Empowering Community Through Bikes
At Good Karma Bikes, we empower people and build community through bikes. Looking to purchase or service a bike? Donate a bike? Volunteer You’ve come to the right place. Your support of our community bike shop helps those who need it the most.
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Who We Are
Good Karma Bikes is a second-hand bike shop open to the public. We have been voted Silicon Valley’s Best Bike Shop eleven years in a row. We pride ourselves on service quality second to none. We have the best prices in town – our prices are about in the 50th percentile in the United States. We are also a non-profit. Each year, thousands of bikes come to us through donations. All are repaired by our dedicated volunteer crew and half are redeployed to those in need through partnerships and programs, and half sold in our bike shop to help fund our mission. Our partners support programs for youth, low-income families, homeless, those in recovery, recent parolees and refugees. We have never turned anyone away for financial reasons.
What We Do
We provide safe and reliable bike transportation, repair services, and training through Park Tool School. The free affinity programs that we offer provide a safe space to learn basic bike repair at your own pace and emphasize inclusion, access, and community. They also feed our larger volunteer program. Our mobile repair clinics serve the community at large city-scale events and provide free service to those in need through partnerships. Our partnerships span from government elected officials to NGO's and corporate and city sponsored events.
Our Impact
We are a bike shop, however, our mission isn't about bikes – it's about people. Bikes provide the extraordinary medium through which volunteers work to positively impact others’ lives every day. We are about affordable transportation, health and wellness. We believe that every kid should have a bike. That's why all single-speed, 20″, coaster-brake style kid's bikes are free.
What People Say
"GKB is the best around--in both bikes and karma--hands down. They've granted countless bikes and free repairs to our unhoused clients, and have done so with the accurate understanding that a set of wheels is literally a lifeline for low-income and unhoused people in our region. They are a wholly unique model, and San Jose is extremely lucky to have them."
Partner
"This is a great non profit with an awesome friendly staff and volunteers. I’m glad they’re still going strong and donating bicycles they fix."
Donor
"This place does good work. The people are nice. And they have some very good deal on both new and used bikes. And it’s a good cause!"
Customer