Bike Shops in Santa Maria CA: 1 Verified eBike Store

Santa Maria is a Santa Barbara County city of 111,346 people in the Census Bureau's 2024 estimate. The building on the cover is City Hall, which the Living New Deal calls "a lovely example of Mission Revival architecture, which includes a tower, a walled courtyard and blue tile work in the entrance corridor."

The same record says it was completed in 1934, that "the building cost $68,000 and funding came from the Public Works Administration (PWA) of the New Deal."

The 1 Verified eBike Shop in Santa Maria

One floor inside the city sells e-bikes, so call ahead before you drive across town for a test ride.

Main Street Cycles — 311 East Main Street

Address: 311 E Main St, Santa Maria, CA 93454
Phone: (805) 922-5577
Website: mainstreetcycles.com
Brands: on Bosch's dealer page as an e-bike dealer, and on Aventon's dealer map as MainStreet Cycles
Hours: Monday to Saturday 10 a.m.–6 p.m., closed Sunday, per its own site
Focus: "your local Pro Shop with a Hometown Attitude," in its own words, with an Electric Bikes category in its online store, plus service and fitting. 1.5 straight-line miles away. Evidence grade: roster.

Its online Electric Bikes category answered "Sorry, no items were found matching your criteria" on October 3, 2026, so ask by phone which e-bikes are on the floor.

Also tied to Santa Maria, named and not counted.

• Closed or unconfirmed: Bikes N Boards on East Main Street, Central Coast Cyclery on East Clark Avenue (outside the city line) and Pedal Power Bicycles on South Broadway, each marked permanently closed on Google Maps; and Cycle Star Bicycles, whose site answers "404 - Page Not Found."
• A used-bike non-profit: Bici Centro, at 310 Oak Street, "a community bike shop of MOVE Santa Barbara County."
• Motorcycle trade: Santa Maria Harley-Davidson and Central Coast Yamaha, Polaris & Suzuki on Preisker Lane.
• Chain floors: the Walmart Supercenter on Bradley Road, whose store page lists electric bikes, and DICK'S and Big 5.

Just Outside Santa Maria — Bike Shops in Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach, Pismo Beach and Lompoc

Every lead within 20.5 straight-line miles of central Santa Maria, the Census Gazetteer point, was read. If you can make the drive, six e-bike floors sit 15.2 to 19.8 miles out, five to the north around Pismo Beach and one to the south in Lompoc.

Village Cyclery — Arroyo Grande

Address: 107 Bridge St, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
Phone: (805) 489-2621
Focus: its bikes page has an e-Bikes section ("Glide up hills, zip through the city, and breeze past traffic"); Tuesday to Saturday 9 to 6, per Google Maps. 15.2 straight-line miles away. Evidence grade: site checked.

Coastal Vibes — Grover Beach

Address: 170 W Grand Ave, Suite 102, Grover Beach, CA 93433
Phone: (805) 270-4006
Focus: its site is titled "E-bike rentals and sales," and Aventon's map lists it; closed Tuesday. 16.7 straight-line miles away. Evidence grade: site checked.

Pedal Up Bike Rentals & Sales — Pismo Beach

Address: 519 Cypress St, Pismo Beach, CA 93449
Phone: (805) 295-6235
Focus: its site offers "Affordable E-Bike Rentals & Sales in Pismo Beach"; closed Wednesday, per Google Maps. 18.1 straight-line miles away. Evidence grade: site checked.

Pismo Bikes — Pismo Beach

Address: 651 Dolliver St, Suite A, Pismo Beach, CA 93449
Phone: (805) 295-6352
Focus: its site reads "Shop E-Bikes and Pedal Bikes on the Central Coast," and Velotric's map tags it for sales; open daily 10 to 5, per Google Maps. 18.2 straight-line miles away. Evidence grade: site checked.

Motion Madness Electric Bikes — Pismo Beach

Address: 931 Taft St, Pismo Beach, CA 93449
Phone: call or text (559) 908-4904
Focus: an e-bike dealer whose site lists a "Pismo Beach Showroom (BY APPOINTMENT ONLY)," open "Weekends (FRI/SAT/SUN) Only." 18.6 straight-line miles away. Evidence grade: site checked.

