UCLA Community Bike Shop

tl;dr Friendly, helpful and knowledgeable staff. Inexpensive hike repairs and tuning.

WHAT TO EXPECT:
–Bring your bike anytime during hours, which as of right now is M-​F 10AM-​5PM (no appointment necessary!)
–You can either pay them to do the repairs, or you can «do-​it-​yourself» with their help for free! If you chose to do it yourself, you just need to pay for the materials.
–They’ll call you when your bike is ready to pick up!
–Customer service is great! Everyone was super friendly and definitely did not feel ripped off.
Since I know nothing about bikes I just dropped off my bike to have my tire re-​tubed, and they called me when they were done. I had both of my tires re-​tubed, in addition to fixing something with my wheel rim which ended up being $ 22. Labor for ~2 hours was about $ 16, which I think is pretty reasonable.
Overall, I would come back here again for any dire bike needs to support my fellow UCLA students and for the reasonable prices. My only complaint is that you have to go to the front of the gym to pay, and on the particular day I went there was a super long line. Other than that, super satisfied with everything!

My first encounter w/​the UCLA Bike Shop was over a year ago when I needed a larger bike to carry party favors for Crank Mob. Low and behold, they had a tandem on hand, and I got a killer deal — $ 15 for the whole weekend (much cheaper than those beach bike spots that rent tandems).
When I had a technical problem with my commuter bike, they gladly and patiently guided me through changing a spoke on my rear wheel. If you’re curious about the basics of bike maintenance, or simply have a nagging skip in your chain, this is a good place to start asking questions.
Their tools and expertise will cover 90% of potential bike problems which makes them an indispensable resource for those students, faculty and staff that ride to campus. My only complaint would be the tedious payment process, you can’t pay on the spot, you have to go to the kiosks in Wooden, then come back with a receipt.

The staff is super friendly and professional, I have taken my bike there at least 6 or 7 times and the quality of their work is always great, something important that i value most in this shop is that I never have felt that i was ripped off, I signed up for their $ 40 something tune up, and when I went to pick up my bike, they told me that it didnt need as much work as they expected so they charged me their $ 20 something express tune up, a few days later I went to change my breaks, the staff there lend me their tools and took a good ten minutes helping me out putting the brakes on correctly for no charge, they are just good people running the shop!!!
ok something that sucks about this shop is their hours are limited, besides taht everything else is great

Free tools to use. Need I say more? Ok.
This is a quaint little shop that can help you with all of the minor annoyances that come with regular commuting if you can’t do them yourself. Tune ups, flats, true-​ing, spokes… all that jazz. I think they can do other major projects
It’s kind of tricky to find if you are looking for the first time — tucked on the back NW corner of the Wooden center across from the rec. fields, it certainly isn’t going to win any awards for premium location. But the big garage door is always open (during its incredibly parsimonious hours)* and inviting if you need to do a quick fix.
The staff is super friendly. The first time I went there Mikey invited me to critical mass (which I had never heard of at the time, now I’m an ardent patron). I went there to use the pump once and there was a guy using their hacksaw to modify his mountain bike’s handlebars, gnarly.
You can even check out tools if you want to take something with you. I haven’t used this service, just used small things onsite. I have had a spoke replaced there, and had a flat fixed when I didn’t have my tools with me. Pleased with the service (in a timely manner, good price).
All in all kind of a fun place to get your bike happy, but not a REAL shop buy bikes, strictly maintenance-​oriented.
*M-​F 11am-​3pm