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Local Building Resources
See your Seattle yellow pages for additional sources.
Used Bicycles and Components
Custom Parts and Services
Raw Materials, Hardware and Tools

Lighting and Electronic Components

 

Used Bicycles and Components

Name

Location

Specialty

Recycled Cycles
206-547-4991 

1007 NE Boat St
Seattle
(UW District)
 

Used bicycles and components at reasonable prices

BikeWorks
206-725-9408

3709 S. Ferdinand St.
Seattle WA   98118

 

Used bicycles, parts and repairs.  They are non-profit and their prices reflect it.  They also gladly accept donations of money, time and bikes or parts in exchange for discounts.

ATP/Winkle Wheel
Phone: 425-673-2448
Fax: 425-673-4668

6304 215th St. SW
Mountlake Terrace
, WA  
98043-0249

Custom Wheelbuilding.  Will sometimes sell surplus stock during our annual tour of the factory.

Services

Name

Location

Specialty

Banana Boy Bicycles, Rick Gnehm

 Bellevue 425-746-7117

Master frame builder.  Will do custom work, consult and order parts for reasonable prices.

Warhawk Industries

PO Box 2357, Springfield, VA 22152
Phone 703.346.1106  - Fax 703.569.4727
If you have any questions, E-mail them to: info@warhawkindustries.com

Custom source for large chainrings.  Recommended by Bill Cook of Barcroft Cycles.

Raw Materials, Hardware and Tools

Name

Location

Specialty

Online Metals

366 West Nickerson, Lower Level
Seattle, WA 98119
E-mail: sales@onlinemetals.com

(800) 704-2157 • Or (206) 285-8603 
Fax: (800) 533-6350

Lots of metal sheet, tube and channel on hand.  See their inventory list online.  Includes prices.

Boeing Surplus 

20651 84th Ave S.
Kent Washington
(425) 393-4065
20% Boeing Employee Discount

Surplus metals, shop tools, office supplies and furniture

Metals Supermarket

22029 70th Ave South, Kent, WA 98032
253-395-1835 (24 hrs.) 
253-395-5068 (Fax)
Toll Free Tel: 1-888-422-1835

E-Mail: metalsup@nwlink.com
 

Lots of metal sheet, tube and channel on hand.  No Minimum. They'll order anything they don't have.  If it's something common there's no special-order charge.

Pacific Industrial Supply

2960 Fourth Avenue South
Seattle
, Washington 98134

206-682-2100
800-622-3434
206-623-2173 (fax)

Surplus metals, steel and aluminum.  Some new metals in stock.  No minimum.  Nominal cutting fee.

Tacoma Screw products

Several stores
A few are open Saturdays
See their web page for the store nearest you.

Nuts, bolts, tools and some metals

High-Strength
Bolt Company

21257 84th Ave S  Kent WA  253-872-7905

Nuts & bolts (SAE and Metric), tools and miscellaneous fasteners

Fiberlay

2425 NW Market St (Ballard)
Seattle WA

1-800-942-0660 Sales
1-206-782-0660 Technical Support
206-782-0662 Fax

Fiberglass fabric and resins, finished materials and excellent advice

Seattle Iron & Metals Corp

 2955 11th Avenue SW, Seattle (Georgetown)
 (206) 682-0040

Scrap metal

Marshall Tool and Supply 

4453 S 134th Pl,  Tukwila
206-244-8888

Metal cutting tools and fluids 
According a reliable source, very helpful, reasonable prices

Swift Tool Co.

633 S Central,  Kent, 98032                                                206-854-7812
206-854-7788
(Closed Saturdays)

Metal cutting tools and fluids but expensive according to a reliable source

GE Polymershapes

(Formerly Comco Plastics)

18292 Andover Park West
Seattle
,  WA  98188
 
Phone: 206-575-1462
Fax: 206-575-8351

Wholesale supplier of coroplast and other plastic sheets in 4x8' sizes.  If you go in let them know that you are not a wholesale customer, but that you can't find full sheets of coroplast anywhere else.

TAP Plastics

12021 NE Northup Way
Bellevue WA 98005

425.861.0940 (tel)
425.869.9813 (fax)

Retail supplier of plastic sheet and block materials

Lighting and Electronics
Some of these are non-local, but highly recommended by local riders
 

Name

Location

Specialty

Supertronix

16550 W. Valley Hwy
Tukwila WA 98188

(425)251-8484
(Closed Saturdays)

Electronic components, LED's and 12V fluorescent bulbs and ballasts.

Electronics Supply

Edmonds WA
425-774-5534

Every kind of battery available

 Peter White Cycles

666 Mass Ave 
Acton, MA 01720
 
978 635 0969 voice 
978 929 9654 fax

Bicycle-specific lighting, including hub generators

  Willie Hunt - Precision Micro Power

Laser Products
18300 Mt. Baldy Circle
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
USA

Linear voltage regulator.  Keeps battery lights at constant voltage over the life of the battery.

The Nicad Lady

The NiCd Lady Company
20585 Camino del Sol, Unit B
Riverside, California 92508
(909) 653-8868
FAX (909) 653-5189

Batteries and custom battery packs