The Columbus Bike Co-op is sad to announce that we can no longer provide bicycle parking at the Downtown Farmer’s Market due to an ongoing volunteer shortage. Our final market will be on Saturday July 3rd. While we enjoy parking bikes at the market and feel that it's a valuable service, we have been relying on just a few individual staff members and volunteers to provide this service over the last few years and we're at risk of burnout. Our Board of Directors has decided that

The Columbus Bike Co-op will be closed on Sunday, July 4th and Monday, July 5th for the Independence Day holiday. Apologies for any inconvenience. We will reopen with our normal hours on Sunday, July 11th. #IndependenceDay #4thofJuly #ColumbusIN #ColumbusBikeCoop #BikeCoopCbus

The Columbus Bike Co-op will be closed on the following dates for the holidays: Sunday, November 29th Sunday, December 27th Sunday, January 3rd Apologies for any inconvenience. #ColumbusBikeCoop #ColumbusIN #ColumbusBicycleCoop #shopclosed

Beer, music & bikes: Join us for our Open House on Friday, March 27th from 6-8pm. Meet our staff & Board and see what's new at the Co-op.

Want to get your craft on? Come down to the Bike Co-op on Wednesday, March 4th from 6:30-8pm to make crafts and jewelry out of bike parts! We'll have all the materials you'll need and will have several examples of earrings, pendant necklaces and clocks that you can copy and make your own. This is a "make one, take one" event (for most items), or for a small donation you can just make some cool, upcycled stuff for yourself! #upcycle #jewelryworkshop #craftworkshop #ColumbusIN

THE CHIPOTLE FUNDRAISER SCHEDULED FOR MAY 4TH HAS BEEN POSTPONED. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW THE DATE ONCE IT IS RESCHEDULED. Join us at Chipotle for a fundraiser to support Columbus Bike Co-op. Just go in to the Chipotle at 2260 N National Rd in Columbus on Monday, May 4th from 4:00pm to 8:00pm. Bring in the attached flyer (below), show it on your smartphone or tell the cashier you’re supporting the cause to make sure that 33% of the proceeds will be donated to Columbus Bike Co-op

Thanks to our volunteers' many hours of hard work, we now have a great selection of bikes ready for sale. For that reason, the Thursday afternoon volunteers-only workshop has been put on hold until Spring - we'll keep you posted about the exact date. Don't worry, our Open Shop hours remain the same: Sundays from 2-5pm and Mondays from 4-7pm. If you're interested in volunteering at the Co-op, whether it's during Open Shop hours or at another time, please e-mail us at info@bike

We are hiring! Are you a people person who enjoys working with volunteers and is skilled in customer service? Are you interested in helping us build awareness of the Bike Co-op through social media, e-newsletters and tabling at events? Then you might be the right person for our Outreach & Volunteer Specialist position. This is a part-time position for 6-10 hours per week. The core hours are currently Mondays from 4-7pm and Sundays from 2-5pm and the rest will be determined by

Join us for Bike to Work Day on Friday, May 17th. A few Bike Co-op folks will be helping serve breakfast to riders at Irwin Conference Center Plaza (near 5th & Jackson) from 7:30-8:30am. Check out the poster and/or this blog post for all the details. We hope to see you there! #BikeMonth #BikeMonth #BiketoWorkDay #BiketoWorkDay #CRHHealthyCommunities #ColumbusIndiana #ColumbusIN #ColumbusBicycleCoop #ColumbusBikeCoop

The Columbus Bike Co-op is once again open on Mondays! Thanks to the great work of our new staff members - our Shop Manager Miguel Beal and Greeter & Volunteer Manager Jessica Murnane - as of October 2018 we are open two days a week. Come in and buy a new bike, earn a bike through volunteering, work on your own bike, buy bike parts and accessories or volunteer with us! Our new hours are as follows: Sunday 2-5pm Monday 5-8pm Latino Night - second Monday of each month 5:30-7:30

The Columbus Bike Co-op is now only open on Sundays from 2-5pm, effective immediately. Please note that we will be closed on September 2nd due to the Labor Day holiday. We apologize for any inconvenience, but we currently don't have the capacity to open more due to a shortage in volunteers and the lack of a volunteer coordinator. This change to our workshop hours is only temporary and we hope to be able to open on another weekday evening as soon as possible. If you are workin

