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Comment by Fiona on July 27, 2009 at 5:37am

SuperHero Vs. SuperVillain Bike Ride!!

What: A Costume Bike Ride and Benefit
When: Saturday August 1st
Time: 4 o'clock
Where: choose your side and ride. Are you feeling like a Hero or a Villain??
Heroes meet at Humboldt Park Boathouse
Villains meet at Wicker Park Fountain
Who: Fiona and Bonus are raising money for the Alzheimer's Association, so feel free to donate 10 bucks.

Ride or Die

Comment by Alan Lloyd on July 17, 2009 at 4:48am

All donations, however small, are welcomed!

Comment by Primitive Don on July 15, 2009 at 3:45pm

Does Working Bikes need tires and tubes? I have small pile of used but not worn MTB tires and tubes that I have no use for that could potentially be used on your bike builds.

Comment by Gary Gilbert on July 15, 2009 at 2:31pm

Tanzania Shipping Party on Saturday July 18, 2009
See Events calendar for details

Comment by Alan Lloyd on June 15, 2009 at 3:21am

With the help of a lot of volunteers we were able to fill a container bound for the Village Bicycle Project in Ghana in about 4 hours on Saturday, June 13th ...

We crammed 331 adult (mainly 26" & some 24") and 144 20" childrens bikes into the container, along with 3 boxes of cranks, 1 box of brakes, 1 bucket of chains, 1 box of new MTB suspension forks, 23 extra 26" wheels and 4 bags of MTB inner-tubes.

Comment by Gary Gilbert on May 21, 2009 at 9:18am

Ghana Shipping Party Saturday at 10 AM to 3 PM at 2434 S. Western

We will load 500+ mountain and BMX bikes to be sent to "Ability Bikes" in Ghana.

People may have learned about this project from the film Emmanuel's Gift.

Following is a message from Carl Kurtz of Bikes Not Bombs about the shipment:

"I'm glad this shipment is going forward, the EEFSA's project, Ability Bikes, in Koforidua, Ghana really needs the bikes.

The EEFSA will be clearing the container from customs for this project.

The folks in Ghana are very excited to know that this shipment is imminent. I will let them know about your efforts, Please inform me of the date of loading and the sail date, ETA, etc of the shipment. The Ability Bikes collective can start to communicate directly with you all and send some photos and information when the container arrives.

I would also like to add that if Working Bikes receives crutches, walking aids, wheel chairs, and adult cargo tricycles all of these items are needed and can be helpful and could be easily distributed by the EEFSA.

However bikes in this shipment are obviously the biggest priority and should be given priority. Crutches we find can often be inserted in between the bikes. We will be declaring basically all bikes and walking aids in this shipment however we will not be including parts in the invoice paper work that you use. I think its best not to load parts at the very end of the load near the container doors rather just bikes and wheels in that area.

The consignee will be :

Emmanuel’s Educational foundation and Sports academy EEFSA

32 Shiuno Rd. Awudome Estate

Accra, Ghana

Atn: Mr. Martin Boakye or Emmanuel Yofosu Yeboah
Tel: 0249– 50-542

Comment by Gary Gilbert on April 1, 2009 at 3:05pm

Working Bikes is always looking for additional volunteers. Check out www.workingbikes.org for volunteer hours.

Comment by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on March 31, 2009 at 5:47pm

I bought my mountain/winter bike there. I've been nothing but happy with it.

Comment by Alan Lloyd on March 31, 2009 at 4:07am

927 & 1125 are empty, it's 2434 S. Western Avenue for everything now - except for one last shipping party out of the ex-carwash this coming Saturday (April 4th), then the remaining bikes will be moved down to our new location too?

Comment by Alan Lloyd on March 12, 2009 at 9:04am

As you may already know, we're in the midst of moving from 927 & 1125 S. Western Ave. to our new location at 2434 S. Western Avenue!

See http://workingbikes.org & http://workingbikes.org/node/187319 for more ...

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