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  1. #1
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    Non-Profit bike assistance programs

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    New Orleans has Rubarb www.rubarbike.org
    Seattle has BikeWorks www.bikeworks.org
    Sacramento has a bike kitchen www.sacbikekitchen.org
    Bozeman Montana has a bike kitchen www.bozemanbikekitchen.org
    San Francisco has a bike kitchen www.bikekitchen.org

    What do you have in your area? Let's get a list compiled of the little-known but vital bike non-profits that might be hiding many pages down on Google searches, or might not be on the web at all.
    "If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson

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    whole lotta bike kitchens

    www.bikekitchen.org/links.php
    Fancy Schmancy Custom Road bike ~ Mondonico Futura Legero
    Found on side of the road bike ~ Motobecane Mixte
    Gravel bike ~ Salsa Vaya
    Favorite bike ~ Soma Buena Vista mixte
    Folder ~ Brompton
    N+1 ~ My seat on the Rover recumbent tandem
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    St. Louis Bikeworks
    Claudia

    2009 Trek 7.6fx
    2013 Jamis Satellite
    2014 Terry Burlington

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    Third Hand Bicycle Co-op, Columbus, OH

    Also many listed (without links) in the list of current registrants for this fall's Bike!Bike! conference
    Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler

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    Oooh, I like that St. Louis's BicycleWorks has a "ByteWorks", too, where kids can earn a computer!

    That is very cool!
    "If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson

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    Little Rock, AR has the Arkansas Sustainability Network, and their ReCycles program... very similar to Bike Kitchen.

    http://www.arnetwork/bikes , 209 South Victory Street, just down the hill and around the corner from the state capitol building and two blocks up from the AmTrak station. (501) 372-6996.

    Tom

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    http://bikeped.org/

    pretty neat I have to say and part of the reason the Twin Cities are such a bike haven. Not everyone has the shill for a Bianchi. Love it. But I still want a Bianchi

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    http://www.communitycycles.org/ Boulder, CO represent!
    "True, but if you throw your panties into the middle of the peloton, someone's likely to get hurt."

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    Quote Originally Posted by KnottedYet View Post
    What do you have in your area? Let's get a list compiled of the little-known but vital bike non-profits that might be hiding many pages down on Google searches, or might not be on the web at all.
    But only one bike organization has a "dating game"

    www.sfbike.org/?love
    Fancy Schmancy Custom Road bike ~ Mondonico Futura Legero
    Found on side of the road bike ~ Motobecane Mixte
    Gravel bike ~ Salsa Vaya
    Favorite bike ~ Soma Buena Vista mixte
    Folder ~ Brompton
    N+1 ~ My seat on the Rover recumbent tandem
    https://www.instagram.com/pugsley_adventuredog/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trek420 View Post
    But only one bike organization has a "dating game"

    www.sfbike.org/?love
    The video is a hoot!!
    "If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson

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    Not only funny but informative! Check the statistics at the bottom of the page "are cyclists better lovers?"

    Studies show we are
    Fancy Schmancy Custom Road bike ~ Mondonico Futura Legero
    Found on side of the road bike ~ Motobecane Mixte
    Gravel bike ~ Salsa Vaya
    Favorite bike ~ Soma Buena Vista mixte
    Folder ~ Brompton
    N+1 ~ My seat on the Rover recumbent tandem
    https://www.instagram.com/pugsley_adventuredog/

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    Boston has Bikes Not Bombs.
    Oil is good, grease is better.

    2007 Peter Mooney w/S&S couplers/Terry Butterfly
    1993 Bridgestone MB-3/Avocet O2 Air 40W
    1980 Columbus Frame with 1970 Campy parts
    1954 Raleigh 3-speed/Brooks B72

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    Chicago has Working Bikes Cooperative: http://workingbikes.org/

    And, World Bicycle Relief: http://www.worldbicyclerelief.org/

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