There's nothing nicer than spending a Saturday morning at the Columbus Downtown Farmer's Market, enjoying the sunshine, food, music and chatting with friends. You can help make it easier to bike to the Farmer's Market by volunteering as a bicycle valet, while spending the morning at the market. The Columbus Bike Co-op coordinates volunteers for valet bicycle parking every Saturday at the Columbus Downtown Farmer's Market that takes place in the Cummins parking lot at 5th and

The Columbus Bike Co-op will be closed for Father’s Day on Sunday June 17th. Apologies for any inconvenience. We will reopen on Monday, June 18th. If you’d like to help us to be open more, please contact us to volunteer. We’re always in need of volunteers, with or without bike skills! #holidayclosure #FathersDay #closed #ColumbusIN #ColumbusBikeCoop #ColumbusBicycleCoop #June172018

The Columbus Bike Co-op is closed for Memorial Day weekend (May 27th & 28th) so that our volunteers and staff can spend time with their families. Apologies for any inconvenience. We will return to our regular shop hours on Sunday, June 3rd. #MemorialDay #holidayclosures #ColumbusIN #ColumbusIndiana #ColumbusBikeCoop #ColumbusBicycleCoop #Closed

The Columbus Bike Co-op will be closed for Easter on April 1st and 2nd to allow our staff and volunteers to spend time with their families. We’ll be back to business as usual on Sunday, April 8th. We look forward to seeing you then! #ColumbusBikeCoop #ColumbusBicycleCoop #ColumbusIndiana #ColumbusIN #shophours #holidayhours #Easterclosing

Swap, don't shop! Join us for a clothing swap fundraiser on March 3rd from 9am - 12pm. Bring your freshly laundered, gently used clothes that you no longer wear and swap them with others, or just come to shop! The cost is only $10 if you bring clothes, or $15 if you just want to shop. All proceeds go to Columbus Bike Co-op. #Swapdontshop Click here to see a pdf version of the flyer. #clothingswap #fundraiser #Swapdontshop #Swapdontshop #ColumbusIndiana #ColumbusBicycleCoop #C

Donating your bicycle to Columbus Bike Co-op just got easier. Sans Souci, located across the street at 1526 13th Street, will now accept bicycles for Columbus Bike Co-op. Drop off your bicycles during their donation hours, which are Monday to Friday from 10am - 5pm and Saturdays from 10am to 4pm. Be sure to specify that you're donating your bicycle to Columbus Bike Co-op! As always, you can donate directly to us during our shop hours, which are Sundays from 2-5pm and Mondays

La noche latina será el segundo lunes de cada mes de 5:30pm a 7:00pm. Las siguientes son las fechas restantes para la noche latina en 2018: 2/12, 3/12, 4/9, 5/14, 6/11, 7/9, 8/13, 9/10, 10/8, 11/12, 12/10 Invitamos a los clientes y voluntarios que hablan español para que vengan visitarnos para Noche Latina. El Bike Co-op existe para proporcionar un espacio para todos los miembros de la comunidad para aprender como arreglar las bicicletas. Clases, herramientos, partes, bi

One of the highlights of 2017 for the Columbus Bike Co-op was North Senior Charlie Allen’s senior project bike ride. The North High School student, with the help of his mentor Malachi Henry, organized and executed a bike ride to raise money for our organization in October 2017. On a chilly October day, over 20 riders departed from Henry Chiropractic, while others opted to bring in donations of money, bikes, parts and accessories. The bike ride brought in $320 of donations plu

The Columbus Bike Co-op will be closed over Christmas and New Year's Eve weekends so that our volunteers and staff can spend time with their families. Therefore the Bike Co-op will be CLOSED on December 24th and 25th as well as on December 31st and January 1st. We will resume our usual hours on Sunday, January 7th. Apologies for any inconvenience. Happy holidays! #holidayclosures #ColumbusBicycleCoop #ColumbusBikeCoop #ColumbusIN #bikerepair #bikesales #bikemaintenance