Triangle Free Bike Repair is a community collective and local mutual aid project supporting the community through pop-up bike repair and maintenance clinics. The project is a space for sharing resources including information, tools, skills, and connections.
There is a clear need for easily accessible and approachable bike repair in a world where the cost of such services is increasingly prohibitive for many people — including those who rely on their bikes as their sole or primary means of transportation. While some bike repairs are difficult or require specialized tools, many basic repairs are simple and straightforward, sometimes requiring nothing more than an Allen key and a little know-how. Through this project, we intend to fix and help maintain bicycles and to share knowledge and tools that community members can use to fix their own bikes if they would like. We currently have a sizable collection of tools but more limited inventory of service parts. If you need a bike part that we don’t have, we’ll do what we can to source the part. If you are in need of a bike, we’ll do what we can to help you find one. All parts, supplies and funds are provided by community members.
The heart of this collective project is mutual aid – the community helping the community for the sake of the community. We are not a charity or non-profit. We are simply a group of people who are passionate about bikes as an accessible means of transportation as well as for fun, and we believe in the importance of sharing skills and resources. We would love for you to join us!
There are a lot of ways to help and be involved, whether you have mechanical skills or not. Donations of bikes, bike parts, money, food, water, or anything else you think would be useful are always welcome. If you can’t donate but have an interest in helping out we would love to hear from you. And, of course, if you would just like to see what we are about feel free to hang out with us while we fix some bikes! You can follow our project and get in touch with us via our Instagram account @trianglefreebikerepair or send us an email at [email protected].
Currently, Triangle Free Bike Repair is operating about once a month in Carrboro and we hope to expand the project to include other areas around the triangle as time and resources allow. Our next repair clinic will be Sunday, August 4 from 9 to 11 A.M. at the Carrboro Town Commons.
We hope to see you and your bike around town!
– Triangle Free Bike Repair