Bike Works

Hello world. Bike Works is currently looking for someone to fill an AmeriCorps position for the coming year (9/11-7/12). If you are interested please follow the link below and apply! Whether you ...

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2011/06/bike-works-has-open-americorps-position.html

Just received a box in the mail. . . more about it soon. . .

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2011/03/something-polo-this-way-comes.html

Our annual Warehouse Sale is set for Sunday, January 30, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Join us at our shop, and around the corner at our warehouse, and check out the myriad "as is" bikes we'll have on...

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2011/01/annual-bike-works-warehouse-sale.html

Bikes like this 1993 Bridgestone RB-1 don't come along often. This bike was donated to Bike Works and has since been carefully refurbished to original yellow splendor. It's for for sale in the ...

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2010/11/now-in-shop-57cm-bridgestone-rb-1.html

There's no mention of a Bridgestone Eurasia on Sheldon Brown's website, and nothing about it in any of the old Bridgestone catalogs I've seen. Regardless, the Bike Works community bike shop has ...

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2010/10/whats-bridgestone-eurasia.html

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http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2010/10/test-riding-bike-works-shop-built-27.html

This shop projest hit the Seattle streets today, a 1980 Ross Super Gran Tour with original Shimano 600 EX, and with some new stuff as well. The frame was made in Allentown, PA, and it seems awfu...

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2010/09/ross-super-gran-tour.html

Davey Oil, workin' it. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2010/05/bike-to-work-and-school-day.html

We're swimming in a sea of custom Bike Works cycling caps. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2010/05/weve-got-cycling-caps.html

Today I met up with Bike Works co-worker and old friend Muuqi to go for a bike ride. For me, it was a chance to test out the new gearing on my Schwinn Le Tour single speed road bike. For Muuqi, ...

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2010/05/to-infinity-and-beyond-or-to-vashon-at.html

We just finished this custom build of a Bianchi Eros frame with Campy 10 speed shifting. The result? One happy customer. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2010/04/custom-build-bliss.html

The warehouse sale was one heck of a success! Thanks to awesome volunteers, great work by staff and a whole bunch of customers, we raised over $4,400 for Bike Works. A ton of people who had never...

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2010/01/warehouse-sale-follow-up-and-other.html

BIKES STOLEN FROM BIKE WORKS YARD – WE NEED YOUR HELP We are sad to report that over the last few weeks donated bikes have been stolen from the yard behind Bike Works. The stolen bicycles were...

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2010/01/burglaries-at-bike-works.html

The Evening Magazine folks are doing their annual Best of Western Washington Poll and they have a Bike Shop category. As of 9/22/09 Bike Works is ranked number 4, which is amazing since we are ti...

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2009/09/cast-your-vote-for-best-bike-shop.html

Morgan stopped by the shop today with a broken shift cable. She was hauling a bit of stuff, so rather than bring her rig into the shop, I wound up replacing the cable out where she'd parked. ...

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2009/08/morgan-hauls.html

The nicest people stop by Bike Works. Natashka Kasselis and her pal Tim stopped by on their way from Bellingham to San Francisco. But Natashka is just getting warmed up. She's cycling from Pari...

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2009/07/two-wheels-to-tibet.html

The email from my friend Mark was titled "Kim needs a special bike". Mark described his neighbor, Kim, who had an older Peugeot that needed some work. Mark went on to write: Here's the rub, Kim ...

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2009/02/kims-special-bike.html

Many modern racing bikes suffer from what we call "California Bike Syndrome", they were designed with the thought they would only be ridden on sunny days and have no clearances or provisions for ...

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2009/01/fender-options-for-racing-bikes.html

The other day a customer came into the shop saying his front brake kept rubbing on his front rim and he couldn't figure out why. Upon examination, we saw his rim was dangerously worn, worn to t...

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2009/01/bike-rims-wear-out.html

A major focus at Bike Works is teaching kids bike repair but our pool of used parts also serves the bike shop and our customers. We're able to keep old bikes going by maintaining a large stock of...

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2008/12/weve-got-bins-of-used-bike-parts.html

The stock at Bike Works changes pretty much every day but these pictures show some of the bikes we have for sale at this moment (Sunday December 28th, 2008). Most of our refurbished bikes sell fo...

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2008/12/some-bike-works-bikes-for-sale.html

Schwalbe makes a bike tire called the Speed Cruiser . The name first struck me as being somewhat oxymoronic, like jumbo shrimp, but the more I listened to customers at Bike Works, folks lookin...

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2008/12/we-sell-and-ride-speed-cruisers.html

Haulin' Colin made Bike Works even cooler on Tuesday by delivering our new cargo trailer. Of course Colin delivered it using one of his trailers. What you see in the picture here is the trailer...

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-trailer-is-here.html

If you're looking for stocking stuffers for the cyclists on your list, Bike Works has a couple of inexpensive suggestions. The Honka Hoota is a lightweight, LOUD horn that's shaped like a bike b...

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2008/12/5-and-10-gifts-for-cyclist.html

This is the blog of the Bike Works Bike Shop. Bike Works is a 501c3 non-profit business that has been working for kids, bikes, and community in the Columbia City neighborhood of Seattle since 199...

http://bike-works.blogspot.com/2008/12/welcome-to-bike-works.html