A Non-Profit Community Bike Center in Bellows Falls, VT
Founded in 2013
Welcome to BF Bike!
Our mission is to provide the Greater Falls community a space for all to access bicycles, learn bike repair and safe riding skills.
Our vision is a flourishing culture of bicycling, as a means of affordable, alternative transportation, self-sufficiency and overall wellness.
About Us
We opened in September 2013 at 24 Canal St., and in July of 2016 we moved to our current location, on the corner of Henry & Atkinson Streets - right in the heart of the community!
Once you step inside, you’re in for a treat! Over 300 bicycles live there - most were donated, some have owners and all are either waiting to be repaired or ready to ride. Shelves full of bike parts, lots of wheels and a wall of tools surround the work area, where we tinker away giving new life to the old bicycles.
This is the BF Community Bike Project, a non-profit bike shop, founded by Bonnie Anderson in 2013.
We are working to get more people on bikes every year, while also keeping usable bikes out of the waste stream.
The donated bikes are cleaned up, restored and then sold
at reasonable cost. Hundreds of refurbished affordable bikes have been put back on the streets - many of them “earned”.
Prior to the Pandemic - Workshops in bike maintenance and repair were offered periodically during the year, both for school groups and adults. Students from local schools and youth clubs have spent many hours in the shop, learning everything from flat fixing to the full overhaul! But you didn’t need to come with a group in order to gain the skills. Each week there were Open Shop sessions, where you bring in your own bike to work on, with or without assistance. Repairs and tuneups are also offered at reasonable rates, and volunteer hours may be applied to offset the cost. While we have not yet resumed classes due to COVID, we still welcome volunteers - no more than 2 at a time inside (outside volunteering is unlimited!)
Contact Info
Email: info@bfbike.org
Phone: 802-460-0662
Address:
30 Henry St.
Bellows Falls, VT 05101
Mailing Address:
PO Box 883
Bellows Falls, VT 05101