Citybikes Workers' Cooperative

Citybikes was founded by Roger Noehren as a sole proprietorship in 1986, in the current Repair Shop building. He hired Tim Calvert in August 1989 to transform Citybikes into a worker owned cooperative (w/o RN), which came into being in January 1990. Business continued to grow, and in 1995, Citybikes expanded to the Annex building (instigated by RN, who returned in 1994). At this time, Citybikes began to sell a higher volume of used bikes, and also to carry new bikes. The Annex space was further remodeled/expanded in 2002, and the Repair Shop was remodeled, to double the retail space, in 2008. Citybikes grew from a fledgling enterprise to a successful cooperatively run business employing about 20 people in winter, and 25 in summer, before a period of downturn that ultimately ended with the closure of the shop in 2024.