Bike Shops in Torrance, CA: 3 Verified eBike Stores

Torrance is a Los Angeles County city of 139,576 people, and its coast is where the 22-mile Marvin Braude Bike Trail ends. Three storefronts inside the city sell e-bikes, the nearest 0.6 miles from its center. Since early 2026 the city's own bicycle chapter sets where a Class 3 may go.

The 3 Verified eBike Shops in Torrance

Three businesses inside Torrance sell e-bikes: a family shop that rents and sells them, an electric-only store, and an Old Torrance service shop that Aventon lists as a dealer.

Torrance Bikes — 3737 Torrance Boulevard

Address: 3737 Torrance Blvd, Ste 101, Torrance, CA 90503; showroom at 21002 Hawthorne Blvd
Phone: (310) 543-2453
Website: torrancebikes.com
Brands: its Bicycles page lists Vaast, Italwin/Wayel and Retrospec Batch/OLIC e-bikes; Bosch and Aventon list it as a dealer
Hours: Mon–Sun 8 a.m.–5:30 p.m., per its contact page
Focus: "Today, Torrance Bikes offers an impressive selection of traditional bicycles and cutting-edge e-bikes," says its About page. 0.6 straight-line miles from central Torrance. Evidence grade: site checked.

It rents e-bikes too: "E-Bike 1 Day (Starting at $85)" on its home page. The service menu prices an e-bike tune-up at $135 and an e-bike flat at $30. Its site gives no separate hours for the Hawthorne showroom, so call before you go there.

GO Ebikes — 18831 Hawthorne Boulevard

Address: 18831 Hawthorne Blvd, Torrance, CA 90504
Phone: (530) 429-2410, call or text
Website: goebikes.net
Brands: 73 listings typed Electric Bike in its hub-motor collection and 12 in its mid-drive collection on September 29, 2026, from makers including Freego, ENGWE, TROXUS and SONDORS
Hours: "Store hours: Tue-Sun 10-5pm" on its contact page; "Open Wed-Sunday 10am-5pm" in its site header
Focus: an electric-only store 2.1 straight-line miles from central Torrance. Evidence grade: site checked.

"Visit our retail store at: Go Ebikes 18831 Hawthorne Blvd, Torrance, CA. 90504," the contact page says, "Just north of 190th st." Its own two pages disagree on Tuesdays, so text before a Tuesday visit.

The DropOut Cyclery — 1272 Sartori Avenue

Address: 1272 Sartori Ave, Torrance, CA 90501
Phone: (424) 488-2099
Website: thedropout.bike
Brands: Aventon's dealer map lists it as "The Dropout Cyclery | Old Torrance," with inventory synced September 26, 2026
Hours: Tue–Sat 10:30 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sun noon–5 p.m.; closed Mondays and every fourth Sunday, per its site
Focus: a service, new-bike and consignment shop in Old Torrance, 2.4 straight-line miles from central Torrance. Evidence grade: brand dealer roster.

Aventon sells only e-bikes, so its listing is a maker naming this address as a dealer. The shop's own site does not mention e-bikes, and its Yelp profile names new bikes "from Cannondale, TIME, and Singular," so ask which Aventon models are on the floor.

Also in Torrance, named and not counted.

• Gilbert's Bicycles, 4011 W 182nd St, (310) 214-6756: a bike shop; Giant lists it without its e-bike flag, and Yelp reviewers describe e-bike repairs, not sales.
• Manny's Cyclery, 3122 W 182nd St: its owner writes "no department store bikes, no e-bikes" on its Yelp profile.
• Closed: Bikecology on Sepulveda and Beach Cities Cycle on 190th Street; and Safety Cycle at 23112 Hawthorne, where an April 3, 2026 reviewer found "the entire building is fenced off" while its own site still lists the store.
• Vulcan Bikes, 23896 Madison St: an e-bike maker's "DISTRIBUTION FACILITY," per its contact page, with posted hours; it sells online and names no showroom.
• Rome Bike Bags Inc, 3870 W 234th St: a directory listing whose site answers 404.
• Big-box floors: Best Buy at 3675 Pacific Coast Hwy, where SWFT says you can "see SWFT electric bicycles in-person"; two Big 5 stores, DICK'S at Del Amo, two Walmarts, Target and Costco.
• Not bike shops, or not here: Pro Patch sells stickers and accessories to bike shops; Play It Again Sports, used sporting goods; Monday Motorbikes gives a Signal Hill address.
• Torrance address, other city: Walmart #5072 on Normandie Avenue and Beachbikes on 228th Street place in Los Angeles, and the old Performance Bicycle address on Redondo Beach Boulevard in unincorporated county.

