Youth Bicycle Programs Directory

Youth Bicycle Programs Directory
Directory: Youth & Young People
Bicycle Programs
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This category covers a range of programs involving young people and bicycles: teaching young people
cycling skills, a vocation, personal management, business management and
community consciousness, and
giving them self-esteem, while promoting bicycling and diverting good bicycles from
the land fill.
If you live in any of the following community you can easily get involved with your
local youth bicycle program. Most of these organization accept donated bikes,
though some have constraints on what they can or will take.   If
you don't live in a community with a program you will
probably find the people involved at these programs eager to help you set one up:
List is alphabetical by U.S. state / Canadian province, then city,
followed by programs "
Outside
North America
Note some
"community
bike", "free bike", "bike library"
programs have a
youth component so you might check this other page as well..
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prevent email harvesting
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these fine organizations.
Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas & British Columbia
The Spoke
Edmonton AB Canada.
Bicycle Program, 5850 J Glendale Ave, Glendale, AZ 85301. Contact: Susan Bookspan.
Handlebar Helpers, Paiute
Neighborhood Center, 6535 E. Osborn, Scottsdale, AZ. Tel: 480-312-0002. Contact Terry Erickson,
email: terickson @scottsdaleaz.gov
. Earn-a-bike and
apprentice programs.
BICAS
(Bicycle Inter-Community Action & Salvage),
44 W 6th St, PO Box 1811 , Tucson AZ 85702.
Tel: 520-628-7950. Contact: Kim Young. Email: bicasunderground @yahoo.com
Recycle Bikes for Kids
, 717 E 10th St, North Little Rock, AR 72114. Tel:
501-563-8264. Email: info @recyclebikesforkids.org
Better Environmentally Sound Transportation (BEST)
, 197 E 17th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5V
1A5 Canada. Tel: 604-879-2453. Contact: Guy (Gee). Email: best @best.bc.ca
California
Waterside
Workshops
, Street Level Cycles, 90 Bolivar Drive, Berkeley, CA, Tel: 510-644-2577. Email: watersideworkshops @gmail.com
.  A nonprofit organization that
provides recreation opportunities, classes, and job-training for local youth
while offering services to the community including a bicycle shop and repair
facility, a full service wooden boat building shop and Berkeley's only
waterfront coffee shop.
La Cueva, 695 Center St, Costa Mesa, CA 92627. Contact: John LeVere.
Lennox Middle School, 3243 W 112th St., Inglewood, CA 90303. Contact: Lenny.
Bikes 90800, 202 E Bart St, Long Beach, CA 90805. Tel.: 562-570-1640.
Contact Dave San Jose.
Cycles of Change
, 2025 E 12th
St., Oakland CA 94601 CA. Tel: 510-595-4625. Email: cyclesofchange @yahoo.com
The Crucible
, 1260 7th Street,
Oakland, CA 94607. Tel: 510-444-0919. Contact: Ismael Plasencia. Email: ismael
@thecrucible.org
Earn-a-bike program for youth
12yrs and older and an art bike class for students who have successfully
completed earn-a bike.
Learn to Earn Program, 200 North Cherry, Ontario, CA 91764. Tel.: 909-988-6481.
Contact: Suzanne Thomas.
Bicycle Education Training & Repair
2200 McDonald Ave, Richmond CA 94801. Tel:
510-621-1221. Contact: Ben Gill. Email: bgill @rpal.org
Adopt-A-Bike Foundation, 1111 Harris Street, San Bernardino CA 92411. Tel:
909-888-1695. Contact: Charlie Seymour. (probably defunct)
Bicycle Dojo, 1710 45th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94122. Email: cbmoore @sonic.net
dtromba @optonline.net
Bike Hut, Pier 40, (Embarcadero
and Townsend), San Francisco, CA 94107.  Tel: 415-543-4335. Contact:
Ted Thomas. Email: Tdthomas16 @aol.com
Bike Kitchen
, 1256 Mission St,
Mission District, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Email: info @bikekitchen.org
Chain Reaction, 680 Alabama, San Francisco, CA 94110. Tel.: 415-642-7298.
