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Gordon Weir was only 15 years of age when he teamed up with P.C. Rodes in a small shop and started learning the repair trade. After serving a term in the military, Gordon returned to find that Rodes had sold the shop. Gordon’s personable qualities and technical skills allowed him to start his own business in 1925. The building that Gordon occupied at that time contained a house, grocery, tailor, and, of course, Weir’s fix-it shop. Gordon fixed appliances, loawn mowers, plumbing and always bicycles.

In the 1950s Weir’s growth came from the rkpp0kepair of cruiser bicycles used the local paper delivery boys. In 1953, Gordn’s son Ken came to the store to work with him. They agreed that the bicycle business was growing so father and son shifted the shop to more of a bike-oriented store and concentrated on bike sales and service. In 1954, Weir’s started carrying airplane and car hobby items, and so the transformation to Weir’s Cycle and Hobby was complete.

In 1976, Ken Weir took over the store after working with his father for 42 years. Gordon would still be the first one in the store, everyday because he enjoyed visiting and helping out customers.

The 70s brought a large growth in consumer multi-speed bikes, and with the 80s came the explosion of mountain bicycling and bicycle technical innovation. In the early 90s Steve Weir came to work at the store with his father Ken and bought the store in 1998. In order to keep up with the rapidly growing and evolving bicycle industry, Steve remodeled the store to display bicycles and accessories. Weir’s Cyclery continues to be an important part of the North Portland community having served customers in the area for multiples of generations, where Steve is an active member in his community.