We tried to partner with a local child-centered reuse business called Mama Goose; they focus on childrens' clothing and accessories (baby gates, high chairs, bottles, etc.) with the intention of solving the ages-old problem of outfitting young, growing children who outgrow their clothes and accessories and providing parents with a place to donate or consign these items and recover or at least preserve a lot of the value.

Our intention was to offload output of our many chikdrens' bikes to them while providing all of the maintenance and refurbishment for said bikes. We just sought an appropriate outlet for these bikes, basically.

At the time, the management of Mama Goose wasn't interested, I think fpr space/storage reasons but perhaps for liability reasons too. But I never stopped thinking it was the right partnership, and they eventually changed management, as retail often does, and if I proposed a similar idea to them now they might bite. So if you have a similar business or nonprofit in your community, you might propose such an arrangement to them. Definitely be prepared to handle all of the refurbishment, maintenance, and warranty (if any) yourself. It could be worth it to explicitly claim insurance responsibility for the bikes as well.

~ Cyclista Nicholas