Just Outside Torrance — Bike Shops in Redondo Beach, Lomita and El Segundo

Five more e-bike floors sit within 6.8 straight-line miles of central Torrance, four of them within 3.6. Each sells e-bikes in its own words or on a maker's roster.

Redondo E Bikes — Redondo Beach

Address: 730 S Pacific Coast Hwy, #105, Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Phone: (310) 303-3189
Focus: open "10:00 am to 6:00 pm daily Closed on Wednesday," per its site, which warns that "Brand availability varies by store"; 1.6 straight-line miles away. Evidence grade: site checked.

Pedego South Bay — Redondo Beach

Address: 607 S Pacific Coast Hwy, Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Phone: (310) 921-8171
Focus: listed on Pedego's e-bike dealer page for Redondo Beach. 1.6 straight-line miles away. Evidence grade: roster.

Sprocket Cycles — Redondo Beach

Address: 1018 S Pacific Coast Hwy, Redondo Beach, CA 90277
Phone: (310) 540-1927
Focus: an E-Bikes category and e-bike rentals on its site; Bosch lists it. 1.7 straight-line miles away. Evidence grade: site checked.

Smith's Cycle — Lomita

Address: 2073 Pacific Coast Hwy, Lomita, CA 90717
Phone: (310) 326-0617
Focus: "selling and servicing bikes in the South Bay since 1947," says its site, which does not mention e-bikes; Bosch lists it as an eBike dealer. 3.6 straight-line miles south. Evidence grade: roster.

e-RYDE — El Segundo

Address: 209 E El Segundo Blvd, El Segundo, CA 90245
Phone: (310) 640-2453
Focus: the store behind a "Torrance Electric Bike Shop" web page; its showroom is in El Segundo, 6.8 straight-line miles north. Aventon lists it. Evidence grade: site checked.

Further out. Makers list more e-bike dealers from 3.2 miles: Trick eBikes and Hermosa Cyclery in Hermosa Beach, South Bay Cycle and REI in Manhattan Beach at 4.8 and 5.0, and The Bike Palace in San Pedro at 6.4. The Long Beach and Los Angeles pages list those cities' stores.

Torrance Transit and Metro — eBikes on Buses

Torrance Transit and LA Metro buses both carry bikes on front racks, and neither page read sets an e-bike weight limit. Tell the operator before you board, and again before you unload.

Torrance Transit. The City's rider's guide says: "Inform your bus operator if you have a bike on the bus bike rack so they know to wait while you take it off." Its list of what may ride inside includes "Folding bicycles," and the agency posts a video on how to use its racks.

The transit center. The Mary K. Giordano Regional Transit Center at 465 Crenshaw Blvd lists "8 outdoor bicycle lockers and bike racks" among its build-out features. Metro connects with 12 Torrance Transit routes, and Metrolink and Amtrak with Route 4X, per the agency's connections page.

LA Metro. Metro's bus page says bikes "can be loaded onto Metro bus bike racks. Tandem, 3-wheeled or fuel powered bikes are not allowed." An electric trike cannot use Metro's rack.

To the beach. The County lists Torrance Beach as "Accessible via Bus 225 and Bus 226 at stop Palos Verdes Blvd./Calle Miramar," on its Torrance Beach page.

Trail Access — the Beach Path and City Parks

The beach path ends at Torrance Beach, and city parks are where Ordinance 3963 draws its Class 3 line. The two meet at Torrance Beach, where the texts leave a question open.

