Homespun Bikes is flying the coop! Yesterday 5/26, was our last day at 494 Wesley Ave. We are looking for a new spot, but in the meantime will be doing some mobile repair, a little pop up wrench spot, and still organizing workshops and events. Stay tuned for dates and locations. In the meantime, one [...]
For Earth Day, Homespun Bikes will be collaborating on a “dirt”-themed Nightlife at the California Academy of Sciences Thursday April 26, 2012. Look for us as “The U.S. Compostal Service,” an mobile compost and food vending system that illustrates the cycle of life on a bicycle, trailing a kitchen garden. We want to show people [...]
SUNDAY APRIL 22, 2012 ~ 1-3 PM at HOMESPUN BIKES, OAKLAND In this 2-hour workshop, we’ll talk about bike-portable remedies that you can make yourself to address common roadside ailments like scrapes, sunburn, dehydration, and achy, sore muscles. Once you learn the plants, you can pick them fresh and make your own bike-portable medicine. There [...]
What has mountain bike pioneer Jacquie Phelan, a PBP randonneur/photographer, a piano bike documentary, ultralight bikepacking with Ginger Jui, bicycle photography and philosophical bike tour musings w/ Erik Jensen, “How to inspire a bicycle Newbie” with Senta Burke, an underground railroad bicycle tour, a taco bike, and an all around great time? You’ll find it [...]
HOW A SMALL CONTAINER OF MAGICAL WORMS CAN TRANSFORM YOUR KITCHEN SCRAPS INTO AMAZING SOIL For many years gardeners and farmers have used worm composting to convert kitchen scraps into dark, dense, earth-smelling soil that increases the germination, growth, and yield of their vegetables and flowers without any packaging or transportation, yielding healthier plants while reducing landfill [...]
March 22nd. 7pm at Homespun Bikes/ Leaning Tower of Pizza. BikeShare is an event where cyclists share ideas, skills, and stories in 10 minutes or less. Think TED on a bike. With each event, the theme will change but the format will be the same, good food, good beer, and 8-10 short presentations related [...]
Our hours will be limited while we rebuild to host a new project opening this spring! Come by Thurs, Fri or Sat between 10-6pm to find humans and a bit of sawdust.
Starting in November we will be open from 11am-6pm, still Tuesdays through Saturdays. We will be closed next Wednesday to get out in the streets for the city-wide strike! Come out, come out.
Starting this week you can come by Homespun at 7am to check out ~engage coffee~, a project by Danny Gutierrez. He writes, “The ~engage coffee~ project is your personal coffee: Roaster / Educator / Consultant for creating excellent coffee in your home. Developed for those who desire an alternative space to enjoy coffee, conversation, community [...]
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