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Bespoke Bicycles was founded in 2009 by Cassidy Vare. It's a shop for the everyday rider, so we specialize in bikes and accessories for the city. Whether you just want a nice way to get around the neighborhood, want to go grocery shopping or run errands, or give up your car and do everything by bike, we are here to help. We sell new bikes from Raleigh and Pashley, and an assortment of parts and accessories that we think are the best combination of quality and price.

Service is the backbone of the shop, and it's the most important part of the business for us (and the most fun!). We do repairs and adjustments, cleaning and alterations. If you've got a good bike that just doesn't quite work for you, bring it by and we'll see what we can do to make it better.

Along the same lines, we custom-build bikes too (the word 'bespoke' means custom-made or made to order). We start with a frame--we carry frames from Surly, Soma and Velo Orange, but if you have a frame already we'll use that too--and pick out parts with you to make your perfect bike.

Bespoke's owner, Cassidy, had been working in other shops for years, and thinking about opening his own shop "someday" for a while. In 2008, he discovered that his great-grandfather, George Collett, had also been in the business; he started out as a track and event racer, and went on to open a bicycle shop in New Haven, Connecticut, some time in the early 1900s. With fate apparently on his side, Cassidy opened Bespoke's doors in April 2009, just days before his 30th birthday.

We opened in lovely Fort Greene, in Brooklyn. It's a neighborhood that, like the rest of Brooklyn, has seen a lot of change in the last few years. People have been telling us that there hasn't been a bike shop close by in fifteen years. We've been busy, though, so obviously there was a need.