Bike Shops in Pasadena, CA: 7 Verified eBike Stores

Pasadena is a Los Angeles County city of 137,195 people whose domed City Hall, on this page's cover, was "completed on December 27, 1927." Seven storefronts inside the city sell e-bikes, six of them within 1.5 straight-line miles of the city's center point. In November 2025 the City Council rewrote the bicycle chapter to cover e-bikes, drop registration and set sidewalk speed limits.

The 7 Verified eBike Shops in Pasadena

Pasadena's seven e-bike floors are two e-bike specialists and five bike shops that carry e-bikes beside their other bikes.

Pedal Hut — 26 Smith Alley

Address: 26 Smith Alley, Pasadena, CA 91103
Phone: (626) 344-2311
Website: pedalhut.com
Brands: DYU and VARUN models on its home page, from $300 for a DYU Class 2 on October 1, 2026
Hours: Sun–Thu and Sat noon–8 p.m.; closed Fridays, per its About page
Focus: "LA's value-priced certified e-bike shop," it says, 1.2 straight-line miles from central Pasadena. Evidence grade: site checked.

Pedal Hut hand-checks "every bike at our Pasadena flagship before it ships," and its home page offers same-day pickup on online orders. It calls itself "Eligible for PWP and GWP utility rebates"; check your own eligibility with PWP first.

Redondo eBikes Pasadena — 270 South Raymond Avenue

Address: 270 S Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105
Phone: (310) 303-3189, the company line
Website: redondoebikes.com
Brands: Aventon's dealer map lists this store, and Bosch's dealer page names it "REDONDO EBIKES - PASADENA"
Hours: Wednesday–Monday 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; closed Tuesdays, per its site
Focus: an e-bike retailer with stores in Redondo Beach, Burbank and Pasadena, 1.5 straight-line miles from central Pasadena. Evidence grade: site checked.

"Visit our new store in Pasadena!" reads its home page, which lists a service and repair desk and e-bike rentals and warns that "Brand availability varies by store." Call ahead if you want one model.

Pasadena Cyclery — 1670 East Walnut Street

Address: 1670 E Walnut St, Pasadena, CA 91106
Phone: (626) 795-2866
Website: pasadenacyclery.com
Brands: Trek and Electra, on Trek's store locator; its site files Electric first under Bikes
Hours: Tue–Sat 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sun noon–5 p.m.; closed Mondays, per its site
Focus: a full-line bike shop, 1.5 straight-line miles from central Pasadena. Evidence grade: site checked.

Its claimed Yelp profile reads "E bikes available for over 15 years" and prices bikes from "$399-$10,000," and its site links a "Backhouse Service Center" for repairs.

Velo Pasadena — 2562 East Colorado Boulevard

Address: 2562 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107
Phone: (626) 304-0064
Website: velopasadena.com
Brands: Bosch's dealer page lists "VELO PASADENA"; Giant's and Specialized's maps list it without an e-bike flag
Hours: Mon–Thu 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Fri 10 a.m.–7 p.m.; Sat 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; closed Sundays, per its contact page
Focus: an east-side bike shop with an "Electric Bikes" category, 2.5 straight-line miles from central Pasadena. Evidence grade: site checked.

Its home page lists curbside pickup, service and repair, bike fitting and rentals.

Trek Bicycle Pasadena — 323 South Arroyo Parkway

Address: 323 S Arroyo Pkwy, Pasadena, CA 91105
Phone: (626) 377-4114
Website: Trek's store page
Brands: Trek and Bontrager
Hours: Tue–Fri 11 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sat 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sun noon–5 p.m.; closed Mondays, per its store page
Focus: Trek's own store, titled "Bike & EBike Sales & Service," 1.5 straight-line miles from central Pasadena. Evidence grade: chain store page.

The store page promises "24-hour service turnaround on bikes of any brand" and a free first tune-up "within the first 12 months of ownership," and puts a good e-bike at "around $1,200."

Incycle Bicycles Pasadena — 175 South Fair Oaks Avenue

Address: 175 S Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105
Phone: (626) 577-0440
Website: Incycle's Pasadena page
Brands: Specialized's retailer map lists this store with its Turbo e-bike feature
Hours: Mon 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Tue–Sat 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sun 11 a.m.–5 p.m., per its store page
Focus: one store of the Incycle chain, 1.4 straight-line miles from central Pasadena. Evidence grade: roster.

Its Pasadena page sorts e-bikes into E-Active, E-Road and E-Mountain, with pre-owned e-bikes too.

