Braking Cycles Coffee and Bike Shop

Braking Cycles is a non-profit under the umbrella of Transitional Youth, established to celebrate what makes Portland most beautiful, raise awareness in what is darkest, and utilize the tools at hand to create a platform of healthy opportunity for the marginalized youth of this great city. Through youth apprenticeship programs, Braking Cycles is committed to offering hope and tangible job skills and real-world knowledge that will provide youth a place and opportunity to dream, reach, and achieve. We believe this is where healthy self-sufficiency can become the new cycle. The Coffee Shop provides at-risk youth the opportunity to learn valuable job skills as a barista, setting them up for a future of success, self-sufficiency, and hope. The Bike Shop offers youth the opportunity to become skilled bike technicians, giving them opportunities for a better future. We also sell refurbished bikes, bike parts, and accessories.