Bikes for Goodwill
Our Bikes for Goodwill program provides free bicycles to anyone who can’t afford to purchase one. Bikes for Goodwill may be earned through 6 hours of volunteer service. Find out how to volunteer here.
If you are in need of a bike for transportation, are currently NOT able to volunteer with us, and if you are receiving help from an organization such as Switchpoint CRC, the Court Support Services, and others, ask your caseworker to contact us.
Find out more about our Monthly Bike Kitchen at Switchpoint CRC HERE.
Dear SLCBC Volunteers,
Whether you volunteered one hour, 25 hours, or over 100 hours in our shop in 2018, your hard work and service did not go unnoticed. Last year alone, we had a total of 1,738 volunteers who served a total of 4,533 hours in our shop. These numbers translate to volunteers fixing and repairing 386 kids bikes and 261 adult bikes that were then given away to folks in our community who needed them most.
In addition to these bikes being repaired and given away, we can't even begin to count the number of parts that were salvaged and organized, the number of nuts, bolts, and dust bunnies that were swept up, and the number of tubes repaired and sorted in our shop - all by the hands of our volunteers. Our shop's success is very much dependent on our volunteers, we can't do this work alone! Thank you for your service and for the care you have given by serving in our shop to support members of our community. We're excited to see you and new volunteers in our shop soon!
Sincerely,
Amy Wiscombe
Volunteer and Program Coordinator
Click here to learn more about volunteering with the SLCBC.
After retiring to St George, my wife and I began volunteering at bike events. The Senior Games, Intermountain Cup and Ironman St. George.
Early in 2016 the opportunity to rescue abandoned bikes came up and it has turned into Bicycle Collective St. George where we can enable all ages to learn and maintain all types of bicycles.
My reward is seeing young and old enjoy riding and learning about all the opportunities biking represents.
Jim spent his career building brands, customers—and value—for a host of innovative technology companies, both public and private. Jim co-founded Cirque Corporation, inventor of touchpad pointing devices now common on virtually all laptop computers. After selling Cirque to Alps Corporation in 2003, Jim founded the NorAm division of EnOcean, a Siemens spinout employing energy-harvesting to self-power wireless sensor solutions for use in building automation, industrial applications, and environmental monitoring. Since retiring in 2016, Jim consults part-time with companies in the energy harvesting and wireless sensor markets.
Jim began volunteering at the Bicycle Collective in 2017, became a core volunteer and joined the board of directors in November 2018. Jim has been a lifelong cyclist, former racer, and now an avid mountain biker. Having seen the personal and community benefits of cycling, Jim joined the Collective to extend that opportunity to all members of the community regardless of economic resources. Jim and his wife are avid skiers, cyclists and travel enthusiasts.
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Zach is an avid mountain biker and loves to spend his time shredding on any trail that is available to him.
Due to the destructive nature of mountain biking Zach has found interest in repairing his own mechanical issues and helping others fix theirs.
The SLC Bicycle Collective has changed its Sales and DIY hours to the following:
Tuesday and Thursday - 2 - 6 PM
Saturday - 12 - 6 PM
Sales and DIY hours are times when anyone can come in to purchase a bike, work on their own bike project, or drop off donations.
All other programming hours remain the same.
2017 was a record-setting year for PBC. We refurbished and gave away more than twice as many bikes as last year. Everyone in the valley will benefit from cleaner air as more people ride bikes.
Thank you to all who contributed.
Let's continue this momentum for next year! We need your help; donate today! There are only two days left to get your 2017 tax deduction!
Matt Jacobs, Kira Johnson and Austin Taylor of Provo Bicycle Collective were featured on BYU Radio's Constant Wonder. Listen to us explain how PBC empowers people to fix things, gives bikes to those in need and creates community at the same time.
Here are some money quotes:
“The streets are a public space and there is nowhere else where you can see people so close physically that are so different economically. The bicycle is a way of joining people together and building community. That’s a slogan of the Bicycle Collective; recycling bicycles, building community. That’s what we hope to do, is build community through bicycles.” - Austin, PBC Director
“The speed of discovery…that feeling you get from cruising around on a bike; noticing things that you wouldn’t otherwise.”
“There’s a drive to give back and help out in our community. The people with real needs are not always visible. By having nonprofits that care for them, that are invested in them, we can help them out. Together, we can fulfill this higher purpose.” - Matt, Volunteer and Programs Coordinator
Women’s night “makes me feel this desire to do more hands-on. If some kind of manual labor needs to be done, I’m not going to do that a man will do it, and I will do it instead.” - Kira, Women’s Night Manager
“Women can do great things. Women have the tendency to look at details, and when they get things done…it’s done with more care.” - Alexis, PBC volunteer
"If you see that norse god (Kai Cox) down there at the shop, tell him hi for me." - Marcus
Youth Open Shop
*On hold until more youth are able to be vaccinated.*
Youth Open Shop is an afterschool program designed to teach bicycle mechanics to youth ages 8-18. Youth Open Shop hours are set aside only for youth so they have a place to learn among their peers. Youth can expect the same do-it-yourself experience as our normal Open Shop users have; staff will provide guidance but not do repairs for them.
