eBike Shops in Columbus, Ohio (2026): 8 Verified Stores

Columbus, Ohio, is a city of 938,396 people in the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate, on 221.93 square miles of land that the City divides into 41 Columbus Communities. Three of its eight e-bike stores stand on North High Street, from Victorian Village up to Clintonville, and two more share Sawmill Road in the Far Northwest.

The 8 Verified eBike Shops in Columbus

Read the cards from the top of the city down: they are ordered north to south, so you can start at your end of town. Each gives the store's Columbus Community and its straight-line distance from Broad and High, the crossing at the center of Downtown. Only Franklinton Cycle Works lies south of that corner; the other seven are north of it, five of them 6.5 miles out or more.

Download all 13 storefronts, the eight inside the city and the five just past its line, with coordinates, Columbus Community, miles from Broad and High, phone, brands and hours: CSV · JSON.

Trek Bicycle Columbus Dublin — 6672 Sawmill Road

Address: 6672 Sawmill Rd, Columbus, OH 43235
Phone: (614) 791-8735
Website: Trek's Columbus Dublin store page
Brands: Trek, on Bosch's eBike dealer map
Hours: Mon–Fri 11–7, Sat 10–6 (its store page); Sun 10–6 (Google Maps)
Focus: Far Northwest, 10.9 miles out in the North West Square shopping mall; its page promises "24-hour service turnaround on bikes of any brand."

REI Columbus-Dublin — 6424 Sawmill Road

Address: 6424 Sawmill Rd, Columbus, OH 43235
Phone: (614) 799-1938
Website: REI's Columbus-Dublin store page
Brands: Bosch-powered e-bikes, per Bosch's dealer map
Hours: Mon–Sat 10–9, Sun 10–6 (its store page)
Focus: Far Northwest, 10.6 miles out; its bike shop prices an E-Bike Tune at $370, or $296 for co-op members. Phone first to hear which e-bikes are in the store.

Orbit City eBikes — 4544 Indianola Avenue

Address: 4544 Indianola Ave, Columbus, OH 43214
Phone: (614) 826-5155
Website: orbitcityebikes.com
Brands: Gazelle, Troxus, Velotric, Tern, Urban Arrow, Blix, Cube, E11EVEN and Rad Power Bikes on its menu, plus e-trikes
Hours: Tue–Thu 12–6, Fri 12–5, Sat 10–2, closed Sun and Mon (its site)
Focus: Clintonville, 6.6 miles out; an e-bike-only store that offers free test rides and takes appointments, on Velotric's and Bosch's dealer maps.

Beechwold Bicycles — 4584 North High Street

Address: 4584 N High St, Columbus, OH 43214
Phone: (614) 725-0500
Website: beechwoldbicycles.com
Brands: Yuba, Urtopia, Scott, Reid, Bombtrack and Pure Cycles e-bikes, and Sun electric trikes, on its Electric Bikes list
Hours: Tue–Fri 12–6, Sat 10–6, closed Sun and Mon (its site)
Focus: Clintonville, 6.5 miles out on North High Street; its e-bike list runs from Urtopia's carbon e-bikes to Yuba's cargo bikes.

REI Columbus-Easton — 4150 Worth Avenue

Address: 4150 Worth Ave, Columbus, OH 43219
Phone: (614) 475-1938
Website: REI's Columbus-Easton store page
Brands: Bosch-powered e-bikes, per Bosch's dealer map
Hours: Mon–Sat 10–9, Sun 10–6 (its store page)
Focus: Northeast, 7.9 miles out at Easton; its bike shop charges the same $370 for an E-Bike Tune, which adds a firmware update and diagnostic on the systems that take one.

Johnny Velo Bikes — 4231 North High Street

Address: 4231 N High St, Columbus, OH 43214
Phone: (614) 333-0012
Website: johnnyvelobikes.com
Brands: Aventon, Giant, Liv, Momentum and Surly e-bikes on its list
Hours: Mon–Fri 11–6, Sat 10–5, Sun 12–5 (Google Maps)
Focus: Clintonville, 6.0 miles out on North High Street; its site offers a parents' guide to buying a child an e-bike, and Aventon's dealer locator lists it.

Paradise Garage — 921 North High Street

Address: 921 N High St, Columbus, OH 43201
Phone: (614) 299-0899
Website: paradisegarage.com
Brands: Velotric, Specialized, Cannondale and Salsa e-bikes on its list
Hours: Mon–Fri 11–6, Sat 11–5, closed Sun (Google Maps)
Focus: Victorian Village, 1.3 miles out on North High Street; its e-bike list reads "Find Your New Electric Bike w/ PG Service Included."

