Bikes Together Is a nonprofit bike shop and community hub for equitable bike access and education. We are a space to ask questions, a resource to get or maintain a bike - no matter what your budget - and a place to build skills, knowledge, and community centered around bicycles.
BIKE SHOP +
LEARNING COMMUNITY +
SOCIAL CHANGE
WHO WE ARE
OUR VISION
We envision a world where bike access and education is equitable
and where Denverites are connected, curious, joyful, safe on bicycles,
and have agency over their own transportation.
WHAT WE DO
BIKES TOGETHER'S COMMITMENT: Every person in Denver who needs or wants a bike, gets a safe, reliable one, knows how to repair it, and has a community where they belong. We do this through up-cycling, repurposing and recycling bikes, within a social enterprise model by providing:
CRITICAL TRANSPORTATION. Affordable transportation, safe bikes and maintenance skills for all who need them to meet basic needs
ACCESS + COMMUNITY. Welcoming community, with a daily practice to upend the exclusionary mindsets steeped in all aspects of the dominant bike culture
ENVIRONMENT + HEALTH. We build a healthier city and healthier community members, while diverting tons from landfill every month
SUSTAINABLE FUNDING MODEL. We are a lean social enterprise with a remarkable social return on your charitable dollar investment.
OUR DNA
SAFETY. Both on the roads and in our shops, we want people to be
comfortable riding their bikes and accessing our programs.
PERSONAL WELLNESS. Bicycling improves the body and the mind.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. Bicycles emit infinitely less CO2 than cars both in production and use.
CREATING COMMUNITY. We seek a bike universe based on togetherness,
inclusiveness, and building relationships.
SUSTAINABILITY. Our Vision is for the long term; keeping people on bikes,
recycling and re-purposing donated bicycles.
DIVERSITY. Bikes Together strives to create access to bikes and bicycle maintenance for all by acknowledging and addressing barriers communities face within bicycling.
EQUITY. We strive to create equitable access to bicycles, education, and
community through our programs and our welcoming shop culture.
EDUCATION. We understand the power of knowledge. Our goals and our success
are built on education. Educated cyclists are empowered cyclists!
SELF-SUFFICIENCY. People with knowledge are self-motivated, better
community members, and future teachers.
FUN!. Bicycles are inherently fun, but we use that to make
learning fun and our community a good place to be.
OUR STORY
Bikes Together, formerly The Bike Depot, is a 501(c)(3) based in the La Alma Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Bikes Together's origins date back to the mid-1990s when a group of residents created the Park Hill Bike Club. These residents wanted to use bicycles to create alternatives to youth gang involvement and substance misuse while promoting a culture of friendship, mutual respect, and diversity and offering recreational, educational, and employment opportunities for youth. In 2005, LiveWell Colorado's Park Hill Thriving Communities began endeavors to lessen the health disparities that existed in Park Hill and began the process of taking the bike club idea one step further. They helped by organizing community leaders, forging partnerships, investing funds and securing in-kind donations, and established The Bike Depot's shop in 2008.
In 2016 Bikes Together opened a second location in the La Alma/Lincoln Park neighborhood near 11th and Osage. In 2021, we consolidated our public-facing operations to this location.
Since opening day, Bikes Together has gone from an intermittently open shop to the fully staffed (by paid employees and volunteers), full service bike shop that offers space, classes, bicycles, parts, recycling, and community. We have grown partnerships with public, private and nonprofit agencies, expanded programming specifically by and for populations historically excluded from bike culture (especially women, transgender & femme people of all races and Black, Indigenous and People of Color of all genders), and grown the number of bicycles we recover, recycle, repair, refurbish and return to the streets, all while empowering a new generation of Denverites to fix and renew things instead of throwing them away.
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"I want to get a bike!"
We sell used bikes at various price points, through different programs.
Check it out below or visit us and explore which is the best option for you!