Around the Cycle — 1270 Lincoln Avenue

Address: 1270 Lincoln Ave #1500, Pasadena, CA 91103
Phone: (626) 765-6601
Website: aroundthecycle.com
Brands: Aventon's dealer map (Locally) lists it
Hours: Tue–Sat 11 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sun noon–5 p.m.; closed Mondays, per its site
Focus: a used-bike and repair shop that Aventon lists as a dealer, 1.3 straight-line miles from central Pasadena. Evidence grade: roster.

"Ride it. Repair it. Reuse it," says its site; its Yelp profile describes a shop "dedicated to helping people pass on their old bikes, parts, and gear."

Also in Pasadena, named and not counted.

• Empire Bike Shop, 41 E Orange Grove Blvd: no website; its Yelp profile names bikes and repairs, no e-bike sales.
• Open Trails Ebikes, 467 N Lake Ave: an e-bike rental outfit on Yelp whose web address now opens an unrelated gambling page.
• Mountain Bike Frame Mfr, 62 N Sierra Madre Blvd: a Superpages listing with a phone number and no website.
• LA Mobile Bicycle Services, 330 W California Blvd: a pick-up and drop-off repair service, not a showroom.
• Chain and non-bike stores: DICK'S at 3359 E Foothill Blvd, whose store page names bikes and no e-bikes, and Niky's Sports, a soccer shop.
• A Pasadena address outside Pasadena: Play It Again Sports at 3640 and Rack Attack at 3725 E Colorado Blvd carry Pasadena 91107 addresses, yet the Census geocoder places both in unincorporated county land, so neither counts here.

Just Outside Pasadena — Bike Shops in Alhambra, Los Angeles and Monrovia

Three more floors sit 4.7 to 7.3 straight-line miles from central Pasadena. Each sells e-bikes in its own words or on a maker's dealer map.

Trailhead Bike Shop — Alhambra

Address: 411 W Main St, Alhambra, CA 91801
Phone: (626) 656-6146
Focus: an Electric Bikes category on its site, and Bosch's dealer page lists the store. 4.7 straight-line miles away. Evidence grade: site checked.

Cycle City Bicycles — Los Angeles

Address: 3027 N San Fernando Rd Unit 101, Los Angeles, CA 90065
Focus: listed as an Aventon dealer on Aventon's dealer map (Locally) on October 1, 2026. 6.9 straight-line miles away. Evidence grade: roster.

E Bike Cyclery — Monrovia

Address: 601 W Huntington Dr, Monrovia, CA 91016
Phone: (626) 664-1064
Focus: an e-bike store whose location page lists "eBikes in Stock" and a second store in San Dimas. 7.3 straight-line miles away. Evidence grade: site checked.

Further out. The Glendale page, 6.3 miles west, lists that city's stores, and the Los Angeles page covers the city to the southwest.

Metro and Pasadena Transit — eBikes on Buses and Trains

Metro's trains take your e-bike if it is the size of a regular bike, subject to inspection. Its buses are the harder case: their racks refuse "motorized bicycles" and anything over 55 pounds.

Metro Rail. Metro's biking page says "Electric bicycles are allowed if they are the size of a regular bike and are subject to safety inspection by security personnel." Walk the bike through stations, board at the doors with the yellow sign, and stand with it in the open area. Fuel-powered, three-wheeled, tandem and recumbent bikes, bikes over 6 feet long, mopeds and trailers are all refused.

Metro Bus. The same page reads: "Motorized bicycles or any bicycle over 55 pounds cannot be accommodated on Metro bus bike racks." Inside the bus, only "Non-motorized, folding bikes with 20-inch or smaller wheels" may ride along.

Metro does not say whether a Vehicle Code e-bike counts as a "motorized bicycle." Over 55 pounds, the answer is no either way; under it, plan on the train and ask before you rely on a bus rack.

Pasadena Transit. The City's Route 31/32 schedule, effective December 15, 2024, states "All Buses Equipped With Bike Racks" and sets no weight or e-bike rule. Call the information line it prints, (626) 744-4055, before you count on a rack.

Trail Access — The Arroyo Seco and the Rose Bowl Loop

The Arroyo Seco spans "eight miles through the western portion of the City of Pasadena," per the City's trail guide, and the City's own sources do not agree on where a bike may go there.

The Arroyo Seco trails

The City's Arroyo Seco trail guide, revised in March 2010, says "Cyclists are welcome on paved paths and roads throughout the Arroyo Seco as indicated. City ordinance prohibits bicyclists on unpaved trails in the Arroyo Seco."

