Giant Wellington is a full-service bike shop on Ballance Street in the heart of Wellington CBD, providing local support for cyclists of all levels. The store stocks a full range of road, mountain, city and children's bikes, with the Giant and Liv brands at its core, alongside an extensive electric bike collection covering mountain, hybrid and city styles.
Servicing is a cornerstone of the business: Giant Wellington describes itself as Wellington's number one store for bike servicing, working on all bikes, including Giant and Liv. The workshop is backed by proper service gear and a deep parts inventory, so most repairs and upgrades can be handled in-house.
Around the bikes sits a wide spread of riding gear, components and accessories from trusted brands including Shimano, SRAM, DT Swiss, Continental, Maxxis, Giro, BBB, Topeak, Thule, Blackburn, Hiplok, Urban Iki, Tineli and Park Tool. Whether you're training for a cycling or mountain bike event, commuting, or simply enjoy riding, the team is on hand to help you pick out the products you need — and the shop's website links through to local Wellington trails for your next ride.
Giant Wellington is a bike shop with a straightforward mission: keep Wellington riding. Found on Ballance Street in the central city, the store provides local support for cyclists of all levels, stocking a full range of road, mountain, city and children's bikes alongside a workshop that services everything — including the Giant and Liv bikes it sells. Around those bikes sits a deep inventory of riding gear, components, parts and accessories, drawn from brands the shop trusts, from Shimano and SRAM through to Park Tool and Thule. Whether someone is training for a cycling or mountain bike event, commuting to work, or simply enjoys being on two wheels, the offer is the same: come in, and the team will help you pick out the products you need.
The bike floor covers nearly every cycling niche. Mountain bikers can choose between full-suspension Giant and Liv bikes for technical terrain and hardtails for faster, simpler trails, while gravel and cyclo-cross bikes sit nearby for riders who mix tarmac and dirt. Commuters and casual riders are looked after by the hybrid and city range, and touring and adventure bikes are set up for longer, loaded journeys. There are road bikes for the speed-focused, BMX bikes and scooters for the younger set, and a dedicated youth range so kids can ride machines actually sized for them.
Electric bikes get their own extensive collection, with Giant and Liv e-mountain, hybrid and city models for riders who want a hand on Wellington's hills or on longer days out.
Servicing is where the shop stakes its reputation. Giant Wellington calls itself Wellington's number one store for bike servicing, and it works on all bikes — not just the Giant and Liv models on the floor. The workshop is equipped with proper service gear, including the Park Tool range, cleaning products and lubes, greases and pastes, pumps and frame protection, and the shelves behind it hold the parts a repair might need: brake pads, rotors and calipers, chains, cassettes and chainrings, derailleurs and shifters, tyres, tubes, valves and tubeless kits, right through to headsets, forks and rear shocks.
Bike sizing is treated as part of the process too, with guidance available in store and on the shop's website to help riders land on the right size before they buy.
Around the bikes, the shop carries the full kit. Helmets, gloves, jerseys, bibs, shorts and tights, jackets and vests, goggles, sunglasses, shoes and socks, caps and warmers and body armour cover the apparel side. The accessories section runs from everyday essentials — lights, locks, mudguards, pumps and bottles — to bags and panniers, baskets, pannier racks, vehicle racks and carriers, bike covers, computers, mirrors, indoor trainers and child carriers for family riding. Component categories cover brakes, drivetrain, cockpit, frame parts, electrics and wheels and tyres.
The brand list reads like a who's-who of cycling: Shimano, SRAM, DT Swiss, Continental and Maxxis on the mechanical side; Giro, BBB, Bellwether, IXS and Bell for gear; Topeak, Blackburn, Hiplok, Urban Iki and Thule for accessories; Tineli for clothing and Park Tool for the workshop.
Giant Wellington is at 26 Ballance Street, Wellington 6011, and trades Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5.30pm and Saturday from 10am to 4pm. The shop is closed on Sundays. The phone number is 04 499 9193, and the store posts updates on Facebook and Instagram. Payments can be made by Visa, Mastercard and UnionPay.
Bargain hunters should keep an eye on the website's Last Chance "Bargain Box" and Bike Sale collections, and gift cards make an easy option when the right size is uncertain. Riders plotting their next outing can follow the shop's link through to local Wellington trails on Trailforks — a fitting extra from a store that clearly sees itself as part of the city's riding scene, not just a place that sells bikes.