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Bike Again!
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| Website | https://ecologyaction.ca/our-work/transportation/bike-again |
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| bikeagainvolunteer@ecologyaction.ca | |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Location | Halifax, Canada |
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| Mission Statement | Bike Again aims to get more people on bikes, empower them to repair their bikes, provide a place for people to bring bikes they no longer use, and to create community centred around a shared love of the humble bicycle. |
Bike Again! is a volunteer-run, do-it-yourself bike shop. The Ecology Action Centre provides the space, tools, and some know-how, you do the work. Bike Again aims to get more people on bikes, empower them to repair their bikes, provide a place for people to bring bikes they no longer use, and to create community centred around a shared love of the humble bicycle.
Contact Info
Phone: +19024292202
Email: bikeagainvolunteer@ecologyaction.ca
History
Bike Again was started by Susanna Fuller and others in 2000, as a women only bike repair shop. I heard it was in the Brunswick Street Church. I've seen old photos of 18ish year old Susanna and Sonya working on bikes in a cramped, dark space. At some point, they moved to Bloomfield Centre, and were given a space in the storage room of the boiler room (super sketchy) for $0 a month. It was about 20x40', with 2 fluorescent lights and one window 8' off the ground. It smelled of furnace oil, and had no other door than into the boiler room. The fire chief or someone similar came in one day and proclaimed that you're not allowed to work in a room with no fire exit, and halted operations (spring or summer of 2006).
In the meantime, Susanna tried to secure the space recently left open by the eviction of a MMA (mixed martial arts) group in the Bloomfield Centre, while other BAers tried to get out stuff out. A schism between Bike Againers and Bike Againsters (self named, and I’m not making this up) formed, and the Bike Against crowd decided to take the stands and tools and some bikes and start a new shop (by the time I was on the scene, this second group had dissolved). The minutes from this meeting are still in BA somewhere in a leather bound book, I seem to remember the vote going in favour of trying to work things out with the city, but there was a lot of distrust of the city at this point. The city had evicted all the tenants of Bloomfield before, I'm not sure if it happened while BA was already locked out for the fire code reason. BA was one of the 8 groups, of the original 56, to move back into the Bloomfield Centre, or in our case, move our stuff from one room to another.Susanna was successful, and in Jan/Feb of 2007 a few remaining BA folk moved the shop from the boiler room storage room to the former dojo, >1000sqft (sweet!). In 2014 we moved to 6050 Almon Street next to the tool library. In 2018 we moved to our current location, 5664 Charles Street.
Services Offered
Open hours are currently (2024):
Wednesday 6-9pm
Thursday (volunteer bike build night) 6-9pm
Two Sundays per month (femme, trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming folks only) 1-5pm
Come by to fix your bike/ find a bike/ learn/ volunteer
We always need: rags, locks with keys, lights, WD40, $ donations, bikes, fun, respect, bike parts, tools, and helmets.
Location:
5664 Charles Street
See Also
- 2000 Founded Community Bicycle Organizations
- Canadian Community Bicycle Organizations
- English Speaking Community Bicycle Organizations
- DIY Repair Service Community Bicycle Organizations
- Mobile Repair Service Community Bicycle Organizations
- Earn-A-Bike Service Community Bicycle Organizations
- Workshop Community Bicycle Organizations
- Community Bicycle Organizations
- Nova Scotia Community Bicycle Organizations