Bike Tune Up

Hi all, I am looking for a place to take my bike to get a tune-up without breaking the bank. I live by "broke college student" standards so the less expensive if possible. I live in portage park and I saw cosmos bikes as a potential location but the prices vary. Thank you!

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Permalink Reply by Mike Schwab on June 21, 2017 at 7:28am

http://www.workingbikes.org/the-shop/ Wednesday to Sunday.

2434 S. Western Ave. | Chicago, IL 60608
(773)-847-5440

1.5 hours by bus one way.

1.1 hours by bicycle.

Permalink Reply by Alex Z on June 21, 2017 at 7:32am

I've always found Ciclo Urbano (Division/Campbell) to be reasonably priced.

Permalink Reply by sten on June 21, 2017 at 7:45am

I took the build-a-bike class at West Town bikes; it's a $200 suggested donation, they'll work something out if that's hard for you to come up with. You come in with a bike and they show you how to completely overhaul it. They'll give you brake cable, spokes, other small parts as part of the class fee, and if you need things like a seatpost, chain, you can buy them cheap from the bins of spare parts there.

http://www.westtownbikes.org/programs/classes/build-a-bike

They also have open shop hours where you can come in, do the work yourself with some help/supervision and just pay $10hr to be on a stand plus parts at cost:

http://www.westtownbikes.org/programs/workshops

Ciclo Urbano is their storefront, they will also do the work for you at reasonable rates.

Permalink Reply by Alex Z on June 21, 2017 at 8:23am

+1 that the build-a-bike class is fun and worth it.

Permalink Reply by David Barish on June 21, 2017 at 7:53am

You are on the north side so you may want to consider The Recyclery which is by the Howard L stop. http://therecyclery.org/. This is another mission oriented group.

Permalink Reply by Gopher Biker on June 21, 2017 at 8:27am

Cosmic Bikes on Milwaukee (Chris and Justyna are the former owners of Rapid Transit) will treat you fairly and will give you an estimate on what they think your bike needs so you can decide what is within your budget.

Permalink Reply by Amber Charles on June 24, 2017 at 5:10am

Thank you so much.

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on June 25, 2017 at 1:45am

+1 on Cosmic Bikes. They're good people, they know their stuff and they'll be straight with you about what kind of work your bike really needs. 

Permalink Reply by Katie on June 22, 2017 at 3:57am

The Recyclery is hosting its first Women, Trans, Femme Open Shop on Sunday, June 25. The shop will be open from 6 pm - 9 pm, if you're interested in giving maintenance a go.  If you can't make it this Sunday, WTF Open Shop is the 4th Sunday of each month.  Other weekly open shop hours are 

  • Tuesday: 7 pm-9 pm
  • Thursday: 7 pm-9 pm
  • Saturday: 1 pm-5 pm
Permalink Reply by Amber Charles on June 24, 2017 at 3:58am

Thank you Katie. Do you know much it costs? 

Permalink Reply by Katie on June 24, 2017 at 11:59am

$10 per hour is the suggested donation.  More if you can, less if you can't.  It's a great environment to learn to wrench on your own bike!

Permalink Reply by Amber Charles on June 24, 2017 at 3:33am

Thank you guys so much!!!! 

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