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Bicycle Exchange location: 3961 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA MAP.

Interested in volunteering? Explore our event calendar and visit our Eventbrite page to RSVP for upcoming opportunities. New volunteers can find details about our volunteer roles and general information.

Stopping by our shop? Make an appointment to shop for a bicycle or parts, ask us questions about volunteering, drop off a donation, receive service for your bike, or anything else! Shop Hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 12 pm - 5 pm.

Have a bicycle to donate? Donate bicycles and parts by emailing us photos and details of what you have, to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. We'll let you know if we need your items and get you the drop-off details. Please do not make an appointment to drop off a bicycle without emailing us photos first; we cannot accept all bicycles and parts.

The Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange is a Section 501c(3) non-profit organization.

Have questions? Contact us.

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Bike Repair Mentors

If you are a reasonably skilled mechanic and do you know where most of our tools and parts are? Have you found yourself helping out other volunteers? Consider becoming a Bike Repair Mentor. We'd like to have at least one mentor working under each of our canopies, supervising the projects at three other repair stands as needed.

Join Our Steering Committee

All of us are smarter than any of us. Let us know if you'd like to join our steering committee by sending email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Meetings are held every 1 to 2 months.

Homework Heroes

Some of us just never get enough bike repair! No need to stop fixing even after our workday events are over. You can take projects home with you too! All you need to do is checkout the bikes that you take home and check them back in again when they are returned. To enroll as a homework hero contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Logging Volunteer Off-Site Hours

Just as you sign in and log your hours when you volunteer at the shop, please log the volunteer hours you contribute off site. Whether you repair homework bikes, balance our books, answer donor emails, post articles to Facebook or maintain our website, tracking volunteer time helps us to show proper appreciation to our volunteers and can even help us secure funding as a non-profit. Log your hours at the SVBE Volunteer Sign-In form. You may log more than one day's worth of volunteering at a time.

Benefits

Earn a T-Shirt or Shop Apron

black apron worn by a modelCome out and volunteer with us 5 times or more in a 12-month period and earn yourself an official Bike Exchange T-Shirt or Shop Apron. To redeem your benefit, talk to the friendly folks at the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Open Shop Days

Volunteers who volunteer with us 5 times or more in a 12-month period may attend our open shop days. These are workdays where experienced volunteers are welcome to bring their own bicycles to the shop and use Bicycle Exchange's tools to repair their own bikes. We continue to look for skilled mentors, so we hope such volunteers will find open shop days to be rewarding. For more information including dates and times, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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