This evening I went by Bike Kitchen. Bike Kitchen, for those who don’t know, is a community bike repair space in San Franciso, near Potrero Hill. It’s been there forever and I used to go and volunteer there. In fact the computer still had the record of my last volunteer shift. 8 years ago. :0 So yeah, a lot of water under that bridge. It was great to be there; I hung out there with my friend Rachel for about an hour or so and just chatted with people about their bikes and helped some folks work on either new bikes or a repair. I don’t know if I actually helped anyone, but I had a great time. It really hasn’t changed at all, which is a testament to how well run it is. The place is so clean and well organized and obviously stable if it really hasn’t changed at all in 8 years. That’s uncommon for any business much less a non profit.

I highly recommend them if you need bike advice or a part; of course everything is used but they’ve got a ton of stuff and it’s really well lit and organized and you can use all their tools! I don’t know how they do it but they got a great thing going.