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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, lawn mowers, plumbing and always bicycles.

In the 1950s Weir’s growth came from the repair of cruiser bicycles used the local paper delivery boys. In 1953, Gordon’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. It was still likely, however, that Gordon would be the first one in the store in the morning. He liked to help out and visit with the customers. The 70s brought a large growth in consumer multi-speed bikes, and in the 80s came the explosion of mountain bicycling, and bicycle technical innovation. However, by the 90s the model industry had started to slow down. In the early 90s Steve Weir came to work at the store with his father Ken.

In 1998, Steve Weir bought the store from his father Ken. 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. Steve is an active member in the local area, volunteering time and resources to many local events and charities, and states that his business allows him to help the community that he has been vested in for so long.