The Bike Kitchen

The Bike Kitchen is UBC’s non-profit, full-service community bike shop. FIX YOUR BIKE WITH OUR TOOLS

LEARN HOW TO FIX YOUR BIKE

HAVE US FIX YOUR BIKE IF YOU’RE TOO BUSY

BUILD A BIKE FROM SCRATCH WITH NEW & USED PARTS

PURCHASE A FULLY REFURBISHED USED BICYCLE

DONATE YOUR OLD BIKE & WE’LL FIND IT A GOOD HOME

RENT A BIKE FROM OUR RENTAL FLEET

The Bike Kitchen is a project of the UBC Bike Co-op with the support of the Alma Mater Society and the Transportation Planning office. All profits raised by the Bike Kitchen are used to fund the Bike Co-op’s programing and cycling advocacy outreach on campus and in the community.

Bike Winnipeg

We are a voluntary, inclusive group of concerned citizens working to make cycling in Winnipeg a safe, enjoyable, accessible and convenient transportation choice year-round. We envision a city where cycling is embraced as the preferred mode of transportation, where cycling is integrated into urban design and planning, and where Winnipeg is recognized as a leader in cycling infrastructure and programs.

Bike Winnipeg was incorporated as a non-profit organization in February 2007 under the name Bike to the Future. In April 2013, we voted to change our name to Bike Winnipeg.

Bike Lab

In partnership with the University of Winnipeg Students’ Association (UWSA), The University of Winnipeg has opened an innovative and progressive cycling hub on campus, as part of a commitment to promote active and sustainable transit options for students, staff and the surrounding community. This UWSA Bike Lab is a space where students, faculty, staff and the surrounding community can come to use the tools and knowledge of the dedicated volunteer staff to learn how to not only fix their own bikes, but learn more about cycling as a form of active transportation in general.

Bike Dungeon

The Bike Dungeon is a rudimentary bike shop situated on the University of Manitoba's Fort Garry campus. We are a teaching shop, preferring that customers explore their own bikes and learn repair for themselves. We will teach those who need help and perform services for those who won't or can't.

Make Something Edmonton

What are you making? How can we help? Tell us at www.makesomethingedmonton.ca

Make Something Edmonton is a citizen-led celebration and call to action: to inspire and help you make something… anything… born out of your own talents, obsessions and imagination, to make your city more fun, more attractive, more fascinating, more caring, more profitable, more challenging, more fulfilling. A richer, stranger, stronger Edmonton: the city you already live in and love, only more so.

Making something is easy, and it’s a pure expression of what it means to be an Edmontonian. You can make something:

Small. Launch a get-to-know-your-neighbours gathering or a litter pick-up party on your block.

Beautiful. Plant flowers in that neglected patch you pass by every day. Slap a fresh coat of paint on something or commission a mural for an ugly wall.

Personal. Lend a hand to that person in need. Launch a kindness project. Volunteer. Seek out local food, beer, books, artwork.

Profitable. Start that business you always dreamed of.

Ridiculous. Organize a unicycle rodeo. Paint your house like a candy cane.

Fun. Put on a spontaneous juggling workshop. Organize children’s improv in the park or a seniors dance party. Start the first-ever urban adventure race in the winter.

Big. Start a new festival or an art show, a community event, a concert series. Transform your neighbourhood.

Or something else. You’ll have better ideas than we do.

Document your project. Then go to makesomethingedmonton.ca and show us what you’ve done.

Because we want to celebrate it. And you.

The Wrench

We envision a city where everyone is empowered to enjoy bicycles. The WRENCH’s mission is to create stronger, healthier communities by removing barriers to building, repairing and maintaining bicycles – with a focus on educating youth.

The WRENCH is a registered charity. We make bicycles and cycling accessible to the public by:

• Providing programming, education and resources for community members, groups and organizations
• Supporting and promoting cycling within the city
• Supporting new and existing community bike shops

Bike Pirates

BIKE PIRATES IS a volunteer-run organization that provides a Do-It-Yourself workspace where you can:

• Learn bicycle maintenance
• Work on your own bike on a drop-in basis
• Build up a new bicycle from scratch

We also sell new and used parts, and even fully refurbished used bicycles.

Community Bicycle Network

CBN is Toronto's award-winning community bike space. Community Bicycle Network (CBN) is a registered non-profit organization founded in 1993 on the belief that bicycles are a powerful tool for positive change. CBN incorporated in 1997 and is governed by a volunteer board of directors.

We have a rich history of serving Toronto’s cycling community through award-winning programs that enable affordable, clean transportation and of improving all communities through recycling and waste-diversion.

We work to make cycling the most accessible form of transportation in Toronto, breaking down economic barriers while reducing smog and congestion.

The Bike Dump

The Bike dump is a volunteer-run community bicycle education space. We offer:

• Tools and space to fix your bike
• A stock of recycled bike frames and parts from which to build yourself a bike
• Volunteers to help guide you through repairs, or with a (your) bike-building project
• Re-furbished, recycled bicycles for sale on a sliding scale
• Monthly bicycle repair workshops

re-Cycles

re-Cycles is a not-for-profit bicycle recycling shop based in Ottawa, Ontario (Canada). We:

• repair donated bikes that we sell to the community.
• provide an equipped shop (and bike repair know-how in the evenings) so that you can maintain and repair your own bike.

