Job Opening: Shop Manager

We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Shop Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for overseeing the regular operations of our community bike shop, ensuring a welcoming and productive atmosphere, and managing inventory and volunteers.

Click to download the full job description (PDF)

We are accepting applications now using this online form (Wufoo)

Applicants are expected to submit a resume and cover letter, as well as provide two or more references.

Please message us if you have questions about the application process, or stop in at Open Shop!

Winter Open Shop Hours Update

Starting Dec. 1, 2024, we are open one day each week:

  • Sunday, 1:00-4:00pm
  • Wednesday night Open Shop is on pause until Spring 2025.

FCCB Open Shop hours for Winter 2024-2025: Open Sundays 1-4pm Closed Monday-Saturday

When warmer temperatures return, we’ll return to a schedule with more Open Shop opportunities each week. Our target date for re-introducing Wednesday night Open Shop is March 1, 2025.

Donation Policy Update

Due to a change of building ownership, we’ve had to reduce our storage space for bikes awaiting refurbishment.

Without space to store incomplete project bikes, we are now only accepting donations of bicycles in complete, ready-to-ride condition.  Please see our Donations page for more details, or message us with questions.

Posts Return!

After many years of delinquency, we are returning to using the Posts feature of our website to share news and announcements.  Please bear with us as we try to turn this website into something functional again.

#BikewithAlan

#BikeWithAlan is a way to remember FCCB’s long-time bike mechanic and friend, Alan Tucker. Alan rode all over the Metro area on various bikes that he’d restored at FCCB. He loved to post photos from memorable spots around town and added captions that were quintessentially AlanWe have organized Alan’s photos & comments into folders and have named the collection: Alan’s Town, a photographic bicycle tour of the greater Louisville area!  Browse the photos here and let’s continue the ride!  

Join us and celebrate Alan’s life by recreating his photos. To #BikeWithAlan: 

  1. Ride to a spot that inspires you and 
  2. Share your photo with the hashtag #BikeWithAlan.

From now through Derby, we will collect your photos posted with the #BikeWithAlan tagline and share them at a memorial event held in Alan’s honor on his birthday in late June.

The only rule is to use the #BikeWithAlan hashtag!  Need some ideas? Here are three examples:

EXAMPLE 1: Upload picture(s) normally on Facebook or other social media platform and simply add tagline #BikeWithAlan before you hit “Post.”

EXAMPLE 2: Add personal message on top of photo, and share to social  media with  #BikeWithAlan

EXAMPLE 3: Make new image with recreated photo together on canvas with original Alan photo, and share to social media with #BikeWithAlan

Spotlighting Donations

At FCCB, we are fortunate to receive a massive number of donations from our members, local bike shop owners, and members of our local community. Most of our visitors know from our website, Social Media and word of mouth that we have quite a few awesome bikes for sale at great prices. But, we do more behind the scenes that people may not hear that much about. I am of course talking about the donations of bikes that we make to other organizations and local non-profits. We have been able over the past few months to make use of over 50 bikes by donating them to groups like Pedal Power, whose shop is pictured here.Pedal Power Workshop at Beargrass Christian Church 

We are happy to assist Pedal Power with donations as they work to fulfill their mission of providing bicycles to refugees, houseless persons, local shelter programs and employees at Churchill Downs. It is also a way for us to pursue our goal of providing reliable transportation to members of our community. We strive not to let any bike go to waste. And we are humbled to provide support to groups that share in that effort.

Another group that makes massive effort at improving the lives of members of our community through providing reliable transportation is Wayside Wheels. Located at the Wayside Mission, Wayside Wheels focuses on assisting Wayside clients while promoting a safe and healthy lifestyle by offering group rides and support in learning about bicycle repair and maintenance. They also will provide bikes to Wayside clients when they are available.

Andy Dyson at Wayside Wheels next to a donation of 11 bikes from FCCB.

The third and final group that FCCB is happy to assist with donations is the La Casita Center in Old Louisville. La Casita is a community based network of workers, volunteers and members that come together to support each other in the community through classes, workshops, support groups, and resource sharing initiatives. La Casita focuses on accompanying families in the Latinx community to facilitate empowering families and strive towards long term systemic change. FCCB was very happy to have made a donation of 16 children and teen sized bikes during the holiday season to La Casita Center.

FCCB continues to make positive effort at fulfilling our mission of teaching about bike maintenance and repair, as well as providing low cost transportation. Making donations such as these is another way that we work towards these goals. Look forward to seeing us next time you stop in and ask what other fun projects we’re working on!

Biking in at Shelby Park!

Pleased to have been invited to Hal and Ben’s Bike in last Saturday at Shelby Park, Falls City Bikeworks along with the Olmsted Parks Conservancy, who hosted the event, and other local organizations and vendors contributed to making this bike night a hit with local community members!

