Community Bicycle Organizations

The list below uses the criteria found in the old Bicycle Organization Organization Project for what constitutes a community bike shop, namely:

• Non-profit bicycle organizations
• Bike shops that are accessible to people without money
• Shops that have an educational focus, teaching others how to fix bikes
• Shops that are volunteer run
• Organizations that ship bikes to communities in other countries.
• Shops that provide free or low-cost services to the community.
• Organizations that recycle bicycles and parts

For a map that is less comprehensive as of April 2011 (but a map!), please click here

Australia

Queensland

• The Bicycle Revolution (Brisbane)

Tasmania

• Hobart Bike Kitchen (Hobart)

New South Wales

• Cycle Re-Cycle aka Nunnery Bike Workshop (Sydney)
• Cycle Rescue (Sydney)
• Newcastle Bike Ecology Centre (Newcastle)
• UNSW Bike Club (Sydney, Canberra)

Austria

Graz

• Fahrradküche Graz (Graz)

Innsbruck

• Bikerei, Dreiheiligenstrasse 21a, Innsbruck. Every Tuesday from 5 to 9pm.

Linz

• Bikekitchen Linz (Linz)

Sankt Pölten

• LAMES Radl-Selbsthilfewerkstatt

Vienna

• WUK Fahrrad Selbsthilfewerkstatt (Vienna/Wien)
• Bikekitchen Vienna (Vienna/Wien)

Wiener Neustadt

not yet existing, but planned, see e.g. Gründung einer Selbsthilfe-Fahrradwerkstatt in Wiener Neustadt (German only, sorry).

Brasil

São Paulo

• Mão na roda (São Paulo)

Canada

Alberta

• Edmonton Bicycle Commuters Society (Edmonton)
• The Bike Root (Calgary)
• The Good Life Community Bike Shop (Calgary)

British Columbia

• The Bike Kitchen (Vancouver)
• Our Community Bikes (Vancouver)
• Recyclistas Community Bike Shop (Victoria)
• FreeHub Co-operative (Victoria)

Manitoba

• The Bike Dump (Winnipeg)
• The Bike Dungeon (Winnipeg)
• The Orioles Bike Cage (Winnipeg)

Newfoundland and Labrador

• Ordinary Spokes (St. John's)

Nova Scotia

• Bike Again! (Halifax)

Ontario

• Yellow Bike Action (Kingston)
• Re-Cycles Bicycle Coop (Ottawa)
• Community Bicycle Network (Toronto)
• Bike Pirates (Toronto)
• Bikechain (University of Toronto, Toronto)
• Bikesauce (Toronto)
• Recycle Cycles (Hamilton)
• The Bike Centre (University of Guelph, Guelph)
• Recycle Cycles (Kitchener)
• MACycle (McMaster University, Hamilton)
• B!KE: The Peterborough Community Bike Shop (Peterborough)

Quebec

• Velogik (Montreal)
• Right to Move/La voie Libre (Montreal)
• SantroVelo (Montreal)
• CRABE (Montréal)
• The Flat: Bike Collective (Montréal)
• Mile End Bike Garage (Montréal)
• PX "The Space" Bikeworks (Montréal)
• Biciklo (Montréal)
• BQAM (Université du Quebec à Montréal (UQAM), Montréal)
• Coop roue libre (Laval University, Quebec City]

Croatia

Zagreb

• Biciklopopravljaona (Zagreb)

Finland

Espoo

• Bikepoli, Teekkari-paja

France

Federation of French speaking community bicycle organizations

• Heureux-cyclage

Dijon

• La Bécane à Jules (Dijon)

Grenoble

• uN p'Tit véLo dAnS La Tête (Grenoble)

Lyon

• Le Recycleur (Lyon)

Montpellier

• Le Vieux Biclou (Montpellier)

Nancy

• Atelier Dynamo (Nancy)

Nantes

• Vélocampus (Nantes)

Paris

• Atelier vélorutionnaire

Toulouse

• Atelier de l’association vélo Toulouse (Toulouse)
• Vélo de Occasion (Toulouse)

