About Us

Heronhead Bikes was started from a love of bicycles, community and wanting to help people in Brantford ride their bikes more.

Like many people, my bike increased my world as a kid from what I could walk to to what I could ride to. From there it became just transpiration; to school at first, then work, until I turned 16. Then my bicycle disappeared for a few years, quite a few years in fact. When it returned, it was to replace another sport and it returned as mountain biking. Now I'm also enjoying exploring neighbourhoods or riding the Loop on a vintage bike or a hybrid. I recently discovered stretch cruisers and we are the first Canadian distributor of Micargi and Tracer bicycles; mainly for the stretch cruisers.

But I'm getting ahead of myself.

An opportunity to be involved in a bike shop came to me in late 2019 but didn't work out. I knew there was room for another independent bike shop in Brantford and in May 2021, we opened our temporary shop on Grand River Avenue. Once a zoning amendment was approved, we opened at 120 Morrell Street (built as an auto mechanic shop) in October. On our second day we hosted Kim Clark as part of the Holmedale Art Crawl and welcomed lots of art crawl folks. It was pretty cool.

It's been quite an interesting learning curve since starting this adventure in 2019.

The more I learn about bicycles, the more I think everyone should get one when they are five years old. To young riders, they offer self-confidence and freedom. Both are so important to growing up. To adults, they offer easy exercise, a chance to be a kid again and, best of all, they are cheaper to run than a vehicle for short distance trips.

Once a rider learns how to use a bicycle, learning how to fix it is also important. Learning how to change a tire, align your ears and use tools are problem solving skills that will help everyone through life.

I'm lucky to have met a group of people from all over southern Ontario that feel the same way. Even luckier to have met, and work with, some here in Brantford

Anyway, all of that is nice but the real magic of bicycles is that they are fun to ride. We're here to help you enjoy the ride.

Stan