I think it's really commendable that you're offering to pass these bikes on. If Portland where closer, I'd drive out there to pick them up. I hope that other bike collectives in similar situations can offer the same. It's a shame for a working bike to be scrapped. I see Vincent already mentioned shipping them off to other countries. I believe Chicago's working bikes also does a lot to redistribute these less than desirable bikes.
Last year, Seattle's Bike Works gave us a similar donation (though they threw in some nicer bikes to make the $300 truck rent especially work it) which really helped kick start our brand new space (moving from 700 sqft to 4500 sqft)
-momoko
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Jason Tanzman jason@cyclesforchange.org wrote:
Hey all,
This is kind of a long shot, since this listserv is national. Cycles for Change in St. Paul, MN is kind of overloaded with bikes. If any community bike shops were looking for bikes, we could easily give you 10, 25, 50, 100, or potentially more (we will likely have as many as 200 that we're trying to get rid of). We're 2 talking 10-speeds, 26" mountain bikes, 3-speeds, some4" mountain bikes. Nothing super fancy - lots of Murrey, Magna, Schwinn, Huffy, etc. All in decent to good condition - we've junked the magnas with broken shifters and wrecked wheels, so all the bikes available are reasonably fixable. But we have mostly pulled out the Specialized Hard Rock or Raleigh Olympian quality mountain or road bikes for use in other of our programs, so there's nothing super high quality.
Anyways. If there's anyone working on a bike project in or around the Twin Cities, or another bike project within a reasonable truck rental distance - we'd be happy to provide bikes. We would even potentially contribute 25-50% of the cost of a truck rental for an organization who wants these bikes - we're at the point where they'll end up being scrapped, and they're definitely usable bikes. We'd love to help them find a good home.
Best, Jason
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