The Cyclist's Electric Bike Shops Since 1996
We sell and service Human Power Augmented a.k.a. Electric bikes and ride them enthusiastically ourselves. See also our folding bikes at Folding Bikes West.
How to order
You may phone or visit our store to place an order. No on line purchasing is offered. Pick up in store or shipped.
Seattle, WA
Electric Bikes Northwest
4810 17th Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107 - Map
ph: 206/547-4621
Email form
Winter Hours:
Monday: 11–4
Tuesday thru Friday 11–6
Saturday: 11–4
Sunday: closed
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Shipping of Electric Bikes
While it has indeed been a longstanding (albeit changing) practice in
the quality regular (i.e. pedal only) bike industry not to typically
ship bikes direct to the retail customer the contrary practice has
evolved in the embryonic electric bike trade.
Electric bikes—due to their size, weight and complexity—are obviously
more susceptible to shipping damage and more involved to assemble and
service than most regular bikes. It is hard to escape the conclusion
that proliferating Internet offerings may largely be about pushing sales
at the expense of the real world practical challenges and frustrations
faced by many a customer after the bike carton lands on his or her
doorsteps.
That said our own full service, brick and mortar stores have over the
years successfully shipped many different electric bikes to a fair
number of customers: In instances directly to some who proved as
competent as our own mechanics and in other instances to those who have
instead preferred to order a bike 'ready to ride right out of the
carton'.
The crucial prerequisite for the successful receiving of a shipped bike
is that it has been professionally built up and tuned and then repacked
with the greatest care by the U.S. shipping dealer (as bikes do not
arrive to our shores ready to ride and the packaging that suffices while
within the ocean container usually proves inadequate for domestic
shipping).
Our own shipping experience since 1996 clearly tells the story that for
bicycles to ship successfully direct to a retail customer this must be
arranged on a case by case basis. We routinely explore with the
prospective customer how willing he or she may be to deal with the risk
of shipping damage, how capable he or she is to assemble, tune and
adjust the bike to assure safety, maximize longevity and rider
enjoyment, how the manufacturers warranty may be activated, and what the
availability may be of competent, committed, ongoing support (local and
long distance).
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2011 EbikesNW
April 2011
At this time we ship the nifty and zippy iZip Via Urbano electric bike throughout the 48 contiguous states.
