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 Shop, 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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January 9, 2010
The Bike Shop will be closed today, January 9th, because it has no heat and it is too cold for that! Sorry for any inconvenience.
December 15, 2009
Workshop Houston’s holiday Break runs from Sunday, December 20th through Sunday, January 3rd. We will reopen with regular our regular schedule Monday, January 4th, 2010! Happy New Year and see you in the next decade!
October 27, 2009
Join Cyclone Cycles, Blue Line Bike Lab, I Cycle and the METRO Cycling Club for a fun Lucha Libre-themed bike ride on New Year’s Day! Proceeds benefit Workshop Houston! Check out the brochure for more information or call Cyclone at 713 668 2104. Or you can register online!
July 30, 2009
Directly following the End of Summer Barbeque on August 1st, all Workshop Houston programs will be closed until Monday, August 31st. Sorry for any inconvenience and see you in September!
Join us this Saturday, August 1st, to celebrate another great year of summer programs at Workshop Houston! Come by between 2pm-4pm for food, music, fun and the world premiere of the Summer Leadership Institute’s Workshop Houston Movie!
July 9, 2009
Sadly we are losing Matthew to the wonders of Scotland and need a new Bike Shop Assistant Coordinator. You or any interested and qualified parties you may know can apply here.
July 2, 2009
Happy Birthday, USA! Have a great holiday!
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.
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!
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!
