Nomad Cyclery

Everything you could want in a local bike shop. Knowledgable and quick service — at a fair if not discounted price compared to other shops. They tuned up my new road bike perfectly and even stayed open late for me to pick it up after work. Nomad is a great community bike shop, I’ll be coming back!

Great neighborhood bike shop very helpful and knowledgeable! Alexie helped me put my old track bike back together and got it dialed right in. Would definitely recommend this bike shop to anyone especially local bicyclist!

Stumbled across Nomad while looking for a 1 hr bike rental to take through Golden Gate park on vacation and I’m so glad I did! A group of friends and I all did a one hour rental, were in and out very quickly for $ 8 each. They even gave us a couple of locks! Great customer service, super friendly owner and it was fast, easy and affordable. The bikes were great quality too!

Where to start… I have to credit this small neighborhood shop with rekindling a love of cycling that had been in hibernation for many years. Having purchased a fantasy machine from Nomad just over 2 years ago, I’ve since amassed more cycling mileage than in the past 2 decades combined. The staff, starting with Roger (the owner), George and Andre are always honest and quick with suggestions or just a witty response — unlike other shops where all inquiries/​exchanges are typically couched in pretentious «sales speak». This shop knows how to work with experienced cyclists and novices alike — having frequented other shops in town, that’s a rarity.

Andre is the man plain and simple. Great service and awesome products. THey are super attentive and will go out of their way to make sure you get something good. They don’t want to sell you something just to sell you something. Best experience buying a bike ever.

What a neat locally owned shop! I love seeing local merchants thriving and this place is no exception. The owner Roger has been in business since 1969, so he’s clearly doing something right. My husband found nomad yesterday and brought in his vintage lagano and Roger was so helpful with recommendations on how he could fix it up. While he was in there he spotted my future bike. A ultra hip bright blue Manhattan, similar to a cruiser. I came in today and took home our newest addition. Having not been on a bike for years Roger was very understanding of my hesitations of wanting to raise my bike seat but reassured me it would be best for my back and knees. What a thoughtful and considerate guy! Love buying from passionate and dedicated people. I’m impressed and I know you will be too.

Awesome friendly sales. Gave me a discount after my bike was stolen on new bike/​gear.

Really friendly and refreshingly blunt guys working there, great service. Andre worked on my bike. All around solid neighborhood shop, I’ll definitely be back.

My experience with Andre was excellent. He was the only staff at the shop and there were several customers in the store. He did a great job of attending to everyone and maintaining a high standard of customer service.

Ive taken in my bike a few times to get serviced and found the guys to be friendly and informative. Im not sure why everyone is being such a baby when it comes to this old guy. Seems like everyone is teaming up on him.

The old guy is rude… The rest of the technicians are unhelpful and or unwilling to give a honest estimate for my minor repairs on my Cannondale I brought in… I only needed a few specific things adjusted on my derailer… But apparently to these technicians and The old guy… I needed more work on my apparently crappy and u in maintained bike… so I obliged… after having to hear it for only wanting about $ 30 worth of work done… Which was what I specifically asked for them to do… I got talked into a few other «Minor» repairs that added up to be about $ 100… Had to leave my bike there for a few days for these guys to do this «minor repair»… I had to leave out of town for a few weeks and could not pick up my bike when it was done… Had a few calls from them about the bike being ready… Again I couldn’t get back to them quick enough I guess… And received recently a nice little message from them stating that my bikes been ready for over a few weeks and that if they don’t hear back from me soon that they will have to sell my bike!?! I should hope that their customer service is better than their attitude to their customers because I did not appreciate the smart ass remarks and comments the staff was making when I brought my bike in for minor adjustments and/​or repair… I will update my review after I pick up my bike and to see what these guys have to say…

Adam is the best! I took my bike in right when they opened and he took the time right away to help install a new brake and then took a quick look at the rest of my bike, giving me helpful tips the whole time!

Five Stars for Adam! I rolled in at around 45minutes before closing and in twenty minutes, Adam had both rims newly taped and inner tubes replaced. He also offered some advice on what tires to consider when I need to shop for new ones. Don’t hesitate to stop by this shop and least give them a try!

