Post #1943013

2026-04-26 13:02 UTC

Does anyone know someone in #Ottawa that repairs bikes outside of a shop in Centretown/Chinatown/Glebe areas? I&#39;m an avid biker but am bad at minor tune-ups and repairs, like tightening breaks or replacing tubes. I&#39;m looking to cut out the shop wait times since it&#39;s for my daily commute. #biketooter

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@theashtonstarr@mastodon.social 2026-04-26 15:54

Thanks for these! There's a shop I regularly go to, but their turnaround takes a lot longer than I need. Not having a bike for a daily commute is difficult and expensive. I'm bad at repairs, even more ones. I've tried to learn, but I've been unable to retain or use fine motor skills to resolve problems, even like loose brakes or changing a tire tube. I am willing to pay someone else for their time and labour to eliminate that stress. ReCycles is great and that's where I've bought bikes before.

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@Dianora@ottawa.place 2026-04-26 13:04

@theashtonstarr@mastodon.social Minor tune-ups like tightening brakes is easy but I get it. There is a mobile bike shop in town but as I've never had to use it, I don't remember the name. So that might be an option.

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@eljojo@ruby.social 2026-04-26 13:45

@theashtonstarr@mastodon.social @cassey@ottawa.place I put up a list of bike shops here: https://ottawabybike.ca/bike-shops/ for minor tune ups, maybe you could hit ReCycles and do it yourself? they’ll teach you how!

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@sinjin@mstdn.ca 2026-04-26 14:03

@theashtonstarr@mastodon.social I’ve not used them, but Velofix comes to you. Mobile bike repair. https://www.velofix.com/locations/ottawa/

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