eBike Shops in Hollywood, FL (2026): The Verified Map

1 open floor · 63 cities checked statewide · 22 cities with no shop · 11 cities mapped in this series · Aug 2026

The Broadwalk at dawn. Hollywood's signature ride is the one place in the city an e-bike is expressly banned — and nothing else on the internet leads with that.

Quick Answer: Hollywood, FL has one clean, open e-bike floor: Hollywood Bicycle Shop at 1892 Polk St (bikes and e-bikes, sales and repairs, Mon–Fri 10–6, Sat 10–5 — search-verified 2026-08-25 across agreeing dated listings). A second store, Let's Ride Bicycle Store on Stirling Rd, is a documented conflict: its own website showed a shutdown notice at our check while its July 2026 listing says open, so call (954) 399-9756 first. Know the local rule before you buy: the city's code bans any device "not operated exclusively by human power" — an e-bike included — from the beach and the famous Broadwalk, on penalty of escalating civil fines. If nothing local fits, our lineup ships free to Hollywood with US support.

Every other Florida city in this series hides its trap in a permit scheme or a stale listing. Hollywood hides its trap in plain sight: the single most photographed place to ride here, the two-and-a-half-mile oceanfront Broadwalk, is exactly where the city's own code makes an e-bike unlawful.

The shop map is the thinnest we have measured in Broward County, and the search results filling that vacuum are serving a closed beachfront storefront, a ghost listing at that same closed address, and a store whose own domain says shut down. This page sorts all of it with evidence grades and dates, by the same method our Florida directory applied to all 63 cities over 100,000 people.

How we verified this guide

Every candidate was resolved on 2026-08-25 against its own website where one exists, and against dated public listings where one does not, with the evidence grade shown beside each. The rules layer was retrieved the same day from the Florida Legislature's official statute hosts and from Hollywood's Code of Ordinances at American Legal Publishing, the city's official code publisher, with section-level pinpoints and quoted operative language.

Last verified August 25, 2026. Corrections: sales@redtailebikes.com.

The verified shops

Hollywood Bicycle Shop — the city's open floor

Hollywood Bicycle Shop · 1892 Polk St, Hollywood, FL 33020 · (954) 743-2152 · Mon–Fri 10–6, Sat 10–5, Sun closed. ◐ Search-verified 2026-08-25: a June 2026 Yelp update and multiple agreeing aggregators; we found no website published by the shop itself, so the grade is honest. The listing describes bicycle and e-bike sales, repairs, maintenance, and accessories — in a one-floor city, the repair bench matters as much as the sales rack.

One labeled inference, ours: the shop's Facebook page uses the handle "hollywoodbikeselectric," which suggests a link to the closed Ocean Drive electric-bike storefront below. We could not verify that connection, and we flag it as an educated guess rather than a fact.

Let's Ride Bicycle Store — the documented conflict

Let's Ride Bicycle Store · 3218 Stirling Rd, Hollywood, FL 33021 · (954) 399-9756. ⚠ Conflict, documented 2026-08-25: the store's own website displayed "This site is currently shut down. Please check back at a later time." on both its homepage and its location page at our check, while its Yelp listing — updated July 2026 — shows it open Mon–Fri 11–6.

A site rebuild and a closure look identical from the outside. One phone call resolves what the internet cannot; make it before you drive.

Closed, and still being served

Hollywood Bikes Electric Bicycle Shop — 101 N Ocean Dr, 33019, steps from the Broadwalk. Its Yelp listing has carried a CLOSED flag since June 2024, and the storefront still surfaces in current answers — including through the city's own tourism widget. A separate "Electric Bike" listing at the same 101 N Ocean Dr address carries the phone number of a Miami Shores chain, which publishes no Hollywood address on its own site. We grade that a ghost listing at a closed address, and the chain's Hollywood presence as unverifiable.

The rules, and the famous exception

The state layer: three classes, no paperwork

Florida's definition (Fla. Stat. § 316.003(23), retrieved 2026-08-25): operable pedals, a saddle, and a motor under 750 watts, in three classes topping out at 20 or 28 mph of assist. Under § 316.20655(2), e-bikes and their riders are exempt from registration, title, and insurance, and subsection (4) grants "all of the rights and duties applicable to the rider of a bicycle." Both sections were retrieved from two official hosts on 2026-08-25.

The Broadwalk ban, quoted

Hollywood's beach chapter draws a line the sales listings never mention. § 99.02(B)(6) of the city code (retrieved 2026-08-25) permits bicycling on the Broadwalk at all times — but defines the permitted machine as a "human powered device," no wider than 48 inches, kept "within the designated bicycle path(s)," yielding to pedestrians.