Lompoc Bike Works — Lompoc

Address: 115 E College Ave, Suite 1, Lompoc, CA 93436
Phone: (805) 865-6708
Focus: its site says it has "mountain, road, hybrid, kids', and electric bikes in stock"; closed Monday, per Google Maps. 19.8 straight-line miles away. Evidence grade: site checked.

Closer, and not counted. Hart Velo Bicycles in Nipomo, 7.9 miles away, is marked permanently closed, and so are Trinity Cyclery and Rippin E-Bikes in Grover Beach; Coastal Vibes now trades at Rippin's old suite. 1 Bike Gypsy in Arroyo Grande and The Bike Lane in Pismo Beach have no listing at their addresses on Google Maps.

Further out. Specialized's nearest dealer, Art's SLO Cyclery, is 25.1 miles away, measured to the coordinates its store finder publishes, and the nearest Redtail city page is Ventura's, 81.8 miles southeast, with Bakersfield's 84.6 miles east.

SMRT Buses — eBikes on Santa Maria Transit

Santa Maria Regional Transit carries your e-bike on every bus rack, two bikes at a time, as long as yours weighs under 55 pounds.

The racks. SMRT's bike page says "All SMRT buses are equipped with bike racks designed to transport two (2) bicycles per vehicle," and "Bikes are NOT allowed inside the vehicle." The racks go "on a first come first serve basis."

E-bikes. "All bikes, including electric bikes, must be under 55lbs." You load and unload the bike yourself, and you tell the driver before you reach for it at the end of the trip.

Where the buses go. The SMRT page lists fixed-route service in the city, Orcutt and Tanglewood, and regional routes to San Luis Obispo, Lompoc, Vandenberg, Buellton and Solvang, among other places. The basic fare is $1.50 on city routes and $2.00 on regional ones, per the fares page.

Microtransit. The City's on-demand electric shuttles "can accommodate up to two bicycles (under 55 pounds) on a first-come, first-served basis."

At the stop. Santa Maria's § 8-18.18 prohibits "bicycling, roller skating, in-line skating, skateboarding, hover-boarding, and riding scooters of any kind" in Public Transit Systems, which § 8-18.01 defines to take in "the Transit Center, SMAT business offices, and all bus and trolley stops and shelters." Walk your bike from the curb to the rack.

Bike Paths — the Bikeway Network and Multi-Purpose Trails

Santa Maria's code opens its multi-purpose trails to bicycles, and the City has been building separated and green-painted bike paths under its bikeway plans.

The City's network

The City's bike paths page says it builds paths "that are separated, painted green, or lined with reflective beads," with "millions of dollars in State grant funding." Its Active Transportation Plan page says the 2020 plan "was adopted by the City Council in January 2021."

The levee trail

The City lists the Tom Urbanske Levee Trail, on the Santa Maria River levee, among its parks and facilities. The City calls it "this moderate 6.7-mile trail," which "is partially paved and follows a levee built by the Army Corps of Engineers in the early 1960s," and says it "is great for hiking or cycling, and leashed dogs are allowed."

It was the Santa Maria River Levee Trail until June 2016, when the City's Recreation and Parks Department designated it "the Tom Urbanske Multipurpose Trail." The dedication was held at "the trail access point located at the intersection of Seaward and Carlotti drives."

The trail rule

Section 7-10.08(a)(1) lets "Any person" ride a bicycle "upon a multi-purpose trail." The code's definitions describe such a trail as "a completely separated joint-use facility designed for shared pedestrian and bicycle use," at least eight feet wide.

A multi-purpose trail may also replace a sidewalk in a residential district when the City posts it at each entrance, which is how a sidewalk-width path can become legal to ride.

California eBike Laws — What Makes an eBike Legal in Santa Maria

The state sets the classes, the age floor and the helmet rule. Santa Maria's code has no section written for e-bikes, so its bicycle rules are the ones you need to read.

