update > this is Monday afternoon, Aug 10, 2009, Terrence, one of the two co-owners of Pump Station
On weekday afternoons during the commute you’ll likely find Terrence or Mike at this corner of Post and Market. During the day they say they’ve been getting lots of work just by word of mouth, where they go to peoples houses and fix bikes there. Apparently there’s a need for on call bike fixers, rather than taking them to a normal shop. There seems to be some sort of backlog of broken bikes at peoples houses that people have been unwilling to drag down to a bike shop, so it could be that these two bike messengers are literally putting more bikes on the street
As it stands now, they might actually have to get a second station and a third mechanic if it keeps up like this, and that’s before they even have a dedicated phone. And Pump Station is indeed registered with the City of San Francisco
Mostly for now, during this first couple weeks, they are charging things like 5 bucks for a tube, and then rely on tips for actually changing the tire. They seem to be happy so far
(previously, posted Monday morning) Pump station – week 2
no dedicated phone number yet, but they’re working on it. They are starting to get a regular schedule, which is:
weekdays – on Market street between Post and Fremont. The below photo is at Post and Market from Friday evening commute, and shows Mike already working on 2 bikes
Saturdays is planned for near Zeitgeist on Valencia and 14th and Sundays at the Hall of Flowers – Conservatory in Golden Gate Park
