After 61 years in business, the Campus Student Bike Shop closed Oct. 9 following the death of its owner Bill Loy. He opened his first bike shop in 1968 on Catherine Street before relocating in 1974 to Maynard Street in downtown Ann Arbor, where he supplied residents and students with bicycles and repairs for generations.

In an interview with The Michigan Daily, Charles Loy, son of Bill Loy, said his family history and father’s health circumstances led to the shop’s closure.

“(Bill Loy) was a longtime member of the community and business around Ann Arbor,” Charles Loy said. “If you’re around for that long, everybody knows you. He and my mom both ran it, and then they were divorced about 14 years ago, so she separated from that.”

Charles said the shop faced a decline in sales in recen

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