Franklinton Cycle Works — 897 West Broad Street

Address: 897 W Broad St, Columbus, OH 43222
Phone: (614) 228-1852
Website: franklintoncycleworks.org
Brands: New and refurbished bikes and e-bikes, per its home page
Hours: Wed–Sat 12–5, closed Sun–Tue (Google Maps)
Focus: Franklinton, 1.3 miles out; a community bike shop whose open shop lends you "stands, tools and friendly mechanics" to fix your own bike.

Just Outside Columbus — Gahanna, Westerville and Canal Winchester

These five stores stand within 1.8 miles of the city line, so they are not counted above. Columbus's 20 mph cap (§ 2173.02) and sidewalk ban (§ 2173.10) are city code and end at that line; once you cross it, Ohio's e-bike rules in R.C. 4511.522 apply to you, along with the town's own.

Trek Bicycle Westerville — 5985 Maxtown Road

Address: 5985 Maxtown Rd, Westerville, OH 43082
Phone: (614) 901-8735
Website: Trek's Westerville store page
Brands: Trek, on Bosch's eBike dealer map
Hours: Mon–Fri 11–7, Sat 10–6 (its store page); Sun 12–5 (Google Maps)
Focus: a Westerville mailing address outside any city's limits, 1.8 miles past the Columbus line and 13.4 miles from Broad and High.

Westerville Bike Shop — 29 West Main Street

Address: 29 W Main St, Westerville, OH 43081
Phone: (614) 891-5654
Website: westervillebikeshop.com
Brands: Bosch-powered e-bikes, per Bosch's eBike dealer map
Hours: Mon–Fri 10–6, Sat 11–5 (its site)
Focus: Westerville, 1.2 miles past the line and 11.9 miles from Broad and High; its home page says "We fix stuff, specifically bicycles. The pedal kind." Call to ask which e-bikes it has before you go.

Trek Bicycle Gahanna — 1374 North Hamilton Road

Address: 1374 N Hamilton Rd, Gahanna, OH 43230
Phone: (614) 689-8709
Website: Trek's Gahanna store page
Brands: Trek, on Bosch's eBike dealer map
Hours: Mon–Fri 11–6, Sat 10–6 (its store page); Sun 12–5 (Google Maps)
Focus: Gahanna, 0.1 mile past the line and 9.6 miles from Broad and High, "right off Morse Road."

Bicycle One — 358 South Hamilton Road

Address: 358 S Hamilton Rd, Suite F, Gahanna, OH 43230
Phone: (614) 478-7777
Website: bicycleone.com
Brands: Velotric and Aventon, per their dealer maps; its Electric pages list Class 1 to Class 3, cargo, folding and fat-tire e-bikes and electric trikes
Hours: Mon–Fri 10–6, Sat 10–5, closed Sun (its site)
Focus: Gahanna, 0.5 mile past the line and 7.8 miles from Broad and High; it sells in the store only: "come visit us in person or give us a call."

Cyclist Connection — 200 Winchester Cemetery Road

Address: 200 Winchester Cemetery Rd, Canal Winchester, OH 43110
Phone: (614) 833-2453
Website: cyclistconnection.com
Brands: Specialized and Lectric e-bikes on its site; Giant's dealer map tags it for e-bikes
Hours: Mon and Wed–Fri 10–7, Tue and Sat 10–5, closed Sun (its site)
Focus: Canal Winchester, 0.5 mile past the line and 12.2 miles from Broad and High; it calls itself "E-Bike Certified," trained to diagnose and repair e-bikes.

COTA — eBikes on Columbus Buses

Plan your e-bike ride without the bus. COTA's bike-and-ride page answers the question directly: "No, electric bikes are not permitted on COTA bike racks. For safety reasons, only traditional bicycles are permitted." Its code of conduct adds that "Motorized devices, such as scooters and Segways, are prohibited on the bus," so you cannot bring your e-bike inside either.

Trail Access — the Olentangy, Alum Creek and the City's Paths

Whose path you are on decides your e-bike's welcome, because the City's code and Metro Parks' rules read differently.

City of Columbus paths. The city's traffic code treats your e-bike as a "mobility device", which § 2101.186 defines as "a small motorized or electronic device, such as an e-scooter, e-bike or other similar device", and § 2173.07 opens on that use: "Any person who may lawfully operate a bicycle or mobility device upon a sidewalk or shared-use path" must yield to people on foot and give "a timely and audible signal" before passing them.

