Phoenix Bikes relies on donations, both financial and bikes. The shop gets about 1,000 bikes donated a year, says Gage, all going towards helping students learn to fix, build, and maintain a bike.

Here are a few simple steps to help even nervous mechanics get their bicycles roadworthy for exercise, commuting and plain old fun.

If you’re nervous about changing anything in your bike fit for fear of making it worse, take a few measurements on your bike before you start making changes so you can always reset it.

Bike shop mechanics remain busy, but the pace isn't as frantic as before. "Right now, we have about 35 or 40 bikes out back for repair," says Mike Hulett, owner of Broadway Cyclery in Bedford, Ohio.

Here's how to rent rollerskates or a recumbent bicycle. Plus, learn where to fix a flat or join a feeder ride with your trusted pet.

The Major Taylor Project's Earn-A-Bike program teaches South End high school students how to fix up bikes, and then they get to keep them!

West Philly’s Neighborhood Bike Works teaches cyclists how to fix up their own bike through a DIY-repair program called Bike Church.

The PVD Bike Collective is trying to democratize the access to the tools, and knowledge, required for bicycle maintenance and repair.

An unorthodox bicycle repair shop in Anchorage won’t fix your bike for you — but they will show you how. Travis Smith, a volunteer at Off the Chain, said people don’t just drop their bikes ...