Torrance Beach and the Marvin Braude trail

Los Angeles County's bike path page calls the trail "a 22-mile paved bicycle path" between Will Rogers State Beach and Torrance Beach. The County's Torrance Beach page describes "40 acres of beach" at "the foot of cliffs which extend to the Palos Verdes Peninsula," with a bike path and parking at 387 Paseo de la Playa.

North of the lot, most of the mapped path runs in Redondo Beach. Sampled through the Census geocoder, it places in Torrance only on its last stretch to the lot; the cycleways mapped farther south, near Malaga Cove, place in Palos Verdes Estates.

Vehicle Code § 21207.5, the state's section on paths, restricts "a motorized bicycle," the code's moped. It lets a local agency ban e-bike classes on equestrian, hiking or recreational trails, and State Parks on its own paths, and it bars no e-bike class from a bike path. Los Angeles County's beach code lets its Director post bike-only areas (§ 17.12.240) and is silent on e-bikes.

City parks

Section 49.2.7, as amended by Ordinance 3963, bars a Class 3 e-bike "in any park, playground, court, pool or structure." Its first paragraph bars riding any bicycle in a park "in a manner not intended," so a Class 1 or 2 rides only where the park is meant for it.

Here the texts do not settle one case. Read one way, Torrance Beach is on the County's beaches site, not a City park, and every class may ride its path. Read the other way, it lies inside Torrance and the City's line reaches "any park." Until the City says, ride the Torrance stretch on a Class 1 or 2, or walk a Class 3.

California eBike Laws — What Makes an eBike Legal in Torrance

California sets the classes, ages and helmet rules. Torrance adds Chapter 2 of Division 6, rewritten by Ordinance No. 3963, adopted January 13, 2026 and in force 30 days later.

The state definition

Under Vehicle Code § 312.5, an e-bike has fully operable pedals and a motor that "does not exceed 750 watts of power," sorted into three classes:

Under § 24016(b) you need no license, registration or plate, and "an electric bicycle is not a motor vehicle." A helmet ticket under § 21212 is "not more than twenty-five dollars ($25)," and § 21213 bars riders under 16 from Class 3.

Torrance's Ordinance 3963

The ordinance keeps the state's words: "An electric bicycle is a bicycle." It rewrote the city's bicycle chapter and its park rule, and the code now:

• bars Class 3 e-bikes from "any sidewalk" and from city parks;
• keeps every bicycle off sidewalks in business districts and beside schools, churches, recreation centers and playgrounds;
• bans riding "at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent";
• bans stunts, from wheelies to riding on the pegs;
• allows a phone only when mounted and worked with "a single swipe or tap."

It also repealed the old license-and-registration sections of Article 2. The City Clerk certified its adoption on January 13, 2026 by seven ayes and no noes; at its December 16, 2025 introduction, BikinginLA reported a 6–1 vote. Its Section 28 and Government Code § 36937 put it in force 30 days after adoption, on February 12, 2026.

Sidewalks

On a sidewalk where riding is allowed, a Class 1 or 2 rider must yield to pedestrians and pass on their left "after giving an audible signal," per § 62.1.4. A "business district" is the state's term: under § 235, a stretch where businesses fill half of 600 feet of frontage on one side, or of 300 feet across both. Crossing an intersection in a crosswalk, § 62.1.7 says a rider "shall dismount to cross."

Streets and bike lanes

Section 21200 gives you "all the rights" of a driver on the road, and a driver's duties with them. Where a lane is striped and you ride below traffic speed, § 21208 keeps you in it, with exits to pass and turn. Torrance adds two abreast at most, and a side path beside a road must be used (§§ 62.1.3, 62.1.5).

What a violation costs

The chapter sets no fine of its own, so the city's general penalty applies. Section 11.2.1 allows "a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months," and lets the City "reduce any misdemeanor charge to an infraction." Parking outside the Civic Center's racks is an infraction under § 62.1.8.

