Support your Spartan bike shop!
Need something to repair or to jazz up your bike? You can now order thru MSU Bikes and have it delivered directly to your door! This will help both of us through this tough time.
As you may know bike shops in Michigan have been closed by the Governor’s Executive Order 20-21 (which was extended thru April 30 by EO 20-42) as non-essential services, so we’ve been closed as a result.
We are very committed to helping our area bicyclists keep riding, so with that mind we are able to have items drop-shipped directly to you from some of our vendors, oftentimes for better prices than you can get elsewhere online.
We also offer our knowledge and experience built up over 50 years of working with bikes to make sure that what you order is the right part or accessory for your bike.
You’ll also know that you’re doing a part in supporting one of your local bike shops in a time of need. Unfortunately, we are unable to sell any bikes at this time, new or used, but we are happy to provide our advice and recommendations to you if you’ve got a couple bikes that you’re trying to decide which is best.
We are answering the phone remotely, so call us at 517-432-3400 or email us at: bikes@msu.edu for assistance or for a quote for parts and accessories from the vendors below. Shipping & other fees (some distributors are charging us drop-ship fees) will be covered by us for orders over $75.
Below are the vendors that you can order from with links to their online catalogs. Sorry your purchase prices aren’t shown on their online catalogs; Velo Orange and Merry Sales show their MSRP prices while JBI doesn’t show any prices; buying thru us will be lower in all cases. Please contact us for a quick quote.
JBI’s Spring-Summer 2020 catalog
Velo Orange’s home page screenshot
Merry Sales selection of Nitto products
JBI’s car racks
JBI stocks a wide variety of bicycles, bicycle components, and bicycle accessories that address the needs of all types of riders in different areas across the globe. Their catalog features 20,000+ unique products from 300+ different brands.
Fine Print: Sorry but during this time bikes, trikes, recumbents, large repair stands, and large car racks are not eligible for drop-shipping from JBI.
If you’re not familiar with Velo Orange, they are an “importer of elegant parts and accessories that were once produced by small firms in Europe, Japan, and the UK for the cyclo-tourist and randonneur.” Read more about them here. Their blog is a real delight.
Fine Print:
- This new policy only applies to United States wholesale accounts. At this time we cannot extend this to our international partners due to the added complexity with regards to customs, duties, and shipping.
- Not available for complete or custom builds.
- We will only drop-ship to the contiguous 48 states.
- Returns and warranties must go through the purchasing shop.
- Standard shipping rates apply.
Merry Sales is another specialty distributor we can order from and are the primary distributor for many fine brands, such as, Soma Fabrications, Nitto, Interloc Racing Design (IRD), Yokozuna USA, New Albion, Newbaum’s Tape, Pake, Crane Bells, Cardiff, Ltd., Osaka Bells and Tanaka. Learn more about them here:
Fine print: See their ordering and shipping policies here.
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