New Businesses: December 2012
DUMBO
DUMBO finally has its own bike shop for recreational and competitive riders. Redbeard Bikes, at 165 Front Street, is the brainchild of Ilya Nikhamin, a native Brooklynite who is applying his eight years of bike shop experience towards “making people comfortable on existing bikes or making bikes from scratch, for comfort and body types.” There are top-notch road titanium and carbon-fiber bikes from Lynskey and Parlee, as well as folding bikes from Brompton and a carefully curated selection of parts and accessories. Open daily; visit www.redbeardbikes.com.
BOERUM HILL