Buying from a Torrance shop

Section 62.2.7 survived the repeal: "Each bicycle retailer shall supply to each purchaser a record of the name and address of the retailer, and the year, make and serial number of the bicycle." Keep that record: it carries the serial number that identifies your bike.

What is not an e-bike here

A machine without working pedals never qualifies, nor does one "intended by the manufacturer to be modifiable" past 20 mph on motor power or past 750 watts (§ 312.5(d)). Selling a speed-unlocking product is illegal under § 24016(e).

Where to Ride Your eBike in Torrance

Ride the street and its bike lanes on any class. A Class 1 or 2 may use a sidewalk outside business districts and away from schools, churches, recreation centers and playgrounds; a Class 3 may not use any sidewalk or city park.

Your Torrance riding checklist

• The frame label shows the class, top assisted speed and motor wattage (§ 312.5(c)).
• Helmet on under 18, and on every Class 3 rider, who must be 16.
• Class 3: street and bike lane, never a sidewalk or city park.
• Phone mounted; one swipe or tap.
• Keep your shop's sale record with the serial number.

Rebates

The statewide California E-Bike Incentive Project "began in December 2022 and concluded in December 2025," after "2,246 e-bike incentives." 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 reads "More information about this option will be available soon."

Why buy from us instead

Three floors in town may not stock the bike you want this month. Redtail offers free shipping "on every electric bike within the contiguous United States," which covers every Torrance address.

A bike that won't power on or charge "is covered under manufacturer warranty," per our refund policy, and we coordinate the repair. Report transit damage within 48 hours and we file the carrier claim; Shop Pay Installments appears at checkout. For other cities, start at the California shop directory.

What to re-check before you ride

• The City's bicycle chapter, for any word on the beach path and Class 3.
• GO Ebikes' hours, until its two pages agree.
• Replace Your Ride, for the e-bike option's details.

Frequently Asked Questions — Torrance, CA eBikes

Are there any e-bike shops in Torrance?

Yes, three inside the city on September 29, 2026: Torrance Bikes on Torrance Boulevard, GO Ebikes on Hawthorne Boulevard and The DropOut Cyclery on Sartori Avenue. Just over the line in Redondo Beach, Redondo E Bikes, Pedego South Bay and Sprocket Cycles are all within 1.7 miles of central Torrance. Call before you go.

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

Start with Torrance Bikes, whose service menu lists an e-bike tune-up at $135 and an e-bike flat at $30. GO Ebikes' Yelp profile says, "We offer repair service for electric and non-electric bicycles." Gilbert's reviewers describe e-bike repairs too.

Is there a bike shop in Old Torrance?

Yes. The DropOut Cyclery at 1272 Sartori Avenue, which Aventon's map labels "Old Torrance," services bikes and sells new ones and consigned used ones. You will find it closed Mondays and every fourth Sunday.

Can you ride an e-bike on the Torrance Beach bike path?

Section 21207.5 bars no e-bike class from a bike path, so you may ride a Class 1 or 2 there. If you ride a Class 3, walk the short Torrance stretch until the City says whether its park ban reaches the beach.

What are Torrance's e-bike laws?

Ordinance 3963, adopted January 13, 2026, bars your Class 3 from every sidewalk and city park, keeps every bike off business-district sidewalks and those beside schools and playgrounds, and bans stunts and handheld phones. State law sets your class, helmet and age rules.

Do you need a license to ride an e-bike in Torrance?

No. Under § 24016(b) you need no driver's license, registration or plate, and Torrance's own bicycle license sections were repealed in January 2026. You must be 16 to ride a Class 3.

How do you rack a bike on a Torrance Transit bus?

Tell the operator, load your bike on the front rack, and tell the operator again before you take it off, as the rider's guide asks. If your bike folds, you can bring it inside; the agency's video walks through the rack.

Is there an e-bike rebate in Los Angeles County?

Not an open one on September 29, 2026. The state project "concluded in December 2025." If you retire an old car, Replace Your Ride lists an e-bike option whose details are still to come.

More from the U.S. eBike Directory

Long Beach, 11.3 miles east, is the nearest city page, and Los Angeles is 13.4.

