The gallery

The builds

Every bike here was built, rebuilt, or brought back to life in this shop.

Custom black cruiser with red-wall tires shot in the Florida sun
Blacked-out cruiser on red-walls
Full stretch lowrider build with red-wall tires and a raked front end
Stretch lowrider
Long black chopper build leaning against the shop's orange roll-up door
Black chopper
Hand-built black stretch tandem, front three-quarter view
Stretch tandem
Deep blue lowrider stretch build, low and long
Blue lowrider
Custom tandem cruiser against the orange shop door
Tandem cruiser
Stretched cream cruiser with brown leather saddle in the shop corridor
Cream custom cruiser
Board-track style build with springer fork and leather saddle
Board-tracker in cream
Pool-ball shifter knob and drivetrain detail on a cream custom build
Shifter detail
Twisted chrome fork legs meeting a pinstriped head tube
Twisted fork, head tube
Custom camo-painted cruiser with ape hangers
Camo cruiser
Mountain bike converted with a gas engine kit
Motorized build
Four finished custom bikes lined up in the lot
Custom lineup
Two stretch builds parked along the walkway
Stretch pair
Matte black cruiser with lime green rims
Black & lime cruiser
Sky blue single-speed cruiser
Sky blue cruiser
Cream cruiser with balloon tires
Cream cruiser
Black cruiser with orange-red rims and tank graphics
Black & orange cruiser
Cream step-through cruiser with teal rims
Cream & teal step-through
Red moped-style electric bike with fat tires
Super73-style e-bike
A lineup of refurbished used bikes in front of the shop
Used bikes, ready to ride
A packed row of cruisers waiting for new owners
Cruisers by the row
Colorful cruiser collection inside the shop
The collection
Bikes for sale lined up outside the shop doors
Stock outside the shop
First Gear Bicycles storefront with the roll-up door open and bikes out front
The shop, doors open
Organized workbench inside the shop, stocked and ready
The bench
Wall of fresh tires and parts inventory
The tire wall
A frame mid-fabrication on the outdoor bench
Frame work
Custom frame clamped up on the jig
On the jig
A worn derailleur stripped for service on the bench mat
On the bench
Checking a worn tire casing for damage
Reading a tire