Baltimore Bicycle Works in Urbanite
http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/sub.cfm?sectionID=4&issueID=71&articleID=1188
Working Wheels
photo by Tasha Treadwell
Rush is right—socialism is on the march! Exhibit A: Baltimore Bicycle Works (1813 Falls Rd.; 410-605-0705), which opened its doors in December. The shop is structured as a worker-owned collective, so “nobody’s anybody’s boss,” says Josh Keogh, one of the five equal partners in the business. Keogh and his comrades focus on the urban working masses, not the Lycra-clad racers. Their grittily industrial retail space, located underneath the Howard Street bridge right off the Jones Falls Trail, carries new and used road bikes and hybrids from American brands Jamis, Swobo, and Surly—makers of functional, old-school steel-frame rides—plus gear aimed at commuters, messengers, fixed-gear aficionados, and other cyclists looking for bombproof urban transportation. Bike books, repairs, and custom steel frame-building, too.
—David Dudley