Winter Hours

Winter hours:

Sunday hours are changing to 1-6 PM, effective this Sunday 1/8/12

Tuesday hours staying 6-9 PM

Spokeland Holiday Closures

Spokeland will be closed on Christmas Day, Sunday 12/25, and New Years Day, Sunday 1/1. Happy Holidays!

Tomorrow! Sept 17th, 10-12, Kids and Family Bike Workshop at the EcoHouse. Free!

Tomorrow is our first workshop just for kids and families!  You and your kids can learn to maintain and fix your bicycles together.  This workshop is part of the Ecology Center’s series Refuel Repair Reimagine, and we will be holding it at the EcoHouse in North Berkeley, not at the Spokeland shop.

Time:   10am – Noon.
Location:       EcoHouse, 1305 Hopkins St., (enter via garden entrance on
Peralta), Berkeley
Cost:   Free. Space is limited, pre-registration ensures a spot (if you haven’t pre-registered, you can still come)
Info:   510-548-2220 x239, register@ecologycenter.org.
Wheelchair accessible.

Summer Shop Hours

We’re changing our shop hours for the summer.  We’ll now be open:

Sunday 12-5

Tuesday 6-9

1st Saturdays

See you at the shop!

Thanks!

A big thanks to all who came out and made our Grand Opening a success.  We had good attendence at our three workshops, and lots of folks came to check out the shop.  We look forward to seeing you all in the future!

We’d also like to thank everyone who has helped make our shop a reality.  Without the hard work and dedication of our many volunteers, we never would have made it this far.  You’re the best!

We’re started holding open shop hours twice a week:

Wednesday: 3-8

Sunday: 12-5

We’ll also be open on the first Saturday of the month to participate in the Oakland Art Ride.  Check out Rock Paper Scissors Collective for more information.

Here are some photos from the grand opening.

The shop is coming along!

The space we moved into on 64th and Marshal needed some work before we could get up and running.  First we had to tear down some heavy-duty shelves built into the space.  We used the wood from the shelves on some other projects around the space.

  This week we built framed the walls to give a little extra support (a greenhouse is going to be built on top!).  We built in a counter and two workbenchs, and brought in some shelves and an air compressor.  Things are looking good!  The wood we used to frame the walls is salvage from The Reuse People over in East Oakland.  They specialize in deconstruction of houses, salvaging wood, windows, doors and other valuables which ensures less goes to the landfill and fewer trees need to be chopped down.  Also they were super nice!

We also had a good time chatting with folks at last Saturday’s Barn-Raising fundraiser at the space.   Looking forward to working with you all in the future!

Pulling down shelves!

More deconstruction

Transporting lumber

Framing the walls

Walls are framed!

First repair in the shop!

Spokeland has a home!

Great News! Spokeland has just moved into a space in North Oakland!

Our shop is located at 64th and Marshall, just one block west of San Pablo.  The address is 1121 64th St, right on the border of Berkeley, Emeryville and Oakland. We just picked up our keys Thursday night, and will be announcing work days to get the shop set up soon. Stop by and say hi, check out what’s going on, and see how you can get involved! There’s a lot of positive vibes floating around this space and we are BEYOND stoked.

Now all we need is Volunteers. Do you have skills with a hammer or saw? Can you lift things or use a drill? Or maybe you like running events or want to volunteer to feed the builders. Maybe you don’t want to help us build anything but Bikes. Maybe you’re a workshop genius. Regardless of what your skills are,  we need your help THIS MONTH. Please fill out the form below about what your availability is, what your skills are, or heck, what you want your skills to be, and we’ll be in touch with  work dates and more information!

Please sign up to volunteer!   https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDdkelplcE50NWtCbVYySUF6ODJuSXc6MQ

Fundraiser race December 19th

Come race to support Spokeland! This will be a mixed terrain race (actually mostly dirt), but all bikes are welcome.

DND
Sunday December 19th
2 PM
$5
All proceeds go to Spokeland

Meeting tonight!

Spokeland will be having a meeting tonight, at Actual Cafe.

8 PM
Actual Cafe
Corner of San Pablo and Alcatraz

Hope to see you there!

Spokeland Meeting, September 2nd at Actual Cafe

We’ll be holding a General Meeting for Spokeland, this Thursday at 7pm at Actual Cafe! See you there!

Actual Cafe

6334 San Pablo Avenue
Oakland, CA 94608
(510) 653-8386