Counterbalance Bikes is closing in a week or so. I plan to make one final visit to say hello - goodbye to Peter as I roll along the U-Village Silvercloud Burke Gilman route on an electric assist bathtub.
there goes the neighborhood
there goes the local bike shop
Adam, Jake & Peter opened Counterbalance at 2 West Roy Street in 2000. Peter took over and it moved to the Blakeley Burke Gilman spot formerly known as Ti Cycles II.
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Digging through the photographic memory I found these shots of Sam and Todd during a Boat Street Crit with C. Forest Hoag lurking in the background. 17 years later I often find myself loitering on Boat Street and that building in the back is UW Box #355100 but you can address it to #355020.
Jake racing CMWC Seattle 2003
this may or may not be a Tyler Goldsmith photo but that is Adam at the Store Room in the late 90s
Counterbalance Closing Sale
closed on Mondays bro
visualize your new bike shop here
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