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Ratings and Reviews!

We now have customer ratings and reviews on our website. Customers have already reviewed dozens of products, and rated hundreds! On all category and other product listing pages, you can now sort by the highest rated products. Product detail pages now show the overall rating and you can view any customer reviews and post your own review. Help your fellow riders out by letting them know how you feel about the products you use every day!

Sidewalk Sale Coming Soon!

September 11th We will be holding our first sidewalk sale. Lots of closeouts items like rims, wheels, tires and more and all to benefit the NW Trail Alliance. We will have extended hours 10am to 6pm on September 11th. Stay tuned for more info!

On September 11th Universal Cycles will hold its first ever sidewalk sale at its Portland retail store With 5% of all sales on Saturday will go to the NW Trail Alliance (NWTA). We are clearing out our old inventory that we don’t want or have room for anymore and there will be great deals to be had, tons of rims, tires, wheels and other odds and ends will be going for ridiculous prices and all of it to benefit trails in the northwest. As Universal Cycles expands its parts selection we need room in the warehouse, so old stock that is no longer on the website needs to go and the stuff will be priced to move. So while we are clearing out some old inventory we thought it would be a great time to have a benefit for local trails and the NWTA is regional advocacy group dedicated to getting new trails opened up here in the NW for mountain bikers. The NWTA will have a booth set up at the sale to make it easier for people to sign up and become members of the NWTA or donate to them. For the big event we will have extended hours on Saturday, we will be open 10am to 6pm and will have a few other things happening as well that day so be sure to stop by and see what we have cooking. Come and clean us out of some great old inventory and help out trails in the NW at the same time. Tom Slovak who is the Trail care director at NWTA had this to say about the event “I'm excited that Universal Cycles is providing this opportunity to benefit Northwest Trail Alliance by donating a portion of the proceeds from the sale.  It's great when local businesses support our efforts and I hope that Universal Cycles and NWTA can build upon this relationship going forward." Our retail location is 1820 NW 18th Ave., located on the corner of 18th and Thurman just north of the Pearl District. Please check our website www.universalcycles.com for directions and more info

Castelli is now in stock

we just received our first shipment of Castelli and it is ready to ship. Castelli has been making cycling clothing since 1910 and the Castelli brand was launched in 1974, the quality is top notch and worth a look at Click Here

A Unique Find!!

Look at what we found! Purple Chris King Disc Hubs!! Not too many available, but these are extremely unique. Available as pairs only, 32 hole drilling. These are absolutely beautiful for a custom build.

Spring Tune Up

It is getting close to spring and your bike needs some love! Come by and get a tune up by our Pro Mechanic Aaron. Get it done now and have your bike ready to go when the good weather hits! You will see our rates are great and the turnaround quick!

Caffelatex available now!

Caffelatex Sealant Need an alternative? Caffelatex is the newest tire sealant on the market. The advantage? . . . Not ammonia based. Sealant, tubeless rim tape, conversion kits, and valves are now In Stock and Ready to Ship!

Gift Certificates Available

For the Holiday season, or for any special occasion, we have re-formatted our Gift Certificates. All of us wish you a Happy Holiday season.

New Local store and hours

We have expanded our local retail store, adding more floor space and hundreds of new products that are in stock now here in Portland! we have stocked up on tires, nutritionals and lots of other gear. stop by and say hi and see what we have to offer Portland riders.

New local store hours are Monday 1pm to 6pm, Tuesday-Thursday 10am to 7pm, Friday 10am to 6pm and Saturday 10am to 4pm. Come by and check out one of the largest selection of parts and accessories in Portland!

Portland Single Track

We are pleased to announce that we are involved in trying to get more singletrack opened up in Forest Park. At over 5,000 acres of land, our community needs world class single track to be called the #1 cycling city in the U.S. Feel free to look at www.bikeportland.org for the latest article about it.

Rebuild those Forks and Brakes

We have been busy putting up lots of parts to fix your forks and brakes. Make those forks and brakes feel like new with rebuild kits and other parts. We make it easy to find just the part you are looking for! Use the Search feature on our site to look up manufacturer part numbers, it's that easy!