Davis Bike Collective

Location

1221 1/2 4th Street, Davis, CA Intersection of 4th and L Street,

northwest corner, courtyard facing south.

Please see the Map or "Google Street View".

Hours

Mondays 1-5 PM

Wednesdays 4-8 PM

Thursdays 4-8 PM

Saturdays 12-6 PM

Events and Workshops

Mondays 5:30-7 PM Acolyte Training Workshops

Mondays 7-8:30 PM Open Bike Night (Fun bike-related events!)

Tuesdays 5-7 PM Women Trans Femme Workshop

Meetings

1st and 3rd Wednesday 8-10 PM

(email the ministry to confirm)

Email

<bikeministry AT gmail DOT com>

Website and Video Links

http://www.davisbikecollective.org

Facebook

Video interview w/ Davis Bike Collective

Established

April 16th, 2009

The Davis Bicycle Collective is a volunteer-run nonprofit community bicycle organization. They operate a public D.I.Y. shop called Bike Forth (Bici Colletivo o Bici Cuarto) where folks share tools, skills, and knowledge about bike maintenance and repair. The also support many community bicycle related programs such as repair workshops, bike share and lending, etc. They accept donations of used bicycles and parts from the community and, in turn, make used parts available for anyone else to build or repair a bicycle. They ask all patrons to contribute financially to the cooperative shop, but they don't turn anyone away for lack of funds. Their aim is to empower confident and committed cyclists through education and community building, and to encourage more cyclists by making bikes and bike maintenance, fun, safe and accessible for everyone.

Between 2004 and 2009 we operated as the Davis Bike Church from the Domes on the UC Davis campus where we taught thousands of Davisites the way of the spoken wheel and pedal wrench in a quest for for community liberation, love, peace, and sustainability through appropriate technology and self-empowered transportation (ie bicycles). We are now organized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit thanks to the fiscal sponsorship of the Solar Community Housing Association and venture onward with our mission at Bike Forth (Bici Cuarto).

Hablamos español: Fernando, Suami Salami, Sarah y Sister Cat

The Bike Collective needs your help! As we get on our feet in our new location we need financial support, and we need volunteers.

We expect that once settled in to normal operations Bike Forth will be financially self-supportive, but as we start-up we are seeking seed funding from the community. We've already received many generous donations from individuals who share our vision for a cooperative community bike shop, if you share our dream too, please contribute. You can visit the shop during open hours, or contact our fundraising coordinator Jonathan - jmwoolley@gmail.com

More importantly, we need your time, muscles, and genius. If you can help out as a volunteer, join our Bike Forth Volunteers email list. You will receive email updates about how to lend a hand as part of the Collective. If you show up during open hours just ask a minister how you can help - there is quite a list of things to do! If there's a specific ability you can contribute contact our volunteer coordinator Sarah - smcc@gmail.com

We are also offering four internships through the U.C. Davis Internship and Career Center for Winter 2010. Please visit http://iccweb.ucdavis.edu/students/internships/Internships.htm (or talk to Sarah) for more details.

Matt Sattva

Sarah Cardinal Janaki Friar Robbie

Goði Woolley

Deacon Ty Athiest Pxl Sister Cat

Count Darach

Suami Salami Saint Efrem Obi-Jan-Kenobi Congle-Roshi

Max Stevenson

Acolytes

Darin Wick

Clinton Gibson Tim lane

Volunteers

God Bless Tom Ritchey

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2009-04-21 00:28:52   Are there more details about what the community can do to help with the move, and specifically what address the new space is. Riding by it was completely unclear. What about fund raising goals or monthly budget? As someone who isn't in the inner circle, has hours but not dollars, it's not clear how I can help. —AlexMandel

2009-04-21 16:50:37   Meetings every Friday at 6pm, as per Bike Church page. For the first time, we're going to hold our meeting this week in the new space. —Darach

2009-04-24 11:50:11   Is the "grand opening" going to be a grand opening or is it just going to be like the first day of operation? Also, it's really unclear where this actually is. Can you guys put up a graphic explaining or something? —jsogul

• Have you tried clicking the map icon? There's one on most wiki pages.
  

