Community Bicycle Organizations
Criteria
The list below uses the criteria found in the Bicycle Organization Organization Project and the Bike Collective Network Directory 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 suffering from first world colonialism & its effects
- Shops that provide free or low-cost services to the community
- Organizations that recycle bicycles and parts
Community Bike Shops
Here is a list of Community Bicycle Organizations by location.
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)
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)
- Recycle Cycles (Hamilton)
- Recycle Cycles (Kitchener)
- MACycle (McMaster University, Hamilton)
- B!KE: The Peterborough Community Bike Shop (Peterborough)
Quebec
- Freewheels Bicycle Club (Montreal)
- 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)
Australia
Tasmania
- Hobart Bike Kitchen (Hobart)
Austria
- Fahrradküche Graz (Graz)
- WUK Fahrrad Selbsthilfewerkstatt (Vienna/Wien)
- Bikekitchen Vienna (Vienna/Wien)
France
- Un P'tit Vélo dans la tête (Grenoble) [1]
- Le Recycleur (Lyon) [2]
- La Bécane à Jules (Dijon) [3]
- Le Vieux Biclou (Montpellier)
- Atelier Dynamo (Nancy) [4]
- Vélocampus (Nantes) [5]
Ghana
Guatemala
United States
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)
California
- Arcata Library Bikes (Arcata)
- The Davis Bike Church (Davis)
- The Bike Kitchen (San Francisco)
- The Bike Hut Foundation (San Francisco)
- The Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen (Sacramento)
- Bikes Del Pueblo (San Diego)
- Bicycle Kitchen (Los Angeles)
- Bike Oven (Los Angeles)
- Bikerowave (Santa Monica)
- Bike Church (Santa Cruz)
- Santa Cruz Campus Bike Center (Santa Cruz)
- Bici Centro (Santa Barbara)
- The Bicycle Lounge (Riverside)
- Cycles of Change APC Bike Shop (Alameda)
- The Green Bike Program (Pitzer College, Claremont)
Connecticut
- New Haven Bike Collective (New Haven)
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)
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)
Georgia
- Sopo Bike Coop (Atlanta)
- Communicycle (Atlanta - Chamblee)
- Shift (Atlanta)
- Savannah Bike Coop (Savannah)
- Bike Athens Bicycle Recycling Program (Athens)
Idaho
- Village Bicycle Project (Moscow)
Illinois
- Blackstone Bicycle Works (Chicago)
- Bikes for Chicago (Chicago)
- The Chicago Community Bike Project (Chicago)
- The Recyclery (Evanston/Chicago)
- Uptown Bikes (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)
Iowa
- The Iowa City Bike Library (Iowa City)
- Des Moines Bike Collective (Des Moines)
Louisiana
Maine
- Community Bicycle Center (Biddeford)
Maryland
- Renaissance Community Youth Bike Shop (Riverdale)
- Mount Rainier Bicycle Cooperative (Mount Rainier)
- Velocipede Bike Project (Baltimore)
- CrescentTrailRiders (Montgomery County)
Massachusetts
- Bikes not Bombs (Boston)
- Broadway Bicycle School (Cambridge)
- Quad Bikes (Cambridge)
- Worcester Earn-A-Bike (Worcester)
Michigan
- Back Alley Bikes (Detroit)
- Broke Spoke Bike Coop (Traverse City)
- Bike Riot Network (Traverse City)
- Traverse Alive (Traverse City)
Minnesota
- The Grease Pit (Minneapolis)
- The Sibley Bike Depot (St. Paul)
- Mac Bike (St. Paul)
- Bike Cave Collective (Duluth)
- Re-Bike Project (Mankato)
Missouri
- Bicycle Works (St. louis)
Montana
- Free Cycles Missoula (Missoula)
- Bozeman Bike Kitchen (Bozeman)
Nebraska
- Community Bicycle Shop Omaha (Omaha)
Nevada
- Reno Bike Project (Reno)
New Hampshire
New Jersey
- Pedals for Progress (High Bridge)
- Hobiken (Hoboken)
- New Brunswick Bike Library (New Brunswick)
- The Bike Barn (Princeton)
New Mexico
- Chain Breaker Collective (Santa Fe)
New York
- Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles (Ithaca)
- Recycle-A-Bicycle Youth Program (New York City)
- Recycle-A-Bicycle DUMBO training center (Brooklyn)
- Troy Bike Rescue (Troy)
- Time's Up! Bike Co-op (New York City)
North Carolina
- Asheville ReCyclery (Asheville)
- Durham Bike Co-op (Durham)
- The ReCYCLEry (Carrboro)
- 1304 Bikes (Raleigh)
- Bike Me! (Greensboro)
North Dakota
Oklahoma
- OKC Infoshop (Oklahoma City)
Ohio
- 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)
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)
- Coatesville Community Bike Works (Coatesville)
- Free Ride (Pittsburgh)
- Neighborhood Bike Works (Philadelphia Earn-a-Bike youth program and Bike Church coop)
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)
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)
- 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)
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)
West Virginia
- Positive Spin (Morgantown)
- Spokes4Folks (Charleston)
Wisconsin
- Wheels for Winners (Madison)
- Milwaukee Bicycle Collective (Milwaukee)
- The Freewheel Collective (Madison)