Germany

• Bike-Kitchen Dortmund

Ghana

• Earn-a-Bike Ghana

Guatemala

• Associatión Maya Pedal

Hungary

• Bringakonyha Budapest

Iceland

• Keðjuverkun (Reykjavík)

Italy

Bologna

• Ciclofficina Ampio Raggio

Firenze

• Ciclofficina Brugola Rossa

Roma

• Ciclofficina Centrale

• Ciclofficina "Don Chisciotte" @ ex Snia

• Ciclofficina Popolare "ex Lavanderia"

• Ciclofficina "Macchia Rossa"

• Ciclofficina "Luigi Masetti"

• Ciclofficina "Fisica"

Sicilia

• Ciclofficina Etnea (Catania)

Torino

• Ciclofficina Casa delle Scimmie

Ireland

• Rothar

Spain

Galiza

• ReCiclos Propolis (A Coruña)

Madrid

• BiciLab

• Cicloficina Malaya

• Ciclotaller Secano

• Ciclotaller del Solar

• Maravillosa Ciclococina

• Taller de Autoreparación de Bicis del Dragón

United Kingdom

Aberdeen

• beCyCle

Bristol

• Bristol Bike Project

Brighton

• Cranks DIY Workshop

Edinburgh

• The Bike Station

Glasgow

• Common Wheel Project

Leeds

• Pedallers Arms

Gloucester

• The Re-Cycle Shed

London

• 56a Bikespace (Walworth)

• Brixton Bicycle Art (Brockwell Park)

• Hackney Bike Workshop (Hackney)

• Magnificent Revolution (Based in London But all over the country)

• Tower Hamlets Wheelers (Tower Hamlets)

• Walthamstow Bicycle Recycling (Walthamstow)

Manchester

• I Bike MCR

Newcastle

• Recyke-Y-Bike

Oxford

• Oxford Cycle Workshop

Stirling

• recyke-a-bike (Stirling)

York

• Bike Rescue

Warrington

• Cycling Projects

United States

Alabama

• Bici Coop (Birmingham)

Alaska

• University of Alaska at Anchorage Bike Club (Anchorage)
• Off the Chain Bicycle Collective (Anchorage)

Arkansas

• Bike City Recyclery (Fayetteville)
• Recycles Bike Co-op (Little Rock)

Arizona

• South Side Mutual Aid Toward Independent Youth Bicycle Education Project (Flagstaff)
• BICAS (Tucson)
• Handlebar Helpers (Scottsdale)
• Helping Understand Bicycles (Prescott)
• Bike Saviours Bicycle Collective (Tempe)

California

• Arcata Library Bikes (Arcata)
• The Davis Bike Collective (Davis)
• The Bike Kitchen (San Francisco)
• The Bike Hut Foundation (San Francisco)
• The Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen (Sacramento)
• Bikes Del Pueblo (San Diego)
• BicyCAL (Berkeley)
• Bicycle Kitchen (Los Angeles)
• Bike Oven (Los Angeles)
• Bikerowave (Los Angeles)
• Valley Bikery (Los Angeles)
• The Bike Church (Santa Cruz)
• Changing Gears Bike Shop (Alameda)
• Community Cycles (Oakland)
• Bikery (Oakland)
• Ontario Wheel House (Ontario)
• Santa Cruz Campus Bike Center (Santa Cruz)
• Bici Centro (Santa Barbara)
• Local Bike Trader (San Luis Obispo)
• SLO Bike Kitchen (San Luis Obispo)
• The Bicycle Lounge (Riverside)
• The Green Bike Program (Pitzer College, Claremont)
• Trips for Kids Marin aka Re-Cyclery (Marin, CA, USA) (San Rafael)

Colorado

• Community Cycles (Boulder)
• Derailer Bicycle Collective (Denver)
• The Bike Depot (Denver)
• Recycle Bicycles (Denver)
• Fort Collins Bike Coop (Fort Collins)
• Spokes Community Bicycle Project (Longmont)
• The Good Wheel (Manitou Springs)

