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What do you do with the bike that your 10-year-old has outgrown?\u00a0 Or perhaps you’ve just upgraded to a fancier road bike and you’d like to find a good home for your trusty old steed.<\/p>\n

Maybe you’re a student on a tight budget and you’d like to do some simple repairs on your bike, but you live in a dorm and don’t have the right tools.\u00a0 Maybe you live in your own home and regularly host out-of-town guests and it might be nice to have an inexpensive bike in the garage to lend to them.<\/p>\n

It’s time to check out a community bike shop.<\/p>\n

Community bike shops are nonprofit groups, often run by volunteers, that refurbish and recycle bikes at low-cost or free to the community.\u00a0 They’re appearing all across Washington State and there may be one or more in your town.<\/p>\n

Bike Works<\/b><\/a>, in Seattle, operates a full service bike shop.\u00a0 They sell refurbished bikes, offer maintenance and repair services, and sell accessories and parts.\u00a0 They also offer an earn-a-bike program for kids.<\/p>\n

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Live in Everett?\u00a0 Check out Sharing Wheels<\/b><\/a>. Besides refurbishing and reselling bikes at low-cost, Sharing Wheels has earn-a-bike opportunities for troubled teens and low-income adults.\u00a0 They also have a co-op program where members have access to shop space and tools for do-it-yourself bike repair.<\/p>\n

Pedals2People<\/b><\/a> is a do-it-yourself community bike shop in Spokane. They provide low-cost access to shop space and tools and they offer a variety of bike repair and maintenance classes, including a Ladies Mechanics Class. Like the other community bike shops, P2P also sells used bikes.<\/p>\n

These three programs are a sampling of community bike organizations in our state.\u00a0 The Bike Collective Network<\/b><\/a> has a listing of community bike shops in Washington State<\/b><\/a>.\u00a0 Do you know of a community bike shop that’s not on the list?\u00a0 Tell us about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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