Best of 2000: Best Neighborhood Bicycle Shop

Threshold Bicycles
3461 Ingraham Street,
Crown Point
(858) 270-1820

Parking on Ingraham can be a drag, but people come from all over the county to get their bikes repaired here. Owner Jim Richardson and two other mechanics talk straight and do an honest job. This is also a good place to buy children's bicycles, inexpensive adult tandems, beach cruisers, battery-powered adult tricycles -- everything short of the highest-tech professional models. The store isn't huge, but somehow Richardson manages to cram in baskets and handlebars of every shape and size, motocross components, racks, wheels, horns, and almost every other bike-related accessory imaginable.