I started a thread a while back asking if anyone knew of any bicycle retailers that accepted bitcoin--in particular, I was looking for someone who had a selection of e-bikes and would take bitcoin.  Unfortunately all the suggestions I got didn't help me much.

Right now I actually have enough bitcoin to buy the bike I was originally looking for, but I don't have a clue as to whether there's a retailer who sells the Turbo Vado and who accepts bitcoin.  But there are two local bike shops selling it, and I was thinking about going to one of them and asking if they'd accept bitcoin.

The issue is that I don't know what the bike shop would have to do in order to hook up with a payment processor, because I seriously doubt they'd take bitcoin outright.  Does anyone have any experience with processors like Bitpay?  Are there others?  Is it a pain in the ass for a merchant to use one?  Those are some of the questions I have, and I'm looking for answers from those who might know.  I don't want to make my request at the bike shop and then have no idea what I should suggest they do.

I was also thinking I could entice them by suggesting that I give them a little free advertising on bitcointalk by writing about my experience after the sale.  Heh heh.

I guess OP's trying to see if there's an easy way for merchants to accept Bitcoin AND have it all settle on his backend in normal fiat (which is highly likely for a bike shop unless they're prepared to do separate accounting for bitcoin payments.

I would say here BTCPay Server but this requires the merchant to get elbow deep in some learning curve first.

MisterTango has something similar to BTCPay and I know at least one other merchant using it well and easily (or as easily as BitPay).

In Netherlands, in Bitcoin City, they're all very happy with BitKassa -- it converts to Euros and onboarding's a snap. If I remember, you're in the UK OP?

I think OP is asking for some the simplest solution for the seller when it comes to accepting BTC as a payment method. For start this include software which will be used for payments, that need to be easy for install and easy for use. Second thing is that seller is secured against sudden price changes in a way that procesor provider is making crypto-fiat transaction instantly at the time of payment or after 1 confirmation.

I use most of the payment processors, and I can comment some of them from the point of buyer. CoinPayments was very popular in past, they have a very good signature campaign here on forum, but then they are forced to restrict operations in some countries (list) which including New York (NY)&Washington (WA) in USA. I must say that after that many sellers stop to use them, and I did not using they service in last 12 months.

Regarding CoinGate, I use them a few times, and the only thing that may be a little strange about their service is the fact that the payment will not be completed until the transaction is received 6 confirmation. Absolutely unnecessary if you ask me, 2 confirmations would be enough.

What I would recommend to the OP (because he is from USA) is Commerce Coinbase, which I use many times as buyer without any problem, very easy and simple payment processor, at least for buyers. From what can be read integration for merchants can be done in just few simple clicks :

No, the US.  But I appreciate the suggestion and you're correct about what I was asking here.  It's not as simple as this:

Lol, which isn't a solution to my problem at all.

That would be true for any merchant that didn't already accept bitcoin, but I don't suspect it would be easy to convince a business to start doing so if they're either unfamiliar with what bitcoin is all about or perhaps have a bias against it.  I might be inclined to sweeten the deal for the bike shop, however. 

I don't think any business is going to want to accept bitcoin outright because of the volatility--that's what makes payment processors so important for merchants. 

Expensive choice man! In this price, I can get a quarter liter motorcycle from Honda in my country! I am sure something must be special about this bicycle since the price is so high! Anyway, coming back to your concern!

At this stage, it is better to get a visa prepaid card from Bitpay and load that card with required amount of bitcoins. You can simply swipe a visa card at any POS that accepts Visa - the merchants doesn't need to accept bitcoin there. It serves two purposes - you get your bike using bitcoin and merchant gets their money without using bitcoin. Hope this helps and congratulation in advance!

There are NOT enough people that want to pay in Bitcoin to make it worth the TIME, MONEY, and effort for a business to learn how to accept and deal with BitCoin.   They are far better off using that time and effort into other areas of the business.

ALSO, there is a huge DOWNSIDE and risk to using bitcoin, since its price can collapse in ONE BUSINESS DAY.   Even if there were a way to hedge against this, it would BE EXPENSIVE, another reason for a business NOT to use bitcoin.

This is one reason why BitCoin has FAILED in its initial promises,  as a way to pay for ordinary transactions.   Now bitcoin has FAILED as a safe haven asset " Digital Gold " the moment an economic crisis hit, and there is a long way to go down from here.  Dump that BitCoin, and buy that bike quickly 

Hard Facts

Well, shoot. Can you not tell the multiple various businesses I shop at every week whom I pay in bitcoin? They've been happy to accept bitcoin for several years, they've been paying some of their staff with bitcoin, and I know at least one of them pays a supplier in bitcoin, but now they are going to find out its not worth their effort? It'll be a real hassle for them if you tell them they have to stop. </s>

A way to hedge against it, such as using a payment processor to convert the bitcoin you receive in to fiat? And they charge significantly less fees to do so than the fees you pay when you accept credit cards? If only there were multiple different companies offering exactly this! </s again>

Look, we all know you are 100% in gold and will say anything to try to push your false agenda, but at least try to make sensible arguments? Saying things which are provably and demonstrably false just makes you look silly.

If I were a merchant and someone gave me this idea, I'd probably add bitpay or something like that. Personally, I think accepting BTC has a lot of advantages and brings more traffic to your site. Opens you up to a new group of clients and the costs are very small.

As for the bike, do you really prefer this type with a motor integrated into the crankset, instead of the rear wheel? Wheel integrated drives have much more power.
I thought about buying an e-bike, but rather something like this: https://lunacycle.com/sur-ron-x-bike-black-edition/
 

If they do not accept bitcoins, then it would be possible to sell bitcoins and pay them for a bicycle, this is a fairly reasonable step. Or is it extremely important for you that you buy a bike directly using bitcoins without the help of third parties?

They're not accepting Bitcoin if they use a payment processor. They're receiving dollars sent using BTC as a payment rail. In quite a few places people would rather stay away from banks and let a payment processor handle the conversion. Less potential for the bank getting arsey.