Poway Bicycle offers knowledgeable, hands-on service

Looking for a new bicycle, or need your old one repaired? Poway Bicycle can help you out.

Poway Bicycle, at 13238 Poway Road in the Lively Center, recently celebrated its first anniversary.

“Poway had a bicycle shop for about 20 years that closed,” said owner Luis Ibarra. “We saw a void and filled it.”

Ibarra, a Poway resident who graduated from Poway High School in 2002, said his store is a family shop that offers the full spectrum of different kinds of bicycles from children to adults.

It also sells accessories for biking and does bicycle repairs.

“Bikes aren’t just about recreation,” said Ibarra. “They’re about practicality. They’re commuter transportation.”

Some of the biggest sellers at the shop are hybrid and mountain bicycles, due to Poway’s many local trails, said Ibarra.

Ibarra said that after spending 15 years in the hospitality industry, he wanted to do something with more entrepreneurship. “I saw the opportunity (to open my own shop) and jumped on it,” he said.

One of the things that sets Poway Bicycle apart from big box stores that sell bikes is the quality of the bicycles. “All the bikes we sell use bicycle-grade components rather than plastic,” said Ibarra. “We’re here to nurture your bicycle through its entire life. We stand behind every bike we sell.”

Buying a bicycle from Poway Bicycle also includes service and maintenance. “We do everything from bike restoration to bike maintenance,” he said. “We’re big maintenance guys. I strongly believe that I’d rather bring a bike back to life than have someone buy a new one.”

Ibarra said that Poway Bicycle has the best maintenance pricing available locally.

Services offered at Poway Bicycle range from a single speed basic tune-up to a full-service overhaul, as well as a variety of other service options, including autorack and autorack roof installation, kickstand installation, training wheel installation, brake adjustments and much more.

Another thing Poway Bicycle can offer its customers is hands-on, personal attention from its staff. “We find out how you plan to use the bicycle, or how you dream of using it, and point you in the right direction,” said Ibarra. “Many people dream of using their bikes in one way, but end up needing something else. We want to find our customers the best and most efficient bike for them.”

Poway Bicycle also sells a wide variety of accessories for biking, including riding shoes, helmets, clothing, handle grips, water bottles and much more.

Ibarra said he is working on opening a second location in Del Sur.

Poway Bicycle is open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

For more information on the products and services offered at Poway Bicycle, call 858-465-9119 or visit www.powaybicycle.com.