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NBW NEEDS YOU!: Donation Information
Make a secure online donation:
Thanks for thinking of Neighborhood Bike Works as you get ready
to let go of your old bike! We like bikes of all kinds and ages.
If your bike is in good condition, chances are we can use it.
Things we especially like include:
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BMX ("trick") style bikes. These are most popular
with our students.
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Road bikes, mountain bikes, and cruisers of all
sizes.
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Classic bikes. Bring on the banana seats, the rod
brakes, the vintage track bikes. We'll find someone to love it
like it deserves to be loved.
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Tandems, rickshaws, adult trikes, etc. which are
ready for the road. Again, useful for the fleet and for parades.
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Parts, tools, grease, and rags! Things get used up
pretty quickly, and we always need more.
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Wind trainers, rollers, etc
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Office supplies and snacks including: pens, pencils, stamps, copy paper,
water, gift certificates to local food stores, and non-perishable foods
like dried fruit, nuts, pretzels, etc. We can also always use
volunteers and money!
There are some we can't use:
- Things which are not actually bicycles: scooters,
roller-skates, exercise bikes, children's toy tricycles, and so
on.
- Bicycles meant for very young children. Our youngest
students are eight; most are in middle school. While we need
lots of bikes with 20" wheels, we can't use smaller stuff.
- Very low-end bicycles. If it came from a big box store and
cost less than $100, it's probably more work to maintain than
it's worth. Likewise, if it weighs 50 pounds and has steel
wheels and isn't vintage or otherwise seriously cool, not many
people will want to put the effort into bringing it back to
life.
- Very badly damaged bicycles. If you bent, buckled, or broke
the frame in an accident, or if you can't see the frame for the
rust, it's not safe. Sometimes we can salvage parts from these.
If you're donating a bike for salvage and frame damage isn't
readily apparent, please alert the person accepting your
donation.
Two last things:
- For legal and financial reasons, we cannot buy or trade bikes or bike parts. Please don't ask us to.
- Please make arrangements to walk, ride, or drive by with your gift. Click here
for directions; call or email for hours as they change seasonally.
- We can sometimes pick up major donations, but please keep in mind that we could buy materials to renovate ten bikes for the cost of renting a truck for a day. (Not to mention the time it takes to track down someone with a driver's license and time to drive the thing.)
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