Biciaccion will fix your bicycle for free and will even show you how to do it yourself.
The group meets the last Wednesday and Sunday of every month at 10 a.m. by the Duck Pond.
"We set up our tools, and anybody who shows up on two wheels, we'll fix up their bike for them or do whatever we can," co-founder and UNM student Nathan Brody said.
He said the group is doing this in response to the declining state of the environment.
"So, we always hear about global warming," Brody said. "You hear about how the world is going to hell in a hand basket, and it's just terrible. It's awful. We need to do something immediately - key word being 'something.' 'Do.' 'Something.' 'Do something.'"
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Brody said it's possible to get around full-time on a bicycle.
"On one level, we're showing people they don't have to drive cars," he said. "Part of that is teaching them how to fix bikes - changing bikes from mysterious, scary things you kind of vaguely remember from when you were 12 and haven't really looked at since. And we're trying to shift the focus from that to more you can use bicycles to get around - you can use bicycles to do your grocery shopping. You can use bicycles to go to work. Bicycles are your friend. You don't have to be afraid of them. You don't have to be Lance Armstrong to get on a bicycle."
Brody said Biciaccion, which has about seven members, is willing to assist people with the car-to-bike transition.
"Anybody who would like to ride to work, we'll ride with them," he said. "We'll take the bike map - the city provides free bike maps. Traffic is scary. I've been hit by a car four times. Charlie, who owns Two-Wheel Drive, his favorite saying is, 'There are two types of cyclists - people who have been hit, and people who are going to be hit.' So traffic is scary. It's intimidating."
He said it's less intimidating if you can ride with a group of people who are familiar with the route and who don't panic.
The group goes on bicycle rides three times a week, leaving from the clock tower by the Duck Pond at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and at 4:30 p.m. on Saturdays.
"There are no drop-rides," he said. "Anyone who shows up will finish the ride. We're not out racing. We're not out going fast or anything like that. We're out enjoying each other and riding and having a good time."
Biciaccion member Julian Butt said bicycles will help people wean off the nation's oil addiction, but they'll have learn how to adapt to a new way of life and sacrifice a few conveniences.
"There are definitely a lot of problems that confront the people who want to use their bicycles," he said. "And those problems are primarily stemming from our society being based on the motor vehicle. And our cities are not human-sized - they're car-sized."
Brody emphasized Biciaccion has no ulterior motives.
"We're not anarchists," he said. "We're not doing anything revolutionary. We're just riding bikes."
To contact Biciaccion, e-mail
them at unmbiciaccion@gmail.com
