Community Bicycle Organizations
Criteria
The list below uses the criteria in 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
Bike Shops
Here is a list of Community Bicycle Organizations by location.
Canada
Alberta
- Edmonton Bicycle Commuters Society (Edmonton)
British Columbia
- The Bike Kitchen (Vancouver)
- Our Community Bikes (Vancouver)
- Recyclistas Community Bike Shop (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 (Kitchener)
Quebec
- Freewheels Bicycle Club (Montreal)
- Velogik (Montreal)
- Right to Move/La voie Libre (Montreal)
Austria
- Fahrradküche Graz (Graz)
- WUK Fahrrad Selbsthilfewerkstatt (Vienna/Wien)
- Bikektichen Vienna (Vienna/Wien)
Ghana
Guatemala
United States
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)
- The 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)
Colorado
- Community Cycles (Boulder)
- Derailer Bicycle Collective (Denver)
- Fort Collins Bike Coop (Fort Collins)
Delaware
- Urban Bike Project of Wilmington (Wilmington)
Florida
- Krank it Up (Tallahassee)
- The Kickstand (Gainesville)
- Lake Worth Bike Coop (West Palm Beach)
Georgia
- Sopo Bike Coop (Atlanta)
- Savannah Bike Coop (Savannah)
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)
Indiana
- Bloomington Community Bike Project (Bloomington)
- [West Lafayette Bike Cooporative) www.bombercyclery.blogspot.com] (West Lafayette)
come check out our facebook for West Lafayette, look for the group, Purdue Critical Mass
Iowa
- The Iowa City Bike Library (Iowa City)
Louisiana
- Plan B (New Orleans)
Maine
- Community Bicycle Center (Biddeford)
Maryland
- Renaissance Community Youth Bike Shop (Riverdale)
- Mount Rainier Bicycle Cooperative (Mount Rainier)
- Velocipede Bike Project (Baltimore)
Massachusetts
- Bikes not Bombs (Boston)
- Broadway Bicycle School (Cambridge)
- Worcester Earn-A-Bike (Worcester)
Michigan
- Back Alley Bikes (Detroit)
Minnesota
- The Grease Pit (Minneapolis)
- The Sibley Bike Depot (St. Paul)
Missouri
- Bicycle Works (St. louis)
Montana
- Free Cycles Missoula (Missoula)
Nebraska
- Community Bicycle Shop Omaha (Omaha)
Nevada
- Reno Bike Project (Reno)
New Jersey
- Pedals for Progress (High Bridge)
- Hobiken (Hoboken)
- New Brunswick Bike Library (New Brunswick)
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
- Ashville ReCyclery (Ashville)
- Durham Bike Co-op (Durham)
- The ReCYCLEry (Carrboro)
- 1304 Bikes (Raleigh)
- Bike Me! (Greensboro)
North Dakota
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)
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)
Pennsylvania
- Bethlehem Bicycle Cooperative (Bethlehem)
- Free Ride (Pittsburgh)
- Neighborhood Bike Works (Philadelphia Earn-a-Bike youth program and Bike Church coop)
Rhode Island
- Recycle-A-Bike (Providence)
South Carolina
- The Bike Collaboration (Charleston)
- Blackbird Bicycle Co-op (Columbia)
South Dakota
- Yellow Bike Program & Reconditioned Bikes for Kids (Rapid City)
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)
Vermont
- Freeride Montpelier (Montpelier)
Virginia
- Charlottesville Community Bikes (Charlottesville)
- Blacksburg Bike Collective (Blacksburg)
- Phoenix Bikes (Arlington)
Washington
- Bike Works (Seattle)
- The Bikery (Seattle)
- The Bike Shack (Seattle)
- The Hub Community Bike Cooperative (Bellingham)
- The Evergreen Bike Shop (Olympia)
- Bike and Bike (Olympia)
West Virginia
- Positive Spin (Morgantown)
Spokes4Folks (Charleston) (no website yet)
Wisconsin
- Wheels for Winners (Madison)
- Milwaukee Bicycle Collective (Milwaukee)
- The Freewheel Collective (Madison)