Hello Hub City Cycles Community Cooperative Members! We attempted to have a meeting Tuesday, but due to a lack of quorum (10% of membership is required, which is 50 members), the meeting will be rescheduled for the same time and place the following week, as per the rules of the association. […] Read More
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Have a clunker hiding underneath your stairs? Our Co-op lives and breathes used bicycles, and we’re looking for donations! Donations can be made during shop business hours; 10-6pm Tuesday – Saturday. Come help grow your co-op!
Did you know in October 2012, the Council of Canadians awarded Hub City Cycles with their first annual grant, of $1500! With this money, we started up the Woodlands Twisted Spoke Club; a drop-in bike mechanics class for students at Woodlands Secondary. “Founded in 1985, the Council of Canadians is […] Read More
We’ve finally arrived in the present and have acquired one of them newfangled credit and debit card processing machines. While we have been able to process credit cards for a few months, being able to process debit cards is new. Just a reminder that we give a discount for any […] Read More
On Monday March 11th @ 6:30pm we will be hosting our monthly Women and LGBT workshopled by super-volunteer Jessica Skelton, freshly graduated from our Park Tool School bike mechanic program. Here’s the lowdown… Riding a bike takes you places that you never thought you’d go, but one of the most important […] Read More
Looking at the result of the latest poll, it seems obvious that there are people interested in seeing Greyhound provided a means to transport bicycles easily. They have a large portion of the inter-city mass transit market on Vancouver Island (aside from Tofino Bus and Island Link) and they serve […] Read More
Hey folks, here’s a reminder of an upcoming course: We’re offering an introduction to Bicycle Mechanics through Nanaimo PR&C Saturday March 9th, 1-3pm @ Harewood Activity Centre! Focus will be on areas and parts that are frequently in need of service, such as brakes, gears, chain and patching/changing a tube. Please […] Read More
We’ve finally come up with a snazzy solution to keep everyone informed who wants to be kept informed, especially for those that might not be checking our website and facebook page regularly. There’s so much happening its hard for us to keep up sometimes!
Have you ever wondered how your brakes work? Come on by our shop from 6:30 – 7:30 on Tues. Feb 26th to find out! We’ll be going over brake maintenance issues, upkeep, and repair! This workshop is absolutely free for members, and $5 for non-members. Take care!
We just hit the 500 member mark! Thanks to Melanie Boulding for signing up and becoming the 500th shareholder in our co-op! A big thanks to every other member who has signed up too! Its pretty amazing that we have reached this milestone and have been open less than a […] Read More