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I've found makerspaces to be a secular alternative. The makerspace has to specifically foster community, though. There's quite a few that are just techbros with a clique that you ain't in.
Covid also killed a lot of the social aspects of my makerspace, and it's been hard to build it back.
I've found that there are often two bicycle scenes: gear nerd which is expensive, and the people who think it's all the cooler that your ride is a fixed up junker or bought 2nd+ hand. The latter are a great source of cheap community, especially if you're interested in volunteering fixing up bicycles
ETA: The second community also wants to teach you how to repair your bike even if you don't want to hang out with them. Look for bicycle co-ops in your area. Often they'll have a pay what you can for stand time and they'll charge for parts, but they're happy to teach you to fix up your bike. They'll also sell you an affordable bike they've fixed up and they're likely to be flexible in accordance with needs.
Yeah I tried that with a local makerspace and it didn't work out for me, sadly. I wanted a sense of community, contact with likeminded people to do stuff together. They just offered lots of machinery to be used in solitude. It went like this: "So, you wanna 3d print something? Sure, just go to person X, they will show you how to operate the thing. You don't know how all of this works? We have some resources on our discord to get you started." Okayyyy
FWIW, the major makerspace in my area--or what was the major makerspace--was a lot like that. A couple of people didn't like that and started a new one, with myself and my wife coming on board almost right away. It took a long time and I'm not sure our story can be easily replicated, but we're now the bigger of the two in terms of space and membership size.
But like I said, Covid was a brick wall for our social aspects.