eBike Shops in Louisville (2026): 11 Verified Stores

Louisville here is Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, 795,222 people in the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate: all of Jefferson County, 83 smaller cities inside it included. Five of its 11 e-bike stores stand within 5 miles of Metro Hall, and three stand within half a mile of each other on Shelbyville Road in Middletown.

The 11 Verified eBike Shops in Louisville

The cards start at Metro Hall and move outward, nearest first, so the Baxter Avenue and Bardstown Road stores come before the Shelbyville Road cluster. Each card tells you the neighborhood or small city around the store, its Metro Council district and its straight-line distance from Metro Hall.

You can download all 14 storefronts, the 11 inside Louisville Metro and the three across the river, with coordinates, council district, distance, phone, brands and hours: CSV · JSON.

On Your Left Cycles — 625 Baxter Avenue

Address: 625 Baxter Ave, Louisville, KY 40204
Phone: (502) 749-6775
Website: onyourleftcycles.net
Brands: Bosch-powered e-bikes, by Bosch's eBike dealer map; its own home page names no e-bike, so ask what is on the floor
Hours: Tue–Fri 10–6, Sat 10–4, Sun and Mon closed (Google Maps)
Focus: Irish Hill, District 9, 1.8 miles from Metro Hall; the nearest of the 11.

Parkside Bikes — 1377 Bardstown Road

Address: 1377 Bardstown Rd, Louisville, KY 40204
Phone: (502) 384-0668
Website: parksidebikes.com
Brands: Marin and Benno e-bikes in its online catalog, the Marin Fairfax E at $1,599.00; on Bosch's dealer map
Hours: Tue–Fri 10–6, Sat 10–4, Sun and Mon closed (Google Maps)
Focus: Cherokee Triangle, District 8, 2.9 miles from Metro Hall; its home page tells you to "Try an E-Bike!"

Pedego Electric Bikes Louisville — 1403 Bardstown Road

Address: 1403 Bardstown Rd, Louisville, KY 40204
Phone: (502) 708-2888
Website: Pedego's Louisville dealer page
Brands: Pedego, sold and rented ("RENT A PEDEGO")
Hours: Wed–Sat 10–7, Sun noon–5, Mon and Tue closed (its dealer page)
Focus: Cherokee Triangle, District 8, 3.0 miles from Metro Hall, under 0.1 mile up Bardstown Road from Parkside.

Vic's Classic Bikes — 3141 Preston Highway

Address: 3141 Preston Hwy, Louisville, KY 40213
Phone: (502) 552-5669, call or text
Website: vicsclassicbikes.com
Brands: Ariel Rider, its models priced from $1,599 to $3,099 on its own E-bikes page; restored classic bikes besides
Hours: Wed–Sun noon–2 (its own site; Google Maps agrees), for pickups and drop-offs; otherwise by appointment
Focus: Audubon Park, a city of its own inside Louisville Metro, District 10, 3.7 miles from Metro Hall.

E-Rides — 3230 Frankfort Avenue

Address: 3230 Frankfort Ave, Louisville, KY 40206
Phone: (502) 492-4935
Website: e-ridesusa.com
Brands: Velotric (its dealer map tags the store Sales) and Aventon, on both makers' maps; e-bike rentals and repairs
Hours: Mon–Fri 10–5, Sat 10–2, Sun closed (its own site)
Focus: Crescent Hill, District 9, 4.6 miles from Metro Hall; "We specialize in Electric Bikes. We sell, rent and service e-Bikes."

Middle of Town Cycling — 2140 Gardiner Lane

Address: 2140 Gardiner Ln, Louisville, KY 40205
Phone: (502) 882-2453
Website: middletowncycling.com
Brands: Troxus, Trek, Liv, Xlab and Mondraker e-bikes on the site it shares with Middletown Cycling; Giant lists the store for e-bikes
Hours: Mon–Fri 10–7, Sat 10–6, Sun 11–5 (its own site; Google Maps agrees)
Focus: Gardiner Lane, District 8, 5.5 miles from Metro Hall; the in-town sister of Middletown Cycling.

