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Bike Library Shop Night

On Wednesday February 1st from 4-6pm the Community Partners Bike Library is hosting a Shop Night open to the public at our Minneapolis space at 2310 Snelling Avenue. We will be doing maintenance on the Bike Library bikes, drinking hot cocoa and having conversations about biking! Hope to see you there!

For a map to our Minneapolis location click here.

Sibley Youth Club 1st Meeting

On Wednesday February 1st at 5:30PM we will be having a meeting for youth to share their ideas for cool projects to do. Whatever you want to do we want to hear.

Click to download a poster for the event.

Sibley Excited to Offer Youth Apprenticeship for Summer 2012

After our successful first attempt we are very excited to again be able to offer a program for youth that is directed at engaging youth in bicycle mechanics by offering a paid apprenticeship. The focus of the program is to further Sibley's mission by engaging our community in order to empower people to use bicycles as an alternative form of transportation. Apprentice mechanics will learn bike maintenance and repair skills, receive training on the operation of a small business and non-profit, and help co-teach bike repair classes for youth and adults.

Please fill out the application and send it to micah@sibleybikedepot.org

Volunteer Appreciation Night a Huge Success

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for what turned out to be a great Volunteer appreciation night. Congratulations to all of the volunteers who received awards for giving above and beyond. We couldn't do it without you. Special thanks to our Sisyphean award winner John Carlson for constantly working very hard and to all of our John Carlson award winners for all of their steady and consistent assistance.


Special thanks to our sponsors Peace Coffee and Mississippi Market. Also thanks to Quality Bike Products for being an amazing partner.

Wheel Building

If you want to learn how to build wheels sign up for our class today. We scheduled the class late so hopefully there will be sufficient interest to make it happen.

Click here to register for Wheel Building

Sibley is now in our Winter Hours!  Sibley's Winter Hours are:

  • Monday 4-8pm (Volunteer Night)
  • Wednesday 4-8pm (Open Shop)
  • Saturday 12-5pm (Open Shop)
  • Sunday CLOSED
  • Tuesday Women's and Trans night CLOSED

We'll expand our hours again when the weather warms in the spring!

Bike Library Celebration a Success!

The Bike Library Celebration was a success! Over 120 people came out and enjoyed themselves on Monday night. Thanks to all of you who helped organize and showed up and volunteered, and showed up to support and celebrate! Thanks for coming out, and hope to see you again next year (or hopefully well before that!)

Volunteer Improvement: Sibley is looking for input from its past volunteers to learn how we can improve the volunteering experience. Please take 5 minutes to fill out this short 10 question survey! 

Sibley Bike Depot is Changing our Name --Send us Suggestions for a New Name!
The name Sibley Bike Depot was created when we occupied a shop space located on Sibley Street in Downtown St. Paul. Since moving to our current location our name’s descriptive nature not only leads to confusion regarding our physical location, but it unintentionally has affiliated us with the implicit local history surrounding Henry Sibley.

Though it is commonly known that Henry Sibley was St. Paul’s first elected governor, awareness of his genocidal practices and gross mistreatment of native peoples is a lesser known truth. We have found that some of our community members are uncomfortable with the oppressive nature that is deeply embodied in the name Sibley.

We would like to consider a new name that is not only hospitable and inviting for all, but also embodies the values of our mission. Until August 15th we will be collecting submissions for new name ideas. We would like your input for this! Please consider offering any ideas or suggestions you might have. We will have a display in the shop where you can fill out a card to submit name suggestions and logo designs if applicable. If you would prefer, you are also welcome to email you ideas and any designs you might have to devon@sibleybikedepot.org.

The author of the name accepted will receive a $100 credit good towards any new or used items from the shop! We value your input and look forward to hearing your thoughts.
 

We would love to thank Hampden Park Coop and Sisters Camelot

We at Sibley are committed to providing healthy food options for our youth programs. Joining us in our efforts are Hampden park Coop and Sisters Camelot.

Combine biking and busing as transportation!

Have you ever wanted know how to put your bicycle on a bus? Sibley is excited to have a new MetroTransit rack for you to try. Stop by anytime during our shop hours and give it a try. If you have any questions we are here to help. Feel free to look at this resource from Metrotransit.

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Wishlist

Are you looking for a way to help Sibley? Do you have time to devote outside of open hours? Find a list of projects that we would love help with.