I had my bike seat stolen a few days ago and came upon this bike shop by accident. Whenever I’m on Irving street I never seem to venture past 25^th ave. I was pleased to find that they had quite a large selection of bike seats at varying prices. Adam, one of the guys at the shop, was more than happy to walk me through the various options and helped to explain the pros and cons. When we mentioned that we were interested in touring bikes he was also pretty excited to show us some of the great bikes they have in stock. I really like going to Everybody Bikes because it’s a smaller shop and they’ve been extremely helpful whenever I have random bike issues, but I’m also happy that there is another local shop in the Sunset that has a pretty decent selection of gear and parts.

I have used this shop several times over the last couple years, and my experience gets worse and worse. The owner is very knowledgable, but he is always rude and treats me like an idiot. The shop is well stocked, but the experience of asking for some help finding something in particular is always unpleasant. Repairs are fairly priced, but when you come in and ask for some thing like a tune up, the response I got, at least, was one of annoyance and anger. The owner always makes it seem like he doesn’t have the time, but because he is sooooooooo generous, he will do it. No thank you.
If it’s near by, then I guess this place is an okay option. I am just happy a better shop opened much closer to where I live.

So this last year my husband started riding a single speed bike and has been hooked. I am now in the market for a single speed bike and we were on Irving and I decided to pop in to Nomad to check out what they have for sale. I am an experienced cyclist and have a specific vision and idea in mind. I have a specific intention for this bike and I know EXACTLY what I want.
We came in and inquired and the old guy working at Nomad started trying to sell me something that was not at all what I was looking for. Obviously that something was 200% over my budget. I am looking for simplicity and a sort of girlie, single speed, old school bike with a vintage vibe and he went on and on about how I need gears and this and that. I told him outright «I am looking for a single speed» and his response was something along the lines of «Why would ever want to ride that?» I though this sort of attitude went out of vogue in the 1950s with mechanics ripping off female customers and convincing them they needed the more expensive gizmo that they did not actually need. Was not expecting it from a Bay Area bike shop employee.
Not cool Mr. Nomad guy !!
Alas to date the best bike buying and maintenance experience has been at Ocean Cyclery as Jeff and Co. respect the requests and price ranges of their customers with no «hard sell».
Nomad seems to have some sharp looking bikes and is a clean and neat looking shop and simply because they are not a franchised business selling cheesy bicycles I will give them 2 out of 5 stars.

Brought in a new bike to have an initial tune-​up and once-​over, and Andre, the guy behind the counter, was extremely friendly, helpful and instantly instilled trust. He told me he’d have it ready the next day (today), and I stopped in after work to pick up my bike.
He helped me with a lock, helmet, etc., and even took the time (the store was pretty busy) to put on my «under-​the-​seat-​bag» and water bottle rack. All the time with a smile on his face and just a great vibe. Thumbs up, A+!

These guys are very helpful and honest. It’s a very laid back shop where they aren’t going to ask «can i help you» 9000 times but at the same time are very helpful once approached. I guess that’s the beauty of a small non-​corpo shop.
I appreciated their advice and honesty in pretty much talking me out of something I didn’t really need. They didnt prey on me like im some sort of huge transaction that could possibly happen. I will go back to a store like that 9000 more times than one with the douchey –up sell staff.

My go to place for a flat tire.
The staff is very knowledgable about the different products that they have and they’re really friendly too.
15 bucks for a flat is kinda pushing it, but beggars can’t be choosers and when you have a flat, your options are limited by your proximity.
Also, play it safe and make sure you take your bike to different shops for checkups. The guys here keep telling me that I need new tires but other shops say that I’m ok. Knowledge is power, don’t spend unnecessary money if you don’t have to!

I never give reviews, ever.
I brought my bike in, long story short front fork was bent so I couldn’t get my front tire back in myself. So I thought I’d bring it in to see how long it would take them to fix it. I wheeled it in, in two pieces and wheeled out in one piece in under 40 minutes. Will helped me out and fixed every little minor thing I pointed out on the spot, very down to earth easy to talk to guys there. Not stuck up like some other bicycle fix it shops.
This place doesn’t pay Unilocal to hide «bad reviews» so I DEFINITELY recommend this place for any of your bicycle needs. I am so pleased with their service they deserve a higher rating!