Revolution Bike & Bean

Reviews about Revolution Bike & Bean

• 1 / 5

  By Noel Putman
  If you are looking for a bicycle shop to tune up your kid's bikes or your own "neighborhood cruiser", I can not recommend Rev Bike and Bean. I know, it sounds crazy because blending Bicycles and Coffee, just screams 'We do it all super-awesomely'. And these folks most likely do, for the crowd that pedals around bicycles with super-awesome price tags. Getting a couple of new tires and inner tubes on a handed down bicycle proved to be a challenge however.
  
  I took in a bicycle my father-in-law passed down to my son for RB&B to install two tires and tubes. They did a nice job helping us select tires. They then installed them and I bought some accessories for my other son's bicycle. Paid the $150 bill and we were out the door. My son decided to ride the bike to the truck parked down the street. He got about 5 feet and the rear tire cocked sideways and locked up. Back in the store, tightened up the wheel, and back out the door. He rode the bike to the truck and by the time he got there the front tire was flat. I figured the valve stem was loose and I could take care of that at home. At the house I noticed that there were no caps on the valve stems also. No biggie, I can find a couple of valve caps.
  
  The next day the front tire was flat again. Back to RB&B after work. They looked at the tire and rim and informed me that they could not find a hole in the tube but the rubber strip over the spokes inside the rim must be the problem. I could not figure out how that would cause a non-existent hole in the inner tube, but they said they would install a new spoke strip and new inner tube. I said OK. I pointed out the lack of caps on the valve stems, and they replied that caps to keep dirt or moisture out of the valve stem that seals against air escaping from the inner tube were "not necessary." I could not argue with that logic so I nodded my head and assumed I must look somewhat like Forrest Gump amongst these wizards of compressed air technology.
  
  Twenty minutes later the bicycle was all finished. The technician said she would meet me over at the register. When I asked what for, she replied to pay for the spoke strip and the new inner tube which she acknowledged I really should not have needed to have replaced so soon. For an additional $9.50 I learned where I will not go for future bicycle needs, and was inspired to write a review. Hopefully this review will save someone else a similar experience.
  February 11, 2017
• 2 / 5

  By Andrew Denta
  Salespeople were kinda rude. I know nothing about bikes and they didn't seem interested in explaining what was wrong with my bike.
  
  Refused to give any quote on how much repairs on my bike would cost before fixing it.
  
  Prices seemed reasonable. $15 to fix my bike chain.
  August 24, 2016