Want to work on your bike yourself? We have a DIY (Do It Yourself) stand available for $10/hr. Schedule a time here! Keep in mind that although we have mechanics ready to answer questions, they won't be doing any of the fixes. They can point you in the direction of an instructional YouTube video or page in the Bicycle Repair manual!
With the help of our wonderful volunteers, the Provo and Ogden collectives are pleased to announce their first overnight bike trip of the season. It will take place Friday and Saturday March 24-25th. More details can be found at the Facebook event page.
From the page:
"Planned costs for this trip will be $5 per person, this covers the causeway toll and camping. We will be leaving from the causeway parking lot at 4 pm.
There will be touring classes given at the Ogden Bicycle collective and the Provo Bicycle collective earlier that week. As with any great bicycle tour we will play things by ear. There is likely to be some fun rides around the island. If you can't make the initial 4pm ride please contact someone at the collective. We will be having a later ride to accommodate you.
This is family friendly. The causeway is about 7 miles long. We will also have a sag wagon available for any assistance for riders. Please do not let lack of gear be the reason you don't give it a try. Please contact one of the hosts or attend the touring classes if you are curious about gear, someone will have something to loan if it is needed.
If touring is something you are interested in then feel free to join this group. https://www.facebook.com/
The North American Handmade Bike Show is coming to Salt Lake City this weekend!
One thing is for sure, this show will be bike nerd heaven. Companies as large as Shimano and as small as Saltair Cycles will be here showcasing their stuff. Come see the awesome bicycles and components your fellow Americans (and possibly Canadians) are making!
Free event tickets will be given to those who volunteer with us at the Bicycle Valet.
Join us for a fun alleycat/klunker ride Friday at 6pm at the show site.
OBC partners with community organizations to give bikes to kids in the community. OBC does Kid’s Bike Giveaways throughout the year with a large giveaway around the holidays at the end of the year. With the help of volunteers we work to refurbish kid’s bikes that have been donated to us and try to match kids with their dream bikes.
Basic Bike Mechanic 101 Classes are currently offered every Thursday night at 5:00 pm on Facebook Live. Everyone is welcome and the classes are free. Each week we focus on a different component of the bike, so the classes can be taken stand-alone or in series.
Watch the classes on Facebook Live to be able to ask our mechanics questions, or watch the videos any time on our Facebook page!
Our Jr. Bike Mechanic Apprenticeship Program (Jr. Bike MAP) with the Juvenile Justice centers are an adaptation of our in-shop classes. We’ve taken the course and made it more in-depth and mobile to provide it to youth in the Juvenile Detention Centers in local Juvenile Justice Centers. The course is turned into a 12-week course, with two, two hour long classes per week. Students completely refurbish bikes that have been donated to OBC and learn the skills they would need to gain employment in the bike industry once they are released. Classes are offered in a fall and spring and students who pass midterm and final exams receive a certification from the Ogden Bicycle Collective.
Provo Bicycle Collective helps nearly a dozen scouts each year complete their Eagle Projects. The most common project is hosting a bike drive, through which the scout and his volunteers canvas the neighborhood and surrounding communities, notifying the residents of the bike drive and leaving flyers at doors. The scout and volunteers then pick up unwanted bikes (a large trailer is helpful), and drop them off at our Community Bike Shop. These bikes will be refurbished and given away to homeless, refugees, and low-income individuals, sold to fund our programs, or stripped and recycled. The average project yields between 30 and 100 bicycles.
We often have other needs to fulfill besides the bike drive project. Please direct all questions to .
Some Eagle Project approval commitees want the scouts to do a little more. Here are some extra things that would help us fulfill our mission:
- - Wash the bikes before bringing them to us. This could take about 2 hours with lots of helpers.
- - Host a presentation in your neighborhood on how to bike safely and why we should bike more and drive less (we have presentation materials you can use)
We discourage scouts from trying to repair the bikes or bringing in large groups of volunteers since we already have a large number of volunteers and basic bike mechanic training takes a considerable amount of time.
Are you interested in learning how to repair your own bicycle? Are you wanting to become a better volunteer?
This course will teach you the basics of bicycle maintenance and repair. Topic will include:
-Tire & Tubes
-Wheel Service
-Brakes and Shifting
-Bearing Systems
The course will run every Tuesday evening at 6:30pm. There is a small fee to attend. Reserve your spot here.
Attendants of this course will receive 10% off tool purchases.
*This course is for 16 years and up.
The Provo Bicycle Collective was established in 2011 and is Bicycle Collective's fastest-growing location. It operates just south of BYU campus in the Joaquin neighborhood of Provo. In 2020, 388 bikes found a new home through us!
As with all other Bicycle Collective locations, Provo Bicycle Collective provides bikes and bike repair to the public at low or no cost.
Here are some of Provo Bicycle Collective's most popular programs:
- Open Shop (DIY Bike Repair)
- Refurbished Bikes for Sale
- Volunteering
- Goodwill Bikes (Free Bikes for People in Need)
Swing by the shop at 397 E 200 N today to see what Provo Bicycle Collective has to offer!
The Ogden Bicycle Collective is the largest satellite location of the Collective and has come to define itself as the proving grounds for innovative business restructuring and new programming. Founded in 2009, the OBC was operated by a core group of dedicated volunteers in downtown Ogden until 2015 when the Collective was able to purchase a building and hire a full-time director. This set the stage for explosive growth which we’ve been rushing to keep up with ever since!
The OBC now operates on a full schedule of regular retail hours with a full staff and growing core of volunteers and partners. In addition to providing the same quality of service as the SLCBC in refurbished bike sales, free bikes for those in need and earn-a-bike options, the OBC partners with multiple juvenile correction facilities to provide in-house job and skill training for residents!
Swing by the shop at 936 28th Street sometime to learn more about what the OBC has to offer to you and how you can get involved with helping us do our part to make Ogden the outdoor capital of Utah!