The state definition

Under Vehicle Code § 312.5(a), "An 'electric bicycle' is a bicycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor that does not exceed 750 watts of power."

An e-bike is no motor vehicle in California: § 24016(b) says "an electric bicycle is not a motor vehicle," so you need no license, registration or plate. On the street you carry a driver's rights and duties under § 21200.

Section 21213 holds the faster class back: "A person under 16 years of age shall not operate a class 3 electric bicycle." For a rider under 18 caught bareheaded, § 21212 sets a fine of "not more than twenty-five dollars ($25)."

A parent pays that fine too, since § 21212(e)(2) holds the parent "jointly and severally liable" with the minor. If your child receives the citation, you keep it out of court, and avoid the § 40611 fee, by giving the issuing agency within 120 days proof of a helmet that meets the standard and, if local authorities offer one, of a completed e-bike safety course (§ 21212(f)).

Santa Maria's sidewalk rule, written for bicycles

The code on eCode360 "Includes legislation through Ord. No. 2026-01 adopted April 7, 2026," and its bicycle chapter does not mention e-bikes.

• Sidewalks. Under § 7-10.08(a), "No person shall ride or operate a bicycle upon any sidewalk in any business district, as defined in Vehicle Code Section 235, or in any residence district, as defined by Vehicle Code Section 515," with two exceptions.
• Children. "Any person 12 years of age or under may ride or operate a bicycle upon a sidewalk in a residence district where safe to do so," yielding to pedestrians.
• Posted places. Riding is also barred on a posted private walkway that serves the public, such as a shopping center, and on posted public property.

If you break a rule in this chapter, § 7-10.18 makes it an infraction, and § 1-6.01 fines an infraction up to $100 for a first violation and $200 for a second within one year.

Parks and parking structures

• Parks. Under § 8-20.02(e), "Use of bicycles, skateboards, scooters, hover boards, etc. in parks is allowed except for when specifically prohibited posted areas."
• Parking structures. Section 8-19.04 makes it "unlawful to ride a bicycle" inside any City parking structure, "excepting that a bicycle may be ridden to and from bicycle racks."

On August 11, 2026, the Recreation and Parks Commission voted "That staff develop proposed regulations addressing the use of electric bicycles, e-motorcycles, scooters, and similar motorized devices in City parks and return with proposed ordinance language for review," per its minutes. No such language was on the commission's September 8 agenda or on the City Council's agendas through October 6, 2026, so until the Council adopts one, § 8-20.02 is the parks rule.

Whether the bicycle rule reaches your e-bike

The chapter's definitions call a bicycle "a device upon which any person may ride, propelled by human power through a belt, chain or gears." The state calls an e-bike "a bicycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor that does not exceed 750 watts of power."

On one reading, a pedal e-bike is a bicycle and the rule applies; on another, the motor takes it outside "propelled by human power." The code gives no answer, so plan as if the sidewalk rule covers you.

What changes on January 1, 2027

Two bills the Governor signed on September 30, 2026 take effect on January 1, 2027, under the California Constitution's Article IV, § 8. From January 1, 2027, AB 2346, Chapter 842, sets "the prima facie speed limit for a sidewalk" at "10 miles per hour," which governs the residential sidewalks Santa Maria leaves open to children.

From January 1, 2027, SB 1167, Chapter 846, bars selling or labeling as an e-bike any vehicle "with motor power of more than 750 watts."

Where to Ride Your eBike in Santa Maria

Ride any legal class on the streets and in the bike lanes under § 21200, use the posted multi-purpose trails and the parks, and keep your e-bike off business and residential sidewalks.

Your Santa Maria riding checklist

• Ride the street or the bike lane; walk your bike on business and residential sidewalks.
• Look for the multi-purpose trail sign at a path's entrance before you ride it.
• Wear a helmet if you are under 18, and on a Class 3 at any age.
• Keep Class 3 riders to 16 and older.
• Weigh your bike before the bus: SMRT racks and shuttles stop under 55 pounds.
• Walk your bike at the Transit Center, at bus stops and inside City parking structures.
• Call Main Street Cycles before you visit for a test ride.