During Youth Open Shop, youth are allowed to:
- Work on their own bike
- Work on bikes for giveaway
- Earn a bike for themselves by first working on bikes for giveaway
Please note:
- While the shop time fee is waived, youth are still responsible to pay for all new parts they use or earn used parts by volunteering
- PBC will not store your child's projects
- Work stands are first-come-first-served and PBC shop staff have the right to turn youth away if the shop is too full
- PBC staff will not tolerate misbehavior and reserve the right to ban youth from Youth Open Shop
- Youth are responsible for repairing their own bicycles; PBC staff will not repair bikes for them
- Parents are welcome to wait in the shop but are not allowed to work on bikes with thier children.
Buy a Bike
We carry diverse, ever-changing selection of fully-refurbished used bikes. Our favorite bikes are "commutified"--reliable bikes from the 80s and 90s that we convert to comfy everyday bikes--but our shelves are often stocked with everything from feather-light road bikes to full-suspension mountain bikes. Because everything we carry is donated to us, we never really know what’s going to be on the shelf from week to week.
Come to our shop or call us today to find out what's in store!
Every kid deserves a bike. That’s why, in celebration of Provo School District’s Bike to School Week (September 10-15, 2018), Provo Bicycle Collective has committed to giving away 75 free bicycles to children whose families cannot afford to purchase a bike for them.
The bicycles will be distributed through the Parent Teacher Associations of Rock Canyon, Timpanogos, Sunset View, Provost, Franklin, Provo Peaks, Spring Creek, and Edgemont elementary schools.
Some children have already received their bicycles (see attached photos), but most will receive them during Bike to School Week.
Why is this necessary?
The National Center for Safe Routes to School found that only 2.2% of children biked to school in 2013. According to the Utah Department of Health, childhood obesity in Utah is rising as more children are driven or bussed to school. We hope these children use their new bikes to get to school each day and that they adopt an active, healthy lifestyle.
Contact
Media professionals who are interested in filming or photographing children receiving their bicycles during Bike to School Week should contact Provo Bicycle Collective’s director, Austin Taylor, at .
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Youth Open Shop
*On hold until more youth are able to be vaccinated.*
Youth Open Shop is an afterschool program designed to teach bicycle mechanics to youth ages 8-18. Youth Open Shop hours are set aside only for youth so they have a place to learn among their peers. Youth can expect the same do-it-yourself experience as our normal Open Shop users have; staff will provide guidance but not do repairs for them.
During Youth Open Shop, youth are allowed to:
- Work on their own bike
- Work on bikes for giveaway
- Earn a bike for themselves by first working on bikes for giveaway
Please note:
- While the shop time fee is waived, youth are still responsible to pay for all new parts they use or earn used parts by volunteering
- PBC will not store your child's projects
- Work stands are first-come-first-served and PBC shop staff have the right to turn youth away if the shop is too full
- PBC staff will not tolerate misbehavior and reserve the right to ban youth from Youth Open Shop
- Youth are responsible for repairing their own bicycles; PBC staff will not repair bikes for them
- Parents are welcome to wait in the shop but are not allowed to work on bikes with thier children.
Buy a Bike
We carry diverse, ever-changing selection of fully-refurbished used bikes. Our favorite bikes are "commutified"--reliable bikes from the 80s and 90s that we convert to comfy everyday bikes--but our shelves are often stocked with everything from feather-light road bikes to full-suspension mountain bikes. Because everything we carry is donated to us, we never really know what’s going to be on the shelf from week to week.
Come to our shop or call us today to find out what's in store!
Every kid deserves a bike. That’s why, in celebration of Provo School District’s Bike to School Week (September 10-15, 2018), Provo Bicycle Collective has committed to giving away 75 free bicycles to children whose families cannot afford to purchase a bike for them.
The bicycles will be distributed through the Parent Teacher Associations of Rock Canyon, Timpanogos, Sunset View, Provost, Franklin, Provo Peaks, Spring Creek, and Edgemont elementary schools.
Some children have already received their bicycles (see attached photos), but most will receive them during Bike to School Week.
Why is this necessary?
The National Center for Safe Routes to School found that only 2.2% of children biked to school in 2013. According to the Utah Department of Health, childhood obesity in Utah is rising as more children are driven or bussed to school. We hope these children use their new bikes to get to school each day and that they adopt an active, healthy lifestyle.
Contact
Media professionals who are interested in filming or photographing children receiving their bicycles during Bike to School Week should contact Provo Bicycle Collective’s director, Austin Taylor, at .