Connecticut

• New Haven Bike Collective (New Haven)

Delaware

• Urban Bike Project of Wilmington (Wilmington)

Florida

• Krank it Up (Tallahassee)
• The Kickstand (Gainesville)
• Lake Worth Bike Coop (West Palm Beach)
• Tampa Bay Bicycle Co-op (Tampa)
• Bike Broward (Fort Lauderdale)
• Spokescouncil (Orlando)

Georgia

• Sopo Bike Coop (Atlanta)
• Communicycle (Atlanta - Chamblee)
• Shift Community Bike Shop (Atlanta)
• Starter Bikes (Atlanta)
• Savannah Bike Coop (Savannah)
• Bike Athens Bicycle Recycling Program (Athens)

Idaho

• Boise Bicycle Project (Boise)

• Village Bicycle Project (Moscow)

• The Powerhouse (Pocatello)

Illinois

• Blackstone Bicycle Works (Chicago)
• Bikes for Chicago (Chicago)
• The Chicago Community Bike Project (Chicago)
• The Recyclery (Evanston/Chicago)
• Working Bikes (Chicago)
• West Town Bikes (Chicago)
• The Bike Project of Urbana-Champaign (Urbana-Champaign)

Indiana

• Bloomington Community Bike Project (Bloomington)
• West Lafayette Bike Cooporative (West Lafayette)
• Freewheelin' Community Bikes (Indianapolis)
• Pedal & Park (Indianapolis)
• Shadeland Bicycle Collective (Anderson)

Iowa

• The Iowa City Bike Library (Iowa City)
• Des Moines Bike Collective (Des Moines)

Kansas

• Topeka Community Cycle Project (Topeka)
• Wichita Bicycle Collective (Wichita)

Kentucky

• Brycc Freewheel Bike Collective (Louisville)

Louisiana

• Plan B (New Orleans)
• Rubarb (New Orleans)

Maine

• Community Bicycle Center (Biddeford)

Maryland

• Bikes for the World (Rockville)
• Mount Rainier Bicycle Cooperative (Mount Rainier)
• Renaissance Community Youth Bike Shop (Riverdale)
• Velocipede Bike Project (Baltimore)

Massachusetts

• Smith College Bicycle Kitchen (Northampton)
• Bikes not Bombs (Boston)
• Broadway Bicycle School (Cambridge)
• Quad Bikes (Cambridge)
• Worcester Earn-A-Bike (Worcester)

Michigan

• Boston Square Community Bikes (Grand Rapids)

• Back Alley Bikes (Detroit)

• Broke Spoke Bike Coop (Traverse City)

• Bike Riot Network (Traverse City)

• Traverse Alive (Traverse City)

• My Wheels Are Turning (Traverse City)

• Common Cycle (Ann Arbor)

• The Hub of Detroit (Detroit)

• Share a Bike (E. Lansing)

• Lansing Bike Coop(Lansing)

• Re-Bicycle Lenawee (Adrian)

• East Quad Bike Co-op (Ann Arbor, U of M)

• Mount Pleasant Bike Cooperative (Mount Pleasant)

• Armory Bike Union (Jackson)

• MSU Bikes (E. Lansing, MSU)

Minnesota

• The Grease Pit (Minneapolis)
• The Sibley Bike Depot (St. Paul)
• Mac Bike (St. Paul)
• The Bike Cave Collective (Duluth)
• Re-Bike Project (Mankato)

Missouri

• Bicycle Works (St. louis)

• 816 Bicycle Collective (Kansas City)

Montana

• Free Cycles Missoula (Missoula)
• Bozeman Bike Kitchen (Bozeman)

Nebraska

• Community Bike Project Omaha (Omaha)

Nevada

• Reno Bike Project (Reno)

New Hampshire

• Cheshire County Bicycle Collective / Keene Bicycle Co-op (Keene)

New Jersey

• Pedals for Progress (High Bridge)
• Hobiken (Hoboken)
• New Brunswick Bike Library (New Brunswick)
• The CycLAB (Princeton)
• South Orange Maplewood Bicycle Coalition (South Orange/Maplewood)
• Brick City Bike Collective (Newark)
• Second Life Bikes (Asbury Park)

