Online Search for LBS Made Easy

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Permalink Reply by James BlackHeron on January 4, 2012 at 9:31am

I don't think it ever was hard.

Google Map Search - simply type in Bike Shop.  They even have bike-routing directions.

But I do appreciate the work that was put into this directory.  

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Permalink Reply by mindfrieze on January 4, 2012 at 9:34am

And if you're in Chicago, don't forget our own homegrown bike shop directory:

 

chicagobikeshops.info

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Permalink Reply by Julie Hochstadter on January 4, 2012 at 9:41am

Also under the useful links tab.

mindfrieze said:

And if you're in Chicago, don't forget our own homegrown bike shop directory:

 

chicagobikeshops.info

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Permalink Reply by James BlackHeron on January 4, 2012 at 9:50am

What is with all the spam links in the reviews section?

mindfrieze said:

And if you're in Chicago, don't forget our own homegrown bike shop directory:

 

chicagobikeshops.info

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Permalink Reply by mindfrieze on January 4, 2012 at 9:54am

Hmm.  That's new.

 

I've found the reviews, generally, to be useful.

 

Time to email the webmaster.

James BlackHeron said:

What is with all the spam links in the reviews section?

mindfrieze said:

And if you're in Chicago, don't forget our own homegrown bike shop directory:

 

chicagobikeshops.info

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Permalink Reply by James BlackHeron on January 4, 2012 at 10:01am

It may be just how Chrome is rendering the page.  It looks all like weird randomly-generated user-names and strange links in the comments other than a tiny few that are actual comments. 

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Permalink Reply by Adam "Cezar" Jenkins on January 4, 2012 at 10:23am

The new directory is lacking. Missing some shops near me. One especially, http://plankroadcyclery.com/

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Permalink Reply by James BlackHeron on January 4, 2012 at 10:26am

It's on teh g00g13 mapz. 

Adam "Cezar" Jenkins said:

The new directory is lacking. Missing some shops near me. One especially, http://plankroadcyclery.com/

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Permalink Reply by mindfrieze on January 4, 2012 at 10:44am

Got an email back from the webmaster:

 

Thanks for the heads-up. I deleted all that spam.

tod

 

James BlackHeron said:

What is with all the spam links in the reviews section?

mindfrieze said:

And if you're in Chicago, don't forget our own homegrown bike shop directory:

 

chicagobikeshops.info

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Permalink Reply by h' 1.0 on January 4, 2012 at 10:44am

Depressing that no-one has mentioned http://chicagobikeshops.info

A locally run non-commercial site which includes user reviews of most of the shops.

Does nobody know about it?

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Permalink Reply by James BlackHeron on January 4, 2012 at 10:55am

Don't forget about http://chicagobikeshops.info/ too.

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