FOLK GUIDE TO MUNICH PART 6

URBIKE

I’ve grown to realize, location doesn’t count for a whole lot in Maxvorstadt. Being situated on a main high street or a drab back street, high quality establishments are everywhere here and ‘Urbike’ is no exception.

Tucked away within Amalienpassage, just down the street from Folk, this custom bike store is just unfurling its wings. The space, more a showroom than a store, is a gleaming white room filled with bright custom painted bikes and parts. Run by Mr. Mike Gaser, a bike enthusiast, the store is incredibly young, being open just six weeks.

Mike’s sheer passion and pride in his work was clearly evident as he talked to Sebastian, a friend and more importantly a fluent German speaker. The raw parts, made in Taiwan and assembled in the Czech Republic, can either be picked in store at Urbike or online, via a really simple online shop.

In Munich, a city no stranger to cyclists, it seems Mike may have hit the nail on the head, offering a practical tool for inner city living but one that looks good too.

Urbike
Nymphenburgerstr. 70
80335
Munich

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