Scheller's Fitness & Cycling — 132 Breckenridge Lane

Address: 132 Breckenridge Ln, Louisville, KY 40207
Phone: (502) 897-2611
Website: schellers.com
Brands: Denago and TLG e-bikes priced on Scheller's site; on Bosch's dealer map as an eBike expert
Hours: Mon–Fri 10–7, Sat 10–6, Sun closed (Google Maps)
Focus: Rockcreek–Lexington Road, District 9, 5.7 miles from Metro Hall; Scheller's calls it the St. Matthews store, though the address lies outside that city.

Scheller's Fitness & Cycling — 8323 Preston Highway

Address: 8323 Preston Hwy, Louisville, KY 40219
Phone: (502) 969-4100
Website: schellers.com
Brands: Denago and TLG e-bikes priced on Scheller's site, the TLG GlideOn at $1,999.00
Hours: Mon–Fri 10–7, Sat 10–6, Sun closed (Google Maps)
Focus: District 24, 9.4 miles from Metro Hall; the store Scheller's names for Okolona.

Middletown Cycling — 11519 Shelbyville Road

Address: 11519 Shelbyville Rd, Louisville, KY 40243
Phone: (502) 384-0770
Website: middletowncycling.com
Brands: Troxus, Trek, Liv, Xlab and Mondraker e-bikes on its own site; Giant lists the store for e-bikes
Hours: Mon–Fri 10–7, Sat 10–6, Sun 11–5 (its own site; Google Maps shows weekdays until 6)
Focus: City of Middletown, District 19, 11.7 miles from Metro Hall, at 11519 with Scheller's at 11520.

Scheller's Fitness & Cycling — 11520 Shelbyville Road

Address: 11520 Shelbyville Rd, Louisville, KY 40243
Phone: (502) 245-1955
Website: schellers.com
Brands: Denago and TLG e-bikes priced on Scheller's site; on Bosch's dealer map as an eBike expert
Hours: Mon–Fri 10–7, Sat 10–6, Sun closed (Google Maps)
Focus: City of Middletown, District 19, 11.7 miles from Metro Hall.

N+1 Bikes — 12001 Shelbyville Road

Address: 12001 Shelbyville Rd, Suite 103, Louisville, KY 40243
Phone: (502) 718-7246
Website: N+1's Aventon page
Brands: Aventon, with e-bikes from $1,799 marked in stock on its own page; Amflow among its brands
Hours: Mon–Fri 10–7, Sat 11–6, Sun noon–5 (Google Maps)
Focus: City of Middletown, District 19, 12.2 miles from Metro Hall, half a mile from the other two Shelbyville Road stores.

Just Outside Louisville — Clarksville, Indiana

These three sell e-bikes within 2.6 miles past the county line, across the Ohio River in Clarksville, Indiana. The closest, SunnySide, is nearer to Metro Hall than any store in Louisville Metro, so try it first if you work downtown.

SunnySide E-Bike Sales & Rentals — 1400 Main Street

Address: 1400 Main St, Suite 108, Clarksville, IN 47129
Phone: (812) 920-6277
Website: sunnysideebike.com
Brands: Mokwheel, the Scoria at $1,799.00 on its own site; e-bike rentals
Hours: Wed–Fri noon–8, Sat 10–8, Sun noon–6, Mon and Tue closed (Google Maps)
Focus: Clarksville, 0.2 mile past the line and 1.2 miles from Metro Hall; "premium e-bike sales and rentals".

Clarksville Schwinn — 111 West Lewis and Clark Parkway

Address: 111 W Lewis and Clark Pkwy, Clarksville, IN 47129
Phone: (812) 948-2453
Website: clarksvilleschwinn.net
Brands: Troxus, Momentum and Liv e-bikes on its own site; on Giant's and Aventon's dealer maps
Hours: Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 9–7, Wed 9–5:30, Sat 9–4:30, Sun noon–5 (Google Maps)
Focus: Clarksville, 1.5 miles past the line and 3.8 miles from Metro Hall.

