Cyco’s

Great location and awesome view but these skates are worn out and we could only skate for half an hour before they began pinching our feet and gave up. Made it to the beginning and back at least. Still charged full price even after asked if we had fun. Blamed our socks! Lol

Super friendly staff and vey helpful. Prices were really affordable. They also recommended Nordik spa to us, which made our trip. Thanks again, guys!

After a dear friend of mine gifted me with her old bike, I knew I needed to get it tuned up for the fall. This is literally my first bike since I was about 12 years old, so I was completely clueless about all the cycling things. Lovely Unilocal,and my friend Amy L recommended this spot, so I decided to check it out.
Cyco’s is located just off Hawthorne in between Colonel By and Main Street. They do have a small parking lot out back (attached to the Royal Oak), so if you’re coming by car, turn left onto Hawthorne and right into the parking lot.
This place is tiny and packed full of bikes, but the staff know where everything is, and are super organized. I was greeted by Christian, and he said his uncle owned the shop. I love me a good family businesses!
He took a look at my bike and determined all was good, and that it just needed a tuneup, and that there was one small part that was jammed up and he wanted to soak in oil overnight. He mentioned it might take a few days if it was really bad.
I got a call the next evening letting me know the bike was all set, and when I went in, it only took about 5 minutes to get it, and cost $ 30, which I thought was a fantastic price. They even carried it out to my car and put it on my bike rack for me! The service was friendly and excellent, and I will absolutely be coming back here to get my bike serviced in the future.

Absolutely fabulous service here! The location is pretty convenient and the rates are better than the canal. We got skates cleaned up (removed some corrosion) and sharpened for $ 6.
Rentals are also reasonable – you take them out and you pay when you get back, so you only get charged for however long you’re out. The guy took down a credit card number and a copy of an ID to make sure we’d bring the skates back, pretty simple process. We ended up paying $ 10 for 2hrs per skater – but you can rent them shorter, longer, and even days. Pretty flexible.
The shop itself is pretty small, as others have said, but they do manage to make decent use of their space. Parking is pretty limited. The staff were super helpful. The guy helped each member of our party find skates to rent that fit properly and helped the first-​time skaters quite a bit and understand how the skates should fit. Very helpful, patient, and friendly.
Wonderful shop and people.

Needed skate rentals for out of town guests — and these guys had them. Located very close to the Pretoria Bridge, they are one the way downtown (for me) for Rink of Dreams — and also handy to the canal.
It’s a tiny tiny little bike shop! Definately a function over form type of place. (It’s not glamorous.) From what I’ve read about them, they excel at their customer service — and I agree with that. The gentleman in the store they day our party of 5 invaded was wonderful. He cheerfully got us the skates we needed, he sharpened the skates we brought (reasonable prices for sharpening — and while you wait service — yay!).
They also of course do bikes. Sales, repairs, maintenance. Haven’t had a chance to try them for these services… yet.
There’s a small amount of parking in the back.
Overall really happy with our experience, and we’ll return. (Already sent my hubby there to get his skates sharpened for our first canal skate of the season.)
Would I recommend: Yes
Would I return: Yes

Really great experience at this local family run business. Wanted to rent a bike for a day and I was in and out with a bike that suited me in under 10 minutes. Friendly service, and very reasonable prices. I was a very happy customer!

Tiny store with a fairly limited selection in house, but the owner will bring things in from their warehouse by request. I did this when buying a cheap bike to abuse for a winter. It only took a day to get what I wanted, and this was for a very specific request (roller brakes).
Very good service over all, reasonable prices for labour (parts comparable to elsewhere in town), plus it’s great to have something on the east side of the canal when you’re in a bind.