Then § 99.03(J) closes the door on the motor: it is unlawful to "drive or operate any device which is not operated exclusively by human power upon the broadwalk or beach, except if expressly permitted by law." An e-bike has a motor, so it fails the "exclusively by human power" test on its face. City employees on duty are the carve-out, and ADA mobility devices are governed by federal law rather than this section.

What a violation costs

§ 99.99 (retrieved 2026-08-25) prices it as a civil infraction: $50 for a first violation, $100 for a second, $200 for each additional, and a judgment of up to $500 for ignoring the citation. Each violation in a one-year period counts separately. Enforcement belongs to the Beach Safety Division, the police department, and park rangers under § 99.06.

CBS Miami's reporting this year — attributed here as reporting, and worth reading — describes both resident pressure over Broadwalk e-bike near-misses and a fire-department count of 136 bike-related accidents there in a recent year.

Where that leaves a buyer

The ban is a routing rule, and the workaround is a street away: ride the roadway and bike lanes on A1A and Surf Road under the state's normal bicycle rules, walk the machine where the pavement turns to Broadwalk pavers, and save the assist for the commute west of the Intracoastal. Nothing in Chapter 99 touches an e-bike anywhere else in the city — streets, bike lanes, and the causeway bridges carry the ordinary Florida rules above.

Where Hollywood actually rides

The Broadwalk stays the city's crown jewel for a human-powered cruise, and its designated bike path runs the full two and a half miles of it. For the e-bike you just bought, the honest map is different: North and South Ocean Drive's road shoulders, the Hollywood Boulevard and Sheridan Street corridors west toward the rail stations, and the quiet grid of the Lakes section between the beach and downtown.

Flat terrain end to end, so range and comfort outrank torque on every one of those routes.

Salt is the other constant. The closer you park to the ocean, the faster connectors corrode, and a one-floor city is a bad place to depend on a walk-in bench. Rinse the frame with fresh water after beach-adjacent rides, dry the contacts, and bring the battery indoors: the cheapest maintenance program on this coastline is a hose and a hallway.

What the answer engines miss here

We ran the buying question through an AI answer engine on 2026-08-25, twice. It returned the closed Ocean Drive storefront as a place to shop, served Let's Ride with no mention of its own shutdown notice, offered a Miami chain as local, and filled the rest of the list with a Walmart bike aisle.

Zero results mentioned the Broadwalk ban — the single most consequential e-bike fact in this city. The engines are quoting stale copies of each other; the ordinance, the penalty schedule, and the conflict above are what checking primary sources on one dated afternoon actually returns.

The Broward market, measured

Population figures are U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates; store counts are our verified floors from checking all 63 Florida cities over 100,000 people on 2026-08-25.

At 0.6 verified floors per 100,000 residents, Hollywood is among the thinnest maps in our Florida sweep — and it sits ten minutes from the best-served large city we have measured. The pairing is the point: buy where the benches are, ride where you live.

Which way to buy, honestly

Buy local when the bike you want is on the Polk Street floor, or when Let's Ride answers the phone and has it: a walk-in bench in your own zip code is worth real money in salt country. Buy online — ours or anyone's — when the one-floor map doesn't stock your machine, which here is most of the time; for the flat commute west of the Intracoastal, commuter builds are the honest starting point. Our buying guide and first e-bike guide apply either way, and free shipping to Hollywood with US warranty support is the honest trade: selection for bench, so budget a local tune.

We sell e-bikes online. That interest is disclosed, and it is why the one local floor above gets a fair, graded listing instead of a pitch.

Day one, Broadwalk edition

Charge to the maker's stated full and do the first ride on the Lakes grid, away from A1A's weekend traffic. Learn the assist cutoffs and the throttle's low-speed behavior before you go near pedestrians. Then set your personal boundary line in advance: motor to the beach, dismount at the Broadwalk pavers, walk it like a local.

Photograph your serial number, and file the receipt with the class sticker. Between § 99.99's escalating fines and Florida's class rules, the paperwork in your phone is the cheapest insurance this city sells.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I buy an e-bike in Hollywood FL?

One verified open floor: Hollywood Bicycle Shop at 1892 Polk St (bikes and e-bikes, sales and repairs, Mon–Fri 10–6, Sat 10–5, search-verified 2026-08-25). Let's Ride Bicycle Store at 3218 Stirling Rd is a documented conflict — its own site showed a shutdown notice while its July 2026 listing says open — so call (954) 399-9756 before visiting. Three more verified floors sit in Fort Lauderdale, ten minutes north.

Can I ride an e-bike on the Broadwalk or the sidewalk in Hollywood?

