Tag: velo bike shop
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Velo Bike Shop is closing after 55 years of business
Velo Bike Shop is closing after a remarkable and influential 55-year run. Founded in 1968, Velo helped supply the city’s bicycling boom in the 1970s. The shop continued to be an important source of bikes and service for decades on Capitol Hill before moving into the Via6 building when it opened in the Belltown/Denny Triangle…
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Wednesday: New2Biking event will talk urban cycling, even in the rain
New2Seattle is partnering with Cascade Bicycle Club and Velo Bike Shop to host an event for anyone looking for advice on urban cycling. New2Biking, a free social and educational event, will go from 5:30 to 7:30 Wednesday evening at Velo Bike Shop (6th/Blanchard). More details from the event listing: Not just for newbies, this New2Seattle…
tagged: belltown, cascade bicycle club, denny triangle, events, new2biking, new2seattle, velo bike shop, via6 -
CHS profiles Branford Bike, the ‘last bike shop on Capitol Hill’
It’s pretty hard to imagine that, with Velo Bike Shop moving from 11th and Pine to the new Via6 building in the Denny Triangle/Belltown area, Capitol Hill is now a bike shop black hole. The neighborhood now has a high end shop toward the north end, and is just a hop skip and jump from…
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Check out Velo’s new location and get free breakfast tomorrow + A look at ViaBike
Velo Bike Shop opened in it’s new location in the new Via6 building in the Denny Triangle this week after many years on Capitol Hill. To celebrate, Via6 is hosting its second Breakfast Via Bike event Thursday morning. Roll up to McGraw Square at 5th and Olive between 7:30 and 10 a.m. for a free…
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Capitol Hill’s Velo Bike Shop planning 2013 move to Denny Triangle
Even though it is among the most bikey neighborhoods in Seattle, Capitol Hill could lose its only fully-featured bike shop next year as Velo Bike Shop plans a move from it’s longtime 11th and Pine home to 6th and Blanchard in the Denny Triangle, Capitol Hill Seattle reports. Velo plans to open the new shop…
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