Bike Kitchen

Bicycle Kitchen or Bike Kitchen is a new term that refers to a number of independent non-profit and often cooperative organizations that offer space, tools and knowledge to people to fix or build bikes. Other terms that are used are simply community bike-workshops.

Locations

Starting as an American West-coast urban phenomenon, bicycle kitchens have spread as far as Bozeman, Montana, Nashville, Tennessee, and even Hobart, Tasmania. The city of Los Angeles has three bicycle kitchen organizations, the original Bicycle Kitchen in Koreatown, the Bike Oven in Cypress Park, and the Bikerowave in Mar Vista. Other prominent bicycle kitchens are in San Francisco and Sacramento.

Mission

Bicycle kitchens typically provide low- or no-cost instruction in bicycle mechanics and offer educational workshops to fill community needs and to promote cycling in the greater public.

External links

North America

• Waterside Workshops, Berkeley, California
• The Bicycle Kitchen, Los Angeles, California
• The Bike Oven, Los Angeles, California
• The Bikerowave, Mar Vista, California
• Sacramento Bike Kitchen, Sacramento, California
• San Francisco Bike Kitchen, San Francisco, California
• Bozeman Bike Kitchen, Bozeman, Montana
• Bike Root, Calgary, Canada
• Mile End Bike Garage, Montréal, Canada

Europe

• Bike Kitchen, Wien (Vienna), Austria
• Le Vieux Biclou, Montpellier, France
• Bike Kitch North East, Berlin, Germany
• RADikate, Marburg, Germany
• Ciclofficine, Roma, Italy
• Fietsenwerkplaats Smerig, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Doe-het-zelf Werkplaats, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Crank, Brighton, UK
• Bristol Bike Project, Bristol, UK
• Govan Community Bike Workshop, Glasgow, UK
• 56a Bikeroom, London, UK
• The London Bike Kitchen, London, UK
• Sheffield Cycle Boost, Sheffield, UK
• Cycloperativa, Brussels, Belgium.

Australia

• Adelaide Bike Kitchen, Adelaide
• Strong Bearings Bike Shed @ Turnstyle, Brisbane
• Hobart Bike Kitchen, Hobart
• The Bike Shed @ CERES, Melbourne
• Cycle Re-Cycle Club, Sydney
• UNSW Bike Club Workshop Sydney

New Zealand

• R.A.D Bikes, Christchurch (central)
• ICEcycles, Christchurch
• Tumeke Cycle Space, Auckland
• The Crooked Spoke, Dunedin
• Mechanical Tempest, Wellington
• Whare Bike, Whangarei
• RNZ, Radio New Zealand programme on community bike workshops in NZ

On-Line Tutorials

• Bicycle Tutor

Further Reading

• http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/columns/bike-kitchens-building-community-bikes
• http://americancity.org/magazine/article/the-rise-of-the-bike-kitchen-crane/
• Boneshaker Magazine