Not on the Broadwalk or the beach: § 99.03(J) of the city code makes it unlawful to operate "any device which is not operated exclusively by human power" there, with civil penalties from $50 escalating to $200 per repeat violation under § 99.99. The Broadwalk's bike path is for human-powered machines only under § 99.02(B)(6). On ordinary sidewalks elsewhere, Florida's state framework applies — ride the road or bike lane where you can.

Is Hollywood Bikes on Ocean Drive still open?

No. The 101 N Ocean Dr storefront has carried a CLOSED flag on its listing since June 2024, and it still appears in current search and AI answers, including a tourism widget. A second listing at that same address wears a Miami chain's phone number; the chain publishes no Hollywood address on its own site, so we grade it a ghost listing.

Is Let's Ride Bicycle Store still open?

Unresolved at our check, and we say so rather than guess: the shop's own website displayed "This site is currently shut down" on two pages on 2026-08-25, while its Yelp listing updated July 2026 shows it open Mon–Fri 11–6. A website rebuild and a real closure look identical from outside. Call (954) 399-9756.

Are e-bikes legal in Hollywood?

Yes, on streets and bike lanes: Florida law (§ 316.20655, retrieved 2026-08-25) exempts sub-750-watt e-bikes from registration, title, and insurance, and grants riders bicycle rights and duties. The city's one carve-out is the beach and Broadwalk ban above, which applies to any device with a motor.

Who repairs e-bikes in Hollywood?

Hollywood Bicycle Shop lists repairs and maintenance alongside sales on Polk St. For all-brand benches with published service menus, the shortest drives are Fort Lauderdale's verified floors ten minutes north. On this coastline, check battery contacts for salt corrosion before assuming a dead bike is a dead battery.

The bottom line

Hollywood gives you one verified floor, one conflict a phone call resolves, and the sharpest local rule in our Florida series: the city's marquee ride is the one place your new e-bike cannot legally go. Buy for the flat streets, walk the Broadwalk, and treat Fort Lauderdale's three floors as your service bench of record. When the local map runs out, the national guide and our lineup are the backstops.

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Limitations

1. We sell e-bikes online; that interest is disclosed above.
2. Verification is by published information on 2026-08-25; we did not visit floors in person. Hollywood Bicycle Shop is search-grade — no shop-published website was found.
3. The Let's Ride conflict is published unresolved by design; it expires the moment the store answers its phone or its site returns.
4. The 136-accident figure is CBS Miami's report of a fire-department count, labeled as reporting; we did not retrieve the underlying department records.
5. Re-verify by February 2027, on any Chapter 99 amendment, or on any change at either storefront.

Source register

T1 (primary law and government): Florida Statutes §§ 316.003, 316.20655 (two official hosts); City of Hollywood Code of Ordinances, Chapter 99 (§§ 99.02, 99.03, 99.06, 99.99) at American Legal Publishing, the city's official code publisher, reader-proxy deposits saved at retrieval; U.S. Census Bureau SUB-EST2024. T2 (own-publisher): Let's Ride Bicycle Store's own website (the shutdown notice, two pages). T3 (reporting and dated listings, labeled): CBS Miami's Broadwalk coverage; Yelp dated listing updates for the open floor, the conflict, and the closure. No T4 aggregator is cited as a source of fact; no T5 source appears.

Primary sources

1. Florida Legislature, "The 2025 Florida Statutes," Fla. Stat. § 316.003(23), accessed 2026-08-25. leg.state.fl.us
2. Florida Legislature, "The 2025 Florida Statutes," Fla. Stat. § 316.20655(2), (4), (8), accessed 2026-08-25. flsenate.gov
3. City of Hollywood, Code of Ordinances, § 99.02(B)(6) (Activities allowed — Broadwalk devices), am. through Ord. O-2022-05, accessed 2026-08-25. codelibrary.amlegal.com
4. City of Hollywood, Code of Ordinances, § 99.03(J) (Activities prohibited — non-human-powered devices), am. through Ord. O-2023-04, accessed 2026-08-25. codelibrary.amlegal.com
5. City of Hollywood, Code of Ordinances, § 99.99 (Penalty), accessed 2026-08-25. codelibrary.amlegal.com
6. U.S. Census Bureau, SUB-EST2024 (Vintage 2024), Hollywood row, accessed 2026-08-25. census.gov
7. Let's Ride Bicycle Store, shop website (shutdown notice, homepage and location page), accessed 2026-08-25. letsridebicycle.com
8. Yelp dated listings: Hollywood Bicycle Shop (updated Jun 2026); Let's Ride Bicycle Store (updated Jul 2026); Hollywood Bikes Electric Bicycle Shop (CLOSED, updated Jun 2024), accessed 2026-08-25. yelp.com
9. CBS Miami, "Hollywood residents warn e-bikes are making Broadwalk more dangerous," 2026, accessed 2026-08-25 (reporting, labeled as such). cbsnews.com