Just a reminder that we will not be at the Tool Library this weekend (8/31) offering free bike repair. It's Labor Day weekend...get out and ride your bikes!
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No workshop this month...but we'll be setup under the West Seattle Bridge with tools and workstations to help you with anything you need fixed on your bike!
If you're commuting across the bridge, you'll likely see us. Be sure to stop by!
More info here: https://diybikes.org/events/9/free-bike-repair-under-the-bridge/ Read more...
Even though it's Memorial Day Weekend, we'll be at the Tool Library this Sunday offering free bike repair starting at 1:00 PM. More details are on our calendar (click here).
Hope everyone has a good weekend and gets out for a bike ride! Read more...
Friday, May 16 is Bike to Work Day. West Seattle Bike Connections is hosting West Seattle's only full Commute Station. Alki Bike and Board and DIY Bikes will be there for bike repair, from 6 to 9 AM under the High Bridge, west of the Spokane Street low bridge where the Alki, East Marginal and West Read more...
We had another good turnout at our wheel truing workshop held on May 1st. And we were so enthralled with truing wheels that we forgot to take pics! We only got one at the end after we cleaned up.
Here's a list of the tools we used:
Park truing stands (TS-2 & TS-2.2)
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Happy Earth Day...one day late! For us, every day is Earth Day. Bikes are a sustainable form of transportation and will last a lifetime if properly maintained.
One of our goals is to help keep bikes out of landfills. If you're thinking about throwing away a bike, please contact us and consider Read more...
If you buy stuff on Amazon, they have a great program where they'll donate 0.5% of eligible purchases to the charity of your choice, if they participate in the Amazon Smile program. And guess what? Our parent organization, Sustainable West Seattle, is listed!
So how does it work?
Visit http://smile.amazon.com.
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Help us help more people! Do you like bikes? Do you like working on bikes? Want to help us? Awesome!
Our parent organization (Sustainable West Seattle) is having a volunteer orientation and appreciation event on Saturday, May 3rd 2014 at CrossFit West Seattle (4200 SW Admiral Way). Read more...
Our first workshop was held on Thursday, 4/3/2014, at the West Seattle Tool Library as part of the Fixers Collective. We offered an opportunity to learn how to overhaul a bike wheel hub. The best part? It was free!
Bicycle wheel hubs are the hardest working part of your bicycle. They support Read more...
Business cards are so cheap to have made, we got 500 of these from Vistaprint for $15 total. They make it really easy to load your design and place your order, but they do try hard to sell you a bunch of other stuff as you place the order.
Yes...we designed these ourselves! If you see someone Read more...