The Bike Couriers Bike Shop began as a response to urban transportation needs. It’s founder, Jackie Green, has been car-free in Louisville since 1999. Here is the timeline…
2002 – Jackie Green (as Executive Director of the Coalition for the Advancement of Regional Transportation) began asking motor vehicle based courier businesses to service downtown deliveries by bicycle.
2003 – After a year of refusals from motor vehicle based courier companies, a shingle was hung at 107 W Market Street, and the Bike Couriers began serving businesses in downtown Louisville.
2004 – Jackie Green began asking local bike shops to open a shop downtown.
2005 – After a year of refusals from local bike shops, a second shingle was hung at 107 W. Market, and the Bike Couriers Bike Shop, with a handful of bad tools and a few dozen tubes, began servicing bikes. Several years later and we sold Jamis, Bianchi, Masi, Marin & KHS bikes from two other shops servicing the Clifton and the University of Louisville / Churchill Downs communities. We also launched a bicycle rental / tour service downtown.
August 2025 – We ceased doing business and closed the shop after twenty years on Market Street.