Centripedal Bikes

Centripedal is a great shop for bikes, related accessories, and service. It’s my one stop shop.
This past June I went shopping for a high-​quality road bike, and purchased my TCR Advanced 1 Ultegra from James Rardin at Centripedal. James is a former teacher that began his business because cycling is his passion. His knowledge and love for all things bike-​related is demonstrated by the time he takes to make sure my questions are answered and the helpful suggestions that are given based on my needs. His entire staff is friendly and competent.
Over these past 7 months, since I bought my bike, I have regularly stopped into Centripedal for clothing (i.e. jersey, arm sleeves, jacket, etc.) and other accessories (i.e. hydration tablets, energy gel, water bottles, etc.) sold at reasonable prices. I recently went in to have my bike tuned up, and the job they did was fantastic! I really appreciate their attention to detail and the fact that they completed the work in a timely manner.
Whether you are into casual biking or an avid cyclist, I highly recommend Centripedal.

I had a really good experience. Every person was exemplary. I had new shifters put on. I dropped in with my bike and shifters I bought online. They put them on and had them adjusted properly in under two hours and the charge was very reasonable.
Highly recommendable.
Thank you.

People were friendly and definitely knew their job. I brought a new bike for just a «tune up», but ended up paying a full $ 80 new bike assembly work. I am not complaining about this actually. I rather have them work all over that bike I just assembled myself and double check everything, than having something wrong with it going on later while on the road. I am not a bike expert, so hopefully I can trust those guys to do their job properly.
Good part of this «deal» is that their $ 80 work comes with a 2 month warranty. So, if anything looks or feels weird without this time frame, they will fix it for free.
Alright then, time to try this bike hard and see how it handles the road now. :)

Very prompt and genuine service. Even though I stay a little far from the place, it was definitely worth going all the way.
Had some issues with my bike and got it repaired like super fast! No waiting and the price was way reasonable than what I was expecting. They give you all the information and options before they start working.

Definitely a great place to go to. Great service. So here’s my story. I (due to my own fault) had a minor mishap while installing my brakes and the clamp on my cannondale lefty twisted. The problem was it was an older style fork and the clamp and the fork were separate pieces and after scouring the net for the part, I simply could not find it and the cannondale representatives told me that they had also stopped making that part already. So I went down to REI since they are an authorized cannondale retailer and was hoping the guys in the shop could somehow straighten my clamp and retap my thread since I had stripped it by cross threading a few of the threads. Anyway the guys at REI said they couldn’t line up my clamp holes and couldn’t retap my clamp and basically just told me it would be a wiser choice to pick up a new fork instead. Well they tried. So anyway I took it Centripedal and explained it to James and he said he would take a look and see what he could do. Well he fixed my issue. He basically found a way to align my clamp holes and retapped the holes to fit a bike and the problem was solved. I’m so glad that I live so close to such a wonderful LBS. They also installed some components I had bought for my bike and I can’t help but say that they did such a wonderful job on everything. A shout out to James and the rest of the crew at Centripedal. You guys are the best.

I have so much respect for Centripedal Bikes. The customer service and products are the best. Recently I wanted a service done on my bike and had been told by another bike shop– which is closer to my home– that the service couldn’t be done. I decided to try Centripedal. The staff and owner studied my bike, and accomplished the service very professionally. Two thumbs up for sure! Susan

Thank you very much to the team at CentriPedal for fixing the break on my mom’s rollator walker! Walkers use the same break systems as bicycles. Although they were busy, we really appreciated that they helped a senior citizen who can’t walk without her walker.
For $ 30 in parts and labor, they changed the wires for both brakes. I’m not sure how much a wheelchair company would have charged, but this seemed reasonable. Their store hours are more longer and more convenient than that of a medical supply company as well.

This shop is the most amazing bike shop I have ever been to. I feel like a kid in candyand. 5 star service all around. Prices for their bikes are amazingly cheap and great quality. Will be coming here for all my bike needs!

Great shop. I have been in a few times before and service is ALWAYS consistent. Today it was bringing in my Trek Domane to replace my Bontrager wheel set with Shimano C46s. Always friendly and super helpful.
Almost bought a Giant bike there but Trek Domane just nosed it out but it was really close. Giant has nice bikes.

