{"id":263963,"date":"2026-09-22T21:38:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T21:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/backcountry-acquires-velofix-to-deliver-built-bikes-to-your-driveway\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T21:38:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T21:38:36","slug":"backcountry-acquires-velofix-to-deliver-built-bikes-to-your-driveway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/backcountry-acquires-velofix-to-deliver-built-bikes-to-your-driveway\/","title":{"rendered":"Backcountry Acquires Velofix to Deliver Built Bikes to Your Driveway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So here&#8217;s some interesting news. Backcountry, the outdoor gear retail specialists, just scooped up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.velofix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Velofix<\/a>. In case you don&#8217;t know, Velofix is the mobile bike shop network that&#8217;s been bringing mobile bike repair\/bike delivery to your driveway since 2013. The Backcountry deal closed September 17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;ve never used Velofix, their MO is simple and honestly pretty cool. Instead of dropping your bike off at a shop and watching your bike wait in the back for some attention, you can have a certified tech roll up in a fully-loaded van to build, tune, or fix your bike. All right there in your driveway. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Velofix has done this for over 215,000 riders across the US and Canada, with 96 techs covering roughly half of North America&#8217;s riders.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bikerumor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Backcountry-Buys-Velofix-first-pic.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/bikerumor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Backcountry-Buys-Velofix-first-pic.jpeg\" alt=\"Backcountry Buys Velofix first pic\" class=\"wp-image-428412 first-image\" style=\"object-fit:full\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photos \/ Velofix)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Backcountry can sell you a bike online, but they&#8217;ve never had a good answer for what happens between the time when the box shows up on your porch and you actually riding it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until now. Velofix techs are the way Backcountry will fill that gap. Seriously, Velofix can do builds, tune-ups, drivetrain and suspension work, e-bike diagnostics, bike fits, even race-day prep and support for teams and events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Backcountry&#8217;s president, Kevin Lenau, says, &#8220;<em>Backcountry has always been about connecting people to an expert they can rely on. Now that expert comes to the driveway.<\/em>&#8221; He continues, &#8220;<em>A rider in Boulder or Boston can order a bike from us and have a Velofix technician build it, tune it, and hand it over ready to ride.<\/em>&#8221; Nice.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bikerumor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Backcountry-Buys-Velofix-right-to-your-driveway.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/bikerumor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Backcountry-Buys-Velofix-right-to-your-driveway.jpeg\" alt=\"Backcountry Buys Velofix right to your driveway\" class=\"wp-image-428415\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5009599763698125;object-fit:full;width:1180px;height:auto\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first tangible perk lands for Summit Club+ members via exclusive offers. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-what-about-existing-velofix-franchise-owners\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What about existing Velofix franchise owners? <br \/><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bicycleretailer.com\/retail-news\/2026\/09\/21\/backcountry-buys-velofix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent article from BRAIN<\/a>, currently about a third of Velofix vans are franchised. Backcountry doesn\u2019t seem to have any plans to change that, and hopes the acquisition pushes more business to those franchise owners. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It sounds like there are still more details to work out, but we\u2019re hoping that it\u2019s a beneficial arrangement for all.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bikerumor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Backcountry-Buys-Velofix-repair-dude.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"797\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/bikerumor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Backcountry-Buys-Velofix-repair-dude.jpeg\" alt=\"Backcountry Buys Velofix repair dude\" class=\"wp-image-428414\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5009563605332077;object-fit:full;width:1180px;height:auto\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backcountry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Backcountry.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.velofix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VeloFix.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bikerumor.com\/backcountry-acquires-velofix-to-deliver-built-bikes-to-your-driveway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So here&#8217;s some interesting news. Backcountry, the outdoor gear retail specialists, just scooped up Velofix. In case you don&#8217;t know, Velofix is the mobile bike shop network that&#8217;s been bringing mobile bike repair\/bike delivery to your driveway since 2013. The Backcountry deal closed September 17. If you&#8217;ve never used Velofix, their MO is simple and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":263964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6804],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-263963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}