Contact: Arturo Cato.
Lowrider Bike Club, 534 Precita Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110. Tel.: 415-206-7756.
Contact: Marquez Rueben.
Pedal Revolution
, 3085 21st St, San Francisco, CA 94110. Tel.: 415-641-1264.
Contact: John Scheffer. Email: theshop @pedalrevolution.org
Signs & Wonders, 256 Lewis Rd, San Jose, CA 95111. Contact: Alex Arostigui.
Trips for Kids/Re-Cyclery
, 610
Fourth St, San Rafael, CA 94901. Tel.: 415-458-2986. Contact: Marilyn Price. Email: tfkbike @pacbell.net
The Bicycle Tree
811 N Main St, Santa Ana, CA 92701. Tel: 714-760-4681. Email: info @thebicycletree.org
Bici Centro
434 Olive St., Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Email: info @bicicentro.org
.  Programs include youth earn-a-bike,
adult classes and do-it-yourself shop hours.
A project of the
Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition
Santa Barbara Middle
School
, Santa Barbara CA. Bicycling is an integrated part of the
curriculum.
Green Ways to School
Bike Santa Cruz County Youth Program, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. Email: chris @bikesantacruzcounty.org
Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia
Trip for Kids Denver/Boulder
, Colorado.
Bike Together
, 2825 Fairfax Street, Denver, CO 80207. Tel: (303) 393-1963.
Recycle Bicycle Program
, 13101 Wapiti Trail, Pine, CO 80470. Tel: 303-908-7982 Contact: Bruce Lien, email: bikedadlien @yahoo.com
Trips For Kids Southern Colorado, PO Box 1413,
Pueblo, Colorado 81003. Tel: 719-250-0020. Email: info @tfksoutherncolorado.org
Sponsor and run several youth bicycle programs. Always need bicycles and
parts. Will pick up bicycles and parts in the area.
Bicycle Education and Enrichment Program (BEEP), Education Committee,
Connecticut Bicycle Coalition, 1 Union Pl. Hartford CT 06103. Tel:
860-527-5200. Contact: Barry
Alexander.
(no name), New Britain CT. Contact: Cliff, Email: bikecliff @sbcglobal.net
Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana
Campaign for a Prosperous Georgia, 1083 Austin Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307. Contact: James Chapman.
(probably defunct)
Cycles and Change
, Atlanta, GA
Earn-a-Bike
, Atlanta Bike
Coalition, Atlanta GA
SWIMBA
(Southwest Idaho Mountain
Biking Assoc.), Boise, ID
Blackstone Bicycle Works
6100 S Blackstone, Chicago, IL 60637. Tel: 773-241-5458.  Contact: Andrew
Gregg. Email: blackstonebikes @gmail.com
Project Wheel, Northern Illinois Univ., Dept. of Leadership Education and Policy
Studies, DeKalb, IL 60155-2866. Tel: 815-753-9341. Contact: Richard
Tapia.
Community Bike Project
216 N. Madison St, Bloomington, Indiana 47404.
Freewheelin'
Community Bikes
, 418 E 34nd St., Indianapolis IN 46205. Tel:
317-429-7973. Email: freewheelinbikes @gmail.com
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana
FreeWheels for Kids, 526 Ann Ave, Kansas City, KS 66101. Tel:
913-205-3073. Email: FreeWheelsforKids @gmail.com
(probably defunct)
Bicycling for Louisville, 425 S 2nd St, Louisville KY 40202-1430. Tel:
502-582-1814. Contact: Barry Zalph, Exec. Dir. Email: info @bicyclingforlouisville.org
Cabbage Patch Settlement House, Louisville KY. Youth earn-a-bike program.