Scheller's Fitness & Cycling — 1000 Veterans Parkway

Address: 1000 Veterans Pkwy, Clarksville, IN 47129
Phone: (812) 288-6100
Website: schellers.com
Brands: Denago and TLG e-bikes on Scheller's site; on Bosch's dealer map as an eBike expert
Hours: Mon–Fri 10–7, Sat 10–6, Sun closed (Google Maps)
Focus: Clarksville, 2.6 miles past the line and 4.9 miles from Metro Hall; Scheller's fourth store in the area.

TARC — eBikes on Louisville Buses

Your e-bike can ride a TARC bus on the front rack if it fits there, and its battery stays on the bike. TARC's bikes on board page, read October 24, 2026, says "Electric bikes (e-bikes) are allowed on the bike racks if they fit. E-Bike batteries must remain on the bike and cannot be brought on board the bus."

An electric trike rides home on its own wheels. The rack takes no tricycle or recumbent, so a three-wheeled e-bike never makes the trip by bus. A folding electric scooter can ride inside, switched off and folded on your lap or under your seat; TARC lists Lime and Bird scooters as unauthorized.

Trail Access — the Parklands, Metro Parks and the Big Four Bridge

The Parklands of Floyds Fork admits a Class 1 only. Its e-bike policy "authorizes persons over the age of 16 to use 'Class I' electronic-assist bicycles" on roadways and authorized bike trails, and "Class II and Class III e-bikes are not permitted". Its biking page counts "Over sixty miles of hike-bike trails", which walkers share.

In Metro Parks, the park roads are open to you on any reading. The parks chapter keeps a bicycle on "a roadway, in areas designed for parking, or on trails and in other areas specifically designated for such activities by the Director of Parks" (§ 42.31(A)(8)), and a motor vehicle on "a roadway or in a parking area" (§ 42.31(B)(2)).

Breaking either rule is a civil fine of "not less than $50 nor more than $500 for each offense" (§ 42.99(B)(1)).

Which of the two your e-bike is, § 42.31 does not say. Chapter 74 calls a bicycle "solely human-powered" and a motor vehicle any machine powered by an "electric engine and/or motor", but only "For the purposes of this chapter" (§ 74.01).

Read with those words, an e-bike keeps to park roads and parking areas; read as the bicycle it resembles, it may also use trails the Director of Parks designates. The roads are open under both, so take a park trail only where a posted sign opens it to e-bikes.

Riders under 18 wear a helmet on a bicycle or e-bike "on any park roads to include contiguous roads or in public parks" (§ 74.07(A)(3)). The fine is $25, and the first violation brings a warning citation (§ 74.99(C)).

The Big Four Bridge names no e-bike. Waterfront Park's rules for the bridge bar "motorized vehicles, including electric scooters, mopeds, motorcycles, or cars/trucks", and its FAQ says "bikes are also welcome on the Big Four Bridge." Walk yours across, or ask the park before you ride it.

Kentucky eBike Laws — What Makes an eBike Legal in Louisville

Louisville's code defines your e-bike; Kentucky's statutes never name one. Louisville Metro counts as an e-bike a two- or three-wheeled vehicle with "fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than 1,000 watts (1.5 h.p.)" that the motor alone moves at "less than 20 mph" on a paved, level surface with a 170-pound rider (§ 74.01).

A full-text search of the Kentucky Revised Statutes on October 24, 2026 found no section using "electric bicycle" or "e-bike", and eight that name an "electric low-speed scooter" (LRC statute search).

Read two numbers on the spec sheet. "Less than 1,000 watts" leaves out a 1,000-watt motor, and "less than 20 mph" on the motor alone leaves out a throttle that carries the bike to a full 20 mph. Both follow from § 74.01's words alone, so ask the seller for the motor's wattage and the throttle's top speed. A bike outside the definition may not use Louisville's designated bikeways (§ 74.04(B)).

