That's because Revolution's long-time owner, Bill Addler, is calling it quits after more than 15 years of retail bike shop ownership.
I stopped by Bill's bike shop this afternoon after I heard he was closing the Revolution Bicycles store, which is housed in a nice stand-along building on 4th Street across from a shopping center where Bill used to rent space for his bike shop. I attended the opening celebration and recalled the buzz when Revolution Bicycles opened its new store in mid-2008.
I thanked Bill for agreeing to become one of the first stores to join SWFBUD five years ago. At the beginning, Bill even suggested the SWFBUD moniker -- a play on words on the local water district that goes by the SWFMD title.
Bill doesn't know when the last day will come at his store, which sells Specialized bicycles. He said he'll be open until the last tire tube is sold.
Bill dropped out of SWFBUD a few years ago because of expenses, but we stayed friends and bumped into each other at Interbike, the national bicycle trade show in Las Vegas. I wished him well today.
Bill is not sure what role he will play in the bicycle industry after he closes Revolution Bicycles. Maybe he will work in another shop or perhaps a sale rep? Bill doesn't know.
Good luck to you Bill.
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I stopped in at Revolution Bikes a few years ago for advice and parts when I was rebuilding and upgrading my bike. The shop had absolutely no interest and was only focused on trying to sell a new bike - when all I wanted was my new old bike. Needless to say, I moved on to patronize other, more helpful local bike shops. It’s no wonder to me that they were not able to stay in business.
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