Auburn residents can buy a new bike or get their bike serviced conveniently in downtown Auburn.
Cycle Therapy opened its newest store Monday at its second location at 104 E. Main St.
Cycle Therapy, co-owned by Bob Smith and Ric Hutchens, offers bicycle sales and service. The store sells multiple well-known cycling brands, including Kona, Raleigh, Diamondback, Redline, Niner, Santa Cruz Mountain Bikes and Seven Cycles.
Cycle Therapy also offers prompt, quality bicycle care services to its customers, including its signature “Free Service for Life” and all minor adjustments for free for customers who buy a new bike from any of their top brands. (Does not include non-normal wear and tear repairs.)
“I was very happy when Bob joined our Bicycle Task Force several months ago,” said Mayor Pete Lewis. “Bob and Ric’s decision to locate in downtown Auburn is a great addition to our downtown business mix. Plus, their store’s close proximity to the Interurban Trail will be an added benefit for the many riders that use this important north-south trail for commuting and recreation.”
Hutchens, an Auburn native, is excited about the opportunity.
“I first became passionate about cycling here,” he said. “For me, cycling is a way of life that is fun, healthy and good for the environment. I am excited to share my knowledge, enthusiasm, and love of this activity with the people of this community.”
Smith added: “Auburn offers a great opportunity for our business because of its network of bicycle trails and its excellent access to public transportation. Mayor Lewis, city officials, and the Bicycle Task Force were incredibly helpful in the establishment of our Auburn shop.”
For more information about Cycle Therapy, visit www.cycletherapybikeshop.com.
Elsewhere
• Main Street Upholstery and Pacific Boat Tops, owned and operated by Kevin Jamison and Terri Harper, has a new location at 123 Main St., Auburn.
Jamison has been designing and manufacturing custom fit boat tops, canvas and upholstery for boat manufacturers, dealers and boating enthusiasts throughout the Northwest since 1990.
The boat top shop provides a full line of upholstery services such as seats, cushions, dinettes, carpets, headliners, hull liners and side panels.
In addition to its mobile boat top service shop, the business accommodates a full automotive interior shop specializing in complete interiors, convertible tops, carpets, commercial, fleet and other needs.
Jamison and Co. enhances automobiles, boats and RVs – big and small – including seats, carpets, hull liners, door panels, headliners, convertible tops, trunk liners and motorcycle seats. Commercially, they also treat restaurant booths, bar stools, fleet interior repair and heavy equipment seats.
Hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday.
For more information, call 253-833-0433 or visit www.pacificboattops.com.
• American Tire Distributors has signed a 126,306-square-foot lease at Auburn 18, the 285,000-square-foot industrial park owned by Guardian Life of New York.
Ed Hogan of CB Richard Ellis represented Guardian Life, and Dallas-based real estate firm Jackson Cooksey represented ATD.
Hogan said the 10-year deal brings the industrial park to 100-percent occupancy.
ATD has 88 facilities in 35 states which support local tire and automotive service centers.