Wayside Christian Mission's Men's Shelter, Louisville KY. Earn-a-bike
program.
Front Yard Bikes
, Baton Rouge, 974 W Roosevelt St, LA. Email:
frontyardbikes @gmail.com
. Earn-a-bike and
other programs.
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts
Lewiston Time Bank & Recycle, Howe-Two Exchange, #2 Howe St, Lewiston, ME
04240. Tel: 207-782-4202. Email: Howe2Exchange @yahoo.com
Community Bicycle Center, 21 Knight Farm Rd, Kennebunk ME 04043. Tel:
207-282-9700 . Email: info @communitybike.net
.(probably defunct)
Artemis Racing
, Bethesda/Chevy
Chase/Silver Spring MD.  Teaching young people how to race.
Rockville Youth Bike
Project, Rockville MD.  Tel:
301-461-5349. Contact:  Mike McMillion,
mike @bikesfortheworld.org
.   RYBP provides community service and
earn-a-bike opportunities to local youth, as well as bike & pedestrian safety
education in local schools, in cooperation with the
Bikes for the World
domestic and international program.
Community Bike Program
, Hampshire
College, Amherst MA.
Boston Bikes Youth Cycling Program, Office of the Mayor, 1 City Hall
Square, Rm 932, Boston MA 02201. Tel: 617-918-4270. Contact: Eric Sjoberg.
Brockton Fights Back, PO Box 4722, Brockton, MA 02403. Contact: Jim Walsh.
Bikes Not Bombs
, 59 Amory St, Roxbury, MA 02130. Tel: 617
522 0222. Contacts: Matt Soycher. Email: learn @bikesnotbombs.org
Programs include:
Girls In Action (GIA); girls ages 10-13 have the opportunity to
engage in basic bicycle mechanics, bicycle outings, sleepovers, arts and
crafts and discussions on girls issues.  We help girls to get active
physically and to learn to love bicycling!  The girls meet Fridays from
3:30-6:30.
Youth Drop in Program (YDIP) currently meets Wednesday nights
from 3:30-6:30 and is a chance for youth to get some tutoring help with their
homework, bike rides, and some mechanics. Future plans as we increase
attendance include increasing the number of days to 2/week, field
trips/outings/overnights, shop projects, a scavenger hunt, and shared
experiences with other youth groups.
Shipping bikes to and working with
bike organizations and appropriate technology organizations in other
countries,  as well as helping to set up earn-a-bike programs and bike shops
in other countries. The contact for this is Carl Kurz, email: carl @bikesnotbombs.org
Cycle Kids
, 5 JFK St., Cambridge, MA 02138. Tel: 617-661-0908. Email: info @cyclekids.org
Worcester Earn-A-Bike
4 King St, Worcester MA 01610. Tel: 508-579-9093. Email: gary @worcesterearnabike.org
Neighborhood bike shop that allows people of all ages to "earn" bikes from
the selection
of donated bikes in return for helping others.  Accepts donations of all types of bikes.
Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Montana
Back Alley Bikes / The Hub of Detroit
, 3535 Cass Ave.,
Detroit, MI 48201. (313) 879-5073. Email: shop @thehubofdetroit.org
Open Roads Bikes
1532 Riverview Dr, Kalamazoo,
MI 49003. Tel: 269-365-9142. Email:
info @openroadsbike.org,
or openroadsbike @gmail.com
Norte Youth Cycling
, Traverse City, Mi,
49685. Tel: 231-883-2404. Email: hello @elgruponorte.org
Community bike shop, bike library, and youth bike program.
BicycleWorks
, 4102 Shenandoah,
St. Louis, MO 63110. Tel: 314-664-0828.
Small Blue Planet, PO Box 63325, St. Louis, MO 63163.  Tel.:
314-772-6115. Contact: Roy Bohn.  (probably defunct)
Loon State Cyclists, 7824 Florida Cir., Brooklyn Park, MN 55445. Contact: Larry Martin.
