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Sound Break Bike House opens in RailSpur alley

Sound Break Bike House, run by a former Rapha Clubhouse manager, has opened in Pioneer Square's RailSpur alley with rentals and group rides.

<h6>Seattle Fitness Magazine · 15 Oct 2026</h6><ul><li><strong>609</strong>members</li><li><strong>8.5</strong>miles</li></ul><h2>Inside the shop at 115 S. Jackson St.</h2> <p><b>Sound Break Bike House opened in early August 2026 at 115 S. Jackson St., RailSpur alley, in Pioneer Square.</b></p><p>Seattle cyclist Kevin Turco founded it. The shop runs a cafe, a repair counter and a rental fleet inside a building whose two structures joined in 1929 behind one of the neighborhood&#x27;s few Art Deco facades; before this renovation it was a plumbing warehouse.</p><p>Chris Strode runs the shop day to day as operations manager. The bike program is Kevin McClelland&#x27;s: he co-founded the Seattle bike builder Pine Cycles with Tyler Hubbell. Summer Hanson, the community lead, plans the group rides.</p> <h2>From Rapha&#x27;s Clubhouse to RailSpur</h2> <p><b>Strode spent nearly a decade running Seattle&#x27;s Rapha Clubhouse, overseeing retail and cafe operations there before this.</b></p><p>Rapha announced in January 2026 it would close that Capitol Hill shop, along with four others in the US and UK, before April, after years of losses.</p> <h2>Coffee, rentals and custom builds</h2> <p>Sound Break&#x27;s cafe is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It pours coffee, matcha and espresso alongside beer and wine, plus grab-and-go food like a $5 harvest muffin. The shop built it as a spot for riders to plan routes and swap stories afterward.</p><p>Renters pick from three bikes by the day: a Revel Rover for $100, a Salsa Journeyer for $80 or a Salsa Confluence e-bike for $125. Custom frame builds run through brands including State, Surly and Crust, or a customer&#x27;s own frame.</p> <h2>Guided rides to the water</h2> <p><b>Sound Break books guided tours through Jason Goodman, a Seattle cyclist and outdoor guide.</b></p><p>He brings more than 25 years of experience in the region, and co-founded the bag maker Swift Industries. Tours leave from the shop for solo riders or groups up to eight, close to transit and the waterfront.</p><p>Goodman&#x27;s Swift Industries co-founder started the bag company in 2008 with a sewing machine and a roll of fabric, before bike bags like theirs existed.</p> <h2>Rides already on the calendar</h2> <p><b>Sound Break&#x27;s Strava club has 609 members.</b></p><p>The shop billed a fit workshop for women, trans, femme and non-binary riders on September 30, with fitter Lee Hanses of The Fitting Room. A photo ride set for October 21 will ride the waterfront to Centennial Park for sunset, then climb to Kerry Park for what the shop calls a &quot;twinkling city skyline&quot; view, covering about 8.5 miles.</p><p>On November 1, Cascade Bicycle Club is co-hosting a ride to Alki with Sound Break, gathering at 1 p.m. with routes of 15 or 21 miles. Riders are set to return to the shop around 3 p.m. for a raffle and a few words from Cascade&#x27;s advocacy team.</p>
Seattle Fitness Magazine · 15 Oct 2026
  • 609members
  • 8.5miles

Inside the shop at 115 S. Jackson St.

Sound Break Bike House opened in early August 2026 at 115 S. Jackson St., RailSpur alley, in Pioneer Square.

Seattle cyclist Kevin Turco founded it. The shop runs a cafe, a repair counter and a rental fleet inside a building whose two structures joined in 1929 behind one of the neighborhood's few Art Deco facades; before this renovation it was a plumbing warehouse.

Chris Strode runs the shop day to day as operations manager. The bike program is Kevin McClelland's: he co-founded the Seattle bike builder Pine Cycles with Tyler Hubbell. Summer Hanson, the community lead, plans the group rides.

From Rapha's Clubhouse to RailSpur

Strode spent nearly a decade running Seattle's Rapha Clubhouse, overseeing retail and cafe operations there before this.

Rapha announced in January 2026 it would close that Capitol Hill shop, along with four others in the US and UK, before April, after years of losses.

Coffee, rentals and custom builds

Sound Break's cafe is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It pours coffee, matcha and espresso alongside beer and wine, plus grab-and-go food like a $5 harvest muffin. The shop built it as a spot for riders to plan routes and swap stories afterward.

Renters pick from three bikes by the day: a Revel Rover for $100, a Salsa Journeyer for $80 or a Salsa Confluence e-bike for $125. Custom frame builds run through brands including State, Surly and Crust, or a customer's own frame.

Guided rides to the water

Sound Break books guided tours through Jason Goodman, a Seattle cyclist and outdoor guide.

He brings more than 25 years of experience in the region, and co-founded the bag maker Swift Industries. Tours leave from the shop for solo riders or groups up to eight, close to transit and the waterfront.

Goodman's Swift Industries co-founder started the bag company in 2008 with a sewing machine and a roll of fabric, before bike bags like theirs existed.

Rides already on the calendar

Sound Break's Strava club has 609 members.

The shop billed a fit workshop for women, trans, femme and non-binary riders on September 30, with fitter Lee Hanses of The Fitting Room. A photo ride set for October 21 will ride the waterfront to Centennial Park for sunset, then climb to Kerry Park for what the shop calls a "twinkling city skyline" view, covering about 8.5 miles.

On November 1, Cascade Bicycle Club is co-hosting a ride to Alki with Sound Break, gathering at 1 p.m. with routes of 15 or 21 miles. Riders are set to return to the shop around 3 p.m. for a raffle and a few words from Cascade's advocacy team.

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