Rebates

The state. The statewide California E-Bike Incentive Project "began in December 2022 and concluded in December 2025."

Why buy from us instead

With one e-bike floor in town, the bike you want may be a county away; we bring it to your door instead. Our shipping policy gives free shipping on "every electric bike within the contiguous United States," a Santa Maria address included.

If a new bike will not power on or charge, our refund policy says it "is covered under manufacturer warranty," and we coordinate the repair remotely. Report shipping damage within 48 hours and we file the carrier claim for you; Shop Pay Installments are offered at checkout.

The California shop directory lists the other cities.

What to re-check before you ride

• Trail entrances, for the posted multi-purpose trail sign.
• Main Street Cycles, by phone, for the e-bikes on the floor that week.

Frequently Asked Questions — Santa Maria, CA eBikes

Is there an e-bike shop in Santa Maria?

Yes, one inside the city on October 3, 2026: Main Street Cycles at 311 East Main Street, on Bosch's and Aventon's dealer maps. Its online e-bike category showed no items that day, so call (805) 922-5577 to ask what is on the floor.

Where is Main Street Cycles in Santa Maria?

You will find it at 311 East Main Street, open Monday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and closed Sunday, per its own site. It sells road, mountain, commuter, comfort and children's bikes, offers service and fitting, and carries an Electric Bikes category.

What e-bike shops are near Santa Maria?

If you can drive, six sit 15 to 20 miles away: Village Cyclery in Arroyo Grande, Coastal Vibes in Grover Beach, Pedal Up, Pismo Bikes and Motion Madness in Pismo Beach, and Lompoc Bike Works in Lompoc. Motion Madness opens its Pismo Beach showroom by appointment, Friday to Sunday.

Is there a bike kitchen in Santa Maria?

Bici Centro, at 310 Oak Street, is "a community bike shop of MOVE Santa Barbara County," and its Yelp page says that "As a non-profit organization our main goal is to get bikes on the street." Google Maps lists it as a used-bicycle shop; it names no e-bikes.

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

Plan on no. Under § 7-10.08, you may not ride a bicycle on a sidewalk in a business or residence district, unless you are 12 or under and the sidewalk is residential. The code does not name e-bikes or say whether the rule reaches one.

Are e-bikes street legal in Santa Maria?

Yes, you may ride a Class 1, 2 or 3 e-bike on the streets and in bike lanes, and you need no license, registration or plate, because § 24016 says "an electric bicycle is not a motor vehicle." A Class 3 rider must be 16 or older.

Where can you ride an e-bike on Santa Maria's bike paths?

You may ride the multi-purpose trails, which § 7-10.08 opens to bicycles, and the City's separated and green-painted bike paths. One is the 6.7-mile Tom Urbanske Levee Trail on the river levee, which the City's trail page calls "great for hiking or cycling." A posted sign marks a path that replaces a residential sidewalk.

More from the U.S. eBike Directory

Ventura's page is 81.8 miles southeast, Bakersfield's 84.6 miles east and Oxnard's 86.7 miles southeast.

Sources, limitations and how this page was verified

The denominator

Santa Maria had 111,346 residents in the Census Bureau's 2024 vintage estimate (California file, row "Santa Maria city"), against a 2020 estimates base of 109,694.

Eleven businesses were tied to Santa Maria by at least one source: 1 verified, 4 closed or unconfirmed, 3 chain floors, 2 in the motorcycle trade and 1 used-bike non-profit.

Before verdicts, OpenStreetMap and Yelp points for sporting-goods and clothing stores were set aside, along with duplicate listings, closed and unlisted shops within 20.5 miles, and shops in other cities farther out.

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

Seven makers' dealer maps were read on October 3, 2026, each with a control: Velotric, Aventon, Giant, Bosch, Specialized, Trek and Pedego's California directory, to 30 miles here because the first 10 held only one store. Specialized's 25-mile query came back empty, so a 75-mile query from the same point proved the finder working and named Art's SLO Cyclery as the nearest dealer.

OpenStreetMap returned 5 objects inside relation 9926229, all of them named places, so the map is a lead and never a count here.