The current municipal code uses the word "bicycle" across its traffic, zoning and street titles but nowhere in Chapter 3.32, the Arroyo Seco chapter. Its natural preservation rule, § 3.32.120(H), bars "motor vehicles" outside paved streets, driveways and parking, and § 3.32.030 lists "cars, trucks, motorcycles, motorbikes" without defining "motorbikes."

Read one way, the guide describes a rule still enforced by posted signs or a park regulation outside the code. Read the other way, the 2010 sheet is out of date. Ride the pavement either way: the guide welcomes bikes on paved paths and roads, and the code holds no rule against an e-bike there.

Hahamongna Watershed Park

The same guide says "Bicycle riding is permitted only on paved park roads" at Hahamongna, behind Devil's Gate Dam, and that the Flint Wash Bridge gives "pedestrians, equestrians and bicyclists" access "to a full trail loop around the Hahamongna basin." Until a sign settles it, keep your e-bike on the paved roads.

The Rose Bowl Loop

The City's Community Mobility page calls it "the 3.3 mile Rose Bowl recreation loop," with colored pavement, striping and delineators that separate walkers from riders and drivers. "Cyclists, on the other hand, should always ride on the outside of the delineators and with the flow of vehicular traffic."

The 2010 guide adds that the loop "is also a public road open to vehicular traffic," so an e-bike rides it as it would any street. Keep the bike out of the painted pedestrian lane, where the guide asks walkers to go counter-clockwise.

California eBike Laws — What Makes an eBike Legal in Pasadena

California sets the classes, ages and helmet rules. On November 3, 2025, Pasadena's Ordinance 7460 rewrote Chapter 10.60, the bicycle chapter, to add e-bikes, repeal registration and set sidewalk rules.

The state definition

Vehicle Code § 312.5 defines an e-bike as a bicycle with "fully operable pedals and an electric motor that does not exceed 750 watts of power," in three classes:

Section 24016(b) says "an electric bicycle is not a motor vehicle," so you need no license, registration or plate. Section 21213 reads: "A person under 16 years of age shall not operate a class 3 electric bicycle." A helmet ticket for a rider under 18 under § 21212 is "not more than twenty-five dollars ($25)."

A machine "intended by the manufacturer to be modifiable" past 20 mph on motor power, or past 750 watts, is not an e-bike under § 312.5(d).

Pasadena's own definition

Section 10.60.020 calls an electric bicycle "a type of bicycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than 750 watts and as defined by California Vehicle Code section 321.5," while the state's text says "does not exceed 750 watts." A motor rated at exactly 750 watts therefore meets the state's words and falls outside the City's.

The section cites "section 321.5," and the City's notice of the change repeats it; the state's e-bike definition sits in § 312.5. Read the two side by side and follow § 312.5 for the classes.

Registration is gone

Ordinance 7460 repealed former §§ 10.60.030 to 10.60.100; the City's notice says registration, licensing, transfer and "dealer reporting requirements have been eliminated in accordance with California Assembly Bill 1909."

Sidewalks

Section 10.60.140 lets you ride a sidewalk, but you "shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians" and may not exceed "ten (10) miles per hour, and no more than five (5) miles per hour where pedestrians are present." The Council may, by resolution, "regulate or prohibit the use of bicycles on specific sidewalks within high congestion retail shopping districts," with posted signs.

Breaking the section is an infraction under § 1.24.025: "a fine not exceeding $100.00 for a first violation," up to $200 for a second and up to $500 for each further one within a year.

Bike lanes and the Class 3 question

Chapter 10.60 says nothing about which class may use a bike lane, and the phrase "electric bicycle" appears in one section of the whole code, the definition.

The September 8, 2025 staff report that led to the ordinance says that before AB 1909, "Class 3 e-bikes were prohibited on bike lanes, multi-use paths, recreational trails, and facilities such as the bi-directional cycle-track on Union Street," and that the law "eliminates the statewide ban on any e-bike classification on bikeway facilities by default."

Section 21207.5 lets a local agency ban an e-bike class from "an equestrian trail, or hiking or recreational trail" by ordinance; Pasadena's code holds no such ban.

Where to Ride Your eBike in Pasadena

You may ride any class on Pasadena's streets and bike lanes, its sidewalks at up to 10 mph where no sign says otherwise, and the Arroyo Seco's paved paths and roads.

The bike network

The Community Mobility page says "over 12 miles of collector and arterial roadways in Pasadena have bikeways." The Union Street project page describes "the City's first two-way protected bike lane," between Hill Avenue and Arroyo Parkway, with new signals at the cross streets.