(probably defunct)
Cycle for Change
, 1915 E 22nd St,
Minneapolis, MN 55404. Tel: 612-787-7433. Email: info @cyclesforchange.org
Education/classes, youth programs, welcomes
bike donations, etc.
Full Cycle
3515 Chicago Av S, Minneapolis, MN.  612-824-7581. A program to teach
at-risk youth to repair bikes.
Phantom Bike Shop, 3660 43rd Ave. S, Minneapolis MN 55406.
Contacts: Mike Oker & Chris.  (probably defunct)
Venture
North Bike Shop
, 1830 Glenwood Ave. Minneapolis, MN. Tel: (612) 377-3029
Email: live-it @venturenorthbwc.org
Cycle for Change
, 712 University Ave
W, St Paul, MN 55104. Tel: 651-222-2080. Email: info @cyclesforchange.org
Education/classes, youth programs, welcomes bike donations, etc.
Youth Express Bike Shop, 234 North Snelling, St Paul, MN 55104. Tel.:
651-644-9660.
Free Cycles Missoula, 833 W Pine, Missoula, MT 59802.  Tel.:
406-543-2383. Email: mist @strans.org
Nevada, New Mexico, New York & North Carolina
Kiwanis
Bike Program
, 145 Catron Dr, Reno NV. Tel: 775-337-1717. Email: kiwanis_bikes @sbcglobal.net
. Ongoing clinics on bicycle repair and safe
riding practices for youth organizations, refurbishing of bikes for at risk
youth in our community.
City of Albuquerque, PO Box 1293, Albuquerque, NM 87103.  Tel.: 505-768-3532.
Contact: Craig Rivera.
Email: crivera @cabq.gov
The Bikeworks. 815 E. 10th St., Silver City NM 88061. Tel: 575-388-1444.
Operate an earn-a-bike program, affordable reconditioned bicycles, a workshop
with a free tool library, and a free-roaming yellow bike program.
Troy Bicycle Rescue, 15 Trinity
Avenue, Albany, NY. Tel: 518-573-7947. Email: tbr @breathingplanet.net
Grand Street Campus, 162 8th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215.  Contact: Ira Perelson.
Park Slope Middle School, 441 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215. Tel.: 718-788-0666.
Contact: Vince Canziani.
Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles
(RIB),
530 W Buffalo St.,  Ithaca, NY 14850. Tel: 607-256-5355.
Contact: Bob Wolfe Jung. Email: bschrempf @sscc-ithaca.org
Center for Appropriate Transport, 38 E 4th New York NY 10003. Tel: 212-505-8276. Contact: George Bliss.
Recycle-A-Bicycle (RAB)
Children's Aid Society, 21 Jumel Place Rm B110, New York, NY 10032. Tel.: 212-569-2760.
Contact: Tare Gantt. .Email: taregantt @hotmail.com
Henry Street Settlement, 367 Madison St, New York, NY 10002. Contact: Christina Koenig.
Recycle-A-Bicycle
35 Pearl St, Brooklyn, NY 11201.  Tel: 718-858-2972. Contact: Pasqualina.  Email: rab
@recycleabicycle.org
Recycle-A-Bicycle
75 Ave C, New York, NY 10009. Tel: 212-475-1655.
Urban Youth Bike Corps, 301 Cathedral Park Way #3A, New York, NY
10026-4066. (probably defunct)
Urban Youth Bike Corps, 506 Lenox Ave., KP17102, New York, NY 10037. Tel: 212-939-4005.
Contact: Erik Clitte.
Stillwater, NY. Contact: James Brown.
Ashville Recyclery, 37 Mulberry St, Ashville NC 28804. Tel: 828-253-7930.
Contact: Lynn Williams.
Email: arecyclery @yahoo.com
. (probably
defunct)
Triangle Bikeworks
, In
Carrboro NC
, ride @trianglebikeworks.org
Youth bicycle programs include Spoke'n Revolution, Bikes & Barnyards and
Tymber Wolves.
Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario & Oregon
The Bicycle Experience, 3074 Portsmouth Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45208. Tel.:
513-321-5919.  Contact: Mike Self.
Ohio City Bike Coop
, 1823 Columbus Rd, Cleveland OH
44113. Tel: 216-830-2667. Email:
webmaster @ohioCityCycles.org
The Third Hand
, Columbus OH. Contact: Lizandra Vidal
Bike Coop, Wilder
Hall Box
25, 135 West Lorain St., Oberlin, OH 44074. Tel: 440-775-5351.  Email: bikecoop @oberlin.edu
Ardmore Recycle Bike Program, Ardmore OK. (probably defunct)
Wheels After School, 523 NW 31st, Oklahoma City OK 73118. Tel: 405-524-2014. Contact:
Bill Byrd.
Community Bike Network
, 761
Queen St. W. #101, Toronto, ON  M6J 1Y7 Canada. Tel: 416-504-2918. Contact: Maogosha Pyjor.
Brockville Bike Ministry,
Brockville ON. Contact: Eric Montgomery, Email:
emontgo1017 @gmail.com
Two Wheel Drive, ON. Contact: Henry Summerville.
Community Bike Program, 205 Granite St., Ashland, OR 97520. Tel.: 541-488-8126.
Contact: Elias DeChristo.
Email: salmandr @mind.net
Center For Appropriate Transport
, 455 W First
Ave., Eugene, OR 97401. Tel: 541 343 5568. Contact:
Jan Vander Tuin. Email: cat@efn.org
Community Cycling Center
1700 NE
Alberta, Portland, OR 97211. Tel: 503.287.8786. Contact:
Daniel Bohn. Email:
info @communitycyclingcenter.org
Pennsylvania, Quebec, Rhode Island
Community Bike Works
, 235
N Madison, Allentown, PA 18102. Tel.: 610-434-1140. Contact: Stefan Goslawski,
info @communitybikeworks.org
Bethlehem Bicycle Co-op, 60 W Broad St #195, Bethlehem, PA 18018.  Tel.:
610-954-5744. Contact: Damion Mill.
Coatsville Community Bike Works
PO Box 203, Coatesville PA 19320. Tel: 610-383-4349. Email: info @coatesvillebikeworks.org
Recycle Bicycle Harrisburg
2266 Atlas Street, Harrisburg, PA. Tel: 717-571-2008. Email: recyclebicycle @verizon.net
. Facebook:
Adult & teen earn-a-bike, free kids bikes, free DIY repairs, free instruction.
Kutztown Jr. High Cycling Club, 10 Deisher Ln, Kutztown, PA 19530.  Tel.:
610-683-3575.  Contact: Ron Imboden.
Cadence
Cycling Foundation
, 4323 Main St, Philadelphia, PA 19127. Tel:
610.420.7765. Contact: Doven Collins.
Neighborhood Bike Works
3916 Locust Walk , Philadelphia, PA 19104. Tel.: 215-386-0316.
Contact: Andy Dyson. Email: info @neighborhoodbikeworks.org
Free Ride!
Recycle-a-Bike, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Tel: 412-731-4094.  Contact: Erok Boerer.  Email: freeride @bike-pgh.org
.  Open three days a week; youth
Earn-a-Bike and open shop.
Positive Spin
, 188 43rd St, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15201. Tel: 412-325-4334 and 412-325-4335. Email: info @bikepgh.org
Youth Bike League, 201 Mcknight Park Dr., Pittsburgh PA 15237. Tel: 412-367-4034.

Contact: Linda Yadao.
Recycle-A-Bike
, The Steel Yard,
27 Sims Ave, Providence, RI 02909. Tel: 401-831-9327.

Email: info @recycleabike,org
Saskatchewan, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia
Core Neighborhood Youth Co-op, 414 Ave B South, Saskatoon, SK S7M 0Z9 Canada. Tel.:
306-665-3889.  Contact: Lenore Swystun.
