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Home Borrowers Outdoor Recreation Derailleur Bike Shop Café

Derailleur Bike Shop Café

Location:

107 Dittmer Road
Butler, PA

County:

Butler

Description:

Business Development

Total Project Cost:

$136,000

Visit Online:

derailleurbsc.com
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A husband/wife dream team with a love of bicycles, coffee and tamales; The Progress Fund has been with us since Derailleur Bike Shop Café’s conception, believing in what seemed to be an impossible feat of resurrecting a derelict building, turning an idea into a tangible reality, and in the process, a community.

Dee Stephen, co-owner, Derailleur Bike Shop & Café

People

Gavin Archer and Dee Stephen, both trained archeologists and avid cyclists, wanted to create a business in Pennsylvania that incorporated the sport that they love. The couple fulfilled their dream on July 4, 2014 with the opening of Derailleur Bike Shop Café, the first and only café and bicycle retail, service and rental shop catering to Butler-Freeport Community Trail users.

Dee and Gavin are at it again.  They opened the “Nest”.  The Nest is a cute, clean and comfortable overnight accommodation they added to their Bike Shop and Café building, which already is a destination along the rail trail.

Progress

Located in an 1886 historic building, Derailleur was four years in the making. The couple completed extensive renovations to the property which included replacing the flooring, wiring, plumbing, and roof as well as demolishing a damaged post office/ticket office that was attached to the store. The Progress Fund provided a $50,000 USDA RMAP microloan and a $10,000 microloan which funded a portion of the property renovations needed to open the business.

Impact

Archer and Stephen preserved the historic feel of the property, retained the original woodwork, built-in shelving, and the old mercantile counters. “We wanted to incorporate the bicycle shop into something that would be useful for all users of the trail, not just cyclists,” said Stephen. As a family run, socially responsible company, Derailleur advocates healthy living and alternative transportation. Derailleur has been well received in the community and earned very positive feedback from their customers. To better serve them, Derailleur added a fleet of rental bikes and an espresso machine with an additional $6,000 from The Progress Fund.

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