Kopp's Cycle LTD.

Kopp's Cycle LTD. Est.1891 Oldest Bicycle Shop in America Kopp's Cycle Shop was established in 1891 by E.C. My Father bought the store from the Kopp family in the late 1940's.

Kopp and is the oldest bicycle shop in America (and the oldest we've ever heard of). The store was originally located on Nassau Street then moved to Chambers Street, John Street, Witherspoon and is now located at 38 Spring Street next to the new Municipal garage. I wish I knew more about the store's history, but each day we see and feel things from many years ago. In the photo on the home page fro

m 1901 you can see tailors from New York posing in the store front ready to measure men for suits that they will bring from the city on their next trip back in two weeks. In the old safe ( I don't know the combo it was never locked ) there is a notebook from the 1930's detailing each days sales, usually only a few dollars. Some bike parts and accessories are as old as the store. When my Father bought the store it was at 14 John Street about 50 yards from Nassau. On the original lease they crossed out store and wrote in space because it was a barn they put a few windows and doors on. My father and Dick Swann pioneered the import of Italian racing bicycles and parts in 1960 and launched Kopp's to be the hub of eastern US bicycle racing until the late 1970's.Some of my favorite memories of the shop are when people have stopped by to get a hard to find part or just to check in. Albert Einstein to Brooke Shields are just another day at the store. Eddy Merckx, John Howard, Artie Greenberg, Reg Grimsal just to name a very few. Greg Lemond and his dad would come by for the big races in New Jersey when he was a Junior. My dad and his would go to the back to talk while we hung out front. One time a few of us were standing near the door and the editor of our club magazine came in. During the casual BS he noticed the Avocet jersey Greg was wearing and asked where he was from. Nevada was the reply and the editor asks "you must know Greg Lemond", everyone shifted a foot and he sheepishly said "I am Greg Lemond". Stuff like that happened all the time.

Sustainable Princeton’s famous low-carbon commuting festival is returning to the Princeton Shopping Center on Saturday, ...
09/14/2024

Sustainable Princeton’s famous low-carbon commuting festival is returning to the Princeton Shopping Center on Saturday, September 14th, 2024 from 11 AM to 3 PM . The event is free and open to the public! And Pedego at Kopp's Cycles will be there. Please stop by the event, and visit the newly refurbished and launched Kopp's on Spring Street for great deals on bikes and accessories!

Bruce and Julie were our first Pedego customers at Pedego Princeton at Kopp’s!
08/25/2024

Bruce and Julie were our first Pedego customers at Pedego Princeton at Kopp’s!

Congrats to Jess on her sweet new Bianchi Torino! Our first bike sale as Kopp’s / Powered by Pedego.
07/20/2024

Congrats to Jess on her sweet new Bianchi Torino! Our first bike sale as Kopp’s / Powered by Pedego.

Kopp's Cycles lives! Yes, those are new bikes hanging in the window, and you'll see a lot more activity in the weeks ahe...
07/18/2024

Kopp's Cycles lives! Yes, those are new bikes hanging in the window, and you'll see a lot more activity in the weeks ahead. Our new partnership with Pedego Princeton will see the shop become vibrant again, with a fine array of pedal and electric bikes, accessories, parts, and service. The team is coming together, and we're sprucing up the showroom and service area a bit. Still in the process of getting our staffing, electronic systems and inventory sorted, but if you see activity through the window, come in and say hi. We have bikes to sell, can handle limited service starting next week, and we are ramping up to a grand- ish reopening event in August. Thank you for your patience and for the outpouring of love and memories of Kopp's Cycles 1891 that we hope to build on in the years to come.

06/19/2024
The process continues. You'll see some activity at Kopp's right soon. Our bikes have been cleared out and stored, and th...
04/17/2024

The process continues. You'll see some activity at Kopp's right soon. Our bikes have been cleared out and stored, and the refresh of the sales and service floors soon underway. It is a significant undertaking, but we're heading in the right direction.

If you have a bike that has been left for service or storage over the dark period, please contact us here, or via email [email protected], and we can try and hunt it down and return to you. Stay positive!

The parts chest that has been at the heart of Kopp's Cycle LTD. service area for many decades. So much history. We're wo...
03/28/2024

The parts chest that has been at the heart of Kopp's Cycle LTD. service area for many decades. So much history. We're working hard to make Kopp's come alive again, and thanks for your patience.

Inventory moved, counted, and triaged, and store clean up proceeding. If you have a repair bike that was laid up when th...
03/02/2024

Inventory moved, counted, and triaged, and store clean up proceeding. If you have a repair bike that was laid up when the store was closed, or that you’ve put on ‘layaway’ please message us.

A big clean out today. Bikes have been removed so we can get our inventory straight and set up the showroom. Look for a ...
02/29/2024

A big clean out today. Bikes have been removed so we can get our inventory straight and set up the showroom. Look for a sale event soon! Upstairs is a work in progress. We have a backlog of repair bikes, apologies to those who have waited so patiently, sorting that out now. We’re pedaling hard!

02/21/2024

Today’s news! Thanks to Don Gilpin and Town Topics.

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38 Spring Street
Princeton, NJ
08542

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