Revolutions: A Community Bicycle Initiative, 1000 S Cooper St, Memphis TN
38104.  Tel: 901-949-1201. Email: anthony @riseup.net
Halcyon Bike Workshop
2802 12th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37204. Tel: 615-730-9344.
Austin Yellow Bike
Project
, 5013 E 51st St, Austin TX 78723, .  Tel:
1-512-457-9880. Email: austinyellowbike @juno.com
.  Six
week course for kids 12-16 years old. Kids get to pick out a bike from our
warehouse, or bring one of their own. They are led through a complete teardown
and rebuild of the bikes they choose. The program is completed by outfitting
the kids with lights, a lock and a helmet, and going on a safety ride. Summer
only.
The Bike Gangs of Fort Worth
, Fort Worth TX. Tel: 682.429.2298. Email:
gangbossguido @thebikegangsoffortworth.org
Camp All Saints, Pottsboro, TX 75076.
Mountain bike programs for children.
Salt Lake City Bike Collective
PO Box 2400, Salt Lake City, UT. Tel: 801-328-BIKE. Contact: Jonathan Morrison.
Email: info @slcbikecollective.org
Phoenix Youth Bike
, Barcroft
Park, 4100 S. Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington VA.  Tel: 703-575-7762.
Contact: Colin Dixon. It serves teens through an after-school program.
Phoenix Bikes is a project of the Greenbrier Learning Center.
Washington & Wisconsin
Sharing Wheels, Everett,
WA.
Recycle,
Longview, WA.  Kids doing custom bikes and a community free bike program.
Bike Works
, 3709 S. Ferdinand St
@ Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118. Tel: 206-725-9408. Contact: Jake
Beattie, Dir.  Email: director @bikeworks.org
. Programs include:
A retail storefront w/ professional mechanics, new & used stuff, used
bikes, and reasonable prices (basically a normal bike shop but with donated
goods and lower prices)
An earn-a-bike program for kids w/ its own classroom (our core program)
Youth Ventures - Rides etc for earn-a-bike graduates
Volunteers who work in the classroom space, fixing up bikes that are donate
around (generally to community groups, who award bikes to participants
based on merit--a way to not undercut the efforts of EAB kids by giving
away bikes)
An annual kids bike swap
Exports to Ghana
and more
Dream
Bikes
, 4245 W. Beltline Highway, Madison, WI 53711. Tel: 608-467-6315
Wheels for Winners
229 S. Fair Oaks Ave, Madison, WI 53704.  Tel.: 608-249-2418. Contacts: Majorie Ward..  Email:
wheelsforwinners @gmail.com
Boys & Girls Club, Milwaukee WI. Has a bike program where kids fix donated
bikes and distribute them in the community. They gave out 400 in the summer of
2004.  During the summer they have a mobile bike shop and go around to the
other clubs in the city fixing bikes.
Dream
Bikes
, 2021A N. Martin Luther King Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53212. Tel: 414-763-0909
Milwaukee Bicycle Works, Milwaukee, WI
Bicycle Council, N1367 Southern Rd, Lyndon Station, WI 53944. Tel: 608:666-2062. Contact: Jay Townley.
Outside
North America
Bike Club
(UK) Provides grant to
support youth bicycling activities. There are development officers in England,
Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Deadly
Treadlies, Alice Springs, Australia. In the process of bicycle rebuilding,
Deadly Treadlies trains young people in a variety of skills: team work and
planning, mechanical skills, personal development and enterprise development.
(probably defunct)
Pedal MCR
, Platt Fields Park, Manchester M14 6LA
(UK). Bike Recycling and
community education project with Earn a Bike and weekly Tool Club where you can
use our tools to fix your bike. Volunteers, bikes and parts always needed.
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