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Fix Your Bike Day

August 20, 2025 By Charles McDonald 2 Comments

 

Up-to-date information:

including date/time/location/map and signup-links are posted on meetup.com:

https://www.meetup.com/Bikeways-for-Fremont/

Also, check the Comments section at the bottom of the page for occasional updates from organizers or participants.

Volunteers are usually needed!

How the event works:

The event is structured to encourage both experienced and inexperienced, but motivated, volunteers to sign up!

Typically there will be two signups on SignupGenius.Com.   One is an appointment to get your bike fixed, and a separate signup is for bike-fixing volunteers at the event.   Occasionally there is a bike mechanic training class.

The SignupGenius pages have an introduction with a good description of the tasks, but these pages are only available when an event is scheduled.  Typical task descriptions:I

Volunteers: novice and experienced bike mechanics. Lead mechanic available for consult and instruction. You do not have to figure it out yourself. Bring a tool kit: adjustable wrench, plier, flat and cross screw drivers, 4-5-6 mm Allen/hex wrenches will do. FFBC tool pouch provided along with spare parts, lube, and some specialty tools.

Entry level volunteers can do quick fix service, tuning, brake adjustment, shifting, fix flats, seat post lube, saddle adjustment. Is my bike safe to ride? “Bicycle Mechanical Check”, single-speed bike chain tension, chain lube, brake cable slack, some on the bike flat fixes. Twenty (20) minute jobs to get the cyclist on the road. Will train the right person. We provide the chain lube and grease and basic tools.

A tire patch volunteers needed. We train and provide tools and supplies.

Likely problems: shifting, derailleurs, frozen shifters, brake calipers, brake pads, cables & housing, brake levers, headsets, handlebars, grips, seatposts, hubs, axles, bearings, saddles, wheel truing, looseness, missing parts, broken parts, crashes, interference, worn parts, stuck parts, leaking tubes, temporary field repairs, and reviving stored bikes, installing missing parts and hardware.

 

And optionally there might be a separate Bike Mechanics class.

Volunteer Bike Repairer training. Become qualified as an entry level bike mechanic.   Four hour entry level class learning professional methods.

Topics include tire remove/install, tube repair, brakes, cables, shifter, chains, lubrication, bearings.

Three hours of OJT from a bike mechanic.

Bring basic hand tools if you have them.

More information

This and related activity can be found linked to the Bike Fremont Meetup group page 

Typical Locations

Fremont/Irvington

Bay Street & Trimboli Way

Newark

The Newark Fix Your Bike Day team is typically located at their usual spot near Sisk Grove at Newpark Mall, adjacent to the hot food booths.

 

 

Previous Events …

Aug 10,  Fremont/Irvington

Sunday,  July 27

at Newark Farmers Market.

June 22, 2025

at Newark Farmer’s Market.

 

 

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Comments

  1. Wynn Kageyama says

    August 18, 2025 at 7:07 am

    Use this link. It is always up to date.
    https://www.meetup.com/Bikeways-for-Fremont/

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  2. Wynn Kageyama says

    August 25, 2025 at 5:08 pm

    Set 7th is at Irvington Farmers Market. Use this perma link:
    https://www.meetup.com/bikeways-for-fremont/

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