A History of Service

Midwest Cyclery was opened in 1958 by Al Wenzel, under the name Western Tire. Originally located on Hale Street in Wheaton, the shop moved to West Front Street in 1965. Later, the name changed to Midwest Auto & Bicycle Store.

In 1980, Doug, Tom and Helen Jones took ownership, and began doing business as Midwest Cyclery. The store moved to its current location at 117 East Front Street - still in downtown Wheaton - in 1994. Midwest Cyclery is proud to be a part of Historic Downtown Wheaton and prouder still of the store's long tradition of service, reliability and value.

 

Full Service Store

In addition to selling a wide selection of bikes, trikes, wagons, sleds, bicycle accessories, and bicycle clothing, we have a professional service department. It's a very busy place, offering tune-ups, fixing flats, and making various repairs for our customers.

For visitors to the area, we offer hourly, daily and weekly rentals of bikes, trail-a-bikes and bicycle trailers.

 

Best of Wheaton 2009

Midwest Cyclery has been selected for the 2009 Best of Wheaton Award in the Bicycle & Bicycle Parts category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).

The USCA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community. Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2009 USCA Award Program focused on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USCA and data provided by third parties.

 

Top Honors

Suburban Focus Magazine has announced "2009 Best of the Chicago Western Suburbs" results in their November/December issue. For the category of Best Bike Shop, Midwest Cyclery took top honors and was voted #1. Come see us and find out why!

 

Best of the Chicago Western Suburbs

Suburban Focus Magazine has announced "2009 Best of the Chicago Western Suburbs" results in their November/December issue. For the category of Best Bike Shop, Midwest Cyclery took top honors and was voted #1. Come see us and find out why!

 

A Commitment to Excellence

Helen Jones was the recipient of the 2008 Ronald A. Brinkman Award which was awarded at the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Annual Luncheon. The award is the most prestigious award presented by the Chamber. Mrs. Jones was selected for her "outstanding services to the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce by her dedication, talents and enthusiasm thereby enriching the City of Wheaton and its residents." Helen has been a very imortant member of the team at Midwest Cyclery since we began and we are very proud to see her receive this well deserved recognition.