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Smallest Shop

A customer and I were chatting the other day at work, and she insisted that mine is the smallest bike shop in Chicago, which I really find hard to believe. I find it hard to believe, because (a) it's nearly twice as big as the old location and it really feels quite roomy to me and (b) there seem to be so many cute new little shops popping up on the north side. When challenged, she couldn't definitively name one, but we made a bet on it anyway. Maybe one of the new Dutch style or track boutiques? I checked with Copenhagen, but they in fact have a lovely basement for storage and builds.

So counting storage and basements, please tell me that there is an itsy bitsy (conventional retail storefront - not mail order, etc) bike shop in Chicagoland that is smaller than 400sf. Otherwise, I am out a cup of coffee.

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Permalink Reply by Sean W. on December 30, 2009 at 11:08am
Gah! Haven't seen the new shop yet, but the old one was definitely scraping elbows...

J said:
Maybe you're thinking of their old space. Counting their double storefront + basement, I'd say it's at lest 2,500. But it's an awesome 2,500.

Sean W. said:
Iron Cycles on Montrose is small storefront-wise...
Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on February 6, 2014 at 9:09am

Yes, a crazy bump from 2009.  What do you guys think?  Who has the smallest shop in the city?

Permalink Reply by Duppie on February 6, 2014 at 9:40am

How about Gary's in Edgewater on Clark? Haven't been there for a while, but that place always made me feel claustrophobic.

Permalink Reply by Alex on February 6, 2014 at 11:11am

Gary's is quite small. Sweet shop though.

Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on February 6, 2014 at 11:53am

It's still Tati; I'm pretty sure he's subletting a closet somewhere at this point.

Permalink Reply by Alex on February 6, 2014 at 12:38pm

pedal to the people...doi of course! but...does mobility make it gigantic?

Permalink Reply by Christine (5.0) on February 6, 2014 at 5:14pm

How big is Smart Bike Parts?  The seemed really tiny, but I don't know what sort of storage space they had in the back.

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