Bikespace is a community bicycle repair workshop in a shipping container on Cable Street in Te Aro, Wellington, beside Te Papa and across from Tākina. It is not a shop for selling bikes. Visitors work hands-on beside a mechanic to find what is wrong with a bike, make the repair, and learn to do it themselves next time. There is no booking, so you can come in during opening hours. The council funds the service, so it is free to use.
The workshop also runs Mobile Bikespace, a cargo bike set up as a mobile workshop that travels around Wellington. It is free to book for businesses, community groups and events. The workshop has a trial bike rack on its side, and staff show people how to use the racks on Metlink buses.
Open Locally lists nine other bike shops within a kilometre. The nearest is My Ride Wellington, 0.5 km away. Bicycle Junction, 0.6 km away, has a rating of 4.7 from 153 reviews, and Pedal Project, also 0.6 km away, has 4.8 from 117 reviews.
Our pick in Te Aro for a bike that needs a fix and a chance to learn how to fix it yourself.