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Hub City Cycles

✶ AccreditedBuy BC (independent) · Repair Shop📍 Nanaimo
Staff help with urgent mechanical issuesPump availableWalk-in repairsSame-day urgent repairsE-bike serviceBike rentalsDIY stand

Hub City Cycles is a non-profit community co-operative bicycle shop established in 2012 and tucked into Nanaimo's China Steps neighbourhood, built around a mission of affordable cycling access, bike recycling, and advocacy for cycling as everyday transport. The shop was among the earliest in the region to embrace e-bikes and recently acquired dedicated electric bike repair stands to keep pace with growing demand. Its co-op structure means visiting cyclists encounter experienced mechanics, a genuine community ethos, and an unusually broad range of services under one small but efficiently packed roof.

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What's here for you
✓Staff help with urgent mechanical issues
No appointment needed! ... bring your bike on by any time and roll it into the shop. We repair flats immediately, and other minor repairs may be able to be done on the spot too.
✓Pump available
✓Walk-in repairs
No appointment needed! ... bring your bike on by any time and roll it into the shop. We repair flats immediately, and other minor repairs may be able to be done on the spot too.
✓Same-day urgent repairs
'We repair flats immediately, and other minor repairs may be able to be done on the spot too.'
✓E-bike service
Website menu includes 'Electric Bikes & Conversion Kits'; shop describes itself as 'at the forefront of the ebike scene when we opened in 2012' and recently acquired two Remco electric bike repair stands via a grant
✓Bike rentals
✓DIY stand
Website explicitly lists 'You can fix it in the shop all by yourself' as one of three repair options; shop has two stands each holding two bikes; tool and stand access available to members for a usage fee
Not confirmed yet
Touring parts stockedBike boxes / packingShipping bikesShuttle / trip supportGuided ridesWashroomsWater bottle refillDevice chargingE-bike charging
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Indigenous

This place is in the traditional territory of the Snuneymuxw and Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla.

Territory data from Native Land Digital, for educational purposes only.

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