Stroller repair, East Bay or San Francisco?
Wondering if anyone has recommendations for stroller repair shops in the East Bay or San Francisco. A quick Google gave me one location in SF, but apparently it's closed as of this month: https://strollerspa.com/stroller-spa-important-dates/
Is there seriously no place to get a stroller repaired in the Bay Area?!
We now have two Uppababy strollers with broken frames and would much prefer to have them repaired then throw out or give away.
Thanks!
Mar 9, 2022
Parent Replies
Stroller Spa was the place I knew of, but if you're up for doing some DIY on your strollers, I've found The Stroller Workshop on YouTube to be really useful. Using their tips, I bought a 5yo Bugaboo on Facebook Marketplace for 20% of its original price, and lubed up the wheels and did some basic cleaning on it myself.
Although if it's it's structurally broken (not just a screw adjustment), I think only a chassis replacement might be in order. Looks like you can get spare parts from Uppababy's website.
Apologies if this is not helpful, but have you checked to see if you can buy the necessary frame pieces online and fix it yourself? I had a stroller issue recently (broken brake cable on a BabyJogger double stroller that required replacing the entire brake cartridge) and was able to just buy the brake assembly piece online and easily reassemble the parts myself (with the help of a handy dude’s YouTube tutorial). In the end, I only had to throw out the broken brake cartridge.
Assuming you purchased both strollers, they have a warranty and Uppa Baby was amazing about basically replacing out my stroller when our frame broke. They really stand by their frames in particular. We had to send in some videos and photos and they were wonderful about it.
If you don't feel handy/don't have time, try your local bike shop. The brakes broke on our expensive tandem stroller, and our local shop (Hank and Frank's in Berkeley) was able to fix it just using bicycle parts from their parts bin. I'm not sure if you want to replace the entire frame or see if it's possible to weld, but I think the bike shops are a great place to start. It was hard to find a stroller-specific shop but every neighborhood has a bike shop!