What Kentucky does define. A bicycle is "a device with an attached seat propelled primarily by human power" (601 KAR 14:020 § 1), which may ride a sidewalk "unless prohibited by law or ordinance" (§ 7(4)(a)), and § 74.02 is that ordinance in Louisville.

Kentucky's "electric low-speed scooter" weighs less than 100 pounds, is "propelled by an electric motor, human power, or both" and is "designed to operate at a maximum speed of twenty (20) miles per hour" (KRS 189.010(26)).

A rider "sixteen (16) years of age or older" may take an electric low-speed scooter on a highway, bike lane or bike path and "shall comply with all local government ordinances" (KRS 189.289). A moped needs a fuel tank or a 50 cc cylinder (KRS 186.010(5)), which no electric bike has.

Who makes these rules. Louisville Metro holds the powers of a first-class city and of a county, home rule included (KRS 67C.101(2)(a)), "throughout the total area" of Jefferson County (§ 67C.101(5)).

The cities inside the county "shall remain incorporated" with their own powers (KRS 67C.111(1)), so check Middletown's or St. Matthews' own code if you ride there often. Chapter 74 violations are civil offenses, enforced through the Code Enforcement Board (§ 74.99(A)).

When it changed. Section 74.01 as it reads today comes from Ordinance No. 157-2021, approved November 11, 2021 (§ 74.01). The Metro Council's own record on Legistar, which begins April 17, 2026, lists no bicycle, e-bike, dockless or scooter ordinance through October 22, 2026.

Two readings, and the advice that holds under both

One reading counts a 20 mph e-bike as an electric low-speed scooter, because it can meet every element of KRS 189.010(26), so KRS 189.289's floor of 16 applies. The other says the scooter definition was written for stand-up scooters and a pedal bike stays a bicycle under 601 KAR 14:020.

In Louisville the Metro code sets where you ride under both, and one choice satisfies both: a rider 16 or older on a bike whose motor stops helping below 20 mph and is under 1,000 watts.

Where to Ride Your eBike in Louisville

Start with a signed bikeway. Louisville's Director of Public Works designates bikeways "for the sole use of bicycles, electric bicycles, roller skates, skateboards and powered micro-mobility vehicles" and posts signs on them (§ 74.04(A)), so a signed bike lane is the place your e-bike is named.

The Big Four Bridge. Waterfront Park counts "an average of 1.5 million pedestrians and bicycles" a year on the 1895 railroad bridge, about half a mile across the Ohio to Jeffersonville (Waterfront Park). Walk your e-bike over until the park names it.

The Parklands. "Over sixty miles of hike-bike trails" run through the park, with five bike repair stations along the Louisville Loop where you can stop to fix a flat (biking page).

Why buy from Redtail

When the Louisville floor you visit lacks the model you want, Redtail delivers it at no charge: "Redtail eBikes offers free shipping on every electric bike within the contiguous United States" (shipping policy). Your order is "prepared and dispatched within 1–3 business days of confirmation," and "most e-bikes arrive within 5–10 business days after dispatch."

Open the carton with your phone out. Transit damage reported "within 48 hours of delivery" goes to the carrier as a claim Redtail files for you (How Buying Works), and 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 repair or replacement arranged remotely (refund policy).

Before and after you buy, "US support by phone or email" answers (contact page): call (213) 444-4020, where "Every voicemail is returned," or write, since "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 that sells to you.

Frequently Asked Questions — Louisville, KY eBikes

Are e-bikes street legal in Louisville?

Yes. Louisville Metro defines an e-bike as a two- or three-wheeled vehicle with "fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than 1,000 watts" that its motor alone moves at "less than 20 mph" (§ 74.01), then sets where you ride it: off sidewalks from age 11, onto signed bikeways, helmeted under 18 in the parks. Kentucky's statutes never use the words "electric bicycle" (a full-text search of the KRS, October 24, 2026).