Unlike conventional bike shops we do not fix your bike for you! But if you want to do it yourself there's always staff on hand during our evening hours to guide you if needed. Please note that there is no assisted DIY repair at any time during the day.

BQAM

Inspiré de différentes initiatives, BQAM est le premier atelier de réparation et d’ajustement de vélo communautaire de l’UQAM. Non seulement un atelier, nous visons à consolider le déplacement à vélo vers le centre-ville de Montréal en sensibilisant, en éduquant et en offrant un espace de réparation accessible à la communauté uqamienne et à son milieu.

Cette initiative s’insère dans une vague continentale de l’« accessibilisation » à la mécanique des bicyclettes, auxquelles participent déjà plusieurs projets montréalais.

Right to Move / La Voie Libre

Right to Move is a non-profit organization that was started in the spring of 1997 by a group who believed bicycles are a form of transportation that should be available to all, regardless of gender, age, wealth or ethnicity. Bicycles are a viable urban transportation option, one far more economical and more ecological than cars in moving people to where they need to be.

In order to make bicycling a more accessible transportation option, we:

have a drop-in, do-it-yourself bicycle shop where members can fix their own bicycles with the help of volunteer mechanics hold hands-on workshops series on bicycle maintenance three times per year in English and French accept and collect bicycles destined for the landfill, fix them and donate them or sell them at low cost to those who would not otherwise be able to afford a bicycle RTM is a membership-based organisation. A mere $20 per year gives you access to our drop-in shop.

Bikewriter's Blog

Stories and helpful tips about bikes and biking - including bicycle tours, bicycle camping, bicycle repairs among others. My intention is through my writing and photography to inform you about cycling and hopefully inspire in you the same interest and excitement that I feel about cycling.

Breaking Chains and Taking Lanes

I ride bikes. Every day, whatever the weather, for years. I fix them too. I believe a bicycle can be a tool for liberation, a healthier body and mind as well as for living more sustainably. Most importantly, it’s fun!

How to Stud Your Own Tires

These directions come from The Edmonton Bicycle Commuter's Society, I volunteer there and you will also find these instructions at http://icebike.org

Momentum Magazine

Momentum Mag is an independent media company that promotes, encourages & inspires Smart Living by Bike. Our goal is to influence a shift in the transportation culture in North America from car-centricity to a balance of public transportation, appropriate car use, walking and bicycling, by showcasing riding a bike as a fun, smart, stylish way to get around.

Published five times a year, Momentum Magazine focuses on transportation cycling and bike culture in North America. Momentum’s positive and solutions-based editorial coverage includes arts & culture, city and people profiles, style, food, current events and gear.

Jim's Edmonton Cycling Blog

My name is Jim, I'm 55 years old, and I'm an avid cyclist and bike commuter in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I started commuting to work full-time in May of 2008. I wish I'd been doing this all of my life. There are significant societal benefits to getting more people out of their cars and onto their bikes (even for people who will never give up driving 100% of the time), but I want to focus on my own selfish reasons for riding a bike. I've bummed too many rides from friends and family over the years to ever demonize the automobile. I like cars. And I'm not going to claim any kind of moral superiority over drivers – a stance I've seen some cyclists take that bothers me immensely.

I want to encourage co-operation, not confrontation. Let's share the roads, and cut each other some slack.

Winter Cycling 101

Has anyone heard this ? “But you can’t ride your bike in the winter.”

“That’s Crazy.”

“You are going to get killed.”

I hear this from people all the time and it might be understandable as I do live in Edmonton, Canada where winter is spelled W I N T E R, whereas people in Winnipeg spell it the same but add a few !!! as they might be the only folks who see worse weather.

To anyone who is from “The Peg”…I tip my toque to you.

But… we do ride in the winter and some of us ride nearly every day regardless of the temperatures, icy roads, snow, homicidal snow plow drivers, and without regard to those people who think we are certifiably crazy and dodge attempts by family members to have us committed.

We do this for many reasons but for me, it is about getting to where I need to be and most of the time cycling here in the winter is actually quite pleasant and dare I say, FUN!

Raving Bike Fiend

People have called me many names over the course of my life and most of them have been positive and for a very long time I have been “the bike guy” or “the old bike guy” and someone once called me a “raving bike fiend” because of my passion for building and riding bicycles. I was recently married to the love of my life and have two beautiful daughters who I share custody of… we are a family of car free cyclists although the girls do not ride through the winter as I do and have yet to see how my wife will adapt to living in a much colder and snowier climate.

We share our home and our lives with one Shih Tzu (Bijoux), a big assed cat (Thunderhead), and most recently added a pair of Indian Ring Necked Parrots (Lucce and Amore).

After a serious back injury 4 years ago I thought that I might never be able to ride a bicycle again and although I still have trouble walking and standing for any length of time, cycling has been very positive in helping me rehabilitate the mind and body.

I support cycling in all it’s forms and believe that most people would benefit if they decided to make cycling part of their daily life… and you don’t have to be old or a fiend to do this.

Keep the shiny side up.

The Lone Biker

Riding in edmonton, more riding, bikes, bike pictures, music, and stellar beer reviews.