AWESOME CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!
5 stars hands down and I believe 5 stars is hard to come by!!!
–First time buying a bike
–Knowledgable and patient (I ask a lot of questions, sometimes twice)
–Scenario at another bike shop the day before:
In line to ask a question to a service rep about a bike, heard the service rep say to the guy ahead of me in an annoyed voice «I’m tired of explaining this, look it up in YouTube!»
RIGHT!!! Needless to say, I walked away. That would never happen at Centripedal! The staff was very welcoming :-)

Wow the service and workmanship at this place are top notch! This is THE BIKE SHOP to go to if you live around Fremont/​Union City.
I’ve been riding my bike for 6+ years and the spokes on my rear rim finally gave out after breaking multiple times. I purchased new wheels and asked them if they could transfer over my cassette, tubes, and tires onto these new wheels. James (owner?) was extremely helpful by clearly explaining what they will do and how much the labor would cost. He even called me and recommended that I buy new tubes since the valves on my old ones were too short for the new rims and wouldn’t fit. I really appreciate him asking for my permission and explaining why I needed it.
After about 1 hour the staff swapped both of my wheels for $ 37 ($ 25 for labor & $ 12 for two new tubes). Not bad since I don’t have any of the tools. Everything works smoothly now and I love riding my bike again. Thanks James for being so patient with me and answering all of my questions! Everyone here is extremely knowledgeable and friendly and are always willing to help. They work super fast and always have a smile on their face. This is the only place I’ll go to if anything ever happens to my bike!

First time here and came here in the need of a specific part for a bike and yes they had it here! When asked if they had some grease, the worker who was helping is gave us some grease for free to fix our bike with our new part. Very friendly associate. :)

This is a great place for both buying new bikes and fixing problems. The owner James is a great guy; he’s knowledgeable and very helpful. I went there and bought a city bike when I moved to Fremont. James helped me to pick the right size, get all the accessories, and tune the bike to run at peak performance. I rode the bike once on my 14-​mile round trip commute, only to discover that the road is too rough, with lots of potholes and grooves, and my new city bikes ran painfully. I took the bike back to the shop and explained to James that a mountain bike would fit my needs better. James then gladly helped me to exchange it for a mountain bike and moved all the accessories from the city bike to the new bike. He also helped to fix some small problems on my wife’s old bike for free. Many thanks to James for his great service, and I’ll definitely go back to buy bikes in the future.

Great bike shop with helpful people. Everone I talked to was knowledgable about the products and explained everything well. After testing a couple bikes I bought a Giant Anthem 29er. They set it up for me and I took it out the next day. Awesome bike. Performed perfectly. Price was right. I recomend going there for your next bike.

Very friendly staff and has excellent customer service. Thank you Rachel for all your help and I greatly appreciate the ride around the block and pointed out every thing I wanted to know. I recommend this bike shop to everyone. Please support your local bike shop.

I like to build my own bikes, but needed to go to CentriPEDAL Bikes a few times for various reasons. Once to ship my top-​end DH bike safely to SoCal. Not only did James work with me on finding a box, he packaged it and shipped it with only a rough estimate payment. Shipping charge wouldn’t go through until sent and he trusted me to pay the difference thereafter. The buyer was incredibly enthusiastic about how professionally packaged it was, and hoped it would be considering he just put $ 4.5k on it.
Another encounter with James was with that same bike after I had a brake issue on some cutting-​edge hydraulic brakes. These were new to even him, but he gave it a try for about an hour. He wasn’t able to get it perfect, which seemed to bum him out, but he didn’t bother taking any payment for his time because (as he said) it wasn’t fixed to his satisfaction. Yes, I expect that from a business, but most do NOT practice such honor. That alone tells of his character.
I do recommend CentriPEDAL because the owner is truly there for you, not his wallet.

I recently purchased my new hybrid bike from CentriPedal and so far I’ve been really happy with the bike. This is the first time I’ve purchased from an actual bike store, so I’m glad I chose this place — they had great customer service, great selection, and were really knowledgeable about bikes/​biking! Everyone was also really friendly.
Their prices were comparable to other places (I looked up my bike online after I made the purchase) and found that they were around the same price. They build your bike for you brand new from the box (same day if necessary) and adjust it to your height for you!
You can also ride it around, down the street, etc to test the bike before purchasing.
Included with your bike purchase is also free basic maintenance; I KNOW I will need this haha. Yay! Will definitely come back for future bike purchases/​upgrades/​maintenances/​questions (:

Huge thanks to James today for taking care of my bike and ordering me a new freewheel for just $ 6, that’s below online prices!
James was really careful tuning up my bike while I’ve waited and he told me so many things I’ve never knew about freewheels and cogs.
I’ve also noticed that their tubes for my 29er were very affordable, the Bicycle Garage charged me $ 10.50, which is a ripoff for a bicycle tube.

Excellent Customer Service!
Approachable and Friendly staff…
Complete Bike and Gears :)

Stumbled upon this place while searching for a bicycle shop to repair my tire. I was tired of going to «Bicycle Garage» as my experience with them was quite bad! Therefore, I decided to give this place a try based on their highly praised reviews.
We were greeted upon arrival by a worker helping another customer out at the front door. The ambiance of this place is great and everyone was eager to help. All the staff seem very knowledge and I had my questions answered immediately. Within 20 minutes, I was out the door with a newly repaired bicycle tire!
Overall, an excellent place to goto for bicycle repairs. Will return for future repairs.
However, the prices for buying a brand new bicycle and other parts can be quite steep, i would consider buying those parts online to save money if possible.