Buy A Refurbished Bicycle
These bikes start as a donated bicycle. Our professional mechanics spend 5-8 hours replacing all the wearable parts so they ride like new! These bikes are priced at $450-700. We stand behind our work, so all refurbished bikes come with a 90-day warranty.
Get an As-Is Bicycle
Our sidewalk bikes are a suggested price of $75-200, and the price is cost-flexible same day. All of our sidewalk bikes are high-quality, but need some repairs and some love; we can help you fix them during our Learn & Repair programming for suggested donation! If you need a bike for low or no cost, make a Learn & Repair appointment and we will get you one of these bikes to work on for as little as $0.
"I want to fix my bike and learn bike mechanics!"
We sell new and used parts, and have lots of options for you to fix your bike -
we can do it for you, or we can teach you how to do it yourself!
"I want to help recycle, repurpose, and repair bikes!"
We accept bike donations, dollars, volunteer support, and offer cost-flexible
used parts to keep bikes rolling.
Donate bikes, bike parts, and gently used bike apparel
Do you have a bike, bike parts, gently used bike apparel, etc? Drop it off anytime we're open, near the green bike racks outside, and stop in for a donation receipt and a hello! No E-Bikes please. If you have more than 5 bikes at a time, please contact us prior to dropping them off so we can process them effectively!
Volunteer!
We love volunteers!
Volunteers help us with many things: off site events, mechanics instruction, recycling bikes, fixing bikes, giveaways, and more! No prior mechanic experience necessary.
Check back here for more information and to fill out our volunteer application.
Buy used bike parts
We have lots of used parts from all styles of bikes, all decades, all sizes that are repurposed from bikes we can no longer fix. Come check it out! All used parts are cost-flexible (we'll tell you the suggested donation) and help ensure that we can keep bikes rolling!
Drop your bike off in
our Service Department
Bikes Together offers professional service, if you want us to fix your bike for you. Our mechanic team has decades of experience working with bikes of all ages and varieties.
Bring your bike in for a free assessment, a complete tune up package, or pick from our a-la-carte options that work for your needs and budget!
Attend Learn & Repair
Want to learn how to fix your bike, or work on it yourself? Sign up for 40 minutes of mechanic-supported instruction, access to work stands, bicycle tools, used parts, accessories, and encouragement. Call the shop (720-403-8757) on Wednesday at 1 pm to sign up for a Thursday or Saturday appointment!
Come to GEM Night
Gender Equality Mechanics (GEM) Night features open shop hours designated specifically for folks who are marginalized by bike culture due to their gender. Want to learn more? Check out our GEM 4-Part Mechanic Series. Open to women, trans folks of all identities, girls, gender-non-conforming folks, two-spirit and femmes of all stripes.
Enroll in our
4-Part Mechanics Series
Want to dive into learning all the things? In this 4-part series, participants learn a broad overview of bike mechanics on a variety of bikes, and ways to practice their skills. Classes run monthly, and scholarships are available.
"Bikes Together is truly one of my favorite organizations in Denver. Bikes for my friends, students, strangers, I am so grateful for an inclusive, inexpensive and welcoming place which helps so many people get on bikes. I hope to keep coming back here for years to come."
Shop Visitor
IMPACT & MEDIA
2025 IMPACT
HIGHLIGHTS
BIKES TOGETHER IN THE MEDIA
DENVERITE
December 26, 2022
"La Alma Lincoln Park nonprofit Bikes Together’s mission goes beyond teaching you how to repair your ride"
Colorado Public Radio
July 22, 2023
"How to start biking in Colorado, even if you’ve felt excluded in the past"
DENVER 7
November 29, 2023
"Bikes Together: Nonprofit community bike shop breaks down barriers while emphasizing diversity"
DENVER 7 GIVES
December 23, 2023
Bikes Together supports the Brown Bike Bus: "a concept that's one of the first of its kind in the metro. They call it 'Brown Bike Bus' and here's how it helps students succeed for the rest of the school day.