Local Co-Op Donates Bikes, Enriches Lives
An article, by Carrie Jackson, in the September edition of the Chicago North and North Shore edition of Natural Awakenings ...
FAQ About the Cost of Bicycles Overseas
Keith Oberg, of Bikes for the World, explains why some organizations that receive donated bikes sell them ...
bikesfortheworld.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=98&Itemid=1
Waupaca, WI bike drive
The St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Community Social Concerns Committee collected over 600 bikes for Working Bikes in their recent bike drive ...
400+ bikes from this bike drive will be arriving at Working Bikes at 2434 S. Western Avenue on Friday June 10th at around 10am, help unloading the truck/container will be appreciated!
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Working Bikes Co-op welcomes all bikes, even the really screwed-up ones
An article, by Kevin Warwick, about Working Bikes in the Chicago Reader ...
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Working Bikes on Worldview
Sue Shannon & Raul Gonzalez were interviewed by Jerome McDonnell in the Global Activism segment of Worldview on Thursday, April 21st 2011.
Read a preview here http://tinyurl.com/3jhqydr and click on "Listen to this Story" in WBEZ's page to play the 14 minute piece.
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‘Re-cycle’ to raise global mobility through volunteer effort by Working Bikes
Working Bikes is featured in this My Suburban Life article, posted on March 16, 2011 at 03:00pm.
Erin's Mt. Kilimanjaro Climb
As a lifelong desire, and in memory of her parents, Erin Lamparter will be climbing Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro on March 8th.
As part of this initiative, Erin will be also be raising funds for Working Bikes, you can make a contribution at www.giveforward.com/erinlamparter
Erin Lamparter is a Detroit-area native, but has lived in Chicago since 2001 and now considers it her home. She served as a business development volunteer in the Peace Corps in Ghana in 2005. Through this times, she found that Ghanaians are the most welcoming, kind, wonderful, happy people that she has ever encountered. Her adoration for the outdoors started in high school in Killarney Provincial Park in Canada, and since then she has continued camping and hiking in Yellowstone, the Smoky Mountains, the Porcupine Mountains, the Canadian Rockies, and the White Mountains, among others. She is passionate about animal welfare and environmental protection, and is into photography, live music, film, swimming, a vegan lifestyle, and kicking it with stray cats.
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New Bike Shopping
Steve Vance's recent blog entry ...
http://www.stevevance.net/planning/new-bike-shopping/
http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/the-awesomeness-of-working
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Working Bikes Cooperative Bringing Pedal Power to the World
An article, by Ian Woofenden, about Working Bikes in the December 2010 & January 2011 issue of homepower magazine ...
The article implies that Working Bikes refurbishes the bikes sent overseas when, typically, they are shipped "as-is". We do, however, refurbish bikes for both sale & donation locally.
Working Bikes on WCIU, "The U", You & Me This Morning
WCIU's Chris DeRose visited Working Bikes recently ...
Chris compiled Bikes Back from the Grave for You & Me This Morning on "The U".
Chris also had a go on one of the bike machines, powering a record player to accompany his morning work-out in this Web Extra: Pedal-Powered Music piece!
