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Bicycle shops in Manchester

There are 34 bicycle shops mapped in Manchester on OpenStreetMap. Any of them is a place to have a bottom bracket, headset or crank fitted, or to check a fitment before you buy the part.

Bicycle shops in Manchester

This directory lists the 34 shops tagged as bicycle shops in Manchester, England, in OpenStreetMap data. It is a starting point for finding somewhere local to buy a bottom bracket, crank, headset or seatpost, or to have one fitted. The list is drawn straight from community-maintained map data, so treat it as a directory rather than a recommendation, and confirm a shop is open and offers the service you need before travelling.

For load-bearing parts such as a bottom bracket or a thru-axle, a shop can face a shell, press a pressfit cup with the correct tool, and set bearing preload, which is worth paying for even when you buy the part yourself.

Know your standard before you go

A shop can only help quickly if you arrive knowing your frame's standard, or your frame with you. Identify the bottom bracket shell first, threaded or pressfit, and its width, then the crank spindle, because those two facts decide the exact bottom bracket. The same applies to a headset, where the SHIS code names the cups, and to a seatpost, where the frame's bore diameter names the post.

Working the standard out in advance saves a shop guessing and saves you a second trip for the right part. The fitment tool on this site returns the exact bottom bracket for your shell and crank, so you can walk in with a part number.

Buying the part yourself

If you would rather buy the bottom bracket, crank or headset yourself and only pay for fitting, confirm the standard here first, then bring the correct part. Many creaks and poor fits come from a part that is the right family but the wrong width or spindle, so the shell width and spindle diameter are the two numbers to get right.

Whether you buy locally or online, the fitment logic is the same: the frame decides the part, and the crank meets the shell only through the matching bottom bracket.

ShopWhere (OpenStreetMap)
A1 Cycle centresee OpenStreetMap
A6 Cycle WarehouseStockport Road, Manchester, M12 4GD
Bicycle Doctorsee OpenStreetMap
Bicycle Smithysee OpenStreetMap
Butterfield BicyclesHollinwood Avenue, Manchester, M40 0JQ
Chain Dog CyclesGreat Western Street
Cookson CyclesBury New Road, M45 6GE
Cycles-SharkPalatine Road, Manchester, M22 4ET
Evans CyclesCheetham Hill Retail Park, M8 8BB
Gorton Bike Shopsee OpenStreetMap
Hill Bikesee OpenStreetMap
KD Bike ShopSt Stephen Street, Salford, M3 6AX
Keep PedallingHilton Street, Manchester, M1 1EL
Ken Foster's Cycle LogicBarlow Moor Road, Manchester, M21 8AZ
Lane End CyclesLane End Road, Manchester, M19 1WA
Manchester BikesChapel Street, Salford, M3 6BY
NEVER MIND THE BIKE SHOPSHillcourt Street, Manchester, M1 7HU
Pear Mill Cycles Ltd.see OpenStreetMap
Platt Fields Bike HubPlatt Fields Park, Manchester, M14 6LA
Popup BikesPoland St, Manchester, M4 6NE
positive cycle & ability wheelzKings Road, Oldham, OL8 2BH
Rick Green Cyclessee OpenStreetMap
Ridelow LtdChurch Street, Manchester, M4 1PE
Stonepail CyclesStonepail Road, Stockport, SK8 4EZ
The Bicycle GarageDenmark Road, M15 6FG
The Charity Bike Shopsee OpenStreetMap
The North West Mountain Bike CentreStockport Road, Cheadle, SK8 2BS
Threadgolds Cyclessee OpenStreetMap
TrekNewton Street, Manchester, M1 1FT
Trek Bicycle BramhallBramhall, Stockport, SK7 1AW
Velo Timessee OpenStreetMap
Wills WheelsManchester Road
Withington CyclesBurton Rd, Manchester, M20 3EB
Woodson's CyclesCastle Street, Stockport, SK3 9AR

Bicycle shops from OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Data is community-maintained; verify before travelling.

Know the exact bottom bracket before you go

Open the BB compatibility toolPick your shell and crank spindle to see the exact bottom bracket you need.Find bottom bracket on eBayaffiliate

Related

Bottom bracket standardsknow your shellIdentify your BB standardbefore you goCrank spindle standardsname your spindle

Sources: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)