Bike Works Seattle

What do you say when the free bin is bigger than ever? You say the free bin is bigger than ever and you invite people over to get free stuff. We’ll be selling as-is bikes and parts too, there’s plenty of those things. Among the free things: jerseys, jackets, and so on. Did you know there was environmentally friendly oil? Saturday September 26th from 1-4PM at the warehouse (not the shop). See you there!

It was so fun hanging out with folks from Patagonia Seattle last week. They came in for a Dirty Bike Party and helped streamline the workflow for our mechanics by cleaning up donated bicycles. All together they cleaned up 10 bicycles, saving our staff almost a week’s worth of labor.

This strange rig came through today and got everyone scratching their heads. A road bike with a suspension fork! A protogravel-getter? Shop Director Kellen says, “I have never seen this bike before. It seems like a precursor to the modern gravel bike. A really strange anachronistic bicycle. REI was onto something here. I want to see somebody rebuild this as their gravel racer.” The next warehouse sale is September 26th, and until then this bike will be waiting patiently for whatever happens next.

R&R staff are on a much needed staff camping trip, and the devo team is handing incoming donations. Check out this ride! Raphael Geminiani was a French racer whose family fled fascist violence in Italy when he was a child. This is a heavy bike, but it has some lovely details, like the cottered Nervar cranks and the Huret derailers. This isn’t a high end bike, but it’s beautiful and has plenty of stories to tell.

We are closed Labor Day weekend. If you have a material donation, please refer to this list of partners. We will not be on site to receive donations at the warehouse or bike shop.

The bike shop is closed due to a power outage. We will reopen tomorrow, same time & place. 📸 - Summer R Hanson

The warehouse sale is ON! We apologize for the earlier message- we have decided to put everything outside while the warehouse airs out. Please come by!

This is news we don’t want to share. The heavy rains flooded the warehouse. We have to cancel the sale to devote resources to remediation. If you would like to volunteer, please stop by. If you want to shop, we are sorry, we have to cancel. It is not safe to let the water stand in our workspaces.

Super cool to meet up with Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda at High Point this afternoon. The BikeMobile was onsite providing free and sliding-scale repair services to kids and adults, ensuring the bikes they ride are safe and mechanically sound. Each year the Community Resources team at Bike Works repairs hundreds of bicycles and gives away hundred of bicycles, ensuring neighborhoods without bike shops are supported.