Welcome to Ridelow where Cycling meets fashion. If you are an urban fashionista take a look at our single speed/ Fixed gear bikes or roll out in style with one of our Lowrider bikes. If the idea of sitting back and enjoying the ride in comfort appeals to you then a Cruiser bike might be the right choice. Choose from a massive selection of bike brands and styles.

Electra mens/womens bikes for a comfort cruiser bike or British hand-built road bikes from Pashley Cycles. For the guys we have the Pashley Gov’ner and other mens Pashley bikes available. For the Ladies we have the very cute Pashley Poppy and the popular Pashley Princess Sovereign which combines that Vintage Bicycle look with all the best of modern components, don’t forget your wicker bicycle shopping basket !

Ridelow sell complete bikes but we also build custom bikes for you. We have built bicycles for some of the biggest brands on the Planet, Levi”s, Budweiser, Diesel, Wagamamma, Gio Goi & Cazadores just some of our client list that we have supplied and built custom bikes for. We have a long list of celebrity bike lovers who have also commissioned Ridelow to supply them with a complete Bicycle or Custom Made Bike. Take a look below at some of our celebrities on bikes from Ridelow, Kate Moss bike, Pete Doherty bike, they liked their bikes so much they took them to Glastonbury. David and Victoria Beckham bikes, Schwinn Cruiser Bike, NYC Chopper bike. Justin Bieber bike, Tinchy Stryder Lowrider Chopper bike, Agyness Deyn on Electra Amsterdam bike, Lilly Cole on Pashley Bike.

We see bikes as an extension of your wardrobe as well as a great green way to commute and keeping your self in shape. We believe that you will always have a happy moment in the day when cycling. After all you see more angry drivers than Cyclists. It’s a fun and fab way to get around town on or pooping to your local shops to stock up on your groceries.

There is nothing that compares to the romantic look of a Traditional Dutch Style bike complete with bicycle shopping basket filled with a couple of French loaves sticking out with a Lady cyclists dressed in a long flowing frock or cool guy dressed in his casual chinos, you get the picture take a look.  You just don’t get this in normal Cycling Gear. The good news is that England is slowly becoming a Cycling nation, and this has been helped with much improved cycling lanes and tax efficient cycling schemes run by the Government through your employer such as he the Cyclescheme cycle2work and NHS cycle to work schemes, check the links to and your employer to sign up, cycling could bring back those happy days for you. The Scheme allows you to Purchase a bike up to £1000 including cycle accessories such as Bicycle locks and Cycle helmets and bike lights, its a great incentive and Ridelow are an authorised dealer and support of the cycle to work schemes we have helped hundreds of people to get a bicycle through this green and tax efficient way of commuting. Just because we are romantics at heart and  love  normal things just like yourselves we would like to give you another Ridelow cheezie comment “when you are in the car you are watching a movie, when you are riding on your bicycle you are in the movie.

As well as supplying a large range of commuter and city bikes, Ridelow also have bikes for action sports and off road bikes, We have just take delivery of our 2011 BMX / freestyle bikes stocking the following BMX brands GT, Mongoose, Diamondback, Felt & Hoffman & the cool German BMX bike brand We the People (Wethepeople),

We will be adding more mountain bikes as we grow, look out for NS bikes Mountain and Hybrid bikes we have had a sneak view of the 2011 NS bikes, designs and quality is something else.

We have been trading for 15 years and our store is like no other bike store. We have a selection of bikes, bicycle accessories bike parts and bicycle componenets and bike clothing mixed in with fashion brands from the world of skate and surf such as Volcom stone. We carry a huge selection of Volcom clothing in store and are the only place in Manchester City Centre Stock Volcom Clothing (Volcom Stone).  Other brands we stock are Nixon watches, Dakine Bags/Luggage  Eastpak backpacks, Vans Footwear and Hunter Wellies right here from our City Centre store Ridelow in Manchester. we are known as Manchester’s favourite alternative store, we love and respect all our customers and value you all very much. This ethos is carried out onto our Bicycle on line Business and we will do more than  most to make our customers happy and have a great experience when buying a bike from Ridelow or just asking for advice. Customer service is so important for you and us. We are a forward thinking independent with good honest values. Oh we haven't mentioned we also operate a tattoo  and piercing studio in our Manchester Ridelow store, we advise you to “think before you ink...please” .

We hope we are helping to drag the bicycle industry out of the dark ages and into the 21st `century, we are appealing to a new generation of bicycle lovers, who’s accent is on style and is there most functional fashion accessory they own. It’s this approach that has helped us gain a lot of female bicycle lovers and riders, the ladies can come and browse in our store and feel comfortable choosing a women’s bicycle, we are not afraid of women like many other bicycle shops seem to be.

“We are just like you”  we hope we can continue to grow with you as a company and help to get more happy bums on bicycle seats, we plan to add more bikes parts and accessories and cycle gear along with some cool urban fashion brand throughout 2010 and 2011.

As i am typing i am looking out of my window and the rain is coming down here in Manchester after all we are know as the “rainy city” or we like to glam it up and say Brolleywood.. good job those waterproof cycling/running socks have just landed its a new brand for us Sealskinz.