Columbus Recreation and Parks lists "Motorized vehicles are not permitted" among its trail etiquette and does not name e-bikes. On its paths, ride a Class 1 or Class 2 bike, the two classes R.C. 4511.522(C)(1) admits to a shared-use path unless the authority over it bars them, hold the 20 mph cap in § 2173.02, and obey any sign at the trailhead.

City Nature Preserves. The City's park code, Chapter 919, names no e-bike, but § 919.27(G) prohibits "Use of motorized or non-motorized vehicles, including, but not limited to, snowmobiles, ATVs, motorcycles, drones, bicycles, scooters, and mopeds" in the parks the City designates Nature Preserves. Leave any bike, electric or not, at a preserve's edge.

Metro Parks trails. Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks' rules and regulations say "Persons shall not operate motorized vehicles including electric personal assistive mobility devices on multi-use trails, bridle paths, footpaths, or bicycle paths". The rule does not name e-bikes, and Ohio law (R.C. 4511.522(C)(1)) lets Class 1 and Class 2 ride a shared-use path "unless" the authority over it prohibits them "by resolution, ordinance, or rule".

Metro Parks' greenway trails page says it manages 11 miles of the Olentangy Trail, a 22-mile section of the Alum Creek Trail and the Camp Chase Trail. Until it says which way its rule reads, treat those stretches as unsettled and check the posted rules where you enter. Our Ohio e-bike trail atlas maps who manages each mile.

Class 3 and dirt. State law keeps a Class 3 off a bike path or shared-use path unless the path runs "within or adjacent to a highway" or the authority allows it, and keeps every class off singletrack and natural-surface trails unless they are opened to e-bikes (R.C. 4511.522(C)(2)-(3)).

Ohio eBike Laws — What Makes an eBike Legal in Columbus

Ohio counts your e-bike as a bicycle when it has working pedals and a motor of "less than seven hundred fifty watts". R.C. 4511.01(G) defines a bicycle as "a pedal-powered vehicle upon which a human operator sits, including an electric bicycle".

Divisions (TTT) to (VVV) of R.C. 4511.01 sort e-bikes into three classes by where the motor stops helping: 20 mph for Class 1 (pedal assist) and Class 2 (throttle), 28 mph for Class 3 (pedal assist). The section was last amended effective September 30, 2025.

Look for the label before you buy. Since January 1, 2020, R.C. 4511.522(A)(1) has required makers to fix a label stating the class, "the top assisted speed" and "the motor wattage", and (A)(2) bars changing the top assisted speed without changing the label.

Columbus adds four rules of its own in § 2173.02 and § 2173.10, all aimed at a "mobility device", the code's word for an e-bike:

1. "No person operating a mobility device shall exceed a speed at greater than 20 miles per hour."
2. "No person operating a mobility device should do so on any streets if the posted speed limit is over 35 mph unless in a dedicated bike lane or shared use path."
3. No rider under 16 on a street or a public parking lot "except on a shared use path", and a helmet for every younger rider: "No person under the age of eighteen (18) shall operate a bicycle or mobility device within the City without wearing a protective helmet", with the same rule for passengers from age 1 to 17.
4. "No person shall operate a bicycle or mobility device upon a sidewalk, except when necessary to go on or off adjacent properties or to park."

What breaking them costs. Riding faster than 20 mph is a minor misdemeanor under § 2173.02(C), rising to a fourth-degree misdemeanor if you have a traffic conviction or guilty plea from the year before, and to a third-degree one with two. The sidewalk ban in § 2173.10(c) carries the same minor-misdemeanor penalty.

A rider under 18 without a helmet can be fined up to $25, though police may give a warning instead. Under § 2173.11, an officer may seize your e-bike when it is ridden against any rule in the chapter and impound it for up to 30 days.

Where to Ride Your eBike in Columbus

Start on the low-stress network. The City's Bike Plus 2025 Annual Report counts 209 miles of low-stress bikeways today, up from 197 at its 2024 benchmark, and defines them: "Low-stress bikeways include trails, calm neighborhood streets, and bike lanes with vertical separation between people biking and people driving, such as a curb, parked cars, or another type of vertical barrier."

The City's Getting Around page puts the regional Central Ohio Greenways system at "over 200 miles of multi-use paths", and Columbus Recreation and Parks counts "over 230 miles of regional trails" in its own system.

More is being built. The same report says "Twelve bikeway projects totaling 19 miles are anticipated to be completed or under construction by the end of 2026." Council adopted the plan behind them, Bike Plus, on December 11, 2024.

