In the basement of a brick building on East Main Street in Chattanooga, a new community bike shop is set to open Saturday.
Two Bikes Chattanooga, a nonprofit, plans to offer lower-cost refurbished bikes for sale, bike repairs and a community work bench where people can come work on their rides for free.
The organization will also refurbish donated bikes to donate to other nonprofit groups, including La Paz, the Chatt Foundation and the White Oak Bicycle Co-op in Red Bank.
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Founder Mitchell Connell moved to Chattanooga last year after starting the first Two Bikes location in 2021 in Knoxville’s Old City. This shop will be a kind of test to see if the model could work in other cities, he said.