The legitimacy of this place kind of freaks me out. Are they reliable with bicycles? (If I take my bike to get fixed there, will it really get fixed properly?)

I love this place. I needed a new wheel asap and was at the Bike Rack a few blocks north, which generally doesn’t have fixed gear parts in stock and was going to have to order one for me. I walked out and a shady-looking man yelled out of his truck: “you need a track wheel? just go to Video 2000!” since he recognized what I needed I figured it would be prudent to follow his advice. I ended up getting a new wheel for cheaper than the same one goes used on CL.

Yeah, this place is completely legit and Omar is an excellent mechanic. He used to work at several local shops and set up business for himself a few months ago. It’s not a big fancy shop, but that also means you won’t get the ‘attitude’ that for some reason pervades most of the other shops in town. Lower prices, quicker turn-around time on repairs, and less BS are the only differences between this place and the big guys. Wow, this ended up sounding like an advert, I’m just a happy customer though – really great to have another option for bike service and parts.

So this place rents bikes? My mom is coming to town in a couple weekends, and I thought it would be nice for us to be rollin.

Any idea on prices here?

This is one of the best bike shops in Washington, DC. The folks who run it all came out of Chain Reaction, a sadly defunct community bike shop that used to be in Shaw. The guys that run this place are nothing but friendly to people of all levels of bike knowledge, do extremely good work, and charge a fair price. I’m a volunteer at Phoenix Bikes (a community bike shop in Arlington), and we frequently refer people in DC to Rollin. I’ve never rented a video from them, but I bet their selection is quality too.

Who rents videos anymore? People who ride bikes, obviously! Like duh.

do they rent porn? or maybe that is what POP was referring to with the $7 hour or $25 day info?

I love the cyclist porn genre! Gives new meaning to the following cycling terms “alley cat”, “all-rounder”, “boxed in”, chain suck”, “let go”, “off the back”, “on your wheel”, and my personal favorite “wheelsucker”. nice.

that place is so dirty, the bike would definitely need to be sanitized after purchasing. i used to go there to rent movies if i was behind on returning my netflix and would feel like i needed a shower immediately after leaving.

Ignore anyone who speaks poorly about this shop- they have attitudes. I’ve been across dozens of bike shops around the nation and these guys are down to earth and helpful.

Yes, this was and is a video store, and like ALL video stores it makes a large part of it’s business from porn. However they have a decent selection of movies, even after downsizing their selection and still have the BEST selection of bike movies in the city.

It is a less polished store but they have far more experienced mechanics than the bicycle rack does. Don’t let the presentation fool you!

It’s also a great place for fixed gear stuff and repairs.