Updates

While we do our best to send out newsletters and update the website, our Instagram is where we share updates most consistently. If you don’t have Instagram, you can view our feed below!

PVD Bike Collective is now Lefty Loosey Bike Collective! We are the same worker-run community bicycle workshop you know and love, just with a new name. Why the change? “Providence Bicycle Collective” was always meant to be a placeholder
Once again, we are running another session of our six-week Fundamentals of Bicycle Mechanics course this November/December! This class is open to anyone -- no prior experience required. It's an on-ramp into the world of bicycle mechanics and our comm
We are running another session of our six-week Fundamentals of Bicycle Mechanics course this September/October! This class is open to anyone, no prior experience required. It's an on-ramp into the world of bicycle mechanics and our community at PBC!
🎉 We are hosting a MENDING PARTY! 🎉 Actually, we're hosting two: Sunday, August 11 and Sunday, August 25th from 12-4pm at the shop (50 Sims Ave). Bring your broken items and borrow our tools and volunteers' know-how to breathe some new life into
We are running another session of our six-week Fundamentals of Bicycle Mechanics course this May and June! This class is open to anyone, no prior experience required. It's an on-ramp into the world of bicycle mechanics and our community at PBC! We a
📣 NEW: We're adding Saturday open shop hours! Starting next week, our shop will be open from 11am - 2pm on the first Saturday of every month. Don't worry, our weekly volunteer nights and open shops aren't going anywhere – they'll still be on
MECHANICS SERIES!: We are running another session of our six-week Fundamentals of Bicycle Mechanics course this March/April!! This class is open to anyone, no prior experience required. It's an on ramp into the world of bicycle mechanics and our comm
We are running a wheelbuilding workshop again! This will be a two-part workshop, but you will likely require a third session to come in and finish your wheel (which you can do during the regular PBC “Open Shop” time). Wheelbuilding is an
The Providence Bike Collective is building out a gear library! It's like a regular library, but instead of books, we lend out bikepacking gear like tents, stoves, bike bags, and more. "Bikepacking" or bike camping is when you carry all you
Thank you to everyone who has been attending our winter workshop series! Here are some photos from Intro to Electrical this week. We still have a few more workshops coming up, including Computer Aided Design, How to Build A PC, and Seed Starting. ?