With bicycle lanes flanking nearly every street, miles of paved paths meandering through tree-filled parks and a downtown and college campus rubbing elbows, Eugene is a haven for those who power their commutes with pedals. Encountering a bicyclist in Eugene is like seeing a Ducks shirt at Autzen stadium.

But with so many bicycles dotting the landscape, problems are bound to occur — broken chains, flat tires, bent spokes, you name it. Fortunately, when such occasions transpire, it’s an easy fix. Simply take your wheels to a bike shop, pull out your wallet and it’s someone else’s problem.

But some people can’t afford the bicycle shop remedy, or perhaps, they don’t want to. For people on a budget, or people with a hankering to fix or build their own bikes, Eugene has a solution.

Inside a spacious warehouse-like building, located on 455 W. First Ave., bicycle repair stands surround workbenches filled with all manner of bike tools, and a collection of people bustle back and forth with chain grease and pedal cranks in their hands.

Eugene Bicycle Works, run by the nonprofit organization called the Center for Appropriate Transport, is a community bike shop where customers can rent out their own personal workspace and get their bikes back on the road again — or maybe for the first time.

“The mission here is to get more people biking and make space available for people of all incomes,” said David Klein, the shop manager of EBW.

For a rate of $8 an hour, or a yearly membership of $60, customers gain access to all the tools and space they need to repair or build their bikes. For $1.50 per five minutes, customers can receive advice and assistance from trained volunteers and bike mechanics.

According to Klein, all of the parts, save a few items like chains, are donated. The workshop has a large assortment of welding and painting equipment .

And for those looking for even more hands-on experience, anyone can become an EBW volunteer, regardless of prior training or knowledge, and can exchange their volunteer hours for free time with the tools and stands.

That’s what volunteer Sean O’Kelly did.

“I came in back on Oct. 1, and was like ‘maybe I can learn something,’ and now here I am, learning a trade five days a week,” O’Kelly said. “Most people can pick it up in five to six hours.”

As well as renting space out and taking on volunteers, the CAT also has monthly community workshops and apprenticeship programs.

The ethos behind EBW and CAT is “to promote bike culture and educate people, hands on, in the diversity of vehicles,” according to the organization’s director Jan VanderTuin.

In a city where bicycles reign supreme, the EBW might be just the place to go for those looking to dive further into the pedal-centric culture.

“It’s a community that gives back to the bike culture,” VanderTuin said.