Their Bike Church program is a fantastic place to go if you have work that needs to be done on your bike. They won't do it for you, but the volunteers will explain how to do it all for yourself (which I think is even better). Also, during those hours they will sell all sorts of cheap used parts, which is handy.
A) (the most infuriating) The volunteers are picky about whom they help: On my 2nd visit, people before and after me had volunteers standing by their bike and practically repairing things for them. A guy asked if I needed help and no sooner than I start responding he was talking with someone else. Then I was asked to leave before I could fasten the breaks because, yeah, their hours are really short. Had to go to a real bike shop to have everything fixed up. B) The products they sell are poor quality: the break pad I bought was of soft brittle metal that its thread got cleaved off while I was trying to put it in. C) Volunteers (or the management) mess up things while trying to repair: on my first visit I bought a cable, but the volunteer there kept snipping it with a broken cutter and cut it really short, and I ended up having a short frayed end. (I took off the tip and put it back but one guy took it off weirdly and it couldn't be covered afterwards) Upside was they had second hand parts available for free, but they are so old and worn and not really worth it. So, prepare to get your expectations really lowered.
Neighborhood Bike Works is the best! The used bike I bought is perfect for cruising around the city and the proceeds go to help kids through bike related programming - win-win. They also have a great intro to bike mechanics class for adults to help you learn to fix your own bike.
Very lovely people with a nice summer camp full of beautiful suprises. The employees are helpful and assist the students also very well. I have been going to this camp since 2014.
Best place to be to fix up your bikes old, used, preowned, or whatever. Nice bike relatable staff and a place to make donations bike related or non-bike related.
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