Volunteering

Give a little time, learn some skills, help your community! There is no minimum time requirement to be a volunteer, any help is greatly appreciated. It’s really easy, too:

Come in to the shop any day right as we open (maybe even a few minutes early) and introduce yourself to the Head Mechanic. They will give you a short Orientation and all the details. No prior knowledge required!

If you are interested in:

  • Learning bike mechanic skills

  • Fixing bikes

  • Planning social events

  • Social media wizardry

  • Designing cool new Bikerowave gear (shirts, stickers, whatever)

We need you! Even if you aren’t interested in bike mechanics itself, if you think you can help the shop in other ways, please let us know! Either come in when we’re open, or email outreach@bikerowave.org.

Join us!

Become a volunteer at the illustrious, no longer obscure, awesome, yet still humble, biggest little community bike co-op in the Milky Way* :

  • Do you want to be an active part of the growing community of bicyclists in greater LA?

  • Do you want to know how to fix a flat, build a wheel, rebuild your bottom bracket, or put together a bike from a box of parts?

  • Do you already know how to do that and want to help others learn?

  • Do you like hanging out with fun and interesting (ok, weird) people who all love bicycles?

Then boy do we have the gig for you!

*theory currently unproven

Membership

While there’s no minimum time requirement to volunteer, there’s also no substantial perks involved (besides good karma and good times). In contrast, members can take full advantage of everything offered by Bikerowave, including access to Quality Bicycle Products, the ability to take part in the governance of the shop, and more, as defined in our Bylaws. Members, besides being the heart and soul of the shop, are the legal members and worker-owners of Bikerowave Cooperative, Inc. This comes with a time commitment of at least 12 hours a month, or one shift a week as a mechanic. We are strong believers that we can never have too many members, so if this sounds like something you would be interested in, please don’t hesitate to stop by and join us. The parties alone make it worthwhile.