Spin and Veo rentals

"The City of Columbus launched a revised shared mobility program in Spring of 2025, partnering with two companies, Spin and Veo," the Getting Around page says, and "Both companies offer a diverse fleet of bikeshare and e-scooter devices." The City's September 2025 report card on Spin counted "Out of 1,478 vehicles, 205 were e-bikes" (service-level report cards, 2025).

You cannot take a rented one onto a COTA bus or its rack, any more than your own e-bike.

Why buy from Redtail

If no Columbus floor carries the model you want, ordering it costs nothing to ship: "Redtail eBikes offers free shipping on every electric bike within the contiguous United States" (shipping policy). Orders are "prepared and dispatched within 1–3 business days of confirmation," and "most e-bikes arrive within 5–10 business days after dispatch."

Keep your phone out when the carton arrives. Report damage "within 48 hours of delivery" and Redtail files the carrier claim for you (How Buying Works); a bike that "won't power on, won't charge, shows an error code, or has a faulty component" is "covered under manufacturer warranty," with the repair or replacement coordinated remotely (refund policy).

Support runs both ways around the sale: "US support by phone or email, before and after you buy" (contact page). Call (213) 444-4020, where "Every voicemail is returned," or email: "We typically respond to email within one business day." Checkout takes Shop Pay, Apple Pay and Google Pay, and the terms of service name the company behind the store.

Frequently Asked Questions — Columbus, OH eBikes

Is there a Columbus e-bike rebate or voucher right now?

No round is open. The program's own site reads "Applications are closed at this time" and says "In the first three phases of the program, 646 subsidies were redeemed by Columbus residents." Its rules required a new Class 1, 2 or 3 e-bike of at least $999, bought in person at one of six partner shops inside the city. Council funded the rounds by ordinance in 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Can you ride an e-bike on the sidewalk in Columbus?

No. § 2173.10 says "No person shall operate a bicycle or mobility device upon a sidewalk, except when necessary to go on or off adjacent properties or to park," and the city code counts an e-bike as a mobility device. Ride in the street, a bike lane or a shared-use path.

Can you ride an e-bike on the Olentangy Trail?

On the stretches the City runs, two texts point different ways. Its code counts your e-bike as a mobility device and twice names the shared-use path as a place to ride one (§ 2173.02), but Columbus Recreation and Parks' trail etiquette says "Motorized vehicles are not permitted" without naming e-bikes. Metro Parks' 2019 rules bar "motorized vehicles" from its multi-use trails. Obey the sign where you enter; the Ohio trail atlas shows who manages each mile.

Which e-bikes are street-legal in Columbus?

Any Class 1, 2 or 3 e-bike with working pedals and a motor of less than 750 watts is a bicycle under R.C. 4511.01. Inside Columbus you may not ride faster than 20 mph, and a Class 3 rider must be 16 or older and wear a helmet under state law.

Where can you rent an e-bike in Columbus?

From the City's two shared-mobility partners since spring 2025, Spin and Veo, whose fleets mix "bikeshare and e-scooter devices" (City of Columbus). The City's September 2025 report card on Spin counted 205 e-bikes among its 1,478 vehicles (report cards, 2025). Neither company's devices may ride a COTA bus or its rack (COTA).

Who will work on an e-bike bought online in Columbus?

Several shops say so on their own pages. Trek Columbus Dublin services "all makes & models," and both REI bike shops price an E-Bike Tune at $370, or $296 for co-op members. Boomerang Bicycle Service, a mobile shop, lists "E-Bikes, Rad Power" among the bikes it works on, at homes across Dublin, Worthington, Upper Arlington and "Select Columbus addresses." Just past the line, Cyclist Connection calls itself "E-Bike Certified."

More from the U.S. eBike Directory

Ride past the city line and the Ohio directory lists verified stores in nearby towns, from Gahanna and Westerville to Canal Winchester and Delaware. The nearest other city directories are Chicago's, 276.7 miles away, and Buffalo's, 293.2 miles.

Sources, limitations and how this page was verified

The denominator

Every business that any source tied to Columbus became a lead: 170 in all, read on October 23, 2026. Eight sell e-bikes from a storefront inside the city, and five more from just past its line.

The rest are outside the city (47), not bicycle stores (39), closed (22), name no e-bike on their own pages (17), left no trace (10), duplicate another lead (9), list an address the shop has left (7), could not be checked (2), are temporarily closed (2), rent without selling (1) or have no storefront (1).

Baer Wheels on North High Street is one of the two that could not be checked: its home page shows an Electric Bikes category, but its online catalog lists no bikes at all and no maker's dealer map names it. Call it at (614) 267-7178 before you go.

