Originally opened as the Halifax Cycle Gallery on Quinpool Road, a spot for spiffy and stylish commuter cyclists looking for quality wheels, helmets and accessories, the city-bike focussed Halifax Cycle made the move north in summer 2014.
Bicycles will soon be manufactured in Halifax. Entrepreneur John Wesley Chisholm and partner Roger Nelson, who have been operating Halifax Cycle Gallery (6299 Quinpool Road, 407-4222) for about a year, are about to embark on their next enterprise, Halifax Bicycle Company. The pair plan to get the new factory up and running this summer, produce a few models for trade shows in the fall, and then be fully operational in 2012, making 1,000 bikes a year. Chisholm invited me over to the Cycle Gallery Friday; he's pictured below with the prototype of what he dubs as the "Halifax city bike":