Our staff and volunteers assisted members of the community with exciting activities like building DIY panniers out of kitty litter boxes. They were also available to answer questions, make minor bike adjustments or repairs and offer advice or conversation.

Alan and Amanda assisted people with DIY innovation

Featuring live music from local artists, free play areas for our next generation of cycling enthusiasts, food trucks and West Sixth Brewery selling refreshments, the fun didn’t stop even after dark when the selected movie, Microcosmos, was showing on a large inflatable screen.

Join Falls City Community Bikeworks at our booth during the next Bike-In on July 20th at Bingham Park and ask us how you can help support our mission!

FCCB Recognizes Extraordinary Volunteer: Everett Lancaster

In just a few months, FCCB volunteer Everett Lancaster has gone from first-timer to shop regular, and has made a lot of friends and learned a lot of bike skills in the process.  Everett breezed through his eight volunteer hours to earn a Sweat Equity Membership, and then kept coming back to give more of his time to our community.  He’s found a new bike (A Norco cruiser) for himself and fixed a few dozen bikes for others.  Everett has confidence in the bike shop and eagerly picks up new and more challenging repair tasks each time he visits the shop.  We’re glad to have him as a part of our community!Extraordinary Volunteer!

For all these reasons, FCCB recognizes Everett Lancaster as an Extraordinary Volunteer for February 2019.  Thank you, Everett!

Here’s a short interview with Everett, so our members and readers can get to know him better:

FCCB: What’s the best part about volunteering at FCCB?
Everett: This is the best thing that ever happened to me in life. I have good teachers like Nate (Pinney) and Russ (Hisle), and Alan (Tucker) – you’ve taught me things I never thought I could learn. I’m glad to be working with the community members here.

FCCB: Why do you ride? What’s your favorite ride/route?
Everett: My favorite route? – from home to Fall City, it’s simple and easy. Riding bikes is a miracle thing I’ve always done, I’ve always been riding bikes.

FCCB: What’s the most interesting skill you’ve learned while volunteering with FCCB?
Everett: Rebuilding axles, cranks, and how to properly use a workstand – where to clamp the bike on the seatpost.

FCCB: Tell us about your bike – do you have a favorite bike now, or perhaps one from your past?
Everett: The bike I have now is a ‘69 classic beach cruiser – black and white and blue. I’m also a ‘69. I recently got the bike for Valentine’s Day.

FCCB: What can FCCB do better to serve you and others?
Everett: We’re already improving, we’re doing really well and I’ve seen a lot of bikes go out the door and back out onto the street with new rider.

FCCB: Anything else you’d like to add?
Everett: Bikes are a great thing to have, but you have to take care of them. If you take care of your bike, your bike can help take care of you. It can be frustrating to work on your bike sometimes, but the people at FCCB are there to help me learn how to solve new bike problems.

FCCB recognizes Extraordinary Volunteer: Shane Dolleris

Shane Dolleris has been a regular presence at the FCCB Logan Street shop for many months (years?) and has been a devoted volunteer who’s always willing to pitch in with shop tasks large and small. Shane is good at identifying and tackling tasks that have gone overlooked, and often suggests new ideas for improvements and then executes them! He recently volunteered himself to take down a pile of scrap bikes and salvage parts from them.

Shane built his aluminum road bike from a bare frame using parts and supplies from FCCB, and we’ve all learned a lot about parts compatibility while working to get Shane’s bike completed.  It’s something of a right-of-passage among our volunteer mechanics to struggle with seemingly-similar but ultimately incompatible bottom bracket standards (e.g. Shimano’s Hollowtech II vs. FSA MegaExo – see images), and Shane has patiently worked his way through the puzzle of assembling, testing, disassembling, swapping, reassembling, and then doing it all over again while trying to put a bike together from salvaged parts.

FSA MegaExo bottom bracket

Shimano Hollowtech II bottom bracket

We asked Shane to answer a few questions so our readers can get to know him better:

FCCB: What’s the best part about volunteering at FCCB?
Shane: Being a part of a community that is passionate about cycling; that’s the best part!

FCCB: Why do you ride? What’s your favorite ride/route?
Shane: Fitness, freedom; and money (note: Shane rides his bike as part of his job!). The whole stretch of River Road; it never gets old.

FCCB: What’s the most interesting skill you’ve learned while volunteering with FCCB?
Shane: Paying attention to the fine adjustments, it makes a mile of difference.

FCCB: Tell us about your bike – do you have a favorite bike now, or perhaps one from your past?
Shane: My bike is a Schwinn Fastback 9 speed road bike, with a super light double butted frame and a carbon fiber fork. I bought it from FCCB for my birthday; got it for a steal. Thanks, John (FCCB Co-Founder John Krueger).

FCCB: What can FCCB do better to serve you and others?
Shane: FCCB is a great service to the community already. Letting the whole city know about this great shop would only be better!