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The South Bend Bike Garage is bringing its services repair downtown with its recent move to 119 W. Wayne St., South Bend. “Our goal is to have as many people out biking as possible,” said Garage Manager Dave Calhoun. Established in 2019, South Bend Bike Garage has three main programs, available for anyone to use. Through Fix-A-Bike, volunteers teach people how to repair their bikes with provided tools and parts available at cost. EarnA-Bike allows volunteers to donate 6 hours of time to the garage and fix up a bike to take home with them. With Buy-A-Bike, people can choose one of the garage’s fixed-up bikes to purchase. “We don’t charge for labor, only for parts, because we buy those parts,” said volunteer Karen Haun. Haun is an avid biker who runs front-of-house operations at the garage each week. All bikes South Bend Bike Garage offers are donated. The organization accepts both monetary donations and bikes and bike parts. Bike drop-offs can be made during the garage’s open hours, 5-8
p.m. Wednesdays. With the recent move, Haun said, there will be more volunteer opportunities as the organization works on fixing up the space. “It needs paint, it still has carpet on the floor that needs to be scraped off, we’ll have plenty more work for volunteers to do that don’t know anything about bikes,” she explained. While many visitors to the garage are college students, a variety of people make use of the services. “We get homeless people who have a bike and need to get it fixed. People come to us, for the most part, that can’t afford to get it fixed,” said Haun. Some visitors to the garage are even international students who rely on bikes because they’re inexperienced with driving on the right side of the road. “Now I expect it to be 50/50, people downtown that bikes are their only form of transportation, and college students. ... You don’t think about it, but there are a lot of Notre Dame students that don’t have a lot of money,” she went on. As a volunteer-run organization, South Bend Bike Garage also relies on a mix
BUSY BIKERS — The South Bend Bike Garage offers opportunities for people to repair their bikes, learn repair skills, earn a bike by volunteering or buy their own bike at a low cost. The garage also takes donations of bikes and bike parts, which can be dropped off when the garage is open, 5-8 p.m. Wednesdays, at their new location, 119 W. Wayne St., South Bend. All photos provided by Teresa Sheppard.
FIX IT — Volunteer Shirelle Patterson repairs a bike seat at the South Bend Bike Garage. of people to keep it running. “It’s a combination of all different backgrounds with a common goal, just trying to help other people,” Haun said with a smile. She considers the Continued on page 3
MECHANICAL EXPERTISE — Garage Manager Dave Calhoun, right, discusses repairs for a child’s bike.
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