Directories and AI search. Yelp, Superpages and Google Maps were read in a browser. Eight questions went to eight answer engines and 33 of 64 answers were read: ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI Mode answered all eight, Google's chat assistant eight on a second run, and Duck.ai one. Brave gave no answers, Bing failed its control on two runs, and Copilot showed a sign-in wall.

The city code was read on eCode360, current through Ordinance 2026-01 of April 7, 2026: Title 7, Traffic Regulations, whole, and Title 8's rules for transit, parking structures and parks; every title was searched for e-bike terms. The Recreation and Parks Commission's August 11, 2026 agenda and minutes, and the City Council's agendas from August 12 to October 6, 2026, were read on the City's eScribe portal.

City limits

Every Santa Maria street address named here returned "Santa Maria city" from the Census geocoder, except Central Coast Cyclery's, which returned no incorporated place. Mileages run from the Census 2024 Gazetteer's internal point for Santa Maria city; road miles run longer.

For the cover, City Hall's address, 110 East Cook Street, returned "Santa Maria city."

Limitations

1. Main Street Cycles is counted from Bosch's and Aventon's dealer maps; its own online e-bike category showed no items on October 3, 2026.
2. The sidewalk rule is written for bicycles, and whether it reaches an e-bike is unsettled; the page prints both readings.
3. Motion Madness also has a store in Clovis and opens its Pismo Beach showroom by appointment only.
4. Re-verification is due April 2027, or sooner if a shop opens or closes inside Santa Maria.

What would age this page

• A store opening or closing inside Santa Maria, or Main Street Cycles' e-bike category filling.
• The City adopting the park rules for e-bikes that the Recreation and Parks Commission asked staff to draft on August 11, 2026.
• January 1, 2027, when AB 2346 and SB 1167 take effect.

Image credit: the cover scene was generated with Nano Banana Pro on Playcut, its type set in real fonts afterward. City Hall was checked against John Margolies' 1977 photographs in the Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons (public domain), before the prompt; the frame holds no rider, no bicycle and no sign.

Source register

References

1. US Census Bureau, SUB-EST2024 CSV · table page · Geocoder · 2024 Gazetteer. Retrieved 2026-10-03.
2. City of Santa Maria, Municipal Code on eCode360: home · § 7-1.01 · § 7-10.02 · § 7-10.08 · § 8-18.01 · § 8-18.18 · § 8-19.04 · § 8-20.02. City of Santa Maria, Recreation and Parks Commission, agenda of August 11, 2026 · minutes of August 11, 2026. City of Santa Maria, SMRT · Bike Friendly · Transit Fares · Microtransit · Bike Paths and Bike Lanes · Active Transportation Plan · Tom Urbanske Levee Trail · Tom Urbanske Multipurpose Trail, news release of June 2, 2016. Retrieved 2026-10-03.
3. California Vehicle Code § 312.5 · § 21200 · § 21212 · § 21213 · § 24016. California Constitution, art. IV, § 8. AB 2346 (Ch. 842) · SB 1167 (Ch. 846), Statutes of 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-01 and 2026-10-03.
4. CARB, California E-Bike Incentive Project. Retrieved 2026-10-03.
5. The Living New Deal, City Hall - Santa Maria CA. Wikimedia Commons, City Hall, angle 3 (John Margolies, 1977, Library of Congress). Retrieved 2026-10-03.
6. Dealer maps, retrieved 2026-10-03: Bosch dealer search (Main Street Cycles) · Aventon dealer map (MainStreet Cycles, Coastal Vibes) · Velotric dealer map (Pismo Bikes) · Specialized store finder, 75-mile query · Giant, Trek and Pedego · OpenStreetMap.
7. Shops' own sites and listings, retrieved 2026-10-03: Main Street Cycles · Village Cyclery · Coastal Vibes · Pedal Up · Pismo Bikes · Motion Madness · Lompoc Bike Works · Walmart Santa Maria bike shop.
8. Redtail eBikes, shipping policy · refund policy · How Buying Works. Playcut, playcut.ai, cover photography at 2K.