Your Pasadena riding checklist

• Check the frame label for the class, top assisted speed and motor wattage (§ 312.5(c)).
• Wear a helmet under 18, and on a Class 3 at any age; Class 3 riders must be 16.
• On a sidewalk, give way to walkers and hold 10 mph, or 5 mph near people.
• In a posted retail district, read the sign before riding the sidewalk.
• In the Arroyo Seco, keep the wheels on pavement.

Rebates

Pasadena Water and Power. The utility's e-bike rebate page says "standard program funds for Fiscal Year 2027 are now fully committed" and general applications are closed. As of September 1, 2026, the rebate is open only to customers enrolled in a PWP income-qualified bill-payment assistance program, at up to $1,000 per bike and two per account.

The bike must be a new Class 1, 2 or 3, and "New electric bicycle(s) must be purchased at a bike shop located in the City of Pasadena to qualify for the rebate." All seven floors above sit inside the city line on the Census geocoder.

The state and the region. The statewide California E-Bike Incentive Project "began in December 2022 and concluded in December 2025." The South Coast air district's Replace Your Ride lets a qualifying driver retire an old car and "purchase an e-bike," though that option still reads "More information about this option will be available soon."

Why buy from us instead

If you are counting on the PWP rebate, buy from one of the seven Pasadena shops above, because an order shipped from outside the city is not a purchase "at a bike shop located in the City of Pasadena." If you are not, the bike you want may not be on any of their floors this month. Free shipping covers "every electric bike within the contiguous United States," Pasadena included.

A bike that will not power on or charge "is covered under manufacturer warranty," per the refund policy, with the fix arranged remotely. Report shipping damage within 48 hours and we file the carrier claim for you; you can pay with Shop Pay Installments at checkout. Other cities are on the California shop directory.

What to re-check before you ride

• Arroyo Seco trail signs, for the bicycle rule on dirt paths.
• PWP's rebate page, for funding after fiscal year 2027.
• Metro's bike rules, for any change to the bus-rack wording.

Frequently Asked Questions — Pasadena, CA eBikes

Is there an e-bike shop in Pasadena?

Yes, seven inside the city on October 1, 2026. Pedal Hut on Smith Alley and Redondo eBikes on South Raymond Avenue are e-bike specialists; Pasadena Cyclery, Velo Pasadena, Trek Bicycle Pasadena, Incycle Bicycles and Around the Cycle carry them too. Call before you go, since your model may not be on the floor.

Where can I get an e-bike repaired in Pasadena?

Trek Bicycle Pasadena's store page promises "24-hour service turnaround on bikes of any brand," and Redondo eBikes lists a repair desk; Pasadena Cyclery and Velo Pasadena run service departments too. If your bike is a brand the shop does not sell, ask first.

How does the Pasadena Water and Power e-bike rebate work?

For now, only if you are enrolled in a PWP income-qualified bill-payment assistance program: general funds for fiscal year 2027 are committed, per PWP's rebate page. You may get up to $1,000 on a new Class 1, 2 or 3 bought at a bike shop in the City of Pasadena, two per account, with the check arriving "in 6 to 8 weeks."

What are Pasadena's e-bike laws?

You follow California's three classes, and Pasadena adds its own sidewalk rules: yield to walkers and keep to 10 mph, or 5 mph near people, under § 10.60.140. You no longer register a bike with the City. A Class 3 rider must be 16 and wear a helmet, under § 21213.

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

Yes, unless a sign in a busy retail district says no. You must yield to pedestrians and stay at or under 10 mph, slowing to 5 mph when people are present, under § 10.60.140. A first violation can cost you up to $100.

Can you ride an e-bike on the Rose Bowl Loop?

Yes. The loop is a paved, 3.3-mile public road, and the City's Community Mobility page tells cyclists to ride outside the delineators "and with the flow of vehicular traffic." Leave the painted pedestrian lane to walkers and runners, and stay off the Arroyo Seco's dirt trails nearby.

Can you take an e-bike on the Metro in Pasadena?

On the trains, yes: Metro's biking page allows electric bicycles "the size of a regular bike," subject to inspection. On the buses, the racks refuse "Motorized bicycles or any bicycle over 55 pounds," so if your e-bike weighs more, it stays off. Walk your bike in stations and keep it off escalators.

Where are the bike lanes in Pasadena?

The City counts bikeways on more than 12 miles of collector and arterial roads, per its Community Mobility page, and its first two-way protected bike lane is the Union Street project between Hill Avenue and Arroyo Parkway. You may ride them on any class; Pasadena's code bars none.

