Upshift Workshop

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our shop community!
Thank you for allowing us a few much-needed days off to spend time with friends and family!

One more warm season is feeling finally in hibernation with last night's freeze. Another wild whirlwind supporting DC's all our bike riding neighbors -- all of you brave ones, who tough it out on these potholed streets, for the joy and the personal values and the health of it! Our shop exists to support you, and because of your support! ✨

We don't do Black Friday - not super big on celebrations of consumerism!
BUT, if you have some bike goodies in mind (lights? Locks? Bike bags? Gifts? A Safety Pizza reflector?) swing on through Saturday 11/29 for a sweet thank you discount - and some free treats!

Our friends at are picking up these sweet treats for you - pay them a visit too to scope out some more music goodness, art, rad tshirts, or unexpected treasures. 🎶

Fix-A-Flat Clinic at the shop!
This Sunday 11/23, 5:00-6:30pm! ✨
for tickets!
(8 out of 10 spots left:)

A hands-on workshop on the foundations of confident flat tire repair. You’ll learn how to remove and reinstall your wheels and tires, practice patching a popped innertube, and learn to identify and prevent common culprits of tire and wheel concerns. All skill levels welcome - you will 100% still find this clinic useful if you have tried and struggled at flat fixing in the past. We have a few pro tricks to share, from lived experience. 1.5 hours.

Registration for the workshop costs $50 and includes a set of our favorite tire levers & a patch kit, and all shop supplies used in class.

(Hosted at the shop, 2501 Champlain Street NW!)

Reposting from the stories! 🙏🌿
Take it easy, happy trails, & see you next Friday!

One year of our shop in a nutshell - 🥜✨

When City Bikes closed its doors after owner Charlie's passing, Adams Morgan lost a giant - a landmark that had enabled a smooth bike commute + peace of mind for thousands of folks who bike and live in upper NW DC.

A year later, after the last nuts and bolts of the old shop's inventory had emptied out, I got the phone call tipping me off about the space becoming available.. I might have done an actual cartwheel. To help carry on a 30+ year legacy was a actual dream.

On my first walkthrough with Ty (owner of now-neighbor Tiny Vinyl Shop), the shop was in rough shape. Drywall dust, trash, spiders - but so much potential. I had never seen it empty before, and the huge windows, which had been blocked by bikes for so many years, were asking to become a highlight! We had just a month from when we signed the lease until our opening day (and only a few weeks of having a key!). We scrubbed the floor and walls and every inch of grid-wall that had been left behind, built scrappy workbenches, trucked over all of my tools, I strategized + ordered colorful bike gear to fill the shelves, and our neighbors brought a wall-full of plants as shopwarming gifts.

It was breakneck work, squeezed in between a 2-week in-school bike program I had already committed to teaching, and some personal health adventures. I am in *forever-debt* to the mighty crew of friends who came out to help with it all - from inventory to cleaning to moral support to bringing snacks and water, to coming to hang out on opening day!

✨ In this last year, we have served ~3,000 guests, with a crew of typically just 1-3 mechanics/day. We taught 9 group classes on & off-site, facilitated dozens of free or low-cost bike repairs through our community repair fund and partnership with the Mt Pleasant Free Bike Clinic, hosted our fun Bike Zone at two DC Open Streets festivals, played host to community group rides, ice cream socials, friend meet-cutes, and bike basket dogs.

We have been embraced so warmly by the Adams Morgan neighborhood, and we are so grateful to be serving all of you, helping keep you rolling & hopefully bringing some extra sparkle to your bike commutes 💚

Upshift is closed Friday July 4th & Saturday July 5th for the holiday.
Like you - we need some time off too!
We'll be back open Sunday 7/6 with slightly modified hours, 12pm-5pm! 😘

is returning this Saturday 6/28 (tomorrow!). We are bringing back our big Bike Zone, this year to Capitol Hill!

Come visit us at Lincoln Park - look for the big bike gear archway! 9am-3pm.

Featuring: bike safety checks, upcycled bike part art, summer flowers for your handlebars, a lil on street obstacle course, and hugs/high fives a-plenty.

Want to get involved?
We could use a few more helpers to help make all of this happen smoothly! -- setup, art facilitating, good vibes upkeeping ✨ We'll have iced coffee, breakfast and a pizza lunch for you. Shoot us a DM to get on the list, or fill out the form in our bio!

Note: the Admo shop will be closed Saturday, as our whole crew will be down at the event!

(closed today!)
A jampacked schedule has us closed to all walk-ins for today. Thank you for your understanding. 🙏

If you have an existing appointment and need to coordinate pick-up or drop-offs, you can msg us here or email [email protected].

Hugs and see you soon!

Happy June!

As we enter real-summer, we realized that we never shared a post with photos from all the way back on our New Year's Day Ride!

5 months later is never too late :)
Thanks to all who joined - keep an eye out for more fun on bikes soon, in this warmer season ✨

A breakfast potluck in Malcolm X Park launched us into 18 miles of wanders all across DC - to the Arboretum, Kingman Island, and a shared meal to warm us back up.

A lil' to two weeks ago!

We celebrated our bike travelin' neighbors in partnership w the with a pit stop right in front of the shop (easiest commute ever!)

Safety-checked 15ish bikes in 2 hours, installed a few much-needed new brake pads, spread good vibes, hugs, high fives, and taught some new learners about how wheels work :)

A big thanks to all who swung by to say hi! And a warm embrace to the new friends we got to meet!