Burglary at Bike works

[Biciclista]

BIKES - WE NEED YOUR HELP


Dear Friends,

We are sad to report that over the last few weeks donated bikes have been stolen from the yard behind Bike Works. The stolen bicycles were destined to be put back into the community in May at this year’s Kids’ Bike Swap. We lost a large pile of bikes – an estimated $1,500 value – that have been worked on since September during our volunteer repair nights and youth Earn-a-Bike classes and drop-in hours. With the KBS now just 4 months away, this is a big setback for us.

We are reaching out to our community to help! Most of the bikes that were stolen were “adult” sized bikes for older youth. (These bikes are harder for us to collect, take longer to fix, and are worth more money.) In the next three months, we hope to build our pile of bikes back up to what it was! Here is what we need:

Good condition adult bikes - smaller mountain bikes (26” wheels) and road bikes (700 cm. wheels) especially.
Good condition 24” wheeled bikes. To donate a bike, email Donald at recycling@bikeworks.org or call our shop during business hours at 206.725.9408 x3
Volunteers who can repair bikes – specifically volunteers with shop level mechanic expertise. If you are interested in repairing bikes, contact Davey at volunteers@bikeworks.org or 206.725.9408 x2
Any other donation (monetary or material) that can help us offset our loss. To donate to Bike Works, click here.
For now, we’ve improved the security in the backyard with more locks and tarps, as well as barbed wire (an additional incurred cost of $900). We have also spoken with neighbor businesses to help us keep an eye out when staff aren’t here, and are continuing to strategize about a long-term solution! We’d love to hear ideas if you have them.

[shootingstar]

what a bummer!

[TxDoc]

This is horrible, some people really have no respect for those trying to make a difference and help out a community

[Ana]

I'm so sorry to hear about the sad news

Unfortunately, I don't have any bikes to donate

[KnottedYet]

I don't have any bikes, but I'm sending them some money. They are a good group who do a lot for the community.

[anorange]

This is crummy. What did the thieves really have to gain from this? I don't have any bikes to donate but I have some parts. Do they need parts?

[Bike Chick]

How awful! That's terrible. What jerks!

[smilingcat]

I wish I lived near there to help them with refubish work. If I still had a job, I would have donated money to them but right now I have to mind my Ps&Qs. I do have lots of time on my hand right now...

Things like this really makes me mad.

I may have some components like 105's from the mid '80s been sitting in a box all these years with very little use. Same with 105 cranks, spindle, cups with bearings and chain rings.

[lauraelmore1033]

How low can you get? They can have my little red Raleigh. I was going to sell it, but haven't been terribly motivated to part with it. It is a 50 cm 2006(5?) with Sora shifters and rd. I'm sure it would be going to an excellent home!

[NbyNW]

Upsetting that someone would do this to such a wonderful organization!

[Biciclista]

You should call them for details. They probably will take parts, but it depends on which parts.
we just came back from donating a bike, they said people had been calling and coming in all day; but that A LOT of kid's bikes were taken.

[Eden]

That's terrible to steal from a charity.
I passed the message on to the Cascade Forum.

[smilingcat]

I sent them an e-mail since no one answered the phone. I hope to hear back from them.

If nothing else, they could sell the components and use the money toward fixing the bikes they want.