Working Bikes

The Saint Clement Environmental Committee and Human Concerns Commission have asked us to help them encourage cycling and environmental awareness with some bike machine displays on Sunday, June 14 between 9am and 1pm ...

Working Bikes Cooperative now calls 2434 South Western Avenue in Chicago home

We now operate everything exclusively out of our new location. The days and hours of the volunteer, workshop, and sales operations remain the same as before.

Volunteers are welcome during open hours as well as other times by prior arrangement. The new building is accessible by the Western Bus to 24th Place as well as being four blocks south of Cermak right off the Western stop on the CTA Pink Line.

Click here for a Google map (the building is the big red brick two story warehouse at the SW corner of 24th Place and Western Avenue, with the sticker of Working Bikes at the front door).

Whole Foods is sponsoring a bike drive at their South Loop store, located at 1101 South Canal Street. The South Loop store is the first LEED certified Whole Foods in Chicago!

Contact: Angela Smith 312/435-4600 & fax 312/435-4640.
WBC coordinator: To Be Decided.

The Global Alliance for Africa is sponsoring a bike drive at the John Marshall Law School in downtown Chicago, at 315 South Plymouth Court.

Contact: Cheryl Cesario 312/603-4193.
WBC coordinator: To Be Decided.

The Trek Bicycle Store of Highland Park is sponsoring a bike drive at the Vision Quest Coaching Garage Sale in the VQ Highland Park/Trek of HP Parking Lot, at 1923 Skokie Valley Road Highland Park IL.

VISION QUEST COACHING HOSTS GARAGE SALE AND BIKE DONATION TO HELP UNDERPRIVLEDGED COUNTRIES

Third Annual Spring Cleaning Event Comes to Highland Park April 18

Folks on Spokes will be holding a bike drive in conjunction with their annual Easter Ride, which is being held at Governors State University (1 University Parkway, University Park, IL 60466-0975).

Contact: Barbara Sturges.
WBC coordinator: Michael Roeser.

The Harold “Hal” Tyrell Trailside Museum of River Forest & Oak Park is accepting bike donations from April 19th at it's Earth Day festival from 10 AM to 3 PM through April 30th at the

Working Bikes will attend "Focus on Energy" at the Mount Carmel Academy located at 720 W. Belmont Avenue in Chicago, IL 60657.

Working Bikes Partner Global Alliance for Africa (GAA) will host a kick-off event for the Year of the Orphanat Av Aerie at 2000 W. Fulton in Chicago.

Working Bikes will have a booth at the event. Linda of GAA describes the event:

"On today, World AIDS Day 2008, I am writing to invite you and your students to the first-ever Global Alliance Students for Africa Chicago Event.

Whole Foods is sponsoring a bike drive at their Northbrook store, located at 840 Willow Road, Northbrook, IL 60062 USA.

Contact: A.N.Other.
WBC coordinator: Jonathan McMills.