Rentals in Golden Gate Park. He always did a great job. I have a few bikes that are in need of repair and Spoke and Hub is the only place I would take those bikes to.
I can personally vouch that Dave, who is part owner of this bike shop, is an honest person who goes out of his way to help people.
I met Dave over 10 years ago and have seen him return things he’s found that weren’t his. In addition, in my lifetime I have seen only three people bend over and pick up trash on the ground, that was someone else’s, and throw it away in a trash bin because they cared about the environment. One was my father. One was my friend Gina who rescues abaondoned cats. The last one was Dave.
I know that that may not have anything to do with fixing a bike, but I have trust issues when it comes to letting strangers handle my personal stuff that’s valuable to me, and that’s the kind of thing that makes me feel like I can trust Dave with my stuff. If you are looking for someone to fix your bike, give Dave a call. He’s been in the «bike busiiness» for over 10 years and does a great job.

If selling stolen property is a problem for you, stay away from this shop.
Imagine my surprise when I rode by and saw, leaning out front with a for-​sale sign on it, my bike that had been stolen just a few days before from our house a couple blocks away. The store manager first claimed he’d bought it on Craigslist but he backed off that story when the police came. I had the original receipt and verified the serial numbers matched. I left with my bike, and started relaying the story about this place around the neighborhood — many of us have had bikes stolen.
And funny, while I was there, before the police came, a pickup comes up, guy gets out and hands over to the mechanic a used part with a cable flapping off it. I’ve been around bike shops a long time and that isn’t a typical delivery.
Is this a legitimate bike business, or part of the bicycle theft system here in SF? You decide. I know for certain they were selling at least one stolen bike, and had no plausible story for how they’d gotten their hands on it.

Tried to come during normal business hours (9am on a Monday) to find the place padlocked. Sign said to try 2351 Taylor if no one in shop, but no one there either. WTF dude?

For one of the most time consuming and thoughtful gifts I have ever tried to pull off, I wanted to get my girlfriends grandmothers bike that she brought over from Italy in 1950 completely refurbished and usable again. Enter Dave Mairs at Spoke and Hub.
I think Dave might have been more excited about this then I was, the guy is a bike junkie, he lives for this stuff.
This bike had been sitting in a garage for over 50 years, and it showed. I didn’t even know what half the stuff was, but I dropped it off for Dave and he said «No problem, can’t wait».
Dave had a deadline, this bike absolutely needed to be done by her birthday. Dave gave me a call or sent me a text about once a week, just to give me an update. The last week he said I can pick it up on the day I originally requested. Walked into his shop to see what looked like a brand new bike. Some new parts, he put some new grips on there that obviously needed to be replaced, and replaced the saddle to shine it up a bit.
Work was first class, and price was very fair, now I just need to find a old bike for me to get done as well. Thanks Dave!

Brought my specialized bike in here with a jammed chain to get some advice on upgrading the rear cartridge. These guys are super friendly and very knowledgeable. Had a great conversation and left with a working bike and some great advice and plenty left in my pocket for beer and curry next door! I’d recommend this place to anyone.

These guys are awesome! I took my girlfriend’s old bike down there and they fixed it to perfection. Thanks Dave

GREAT experience at Spoke and Hub! I came in with a flat on my bike. The shop was very busy renting bikes to tourists, but they made time to give me a new inner tube and get me all set up. The price was right too and very friendly service!
I’ll be going back for ALL my bike needs.

How could a place have 5 stars consistently? Be operated by Dave, that’s how. Opened in 2012 in a yard that’s covered. (Trees grow through the roof in the space. Cool.)
Got flat a few blocks away. There was a bike shop a little closer but it was up a hill, so I went here. In 20 minutes, my flat was fixed and he charged me pocket change. I don’t know if he always charges so little, but he was so badass that I will definitely be back. Only a person who loves what he does gives a deal like this.
It’s cool to hangout with a beer from the Irish pub next door like Dave’s friend Kevin was doing when I got there. Hi, Kevin! Unfortunately was in a hurry and couldn’t hang out long. Also has some nice bikes for sale. Friendly too! Really nice being a newcomer to SF.
Bike rentals are around the corner, left of the repair shop door.
Next time my bike needs a tune up, I’m taking my bike from Outer Richmond to Dave.

$ 20 for all day bike rental and kids ride for free. Compared to Ferry Building prices, this is an awesome deal!

My front brake was making weird noises so I pulled over at this shop to get it checked out, based on the Unilocal reviews. Unilocalers did not lead me astray. Ben was manning the shop and he readily helped me out with my brake problem, test riding it a few times. No haughtiness and no attitude, just a chill dude at a bike shop who graciously spent a good 20 minutes of his time to look over my brake (he sanded it down a bit, which helped) and also gave me pointers on removing spot rust.
Come rent a bike or get some maintenance done at Spoke and Hub! Prices are very reasonable.

I commute from Lower Haight to downtown near North Beach every day on a beach cruiser that ain’t built for the bumps on Market so things shake loose. Chain falling off every three blocks etc. So I brought a C wrench and attempted to adjust my back wheel thinking it was easy. It wasn’t.
Today I was meeting my girl at Kennedy’s on Columbus and planned on riding by Citizen Chain who had hooked me up before to get it fixed but they were closed. So I go to Kennedy’s (a bar) and next store the guys were working on a bike out front. I asked their opinion on my back wheel problem and they were super nice and told me exactly what was wrong. I thought they just rented bikes but they’re geared up for repairs too.
So we chatted and they explained exactly what was wrong (bent rim, broke spokes. I had a few wrecks and the wheel was wobbly). Instead of asking me to buy a new wheel dude’s just fixed it, right there, in under an hour, while I was watching the Giants beat up on the Philly’s next door. They replaced the spokes, unbent the rim and now the bike is cruising.
So they’re nice, they have good music in the shop, I trust them and their shop shares a wall with a bar that also serves Indian food. I mean, C’mon.