Bike Coops and Bike shops have helped me tremendously throughout my journey. These images are of the Mt Rainier Bike Coop, a coop I helped form. Other coops I have visited include the Sopo Bikes, Atlanta, and Plan B, New Orleans. Links to other bike coops can be found at BikeBike.org. Bike Coops allow you to come in, work on your bike using the tools available, ask for help from volunteers, and buy cheap used, and sometimes new, parts. Coops need volunteers to run them, and sometimes volunteering is the requirement for participation, as is the case with the Mount Rainier Bike Coop. They are a great way to learn how to fix your bike, interact with other bikers from your community, and help others with their bikes, or just help the project operate.
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