New bike shop opens in downtown Columbia Falls
Co-owners Travis Coleman and Lynn Foster, along with shop dog Loki, pose for a photo in A7 Cycle’s new location at 28 Fourth Street West in Columbia Falls on Thursday, Jan. 11.
“I had a shop on my property and I just started telling some friends that I was working on bikes and it started slowly that way,” he said.
The idea came from pursuing bikes as a hobby and eventual career. Coleman came to realize that bike repair was underserved in the Flathead Valley, and sought to fix that himself. In April of 2020 A7 Cycles — named after the Alpine 7 backcountry trail in the Swan Mountains — opened for business.
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