• My bad... I thought there wasn't a map icon but I was just looking in the wrong place. —jsogul
  

• I am often able to use google maps and street view, but the above link isn't working for me. If you are at the intersection of 4th and L, you want to look on the north side of the street: between Bikram Yoga Davis and Abbey Road Press there is a courtyard, and the Bike Collective should be visible in the northwest (back) corner. —DougWalter
  

2009-04-26 00:59:55  

Biked by the old church site today and got confused. may i suggest you put up a big and legible sign outside the church to inform people of this move?

also where are the meetings held? —RaymondZhang

2009-04-26 09:40:40   "2009-04-21 16:50:37 Meetings every Friday at 6pm, as per Bike Church page. For the first time, we're going to hold our meeting this week in the new space. —Darach"

We'll get some sinage up when we have the resources to do so.

—Darach

2009-04-26 13:11:14   Does the DBC have a preference about the type of bikes/parts donated? I'll be skipping town soon and need to unload a bunch of stuff, but some of the frames and parts are from department store junkers. —TheAmazingLarry

2009-04-27 08:48:32   We are working on signs and will get those out soon at the new and old location. As for parts, we welcome all and any, but prefer not to get department store bikes (Magna, Huffy, Next, Roadmaster...). We're working on creating an alternate use for these sorts of bikes, but are still working out the details.
To learn more about volunteering, sign up for our volunteer google group by searching "Bike Forth Volunteer" on google groups. We'll be sending emails out about how to help out and get involved. —smcc

2009-04-27 14:01:12   I'd like to volunteer, but I can't seem to figure out how to find the "Bike Forth Volunteer" on the google group search.. Any help/suggestions?

—LinaPlanuty

2009-04-27 18:46:39   There seem to be two google groups, http://groups.google.com/group/bike-forth-volunteers and http://groups.google.com/group/bikeministry , what are they each for? Can an administrator of them explain on this page? Thanks. —NickSchmalenberger

• I assume that "Bike Forth Volunteers" is the group for people who want to volunteer and help out at Bike Forth. The "Bike Ministry" group, I once again assume, is for the current ministers of the Davis Bike Collective (whom you can see on the Bike Church page). —Oleg.Lokhvitsky
  

2009-04-28 15:55:41   Go to this link and you should be able to sign up for the google group for volunteers: http://groups.google.com/group/bike-forth-volunteers. This will get you signed up for the volunteer group. The Bike Ministry group is for active ministers. —smcc

2009-05-15 19:53:29   Spanish language site on bicycle maintenance: http://www.unionbike.net/mantenimientobici.htm —Angel.York

2009-05-23 00:21:29   Whoo hoo! Go Bike Forth! Pasture Ted, minister emeritus —TedBuehler

2009-06-20 00:28:39   who put up that terrible photo of me? i'm changing it. —SisterCat

2009-06-30 02:55:04   These folks are signifigantly awesome. If you don't mind getting a little grease on your fingers, you can fix your bike very nicely and cheaply, plus you'll know how to do it next time! Teach a man to fish, and all... The location is a bit hard to find: it's across the street from the Quaker church, at the back of that little parking lot. —Flynn

2009-07-13 22:39:01   Does the Bike Collective want 5 years of Bicycling Magazine for free, delivered by bike? 2004-2008 +/-. (Asked on facebook already, trying here too.) Lemme know... —EdHenn

2009-09-23 23:24:44   Matt and Friar Robby sure do rule! —StevenDaubert

2009-09-25 23:44:06   The venerable Davis Bike Collective has saved my butt several times. You walk in with a sick bike, you ride out laughing skipping. Both riding and skipping. They're that good. They give you more than repairs, they give you new skills. I have taught my friends what I learned there, and they were seriously grateful. —Devonian