Bicycle Repairers
Repair and service bicycles.
Most important skills
- Repairing
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Troubleshooting
- Service Orientation
- Time Management
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
Key knowledge
- Mechanical
- Customer and Personal Service
- Sales and Marketing
- Public Safety and Security
- Production and Processing
- Engineering and Technology
- Administration and Management
- Administrative
What the work involves
- Install and adjust speed and gear mechanisms.
- Assemble new bicycles.
- Install, repair, and replace equipment or accessories, such as handlebars, stands, lights, and seats.
- Align wheels.
- Disassemble axles to repair, adjust, and replace defective parts, using hand tools.
- Shape replacement parts, using bench grinders.
- Install and adjust brakes and brake pads.
- Help customers select bicycles that fit their body sizes and intended bicycle uses.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Realistic, Conventional, Investigative.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) (67.9% of expert ratings)
- Related experience
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (35.2%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months (27.4%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 2: Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Bicycle Repairers is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Moderate | Higher on contact with others than 52% of occupations compared | 59% of surveyed respondents chose “Contact with others most of the time” |
| Dealing with the public | Very high | Higher on dealing with the public than 86% of occupations compared | — |
| Teamwork | Low | Lower on teamwork than 70% of occupations compared | — |
| Freedom to make decisions | Very high | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 88% of occupations compared | 65% of surveyed respondents chose “A lot of freedom” |
| Time pressure | Very high | Higher on time pressure than 86% of occupations compared | — |
| Conflict situations | High | Higher on conflict situations than 78% of occupations compared | — |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | High | Higher on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 75% of occupations compared | — |
| Consequence of error | Moderate | Higher on consequence of error than 55% of occupations compared | — |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: very high
- Conflict situations: high
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: high
- Consequence of error: moderate
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Occasional contact with others: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Contact with others about half the time: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Contact with others most of the time: 59.12%
- Constant contact with others: 40.88%
n = 12, Incumbent 08/2026
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Fairly important: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Important: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Very important: 10.63%
- Extremely important: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
n = 12, Incumbent 08/2026
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 2.36%
- Fairly important: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Important: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Very important: 12.08%
- Extremely important: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
n = 12, Incumbent 08/2026
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Very little freedom: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Limited freedom: 2.97%
- Some freedom: 31.73%
- A lot of freedom: 65.3%
n = 12, Incumbent 08/2026
Time pressure
- Never: 3.3%
- Once a year or more but not every month: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Once a month or more but not every week: 9.19%
- Once a week or more but not every day: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Every day: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
n = 12, Incumbent 08/2026
Conflict situations
- Never: 2.97%
- Once a year or more but not every month: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Once a month or more but not every week: 13.42%
- Once a week or more but not every day: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Every day: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
n = 12, Incumbent 08/2026
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Once a year or more but not every month: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Once a month or more but not every week: 7.66%
- Once a week or more but not every day: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Every day: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
n = 12, Incumbent 08/2026
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 6.24%
- Fairly serious: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Serious: suppressed by O*NET (low precision)
- Very serious: 2.36%
- Extremely serious: 23.58%
n = 12, Incumbent 08/2026
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