The other is The Cycle Co on South Skidmore Street in Franklinton. Its website could not be loaded on October 23, 2026, because the browser rejected its security certificate, and its Google Maps listing gives no phone and no category, so nothing there names an e-bike.

The sources, and what each one could and could not do

Makers' maps. Seven dealer rosters (Aventon, Bosch, Giant, Pedego, Specialized, Trek, Velotric) and four store locators (Lectric, Magnum, QuietKat, SWFT) were read to 17 miles from the city. A maker's listing says a shop is a dealer; it does not say which bikes are in the store today.

Google Maps. Two searches for each of 49 ZIP areas and 34 districts, then two for each of 115 neighborhoods, each scrolled to the end, turned up the businesses; 190 place panels were then read for status, hours and what trades at an address now.

Answer engines and forums. Sixteen questions went to Claude's web search, and 14 Columbus Reddit threads were read with their replies. A shop they named became a lead to check, never a verdict.

Each shop's own website was read where it opened: with a plain request, a headless browser or, where both were refused, a text reader. A product list with prices, a stock line or the shop's own sentence counts; a menu entry alone does not.

City limits

The Census Geocoder placed all eight street addresses in Columbus city, and the City's Corporate Boundary agrees for every one. Two Indiana stores sit in a Census place also named "Columbus city"; the boundary test set them aside. Communities come from the City's own layer, and distances run in a straight line from the crossing of Broad and High Streets (OpenStreetMap node 229686417).

Limitations

1. Stock moves: a counted store sold e-bikes on October 23, 2026, and may not have your model the day you visit.
2. Hours are each store's own where it prints them. For Johnny Velo Bikes, Paradise Garage and Franklinton Cycle Works, and for the Trek stores' Sundays, the cards give Google Maps' hours.
3. The two REI stores, the three Trek stores and Westerville Bike Shop rest on Bosch's dealer map for e-bike sales; their own pages give hours and service, not the e-bikes in stock.
4. Metro Parks' rules date from 2019 and name no e-bike, and Columbus Recreation and Parks' trail etiquette bars "motorized vehicles" without defining them, so the page prints both readings.
5. The City's bikeway map layer was not used for a mileage figure; the miles quoted are the City's own published counts.
6. Ohio's code site and the City's pages were read through a reader service where they refused direct requests on October 23, 2026.

What would age this page, and when to re-check

It is re-checked if Council amends Chapter 2173, if House Bill 948 or Senate Bill 477 becomes law, if COTA changes its rack rule, if Metro Parks writes an e-bike rule, if a listed store closes, moves or stops selling e-bikes, and by April 2027 at the latest.

Image credit: the cover scene was generated with Nano Banana Pro on Playcut from Carol M. Highsmith's photograph of the downtown Columbus skyline across the Scioto River, in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons, Columbus, Ohio - Highsmith 15), which was passed to the model as its reference.

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References

1. US Census Bureau: City and town population totals, 2020-2025 · 2025 Gazetteer, Ohio places · Geocoder. Retrieved 2026-10-23.
2. Ohio Revised Code: R.C. 4511.01 · R.C. 4511.522 · pending: H.B. 948 · S.B. 477. Retrieved 2026-10-23.
3. Columbus City Codes, Title 21 (Municode, Supplement 86): § 2101.186 · § 2173.02 · § 2173.07 · § 2173.10 · § 2173.11 · Chapter 919, Park Rules. Retrieved 2026-10-23.
4. Columbus City Council, Legistar: Bike Plus adoption · e-bike subsidy funding, 2022, 2023, 2024. Retrieved 2026-10-23.
5. City of Columbus: Getting Around · Bike Plus 2025 Annual Report · Shared mobility report cards, 2025 · Columbus Resident E-Bike Subsidy Program. Retrieved 2026-10-23.
6. Transit and trails: COTA, Bike and Ride · COTA, Codes and Policies · Columbus Recreation and Parks, Trails · Metro Parks Rules and Regulations, 2019 · Metro Parks, Greenway Trails. Retrieved 2026-10-23.
7. GIS: Columbus Communities · Corporate Boundary. Retrieved 2026-10-23.
8. Makers' maps: Aventon · Bosch · Giant · Velotric. Retrieved 2026-10-23.
9. Redtail eBikes: shipping · refunds · contact · terms · How Buying Works. Retrieved 2026-10-23.
10. Redtail eBikes, first-party data: Columbus e-bike stores, CSV · JSON, one row per store, verified 2026-10-23.