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<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCOMMUNITY HAVE SPENT YEARS GIVING BACK TO OTHERS, AND WE\u2019RE HIGHLIGHTING THAT WORK AS WE CELEBRATE OUR OWN ANNIVERSARY. 70 YEARS NOW, THE KCRA HAS SERVED THIS REGION. MICHAEL TUBBS SACRAMENTO STARTED OUT CONNECTING AT-RISK KIDS WITH BIKES OF THEIR OWN, BUT OVER THE YEARS HAS GROWN TO HELPING ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE ON TWO WHEELS AND SAFELY. HERE\u2019S LEE ANNE DENYER. SOMETIMES ALL A BIKE NEEDS IS A LITTLE TLC. I DON\u2019T THINK THIS BREAK IN THE BACK IS WORKING AT ALL TO GET IT, AND ITS RIDER ON THE ROAD. IT\u2019S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE OUT ON THE STREET WITH A WITH YOUR BIKE. I MEAN, I REMEMBER AS A LITTLE KID I LOVED RIDING MY BIKE EVERYWHERE. ERIC NEMER HAS FIXED HUNDREDS OF BIKES. AS A LONGTIME VOLUNTEER WITH BIKE LAB SACRAMENTO. THIS BIKE HAS TWO TYPES OF BRAKES. THE NONPROFIT PUTS ON THESE BIKE LABS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, FIXING UP BIG BIKES AND SMALL BIKES ALIKE. BIKE SHOPS ARE WONDERFUL, BUT A LOT OF FOLKS CAN\u2019T AFFORD THAT, SO WE FIX THEM FOR FREE. CHRIS AGUIRRE FOUNDED BIKE LAB TEN YEARS AGO. I\u2019VE BEEN IN THE PRIVATE AND NONPROFIT INDUSTRY FOR SACRAMENTO REGION FOR YEARS, AND I CURRENTLY TEACH AT SAC STATE, AND I WORK AT AN ENGINEERING FIRM AS WELL. BUT I\u2019VE ALWAYS HAD A PASSION FOR BIKES, A PASSION FOR FIXING BIKES, AND FOR TEACHING OTHERS HOW TO DO IT TOO. IT\u2019S JUST TRIAL AND ERROR, THE SAME WAY I LEARNED, YOU KNOW? SO IT\u2019S REALLY EMPOWERING FOR THE KIDS AND ADULTS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND IT\u2019S MUCH MORE THAN JUST FIXING THE BIKE. WE CAUGHT UP WITH AGUIRRE AT A RANCHO CORDOVA GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY. IT\u2019S PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL AGENCIES AND PRIVATE DONATIONS. HE SAYS, THAT KEEP THE ORGANIZATION PEDALING ON, ALLOWING IT TO EXPAND ITS IMPACT. WE REALLY WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. AND SO IT\u2019S A REQUIREMENT SOMETIMES FOR, YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL TO HAVE SOME SORT OF SERVICE HOURS, BUT THEY CAN\u2019T AFFORD TO GO OUT THERE AND WORK AND VOLUNTEER FOR FREE. SO WE\u2019RE REALLY PROUD THAT WE\u2019RE ABLE TO PAY THOSE KIDS. BIKE IS PERFECT NOW. OKAY. THIS YEAR, BIKE LAB HAS ALREADY FIXED MORE THAN 600 BIKES, BRINGING THE SHOP TO COMMUNITIES AND KEEPING WHEELS SPINNING WITHIN THEM. IN RANCHO CORDOVA, LEE ANNE DENYER KCRA THREE NEWS. AND GARY ENCOURAGES ANYONE INTERESTED IN GETTING INVOLVED JUST TO REACH OUT. AND THEY\u2019RE ALSO LOOKING FOR DONATIONS, BOTH FINANCIAL AND\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Bike Lab Sacramento empowers communities through free bike repairs<\/p>\n
Bike Lab Sacramento, founded by Chris Aguirre, offers free bike repairs to community members, fostering empowerment and encouraging health through cycling.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 11:34 PM PDT Oct 29, 2025\n\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\tEditorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\tIn a matter of a couple of hours, Chris Aguirre and his team of Bike Lab volunteers can often have some two dozen bicycles checked out, tuned up, and back on the road with their riders. The group offers a variety of community services, including free bike repairs to those who need them, as part of its greater commitment to helping more people get outside.”Bike shops are wonderful, but a lot of folks can’t afford that, so we fix them for free,” said Chris Aguirre, Bike Lab\u2019s founder. Aguirre founded the nonprofit 10 years ago. The group started out providing bikes to foster youth and kids who had been previously