Do you need a license or registration for an e-bike in Kentucky?

No Kentucky statute names an e-bike, so none requires a license, registration or insurance for one by name. The licensing and registration chapter leaves "electric low-speed scooters" and "devices moved by human and animal power" out of what it calls a vehicle (KRS 186.010(8)(b)), and its moped rules need a fuel tank or a 50 cc cylinder (KRS 186.010(5)). The Kentucky e-bike law page works through each requirement.

Are throttle e-bikes legal in Kentucky?

Kentucky's statutes set no e-bike classes, so no state rule separates a throttle from pedal assist. In Louisville the line is speed and wattage: the Metro definition covers a bike whose motor of "less than 1,000 watts" alone moves it at "less than 20 mph" (§ 74.01). Ask the seller the throttle's top speed before you buy.

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

Not once you are 11. "No person 11 years of age or older shall operate a bicycle or an electric bicycle on the sidewalks" of Louisville Metro, and downtown no one of any age may (§ 74.02(A)); a violation is a $25 to $100 civil fine (§ 74.99(B)). Kentucky's rule lets a bicycle use a sidewalk "unless prohibited by law or ordinance" (601 KAR 14:020 § 7), and § 74.02 is that ordinance.

Do you need a helmet to ride an e-bike in Louisville?

Riders under 18 do, on park roads and in public parks: "unless they are wearing a protective helmet" (§ 74.07(A)(3)). The fine is $25, and the first violation brings a warning (§ 74.99(C)). The Parklands of Floyds Fork admits riders over 16 on a Class I only (policy).

Are e-bikes allowed on the Louisville Loop?

It depends on who manages the stretch. Through the Parklands of Floyds Fork, a Class I ridden by someone over 16 (policy). In Metro Parks the code keeps a bicycle to roads, parking areas and designated trails and a motor vehicle to roads and parking areas (§ 42.31), without saying which an e-bike is, so obey a trailhead sign that names e-bikes; the park roads are open to you either way.

Where can you rent an e-bike in Louisville?

E-Rides on Frankfort Avenue: "We sell, rent and service e-Bikes", and "E-bike rentals available any day - please call for availability." Pedego Louisville on Bardstown Road lists "RENT A PEDEGO" on its dealer page, and across the river SunnySide in Clarksville, Indiana offers "premium e-bike sales and rentals."

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

E-Rides says "We will work on most brands of e-Bikes" and "We also diagnose and replace controllers, displays, e-brakes, pedal assist sensors, respoke hub motors" (e-ridesusa.com). Call ahead with your bike's brand and motor.

More from the U.S. eBike Directory

Past the county line, the Kentucky directory lists verified stores in Lexington, Bowling Green and the rest of the state, and the Indiana directory lists the same three Clarksville stores with the rest of Indiana's.

Sources, limitations and how this page was verified

The denominator

Every business any source tied to Louisville became a lead: 172 in all, read on October 24, 2026. Eleven sell e-bikes from a storefront inside Louisville Metro, and three more from just across the river.

The rest are outside Jefferson County (110), not bicycle stores (14), closed (10), name no e-bike on their own pages (6), left no trace (5), could not be checked (5), list an address the shop has left (2), have no storefront (2), rent or run tours without selling (2), duplicate another lead (1) or are temporarily closed (1).

Of the 110 outside the county, 3 stand within 5 miles of its line and 97 lie more than 50 miles away; the nearest, DICK'S Sporting Goods in Jeffersonville, 3.02 miles out, names no e-bike on its store page.

Three of the five that could not be checked are worth a call. REI Louisville, (502) 916-1776, refused every reader sent to its store pages.

The Office - Bicycle Sales & Service in St. Matthews, (502) 533-0574, lists no website, and GJ Custom Ebikes, (502) 819-3124, is a Google Maps listing with no street address. Btown Bikes and a listing named only "Bicycles" in Clarksville show neither an address nor a site.

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 24 miles from the Census Bureau's internal point for Louisville Metro; a listing marks a dealer, and today's stock still needs a call.

