Recycled Bicycles

Now here is a CSM article about salvaging junked bikes, I wish I had written particularly because I am familiar with Bikes, not Bombs which has been doing some great work out of Boston. An excerpt:


The nuts-and-bolts approach is something Recycle-a-Bicycle has always done particularly well. The organization was founded in 1999 with a straightforward mandate: Repair abused, remaindered, broken, or worn bikes and funnel them back to consumers. At the time, New Yorkers were wary, says Lisa Stein, the executive director. Used bicycles were something for the junk pile, and most experienced riders preferred the security of a brand-new aluminum frame.