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The Bike Shop runs innovative youth programs and promotes bicycles as an affordable means of transportation in the Third Ward by offering do-it-yourself bike repair facilities, after school and summer activities for kids, and bike related events. Our youth and adult programs focus on hands-on self-directed education as a path to self-empowerment.

During Open Shop participants of all ages fix their own bikes with help from trained volunteer mechanics. During Open Shop people can also buy or earn used parts for their bikes. This program significantly lessens the cost of maintaining a bike by eliminating service fees and by providing inexpensive used parts.

During Earn-A-Bike participants can get a bike through a work exchange that benefits themselves, the Bike Center, and the community. To earn a bike, participants must salvage working parts from an unusable bike and wheel, learn to patch a tube, and then fix a bike that is donated to a local charity. They then choose a bike to repair for themselves. Adults who can afford it are asked to make a $35 contribution to the Bike Shop to participate in Earn-a-Bike. Youth under 7 must have an older friend or adult help them with Earn-a-Bike.

Bike rides are held during school breaks and the summer and are open to students of all ages. In the past rides have gone to parks for cookouts and games, local museums, college campuses, pools, ice cream shops downtown and more.

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Bike Shop Docs

Volunteer Pamphlet

Earn-a-Bike Contract

Bike Shop Information Form

Bike Shop Flyer

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Bike Shop closed this Saturday, July 4th

July 2, 2009

Happy Birthday, USA! Have a great holiday!

 

Sign up to ride the Tour de Hood - Houston and support WH!

April 13, 2009

The first annual Tour de Hood - Houston bike ride is coming up on May 24th. The 26 mile adventure winds through all six wards inside the loop and we hope everyone will sign up to ride! It will be super fun and  proceeds benefit our friends at Tour de Hood as well as Workshop Houston! To sign up (its only $20!) or get more info visit www.tourdehood.org.

We are looking for volunteers to help with the ride and to sign up friends too — if you are interested call Workshop Houston and ask for Katy.

 

Bike Shop Closed this Saturday for Awesome Anniversary Event.

March 24, 2009

This Saturday, March 28th, the Bike Shop will be closed for our Five Year Anniversary Open House.  See below for details –  we hope you can come!

 

Don Moser Video

February 19, 2009

This is a video that Don Moser (Zach’s dad) made of our last day at the Bike Shop’s first location.  You can check out the old shop and the hope in our young eyes.

 

Too Many Bikes!

January 12, 2009

Thank you to everyone who has been donating bikes to the Bike Shop! We appreciate your generosity and support, but we have no more room for bikes at the moment. If you have a bike to donate, please hang on to it if you can and hopefully we will have more room soon - check the website for updates! Also, if anyone has any storage or warehouse space to donate, we would be very grateful!

 

WINTER BREAK

December 20, 2008

Workshop Houston will be closed from Monday, December 22nd through Friday, January 2nd. Happy New Years and see you in 2009!

 

Workshop Houston/Third Ward Bikes Thanksgiving holiday

November 22, 2008

Workshop Houston and Third Ward Bikes will be closed from Wednesday, November 25th to Sunday November 30th for Thanksgiving. Have a happy holiday!

 

Bike Shop Closed this Saturday

November 10, 2008

The Bike Shop will be closed this coming Saturday, November 15th.  Sorry for any inconvenience.

 

Bike Shop Now Accepting Skateboard Donations!

November 3, 2008

Riding a recent wave of skating enthusiasm around the shop, the Bike Shop is now accepting donations of skateboards and skateboard parts.  Please bring any donations by the Shop during regular shop hours.

On a related note, here are a few pictures from our most recent trip to the skatepark!

 

Bike Shop Volunteer Information

October 15, 2008

We wrote a new informational pamphlet to tell people a little more about volunteering for the Bike Shop.  You can read it here if you’re interested.