New Mexico

• Chainbreaker Collective (Santa Fe)

• The Bike Works (Silver City)(575)388-1444

New York

• Community Bikes Rochester
• Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles (Ithaca)
• Recycle-A-Bicycle Youth Program (New York City)
• Recycle-A-Bicycle DUMBO training center (Brooklyn)
• Troy Bike Rescue (Troy and Albany)
• Time's Up! Bike Co-op (New York City)
• Buffalo Blue Bike (Buffalo)

North Carolina

• Asheville ReCyclery (Asheville)
• Durham Bike Co-op (Durham)
• The ReCYCLEry (Carrboro)
• 1304 Bikes (Raleigh)
• Bike Me! (Greensboro)
• ReCyclery (Charlotte)

North Dakota

• Fargo Moorhead Community Bicycle Workshop (Fargo)

Oklahoma

• OKC Infoshop (Oklahoma City)

Ohio

• Athens Bicycle Co-operative (Athens)
• Ohio City Bicycle Co-op (Cleveland)
• Oberlin Bike Co-op (Oberlin)
• Mobo Bicycle Co-op (Cincinnati)
• Third Hand Bicycle Cooperative (Columbus)
• Toledo City Bicycle Co-op (Toledo)
• Grindstone Bikes(Berea)
• Summit Cycling Center (Akron)
• Franklinton Cycleworks (Columbus)

Oregon

• Ashland Community Bike Program (Ashland)
• Bike Farm (Portland)
• Center For Appropriate Transport (Eugene)
• Community Cycling Center (Portland)
• City Bikes Repair Shop (Portland)
• North Portland Bikeworks (Portland)
• Corvallis Bicycle Co-op (Corvallis)
• Frans Pauwels Memorial Community Bicycle Center (Aloha)

Pennsylvania

• Bethlehem Bicycle Cooperative (Bethlehem)
• Car Free CAT-Coalition for Appropriate Transportation (Bethlehem)
• Coatesville Community Bike Works (Coatesville)
• Free Ride (Pittsburgh)
• Neighborhood Bike Works (Philadelphia)
  • The Bike Church (West Philadelphia)
  • The Bikery (South Philadelphia)
  • The Bike Salon (North Philadelphia)
• N.W. Pa. Re-Cycle (Meadville)
• Bike & Build (Manayunk)

Rhode Island

• Recycle-A-Bike (Providence)

South Carolina

• Holy City Bike Co-op (Charleston)
• Blackbird Bicycle Co-op (Columbia)
• Hub Cycle (Spartanburg)

South Dakota

• Yellow Bike Program & Reconditioned Bikes for Kids (Rapid City)
• Brookings Community Bicycle Collective (Brookings)
• Sioux Falls Bike Collective (Sioux Falls)
• Spearfish Bicycle Cooperative (Spearfish)

Tennessee

• Revolutions Community Bicycle Shop (Memphis)

Texas

• Austin Yellow Bike Project (Austin)
• Workshop Houston, the parent organization of the Third Ward Bike Shop (Houston)
• Bikes Across Borders (Austin)
• Waco Volunteer Bike Center (Waco)
• Querencia Community Bicycle Shop (Denton)
• The Bike Cave (San Marcos)

Utah

• Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective (Salt Lake City)
• UoU Bicycle Collective (Salt Lake City)
• Aggie Blue Bikes (Logan)
• Ogden Bicycle Collective (Ogden)

Vermont

• Freeride Montpelier (Montpelier)
• Windham County Bike Project (Brattleboro)
• Bike Recycle Vermont (Burlington)

Virginia

• Charlottesville Community Bikes (Charlottesville)
• Blacksburg Bike Collective (Blacksburg)
• Phoenix Bikes (Arlington)
• The Bike Village at George Mason University (Fairfax)
• Sharebike.org (Roanoke)
• VéloCity Bicycle Cooperative (Alexandria)