More from the U.S. eBike Directory

Glendale, 6.3 miles west, has the nearest city page, and Los Angeles is next at 18.4 miles.

Sources, limitations and how this page was verified

The denominator

Pasadena had 137,195 residents in the Census Bureau's 2024 vintage estimate (California file, row "Pasadena city"), down from a 2020 estimates base of 139,622.

Fifteen businesses were tied to Pasadena by at least one source: 7 verified, 2 that could not be read, 2 with Pasadena addresses outside the city, 2 chain or non-bike stores, 1 bike shop with no e-bikes named and 1 mobile repair service. Before verdicts, duplicate and stale listings, a combat-sports store, a map point with no address and businesses in other cities were set aside.

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

Seven makers' dealer maps were read to 10 miles on October 1, 2026, each with a control: Velotric (966 locations), Aventon (68), Giant (5), Bosch (30), Specialized (20), Trek (5) and Pedego's California directory. Trek's list carries no e-bike flag, so a Trek row alone is a lead.

OpenStreetMap maps 7 bicycle shops inside relation 3529725, against 54 schools and 459 shops of every kind; each was checked against the shop's own words.

Directories and AI search. Yelp and Superpages were read in a browser. Eight questions went to six answer engines and 23 of 48 answers were read: ChatGPT and Google's AI Mode answered all eight, Brave five and Google's chat assistant two; Perplexity and Bing failed their controls. ChatGPT answered "bikes on the metro" about Ontario's Waterloo Region.

The city code was read on Municode at Supplement 79, posted September 14, 2026; the two 2026 ordinances that use "bicycle," Nos. 7464 and 7477, concern parking and sidewalk zones.

City limits

Every Pasadena street address named here returned "Pasadena city" from the Census geocoder, except the two East Colorado Boulevard stores in county land. Mileages run from the Census 2024 Gazetteer's internal point for Pasadena city; road miles run longer.

Limitations

1. The Arroyo Seco bicycle rule rests on a 2010 City guide; no code section carrying it was found in the current code.
2. Hahamongna's trail loop is described two ways in that same guide.
3. Metro's bus rule does not say whether a Vehicle Code e-bike is a "motorized bicycle."
4. Pasadena Transit's online FAQ did not load on October 1, 2026, and its schedule sets no e-bike rule.
5. Open Trails Ebikes' own site could not be read, and Cycle City Bicycles rests on Aventon's dealer map alone.
6. Re-verification is due April 2027, or sooner if a shop opens or closes.

What would age this page

• An e-bike seller opening or closing inside Pasadena.
• PWP reopening general rebate funding, or changing where a bike must be bought.
• A posted rule or City clarification on bicycles in the Arroyo Seco.

Image credit: the cover scene was generated with Nano Banana Pro on Playcut and its type set in real fonts afterward. What City Hall looks like was checked against the City's City Hall page and its photograph of the west front before the prompt; the frame holds no rider and no bicycle.

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References

1. US Census Bureau, SUB-EST2024 CSV · table page · Geocoder · 2024 Gazetteer. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
2. City of Pasadena, Pasadena Municipal Code on Municode: § 10.60.020 · § 10.60.140 · § 1.24.025 · § 3.32.030 · § 3.32.120. Department of Transportation, Updated Pasadena Bicycle Ordinance · Agenda Report, September 8, 2025. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
3. California Vehicle Code § 312.5 · § 21207.5 · § 21212 · § 21213 · § 24016. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
4. City of Pasadena: Arroyo Seco trail guide (revised March 2010) · Community Mobility · Union Street Protected Bike Lane · City Hall. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
5. PWP Residential E-Bike Rebate · CARB E-Bike Incentive Project · AQMD Replace Your Ride. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
6. LA Metro, Biking with Metro · Pasadena Transit, Route 31/32 schedule. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
7. Dealer maps and chain pages, retrieved 2026-10-01: Bosch Redondo eBikes Pasadena, Velo Pasadena, Trailhead Bike Shop · Trek Bicycle Pasadena · Incycle Pasadena · DICK'S Hastings Village · OpenStreetMap.
8. Shops' own sites, retrieved 2026-10-01: Pedal Hut About, home · Redondo eBikes · Pasadena Cyclery · Velo Pasadena home, contact · Around the Cycle · Trailhead Bike Shop · E Bike Cyclery. Yelp: Pasadena Cyclery, Around the Cycle, Empire Bike Shop, Open Trails Ebikes.
9. Redtail eBikes, shipping policy · refund policy · How Buying Works. Playcut, playcut.ai, cover photography at 2K.