Abba Padre Bikes and Books

Great customer service! Freddie and his family are very polite when you walk in the door, and can help you get what you need. It is a small store, but don’t let that fool you. Prices are a bit expensive for me, but they actually do what they say.

If you are in West LA and you are looking for an affordable bike, new or used, repairs or parts, do yourself a favor and stop by this little gem of a bike shop. The owners are some of the nicest people you will meet and they gave me a great deal on a new bike and accessories just in time for summer.

This is the best bike shop I’ve ever been to, hands down. Is a hole in the wall store that also sells Christian books. I brought in my vintage midge to switch or the handle bars and for a tune up. They only charged me for the labor. I was so impressed. My bike looks brand new and is in perfect running order. Go here for your bike needs. They’ll treat you well and give you a fair price.

I had an amazing experience here getting a total tune-​up of my mom’s bike — new tires, new chain, fixed the brakes, new handle bar pads. The bike was totally unrideable when I brought it in and it turned out GREAT! All for only $ 45, which is less than the original $ 55 that Norma quoted. Way lower price than other places quoted and amazing service. It was done in just a few hours! Would definitely recommend and will be back!

Great honest service and very comfortable prices! I brought my bike in to get some new shoes put on it and had Freddy do a tune up as well. He gave me his professional opinion on some questions I had and also gave me some great recommendations. He ended tuning up my bike, putting on the shoes, swapping out cassettes, and even put some tubes on for me… and it didn’t break the bank! I have found my bike shop! I will definitely be back again and I highly recommend it.

This is a great bike shop. I got my used bike in here. Great after service.

This bike shop is 5-​star for real. They do well above and beyond. I have just experienced it.

Amazing. Very polite and friendly family run business. They fixed my bike far cheaper than anywhere else. Not only that, they tuned it up and showed me what they did and how to correct it myself if I wanted. They were not patronizing (like wheel world) and actually knew what they were talking about. Very polite, phoned me when done and I was impressed with the bike when I got it back. They put on my kevlar tires at no extra cost and cleaned the whole bike. It looks brand new.
If I have any other issues, I am definitely going back here. Fair price, friendly, knowledgeable and passionate. Thank you. Ill see you soon! (If there was 10 stars they would get it).

When I don’t have the time to take my bike to Bikerowave and do the work myself (or just get too frustrated and give up), Freddy at Abba Padre has been my ace in the hole. For years, he did all the work on my wife’s bike and I’ve had a tune up on one of my bikes and truing for a couple of wheels.
Attempting to true a wheel myself I, made it worse. Last weekend I was running errands in Santa Monica and figured I could take it to REI and they could have it done sometime that afternoon. Turns out they were booked until February 4−−12 days’ wait for a job that takes an experienced mechanic about 10 minutes to do. I love REI, but that just seemed ridiculous.
I brought the wheel into Freddy at 6pm last night and it’s already done. He is a nice, laid back guy who does great work affordably with an unbeatable turnaround.

Before going to Abba Padre, I was told by a competing shop that I needed a new chain, dérailleur, new wheels, and new break lines and that it would take at least two days to complete.
Abba Padre was able to tune my old parts up including the dérailleur and chain, break lines and tires for a fraction of the cost as the other shop. The best part is that I had the running bike the same day! Within 3 hours!
Honest and passionate service! This will be my go to shop for bicycle maintenance.

I brought my bike here because of the Unilocal reviews and I was really glad I did. I will take it back for anything I want in the future. Fair, nice and sweet people. Did a great job and quick too.

Stellar service! It’s a no-​gimmick tiny bookstore/​bike shop. Don’t let the yellow bookstore sign deter you from giving them your business. Called in today asking about a tune up and they told me they could have it done by the end of the day. Upon pick-​up, my bike looked shiny and new! They did a great job cleaning it, and even better job with the service. Took it for a ride around the block and it runs great! Can’t beat their price for a tune-​up and quality of service. I used to have my bike serviced by Wheel World but I’ll bring my bike here instead!

This is my third time coming here. Very friendly and professional. Great service highly recommend it. Reasonably priced.

They run an honest business here. I came in with some concerns and they just pumped my tires for free and worked on the chains. Didn’t charge me a cent. Freddie is the man’

My go-​to place to have my bicycle serviced.
The service there is exemplary, they are inexpensive and always nice. The owner always has a smile on his face for anyone who comes in. Definitely deserves all of the 5-​star ratings.
When I am ready to purchase a new bicycle, this will be my place.
Thank you for always taking good care of me.

I bought a vintage Lemond to fix up myself and didn’t realize how hard it would be to find the right brake system for my bike. I took it to another shop several times and even lost money on buying the wrong brakes.
Bicycles and Books not only took great care of my bike, they were such kind people! They didn’t over charge — in fact I ended up spending less than they quoted me! They even installed my water bottle holder AND a lock!
Highly recommended over big box repair or even the local do it yourself. Will definitely be back.

I called a day earlier about an issue I was having with our babytrend jogger tire, the lady over the phone explained that I could bring it in to have it checked out and how much it would be if I needes help. I arrived at thw location which was easy to find. Its a bookstore/​bycicle shop. The lady who greeted me remembered me calling in a day earlier. I showed her the problem, within minutes they explained the issue was with the inner tube. She quoted me the same price ahe had already told me over the phone so I was pleased. They were able to get everything done within 10 minutes. Customer service was amazing and the price was nore than fair.
Forgot to mention that they checked my other tires and put air in my front tire that was deflated. They had a lot of bikes in there for sale. I will definitely be coming back to have my personal bike checked out.

Freddy is super friendly. He offers very fair pricing for Outstanding work!
Hubby’s bike needed. Tune-​up and couple other work including replacing the back wheel and new front and back tires. After the tune up, the shifters and chain now run smoothly. And the brakes are responsive after adjustment and aligning everything
Dropped off the bike on last Wed. And Freddy did mention he’s completely backed up and won’t have the bike ready til next week. All good. Got the call following Thurs for pickup.

I’ll be coming back here for help with my bike in the near future. The staff is kind and very outgoing. They were genuine about recommendations and helping me
It’s hard to find a place like this where the customer is out first. They did not try to sell me things rather help and make suggestions as to what I may need.
Honest, truth worthy and kind. This place is a great spot to go to and support

When my wife and I moved to LA I needed to find a bike shop. I don’t like big-​box type stores, and was pretty thrilled when I found Wheel World… but after two disappointing experiences with their repair shop (being ignored, having perfectly good parts replaced for no reason and then having to fight to get the old parts put back on) I headed to Unilocal where I found Freddy and his team.
Not only where the fast– they were cheaper than Wheel World… and they did a much better job. Before I left, I told Freddy I was in bad need of a tune-​up and not sure what else I may have needed and gave them permission to replace or fix anything that needed fixing. When I picked up my bike– it turns out all I needed was a tune up. No charges for extra parts or unrequested «upgrades».
We found a new bike shop.