Free & Low-Cost Bikes and Bike Repair
Find your next bike or fix the one you love—all without breaking the bank.
🚲 Last updated March 2026— please verify shop hours and details before heading over!
Alameda
- Farmcycles: Free bike clinics, every 3rd Sunday of the month, 12-2pm. Free community access to tools available during Makerfarm open hours.
Berkeley
- Waterside Workshops has a Community Open Shop where you can use tools and fix your bikes. Open on Saturdays, 12-6pm. Free, with a suggested donation of $10. Bike repair and maintenance services are also offered here.
- Biketopia (Berkeley) offers their tools and repair stands for $15 a day. They also have staff on-hand to teach bike maintenance skills and help with repair questions. Bike repair and maintenance services are also offered here. They also have a second location in Emeryville.
Concord
- Concord Bike Kitchen: Pop-up community bike repair clinic, open first and third Saturdays, 11am-2:45pm.
Emeryville
- Biketopia (Emeryville) offers their tools and repair stands for $15 a day. They also have staff on-hand to teach bike maintenance skills and help with repair questions. Bike repair and maintenance services are also offered here.
hayward
- Free pop-up bike repair through Bike East Bay and Hayward Rides offered every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month at the Hayward Farmer’s Market through the end of 2026.
Richmond
- Bad Business Model Bikes gives bikes to people who need them, free of charge. Request a bike here.
- Through Rich City Rides, Richmond residents can earn a free bike through the “Everybody Rides Program” by attending three community rides.
Oakland
- Bay Area Bicycle Rescue is a non-profit that offers low-cost bikes— check out their inventory here.
- Oakland Library’s The Bike Fix does free minor repairs and provides tools and some supplies Wednesdays 2:30-5pm at MLK Jr. Branch and Fridays from 2:30-5pm at 81st Avenue Branch.
- Spokeland is a co-op that offers self-service repairs and guided “Do it Together” repairs for as low as $5-$10 per hour. Check out their mechanic mentor program for a chance to get paired with a bike mechanic to learn skills!
- The Bikery (through Cycles of Change) is a non-profit community bike shop that offers lower-cost bike repair services, bicycles, and bicycle parts. Open Wednesday-Saturday, 11am-5pm. Free bikes can be earned by completing Cycles of Change’s Oakland Upcycle’s program.
- The Oakland Electric Bike Lending Pilot Program provides low-cost electric bike rentals to Oakland residents. Find out more here.
💡 Do you know of another free or low-cost resource to get your bike repaired in the East Bay? Let us know at Education@BikeEastBay.org
additional resources:
Did you know that if you are a school or public organization, you can bring free mobile bike repair to your group through BikeMobile? Find out more and request a visit from BikeMobile here!
Bike East Bay offers a free Fix-a-Flat workshop where you can learn to fix your own flat. Check our Education calendar to see if there’s one scheduled, or, if you’re a library or an organization, request a class for your community here.
Bay Wheels has a “Bike Share for All” program that offers reduced-rate memberships to Bay Area residents who qualify for CalFresh, SFMTA Lifeline Pass, or PG&E CARE. The first year is $5, and then it’s $5/month after that.