Community Bike Programs: Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana & Iowa
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If you have bikes to donate or contribute, many of the organizations on this page are willing recipients. If you cannot find an organization in your community, you should also check the programs listed on our "youth program directory" and "international recycling bicycles" pages.). Still no luck, check locally for social service agency that serve the homeless, disadvantaged, orphanages, organize gift programs at Christmas, etc. (If you have additions or corrections for this list please let us know. )
* To discourage email harvesting, the email addresses in this directory are un-hyperlinked and have an extra space in them. To use the email address: cut-and-paste the address and delete the space before the @ symbol. For those of you with honorable intentions we are sorry for the inconvenience in communicating with these fine organizations.
Directory of Community Bike Programs:
Hawaii
B-Cycle, Oahu, HI. Using 3rd generation B-Cycle system.
Idaho
Boise Bicycle Project, 1027 S Lusk St, Boise, ID. Tel: 208-429-6520. info @boisebicycleproject.org *.
Grow Cycling, Driggs, ID. USA
Bike Loan Program, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID. The program is operated by the UI International Friendship Association. The program uses a waiver of liability form, which student's and members of the student's family must sign before they can borrow a bike. Bikes are loaned with an average deposit of $20. There are now almost 400 program bikes in use on the campus. An ongoing challenge is keeping up with maintenance. This is partially addressed by teaching users to maintain their own bikes. Some people need help removing wheels, some reach inside themselves and pull out remarkable latent ability, some become very proud of what they can do. (this program may be defunct)
Poky Free Bikes, Pocatello, Idaho. "Self help" shop where you can learn all about building and maintaining bicycles.
Illinois
Bikes For Chicago, 2101 S Kedzie, Chicago IL 60623. Tel: 773-490-0683. Email: bovineoaks @aol.com *.
Blackstone Bicycle Works, 6100 S. Blackstone Ave., Chicago, Il 60637.
Chicago Community Bike Project, Chicago IL
Recyclery, 7628 N Paulina, Chicago, IL 60626. Tel: 773.262.5900. Email: info @therecyclery.org *,
Slow Roll, Chicago IL. Not a physical location, but a series of community building bicycle rides.
West Town Bikes/Ciclo Urbano, 2459 W. Division St., Chicago, IL 60622. Tel: 773.772.6523. Email: info @westtownbikes.org *,
Working Bikes Cooperative, 2434 S. Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60608. Tel: (773) 847-5440. Email: info @workingbikes.org *,
St. Xavier University, Chicago IL. First computer-driven bike sharing system on a US college campus: Students wave their ID card over a docking port. The port is attached to a rubber tube, which can be used as a lock and opened by entering an access code. Students must enter the bike’s condition before it can be unlocked. Similar to systems used in Europe, but with credit cards.
West Town Bikes, 2418 W North Ave, Chicago IL 60647. Tel: 312-213-4184. Email: westtownbikes @yahoo.com *. Space to teach bicycle maintenance and repair, to members of the community.
Working Bikes, 1125 S. Western Ave., Chicago, IL. Tel: 312-421-5048. Email: workingbikes @yahoo.com *. Collect and refurbish bikes for distribution as humanitarian aid.
The Recyclery, 735 Reba Place, Basement, Evanston, IL 60202. Non-profit, collective, seeks to build community through the restoration of donated and discarded bicycles.
Bike Peoria Coop, 612 W Main St, Peoria, IL
Quincy Bikes, Friends of the Trails, PO Box 184, Quincy IL 62306. Bike loan program, which uses a fully refundable deposit structure. (may be defunct)
Bicycle Project of Urbana-Champaign, IL DIY space, tools, and a community to repair bikes, share knowledge, hold classes, and advocate for bikes
The Bike Project, Urbana-Champaign, IL. Space, tools, and community to repair bikes, share knowledge, hold classes, and advocate for bikes in Urbana-Champaign. Email: thebikeproject @gmail.com *.
Indiana
Community Bicycle Project, 7th and Madison, Bloomington IN 47404. Maintains an open workshop of bicycle tools. Periodically teaches bicycle maintenance classes. Sells recycled bikes. (probably defunct)
Freewheelin' Community Bikes, Indianapolis IN. Email: freewheelinbikes @gmail.com *.
Bomber Cyclery, West Lafayette Bike Cooperative, West Lafayette IN.
Earlham Bike Co-Op, Basement of Barrett Hall, Earlham College, 801 National Rd, West Richmond, IN 47374. Tel: 765- 973-2830. Open to both the Earlham and Richmond communities where one can come to learn, play, and volunteer. In the spirit of a cooperative, there will be knowledge, supplies, tools and camaraderie shared for the greater good.
Iowa
Des Moines Bicycle Collective, 617 Grand Ave (across from Ruan Center), Des Moines, IA 50309. Tel: (515) 288-8022. Eamil: info @dsmbikecollective.org *.
Dubuque Bike Coop, Dubuque, IA.
Iowa City Bike Library, 408 E. College St., Iowa City, Iowa 52240. Bikes checked out for 6 months with refundable deposit.
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