Given that we are a pedal-powered mobile repair service, our services differ from what you’ll find at a standard brick & mortar bike shop.

Upshift Workshop is an entirely mobile workshop, traveling by cargo bike — we bring a bicycle workstand, all necessary tools, and standard spare parts. With just a flat patch of concrete or grass, we bring the bike shop to you. We can do straight-up repairs, but our favorite part of this work is teaching -- if you have any interest in learning a few home bike maintenance skills yourself, we are always happy to narrate while we work, or help guide you through trying it yourself if you book an education session.

Brick & mortar bike shops are pillars of our city’s bike community and infrastructure, but we think there is a space for something a little bit different. We are not aiming to compete with traditional repair shops — just to offer an parsed-down alternative, for a few types of customers who might not be well served elsewhere, but who still need to keep your bike rolling:

• Busy schedules (or atypical work hours) that don’t line up well with traditional bike shops’ limited hours.

• Eagerness to learn, and for a deeper education in bicycling topics than a typical shop has time to offer.

• Discomfort in a typical bike shop environment, for reasons related to (for example) gender, race/ethnicity, age, experience level, or general customer service.

• Difficulty transporting bikes to a shop (if it’s broken, you can’t ride it!).

We are happy to offer comprehensive bike repair and education house calls to your address, to avoid disruption to your workday (or however you spend your day!).