Station Ski & Ride

OUTFIT YOUR SKI RACER HERE!
I am so thankful to have found this place! My son and I were in the area from an 1hr 1/2 away and happened upon this place via 'ski store near me' Google search. My 12 year old son needed to be fully outfitted for the U14 season and we got EVERYTHING we needed (except for the race suit) in one stop. BOTH SL and GS skis, custom fitted race boots, both sets of poles, helmet and chinguard. ALL 3 gentlemen (owner included) made sure he got fitted with just the right fit equipment and explained everything thoroughly. The 2 lovely ladies that were there were also helpful and eager to find what we needed. As well, it was a fun experience as everyone was very sociable, friendly and personable. There was no rushing or feeling like we were just another sale. Knowing we were not local they got right to custom fitting his boots and bindings while we waited so that we wouldn't have to make another trip.
But we will be back and often!
I have been and will continue to tell everyone on our ski team to give Station Ski and Ride in Markham a chance to earn their business.

This is a follow up to my earlier review. Great staff - I visit Station for skiing as not riding much anymore.

There's a significant benefit to having a staff trained to understand boot fitting. The honest truth is through decades of skiing and ski racing, I have always suffered through pain in ski boots. I had assumed it was a part of the experience (I guess I liked skiing more than the pain hurt). I have worked with very nice chaps at most of the major ski retailers here in Toronto, Tremblant, and a couple in Whistler.

Station was the first place I've been fit where I've discovered that a no-pain ski boot is possible. Advice from Mark has lengthened my ability to ski (middle aged.huh), taken freezing cold boots and pain out of the equation, and let me focus on skiing with my kids. Only place I will go now.

Josh is super helpful. I brought my bike in for a tune up because I messed up the front derailleur tuning it myself. Josh did an awesome job. In addition, he found out my stem was loose, helped tighten it, eliminated a major safety hazard. Also he helped me selected a pair of good pedals to replace my Amazon RockBro. Definitely recommend this shop

The staff here is really helpful, patient and friendly, I am glad that I shopped here. I was helped and given good recommendations that made me make a good decision on which bike to get.

Happy I found a good Bike Shop:)

(TL;DR) went in with some knowledge of which MTB to get, got one much better.

Have been going to Station Ski & Ride for bicycle tune-ups, overhauls and maintenance for my Trek Stache MTB, 2 Ritchey Road Logics, Trek T1 and recent build of Ritchey Ultra 50 Anniversary MTB. Have been very happy with the quick and reliable service and helpfulness of the staff!

March 15,2023: Nick at Station Ski & Ride did a great build of new Ritchey Ultra bike and can't wait to ride it. Staff and service were excellent again. Thanks for their great work on my bicycles again! Doug

August 16,2023: Nick at Station Ski & Ride did an excellent job at overhauling my 2013 Ritchey Road Logic which included refresh of Shimano Dura Ace 10-speed groupset, installation of new Ritchey stem and Butano bar, new cables housing, and other important upgrades. Thanks also to Simon, Carter, Kay and Emma and last but not least, Mark at Station Ski & Ride for their courteous & exceptional service.

August 28,2023: Bearings on Alto Velo wheels need servicing and Station Ski and Ride did great job of diagnosing and fixing both wheels! Nick explained that bearings missing or damaged but happy wheels are repaired now!

September 19,2023: Took my 2nd Ritchey Road Logic to Station Ski & Ride for overhaul. Includes upgrade of SRAM Force 1 cassette, Chain ring, brake & shifter cable replacement, KMC 11.93 11-speed chain, SRAM brake pad insert replacement. Overhaul was completed by September 21st and just took out for 40 km ride today. Extremely happy with the overhaul! Thanks to Simon and Nick for their excellent work and great customer service again!

My family and I have been buying bicycles and having it serviced here for 15 years. I support this local business because they’re all friendly, genuine and highly knowledgeable. They don’t push you to buy like other places, rather will even encourage you to do DIY projects.

Please support local business and not giant stores. The giant stores do not care about us like how local businesses do.

Mark, the owner, is wonderful. So helpful no matter what question or problem I have. The service guys also couldn’t be better. So lucky to have found this place.

Caring. Knowledgeable. Down to Earth.

Couldn't ask for more from a ski/bike shop.

Mark and his team are absolutely amazing and know the gear inside and out! Personally I wouldn’t shop elsewhere for ski equipment.

So impressed with the service I received today, the young man that helped was very knowledgeable. Thanks for such a great experience!

Bought a bicycle for our teenager son recently. As a parent, a good, reliable transportation to ride with to school every day is our top concern. Since we heard so many good things about Station Ski and Ride, we decided to give it a visit. Well, I must say they didn’t let us down. In fact, the staffs were so friendly, patient, and knowledgable. They not only found a bike that was suitable for him, but they had him try the bike, and even show him how to shift gears correctly. The staff also advised us what other safety accessories should go with the bike. No doubts, our son loves his bike and he has been riding his bike to school everyday. Pay them a visit or go to their website, you will be impressed by how cozy the atmosphere of the store is and all the products that they carry. Now that winter and Christmas are just around the corner, it is almost time for us to visit them again soon for their winter spots equipment. Thank you Mark, the store owner, and thank you staffs too. We are very grateful.

Came in to buy some hardware for my snowboard, left with a new helmet, socks, the hardware, and discs for my bindings that I was looking for!

I interacted with a few of the staff and they're all so lovely and helpful.

Got my first ever set of ski here from their online free firing appointment. The ski boot was professional altered and adjusted at store. Really happy about the set the I got and especially thanks the Carter who helped me and explained in the process. Definitely will bring my family members to try their service too

These guys are amazing. What an excellent service. I needed my bike fixing immediately so I could get to work the next day and they sorted it out straight away with a pleasant friendly service. The shop itself has a cool vibe, and along with the brilliant boys that work there it just makes it such a great place. I actually didn't want to leave. Forget any other bike shops, this is the place for all your repairs and purchases of new bikes

We got a Trek Verve and Townie from here and had a very pleasant experience. The staffs are very helpful and patient, would recommend to anyone shopping for a bike.

I was trying to buy jacket and snow pants on their online site and to my surprise they charged the full 13% tax on kids stuff. They are obviously not in need of business and will not adjust tax accordingly. They even told me to shop elsewhere if I was not happy with that.so I did.

Just had my 25+ year old GT mountain bike tuned by Station Ski and Ride. New cables, tires, pads and chain. Bike rides significantly better than last fall. Perfectly tuned and cleaned. Service completed in 2 days. Friendly and knowledgeable staff. I highly recommend.