Mission
Bike Lab is a community bike shop located in uptown Butte at the corner of Dakota and Galena street, that has been operating unofficially since April 2018. A community bike shop is a place where there are tools and parts and resources to help folks get on a bike and learn to maintain it themselves. It is a place where bike culture flourishes. There are great regional examples like Free Cycles in Missoula or The Boise Bicycle Project. They are known as bike kitchens, or bike cooperatives, or bicycle collectives. It is an inclusive space where folks of all abilities are welcome, from a toddler just learning to ride to the winner of the Butte 100. It is a place where we share what we have and what we know with those who are in need. It is a center of bike culture, encompassing all riding styles but especially supporting casual riders, commuters, and youth. It is a place to explore new skills, to learn to wrench or weld or to advocate for a bikable city.
Goals
Our goals are simple: to foster bike culture and build community in Butte, Mt. We will accomplish these goals through the following actions:
01.
Community shop open hours
Empower riders to maintain and repair their bikes with tools, parts, and shared knowledge.
02.
Special events
Facilitate tune-up parties, morning coffee rides, kid bike giveaways, group bikepackings trips, and the list goes on and on…
03.
Bike polo
The Butte Bike Polo Club meets and plays polo regularly on the most scenic courts in America.
04.
recycled gear
Accepting donations of bikes and parts, and redistributing these resources to the community
“Life is like riding a bicycle. In order to keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
AlBERT EINSTEIN
History
Bike Lab was launched on Bicycle Day 2018 in the Phoenix Building Warehouse.
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