Why shop at Blue Sky Bicycles

Shopping for a new bike can be a big challenge as well as a great deal of fun. Not only are there many different types of bikes (road, mountain, touring, hybrid & comfort) but there many places to buy a bike as well. With giant discount stores on one side and specialty retailers on the other, it’s hard to determine even where to shop for a bike, never mind selecting the one that meets your needs.

That’s where Blue Sky fits in. As one of the country’s Top 100 U.S. Bicycle Retailers, (selected in both 2005 and 2006 by trade associations, consumers and manufacturers) Blue Sky represents the best bicycle brands in the world because the store has proven to provide the most professional assembly, sales expertise and service in the Capital Region.

We have a beautiful store filled with the highest quality bicycles in the world. The sales staff has over 80 years of collective experience in the bicycle industry and all are professionally trained as bicycle fitters. We realize our primary responsibility is to listen to your needs and help select a bike that is appropriate for you.

The repair and assembly departments are also staffed with skilled, professional and certified mechanics. The Blue Sky Service Department focuses on each bike as if it were their own, and we pay attention to details large and small. The level of expertise and the range of repair offerings is unparalleled in the Capital Region. Whether you need your gears adjusted, a suspension system tuned, to simply air in your tires, you will find a helpful, friendly and competent person to assist you at Blue Sky Bicycles.

Our Brands:

Having started in 1982 as a small bicycle accessory company, Specialized has become an industry leader by focusing on innovation throughout its entire bicycle and accessory line. Whether you’re looking for full-suspension rig, a super-light road bike or something for the local bike path, Specialized builds the right bike for the job.

Specialized designs saddles, gloves and shoes in conjunction with medical professionals to ensure that your three critical contact points on the bike are as comfortable as possible. The breadth of selection for women’s specific bikes and accessories is the best in the industry.

Trek has been providing great products for cyclists of every description for the past two decades. From kids’ tricycles to hybrids for retirees, Trek makes bikes and accessories that have the key features people are looking for.

On the high end, Trek’s partnership with Lance Armstrong has allowed Trek to push the technological envelope as far as any company in the bike industry. The pursuit of faster, stronger, lighter products for Lance has led to faster, stronger, lighter products for all of us. Trek is a trusted brand that delivers great bicycles in every niche. Anyone looking for a new bike should be sure to test ride a Trek.

Independent Fabrication started in 1995 building steel mountain bike frames. Now, they can build almost everything, out of almost anything. From the finest, most technically advanced, steel tubing to ever exist, to the best titanium available, to an array of custom carbon fiber tubing. But not just any bike - the bike of your dreams, manufactured with so much love and care, one would think their lives depended on it, and, in a way, they do.

Manufactured right here in Saratoga Springs, Serotta has 30 years of unparalleled craftsmanship, dedication to details and beautiful finish work. Serotta is separated from every other custom frame maker by two additional elements: Their tubing and the Serotta Size Cycle. You won’t find a more sophisticated set of size-specific tubing on the market today. Many companies use the same exact tubing material to build their frames, but only Serotta has developed and maximized both internal and external tube shapes to deliver a ride quality unmatched by any other builder, large or small, steel, Ti or carbon, here or abroad.

To go through a true custom fitting process with a Certified Fit Specialist, and to select the Serotta tubing that best suits your needs and riding style, is truly the ultimate experience in bicycle design. The finished product will be a culmination of Serottas’ 30 years of experience, combined with your unique physiology all wrapped up in a visually beautiful bike that will provide you decades of cycling pleasure.

It’s hard to beat this west coast company if you’re looking for a high end dual suspension mountain bike at a reasonable price. Since 1993 they have been defining and re-defining dual suspension bikes and in 2003 they unveiled Virtual Pivot Point (VPP) bikes. The VPP bikes utilize a pair of linkages to isolate and support the rear triangle. This creates a floating pivot point suspension that exhibits close to zero pedal-induced feedback. Throughout the effective pedaling range, chain-induced forces are opposed by the VPP linkage. The end result is a system that is both active and neutral, whether under full power or braking. Along with a range of color choices, you can choose different front and rear shock options, component packages, or purchase a frame only and do the build up yourself.

Pinarello frames have been ridden to victory in one-day road races like Milan-San Remo, Paris-Nice, Ghent-Wevelgem, Tour of Lombardy, and the Olympic Games. They've held their own -- to say the least -- in stage races as well, including countless stage victories, as well as overall victory, in the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. The list of pros who found greatness riding a Pinarello is epic: Cipollini, Indurain, Riis, Zabel, Ullrich, Petacchi, Valverde, and Pereiro top the list. But it's not the Pinarello palmares that make it the most coveted frame brand on the market. As Fausto Pinarello once wrote, "a great bicycle can be great without a great rider. A winning bicycle brings together the expert of the artisan, the latest in technological innovation, a passion for the sport, and a fanatical attention to perfection."