Tag: electric lady

February 11, 2019

Electric Lady’s Alex Kostelnik on why he’s closing the Central District e-bike shop

Alex Kostelnik is getting out of the e-bike showroom business. After nearly three years on the front lines of a volatile e-bike industry, selling shiny new bikes out of the Central District’s Electric Lady, he finds himself looking longingly up E Union Street where, just two blocks away, his first shop 20/20 Cycle is still…
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tagged: 20/20 cycle, alex kostelnik, central district, electric lady
February 24, 2017

Public Bikes will close Pine St shop

When Public Bikes opened at Summit and Pine in April 2015, we noted that the shop was “well-positioned to take advantage of Capitol Hill’s bike shop desert.” Velo Bike Shop had recently moved to the Denny Triangle area after decades on the Hill, and one of the city’s densest and bikiest neighborhoods was left without…
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tagged: 20/20 cycle, branford bike, capitol hill, electric lady, métier racing and coffee, peloton, public bikes, rapha
June 24, 2015

20/20 Cycle owner plans Central District electric cargo bike shop: Electric Lady

Alex Kostelnik built 20/20 Cycle out of little more than a couple maxed out credit cards and a serous desire to create a bike shop in the Central District focused on getting any old bike rolling again. Perhaps more than any other shop I’ve been to, 20/20 staff always default to fixing what’s on a…
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tagged: 20/20 cycle, alex kostelnik, cargo bikes, electric lady, family biking
April 22, 2015

PUBLIC Bikes now open on Capitol Hill

I just swung by the PUBLIC Bikes shop at Pine and Summit, and the crew there is mopping the floors and putting the final touches on the renovated shop space. They opened quietly this afternoon, and their grand opening party planned for closer to June, said VP of Retail Bryan Shawley. As we reported previously,…
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tagged: 20/20 cycle, alex kostelnik, capitol hill, electric lady, public bikes