Washington

• The Hub Community Bike Cooperative (Bellingham)
• The Evergreen Bike Shop (Olympia)
• Bike and Bike (Olympia)
• The Community Build-a-Bike Project (Olympia)
• Bike Works (Seattle)
• The Bikery (Seattle)
• The Bike Shack (Seattle)
• Pedals2People (Spokane)
• Cool Water Bikes (Spokane)
• The Recyclery (Port Townsend)
• 2nd Cycle (Tacoma)

West Virginia

• Positive Spin (Morgantown)
• Spokes4Folks (Charleston)

Wisconsin

• Sunshine Community Bikes (Ashland)
• Wheels for Winners (Madison)
• Milwaukee Bicycle Collective (Milwaukee)
• The Freewheel Collective (Madison)

Washington D.C.

• The Bike House

Statistics

U.S. Bicycle Collective Statistics by State

Rank	State	# BCs	Population	BCs Per Capita
1	South Dakota	4	819761	0.00000487947096775768
2	Vermont	3	630337	0.00000475935888262945
3	Alaska	2	721523	0.00000277191440882688
4	Oregon	8	3848606	0.00000207867472014542
5	Montana	2	994416	0.00000201123071229747
6	Idaho	3	1573499	0.00000190657890472126
7	Washington D.C.	1	601723	0.00000166189426031579
8	Washington	11	6753369	0.00000162881666913210
9	Michigan	15	9911626	0.00000151337429398567
10	North Dakota	1	675905	0.00000147949785842685
11	Utah	4	2770765	0.00000144364462522083
12	Colorado	6	5044930	0.00000118931283486590
13	Delaware	1	900877	0.00000111002944908128
14	West Virginia	2	1859815	0.00000107537577662294
15	Rhode Island	1	1055247	0.00000094764543277545
16	Minnesota	5	5314879	0.00000094075518934674
17	New Jersey	7	8807501	0.00000079477708830235
18	Arizona	5	6412700	0.00000077970277730129
19	Indiana	5	6501582	0.00000076904359585098
20	New Hampshire	1	1321445	0.00000075674734854648
21	Maine	1	1333074	0.00000075014590337821
22	Virginia	6	8037736	0.00000074647885922105
23	Wisconsin	4	5698230	0.00000070197236685778
24	Kansas	2	2863813	0.00000069836962120083
25	Ohio	8	11568495	0.00000069153334119953
26	Arkansas	2	2926229	0.00000068347350805422
27	Iowa	2	3053787	0.00000065492452486044
28	South Carolina	3	4645975	0.00000064572022019060
29	North Carolina	6	9565781	0.00000062723576883059
30	Massachusetts	4	6559644	0.00000060978918977920
31	California	21	37341989	0.00000056236961560885
32	Pennsylvania	7	12734905	0.00000054967037445509
33	Nebraska	1	1831825	0.00000054590367529649
34	Illinois	7	12864380	0.00000054413815512291
35	Maryland	3	5789929	0.00000051814106874195
36	Georgia	5	9727566	0.00000051400319463266
37	New Mexico	1	2067273	0.00000048372904788095
38	Louisiana	2	4553962	0.00000043917801685653
39	Nevada	1	2709432	0.00000036908104724533
40	Missouri	2	6011478	0.00000033269688419387
41	New York	6	19421055	0.00000030894305175491
42	Connecticut	1	3581628	0.00000027920264192708
43	Oklahoma	1	3764882	0.00000026561257431176
44	Florida	5	18900773	0.00000026453944502693
45	Texas	6	25268418	0.00000023745055982531
46	Kentucky	1	4350606	0.00000022985303656548
47	Alabama	1	4802982	0.00000020820398660665
48	Tennessee	1	6375431	0.00000015685214066312
49	Hawaii	0	1366862	0.00000000000000000000
50	Wyoming	0	568300	0.00000000000000000000
51	Mississippi	0	2978240	0.00000000000000000000

See Also

• Bicycle Organization Organization Project
• Bike Collective Network Directory
• Community Bike Programs: Directory