About Us

Mountain biked as a kid, loved it. 

Arrived to Toronto at 17, learned bikes at Bike Pirates for 2 years. than set out at 19-23 cycling Toronto - Miami twice, and Mexico to Guatemala. worked for a bike shop outside of New Orleans for a year (Brooks Bike shop) fixed my own bike on the road, worked at MEC in Toronto for a winter as a Bike Mechanic. and started my business in 2014 and been learning more since then. I hope to develop experience/skills in Permaculture Design and work helping urban and rural homes become more ecologically regenerative and basic resource autonomous, and someday start a project helping young folk find the means to become inspired by the worlds story to take their place in it making it a better place (rite of passage guidance/inspiration) type thing.

Since Geoff is taking forever to write/send his Bio. I will take some liberty here. 

Geoff is one of the Founding members of Bike Pirates, a Toronto local DIY volunteer operated bicycle mechanic education space. He also is the volunteer "Ghost Bike" installer for the city of Toronto, he takes on the solemn and important task of painting and locking up the white ghost bikes that mark the place of Cyclists who have fallen due to often unsafe road infrastructure and or unsafe motorists.

Geoff, personally, is the one of the people who began teaching me about bike mechanics when I was in highschool and volunteered at Bike Pirates, and it is because of that learning that I was able to live my wonderful nomadic 4 years off my bicycle that openeed my mind,heart and understanding of the worlds story around me and thus my whole life. So to Geoff, and to Bike coop structures in general, I owe quite a bit and am very grateful we have people like Geoff in Toronto taking care of fellow cyclists.

I've lived downtown and ridden a bike as long as I can remember, and started biking to school on my own at 8 years old. After graduating high school I set out on the road on my bike to explore, and headed east towards Halifax. My bike suffered catastrophic failure after 3 days, and I was helped by a kindly mechanic at a local bike store, who showed me how to fix all of the things i should have looked at before leaving on the trip.  Since then I've travelled all over North America, and help set up others on their journeys into the great blue yonder. I'm passionate about exploration, learning, and meeting interesting folk. Ride on!

"Chris" Christopher has been riding in Toronto for 15 years and has worked as a professional bicycle mechanic at a busy downtown shop for half of those. He has built hundreds of truly strong wheels. You can rest assured that your bike is in good hands when he comes to work on it!

I've been riding bikes since I was a kid - always loved it. I couldn't live in the city today without the the psychical and physical release of mountain biking in the Don Valley. If you're going to put one thing, I'd say:

"I just love bikes and I believe they have a spirit." 

Bikes! Bikes!

Where is my life?

It be beneath

A pile O' bikes

- P. O. White, famous mad poet

I've been working on bicycles for a solid lifetime. My solid lifetime, at least (or half of it, you get the point!)

Anyways, it has been more than ten years since my mum told me to head to BIke Pirates and build myself a bike. It was either that or walk - she was done paying for the ttc.

I seem to remember crying a lot in the early days of building bikes. They can be unmanageable, finicky creatures with little regard for the time and soul of the mechanic trying to parlay with them. 

Wheel truing, bottom brackets and oh-so-many little movings parts. I even wrote a song about my frustration with them!

But at the end of the day, any amount of struggle and tears was worth the learning. 

I am always amazed at the efficiency of the bike. I get on and move faster that a lot of cars or public transit. Ever since I built that first bike, I found my freedom in this city. And I work with bikes still because I want everyone else to experience that freedom, and I love being a part of the journey (literally or figuratively.)

I've continued my bicycle journey working at several shops, but mobile repair is the best because I get to be on my bike while getting others riding!

While the poem above does speak a truth about my life, i wouldn't trade what I have. 

Keep the chains oiled and tires pumped, and stay free! It's the best life I can live. Make an appointment and see how quickly and conveniently we get you riding again!