Sources, limitations and how this page was verified

The denominator

Torrance had 139,576 residents in the Census Bureau's 2024 vintage estimate (California file, row "Torrance city"), down from a 2020 estimates base of 146,946.

Of 24 businesses tied to Torrance, 21 place inside the city: 3 verified, 2 bike shops that do not sell e-bikes, 3 closed, 1 maker's warehouse, 1 accessories supplier, 1 unreadable, 1 used-goods store, 1 with no Torrance storefront and 8 big-box floors. Three Torrance mailing addresses place outside it. Eight more names were excluded as duplicates or not bicycle businesses.

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

Seven makers' rosters were read to 10 miles on September 29, 2026, each with a control: Velotric (970 locations), Aventon (69), Giant (5), Bosch (30), Specialized (17), Trek (4) and Pedego's California directory. Trek's list carries no e-bike flag.

OpenStreetMap returns 17 objects across the bicycle, sports and outdoor tags inside relation 2314273; its 7 bicycle objects are five open businesses. Directories and AI search. Yelp and Superpages were read in a browser. Eight questions went to six answer engines, and 37 of 48 answers were read; Google's chat app rendered no answer to the first two, and the rest were not run.

The city code was read at Code Publishing, whose bicycle chapter is marked "Revised 2/26," and in the ordinance itself.

City limits

Every Torrance address counted here returned "Torrance city" from the Census geocoder, and each outside shop its own city. Mileages run as the crow flies from the Census 2024 Gazetteer's internal point for Torrance city; road miles run longer.

Limitations

1. The beach path and Class 3 rest on two readings; no City guidance was found.
2. The DropOut rests on Aventon's roster; its own site does not mention e-bikes.
3. GO Ebikes' two pages give different hours.
4. Safety Cycle's own site still lists its Torrance store, which Yelp and a customer report closed.
5. Neither transit page sets an e-bike weight limit.
6. Rome Bike Bags could not be read.
7. Re-verification is due March 2027, or sooner if a shop opens or closes.

What would age this page

• An e-bike seller opening or closing inside Torrance.
• City word on Class 3 and the beach path, or a new amendment to the bicycle chapter.
• Replace Your Ride publishing its e-bike details.

Image credit: the cover scene was generated with Nano Banana Pro on Playcut and its type set in real fonts afterward. What Torrance Beach and the bluffs look like was checked against the County's Torrance Beach page and its photograph 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 2026-09-29.
2. City of Torrance, Ordinance No. 3963 · Torrance Municipal Code, Code Publishing: Division 6, Chapter 2 · Division 1, Chapter 1. Retrieved 2026-09-29.
3. California Vehicle Code § 235 · § 312.5 · § 21200 · § 21207.5 · § 21208 · § 21212 · § 21213 · § 24016; Government Code § 36937. Retrieved 2026-09-29.
4. CARB E-Bike Incentive Project · AQMD Replace Your Ride · LA County Beaches & Harbors: bike path, Torrance Beach · Los Angeles County Code § 17.12.240. Retrieved 2026-09-29.
5. Torrance Transit rider's guide · connections · transit center · videos · LA Metro bus. Retrieved 2026-09-29.
6. Rosters and floors, retrieved 2026-09-29: Aventon · Bosch: Sprocket Cycles, Smith's Cycle · Pedego · SWFT · OpenStreetMap.
7. Shops' own sites, retrieved 2026-09-29: Torrance Bikes home, About, Bicycles, Services, Contact · GO Ebikes · The DropOut · Safety Cycle · Vulcan Bikes · Monday Motorbikes · Redondo E Bikes · Sprocket Cycles · Smith's Cycle · e-RYDE.
8. Yelp, retrieved 2026-09-29: Gilbert's · Manny's · Safety Cycle · Bikecology · Beach Cities Cycle. BikinginLA, December 18, 2025.
9. Redtail eBikes, shipping policy · refund policy · How Buying Works. Playcut, playcut.ai, cover photography at 2K.