About the shop

About Riverside Cycle Works

We are a bicycle repair shop in Madison, Wisconsin, and our days are spent fixing the bikes people ride to work, on the road and out on the trail.

Madison, Wisconsin

A bike mechanic in a brown beanie and work apron trues a spoked wheel on a stand in a warmly lit workshop
A small bike workshop with wheels hanging on the wall, pegboards of tools, wooden workbenches and stools, and a tall window letting in daylight

Our story

A repair shop for the bikes Madison rides.

Riverside Cycle Works is built around one job: repairing bicycles. Tires and flats, braking, gears and chain.


Commuter bikes, road bikes and mountain bikes all come through our door. Some need a new tube so the rider can get home. Some need brakes that stop the way they should. Some need a chain and gears that shift cleanly again.

You don't have to know what a part is called. Tell us what the bike is doing, what it sounds like and how you ride it. We look it over, show you what we find and explain it in plain words.

The goal is simple: you leave with a bike you can count on, whether that means the trip to work tomorrow or a long ride on the weekend.

How we work

What you can expect at our bench.

A few things stay the same no matter what you ride or what is wrong with it.

Repairs come first

Fixing bikes is what we do all day: tires and flats, braking, gears and chain.

Every everyday bike

Commuter, road or mountain, your bike gets the same careful look.

Say it your way

A squeak, a grind, a slip when you pedal hard. Describe it however you like and we will work out the rest.

An estimate first

We tell you what the work involves and confirm the estimate with you before we start.

Ready when you are

Bring your bike to Riverside.

Tell us what it needs and we will get back to you to talk through the repair and find a time.

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