incarcerated. Over the years, he said, they expanded their services out to teaching kids how to fix bikes and then expanding further, offering bike repairs to anyone in the community. This year, Bike Lab has already held more than 30 Bike Labs and fixed more than 600 bikes.Aguirre, who has been involved in both private and nonprofit sectors in the Sacramento region for years, currently teaches at Sacramento State and works at an engineering firm. “I’ve always had a passion for bikes,” he said.Aguirre said he\u2019s found a real joy teaching others how to fix their bikes, noting how it helps strengthen problem solving skills and can be a skill used for life. \u201cIt’s really empowering for the kids and adults to be able to do that,\u201d he said. The organization is supported by donations and regional partnerships; KCRA 3 caught up with Bike Lab at a Rancho Cordova Good Neighbor Day. Aguirre said he is particularly proud of the organization for launching an internship program for high school students who need credit for school but can\u2019t afford to work unpaid.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tSACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n In a matter of a couple of hours, Chris Aguirre and his team of Bike Lab volunteers can often have some two dozen bicycles checked out, tuned up, and back on the road with their riders. The group offers a variety of community services, including free bike repairs to those who need them, as part of its greater commitment to helping more people get outside.<\/p>\n “Bike shops are wonderful, but a lot of folks can’t afford that, so we fix them for free,” said Chris Aguirre, Bike Lab\u2019s founder. <\/p>\n Aguirre founded the nonprofit 10 years ago. The group started out providing bikes to foster youth and kids who had been previously incarcerated. Over the years, he said, they expanded their services out to teaching kids how to fix bikes and then expanding further, offering bike repairs to anyone in the community. <\/p>\n This year, Bike Lab has already held more than 30 Bike Labs and fixed more than 600 bikes.<\/p>\n Aguirre, who has been involved in both private and nonprofit sectors in the Sacramento region for years, currently teaches at Sacramento State and works at an engineering firm. <\/p>\n “I’ve always had a passion for bikes,” he said.<\/p>\n Aguirre said he\u2019s found a real joy teaching others how to fix their bikes, noting how it helps strengthen problem solving skills and can be a skill used for life. <\/p>\n \u201cIt’s really empowering for the kids and adults to be able to do that,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n The organization is supported by donations and regional partnerships; KCRA 3 caught up with Bike Lab at a Rancho Cordova Good Neighbor Day. <\/p>\n Aguirre said he is particularly proud of the organization for launching an internship program for high school students who need credit for school but can\u2019t afford to work unpaid.<\/p>\n See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COMMUNITY HAVE SPENT YEARS GIVING BACK TO OTHERS, AND WE\u2019RE HIGHLIGHTING THAT WORK AS WE CELEBRATE OUR OWN…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29855,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[22021,22022,22023,179,1552,22028,22024,7244,22027,2882,3410,1768,22026,121,123,122,22025,669,72],"class_list":["post-29854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-70-years-of-service","tag-bike-lab-sacramento","tag-chris-aguirre","tag-community","tag-donation","tag-foster-youth","tag-free-bike-repair","tag-group","tag-high-school-student","tag-hour","tag-kid","tag-organization","tag-regional-partnership","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-skill","tag-subscribe","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}