Please visit our new website at
www.ToledoBikes.org
The Toledo City Bicycle Cooperative is a community bicycle collective that started in 2007 and will transition into a new group in 2012. The new group, Toledo Bikes, Inc. will be similar in many ways and more able to serve a larger community. The group began as a part of the Old West End Association in the great Toledo neighborhood. Being just about the only such outfit in the area, we are growing as the region's primary community bicycle collective.
We are in winter mode, so our regular open-to-the-public hours are closed for the season. We will be working regularly and having a good time moving and preparing our new space!
Classes continue. Receive FREE mechanic instruction in December by signing up to help us rehab bikes for adopt-a-family-for-Christmas-gift-giving families.
We are in winter mode, so our regular open-to-the-public hours are closed for the season. We will be working regularly and having a good time moving and preparing our new space!
Classes continue. Receive FREE mechanic instruction in December by signing up to help us rehab bikes for adopt-a-family-for-Christmas-gift-giving families.
We moved! (Well, we will be moving during the winter that is)
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Do-it-ourselves attitude
Do-it-yourself bike repair If you can break it, we probably have the tools to fix it. Our shop is available for your use:
- We have lots of specialty tools for bicycle repair.
- Consult our head mechanics for advice.
- Although we use our spare parts to refurbish the bicycles that are donated to us, we usually have a surplus of most parts for purchase.
- And please remember our fabulous deal: for every hour you help us with our bikes you get a free hour to work on your own!
- Dress appropriately, you will get dirty! We do have a few shop coats; however, when things get busy at the shop there may not be enough for everyone.
- We are happy to provide the tools - please leave yours at home to avoid confusion.
- We do suffer tool damage - if you are not sure how to use them please ask a volunteer mechanic!
- Please THINK SAFETY while you are working.
Alternative payment method
A unique offering at the bike co-op is that of short
term work agreements for any person seeking work. Our workers who cooperate with us in this way
are managed in such a way to provide great value for the co-op. Therefore we are able to pay out for workers
earnings in the form of bicycle sales and service.
Interested people are interviewed to place them in a worker category of either: mechanic or non-mechanic. Those who would like to accumulate mechanic work hours would need to take a bike mechanic’s training. Interested workers would schedule their hours in person during our regular hours or by phone by leaving a message and answering return phone calls or texts from the Open-Hours Manager. The intention for the mechanic workers is to assist with the repair jobs, serve clientele during our public hours, and serve the community at "bike grab" events. The intention for the non-mechanics is to contribute cleaning/upkeep services to our host church in appreciation for the space we occupy.
Interested people are interviewed to place them in a worker category of either: mechanic or non-mechanic. Those who would like to accumulate mechanic work hours would need to take a bike mechanic’s training. Interested workers would schedule their hours in person during our regular hours or by phone by leaving a message and answering return phone calls or texts from the Open-Hours Manager. The intention for the mechanic workers is to assist with the repair jobs, serve clientele during our public hours, and serve the community at "bike grab" events. The intention for the non-mechanics is to contribute cleaning/upkeep services to our host church in appreciation for the space we occupy.