Google Maps. Two searches in each of Louisville's 41 ZIP codes, 69 urban neighborhoods, six home-rule cities and 11 towns around the county found the businesses, and 173 place panels were then read for status and hours. Five cards were asked again by name and phone, three because their first panel opened a different business and two because it showed no street address.

Leads and websites. Superpages, OpenStreetMap (the Kentucky directory's statewide pull of October 23, after two failed pulls on October 24), the Kentucky and Indiana directories' own records, sixteen questions to Claude's web search and eight Reddit threads supplied leads, never verdicts. The Reddit replies named no store the other sources missed.

Each shop's own site was then read where it opened: a priced product list, a stock line or the shop's own sentence counts, a menu entry alone does not.

City limits

Louisville here means the consolidated local government the Kentucky statutes set up, with "power and jurisdiction throughout the total area embraced by the official jurisdictional boundaries of the county" (KRS 67C.101(5)). Census population estimates give Louisville/Jefferson County metro government and Jefferson County the same 795,222 people; the 83 cities inside hold 153,260 of them, and the Metro's own territory 641,962.

The Census Geocoder placed every counted street address in the consolidated city, and the Census's Jefferson County boundary agrees for each. Neighborhoods are LOJIC's urban neighborhoods and districts its Metro Council districts; distances run straight from Metro Hall, 527 West Jefferson Street, where the Census geocoder places it.

Limitations

1. Stock moves: a counted store sold e-bikes on October 24, 2026, and may not have your model the day you visit.
2. Hours marked (Google Maps) come from Google's listing of the store.
3. On Your Left Cycles and Pedego Louisville are listed on makers' dealer maps; their own pages give hours and no stock list.
4. Kentucky's statutes name no e-bike, and the Metro code defines one; the page prints both readings of the scooter statute.
5. Chapter 42 of the Metro code sets one park rule for a bicycle and one for a motor vehicle without saying which an e-bike follows; the page prints both.
6. Louisville Metro's own web pages, including its bike share and dockless rules, refused every reader on October 24, 2026; the page cites the code and the park, transit and Parklands pages instead.
7. The Big Four Bridge's rules name no e-bike.
8. The page is re-checked when the Metro Council amends Chapter 42, 71 or 74, the General Assembly names the e-bike in the KRS, TARC or the Parklands change their e-bike rules, or a listed store closes, moves or stops selling e-bikes; and by April 2027.

Image credit: the cover scene was generated with Nano Banana Pro on Playcut from Huskydaddy's photograph of the Big Four Bridge, released CC0 (Wikimedia Commons), which was passed to the model as its reference.

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References

1. US Census Bureau: City and town population totals, Kentucky, 2020-2025 · Geocoder. Retrieved 2026-10-24.
2. Kentucky Revised Statutes: KRS 67C.101 · 67C.111 · 186.010 · 189.010 · 189.289 · LRC statute search. Kentucky Administrative Regulations: 601 KAR 14:020. Retrieved 2026-10-24.
3. Louisville Metro Code of Ordinances (American Legal): § 42.31 · § 42.99 · § 71.87 · § 74.01 · § 74.02 · § 74.04 · § 74.07 · § 74.99. Metro Council record: Legistar. Retrieved 2026-10-24.
4. LOJIC: Urban Neighborhoods · Metro Council Districts. Retrieved 2026-10-24.
5. Transit, parks and trails: TARC, bikes on board · The Parklands, e-bike policy · The Parklands, biking · Waterfront Park, park rules · FAQ · Big Four Bridge. Retrieved 2026-10-24.
6. Makers' maps: Aventon · Bosch · Giant · Pedego · Velotric. Retrieved 2026-10-24.
7. Redtail eBikes: shipping · refunds · contact · terms · How Buying Works. Retrieved 2026-10-24.
8. Redtail eBikes, first-party data: Louisville e-bike stores, CSV · JSON, one row per store, verified 2026-10-24.