North of the Border Bikes

In business for over 30 years and voted “Best Bike Shop of MTBR-2008”, (www.mtbr.com), North of the Border serves it’s customers!

Experience and expertise,  combined with selective inventory and low overhead enables North of the Border to compete with the large, name brand bike shops in San Diego.

The shop has been built around Michael Crowell, one of the most respected mechanics in the county. Michael has wrenched on bikes which have placed on the podium at races such as the Primal-Quest, 24-hour races and regional road races.  Simply put, people drive far and out of their way to North of the Border to have Michael work on their bikes.

Our inventory is selective.  Our product selection is based on what has been proven to work and last. We carry both state-of-the-art cross-country bikes as well as all-mountain, full suspension bikes. We also have a sell a diverse selection of gravel bikes and E bikes.

Our bike brands are selective to what we believe in. We chose brands to meet a specific need for each type of customer who walk into our store.

Our goal is to understand your goals! Assist in helping you decide which bike is going to fit best for your needs and to be the most applicable towards the type of terrain and amount of riding you plan on investing in.

We love to ride, we want you to love to ride and we want you to be both stoked and knowledgeable so you can make smart decisions. This will ultimately enable you to have the best riding experience.

Thank you for visiting our website. Stop by the shop, we look forward to meeting you.

-  Michael & Doug