Donate Bikes and Parts
reuse is our foundation
Our Community Bikes engages volunteers and program participants in developing transferable life skills while learning mechanics by recycling and refurbishing bikes. This circular economy reverses consumer culture's demand for new products as default, through creative reuse makes a direct intervention into the problem of landfills getting out of control.
We believe bicycles to be a key component in reducing our environmental impact and in improving quality of life locally and globally.
Our goal is to take bikes out of the waste stream, refurbish or recycle them, and resell or give away the refurbished bikes and parts through programming. All proceeds from the sale of refurbished bikes and used bike parts go towards supporting our community bike programs.
Donate Bikes & Parts
Spring Bike Drives!
April 14, 2-4pm, Sanctuary Cafe, Richmond
April 21, 10am-12pm, United Strangers Cafe, North Vancouver.
We accept donations of bicycles, parts, accessories, and tools. A tax receipt may be provided for high value bikes with assessed as is value $150 or more.
By donating bikes and parts to OCB, you are helping us:
- Remove bikes from the waste stream.
- Develop new mechanics through guided hands-on experience repairing bikes.
- Provide marginalized people with free refurbished bikes.
- Sustain fun community bike programs with the funds from the sale of refurbished bikes and parts.
Bike Donations We Cannot Accept
- Kid's bicycles with 20" wheels or smaller *Exceptions during Community Bike Drives - follow us for updates on our next drive!
- Bikes with steel wheels (if a magnet sticks to the rim it's steel)
- Rusty bicycles
- Entry level dual suspension bikes (shocks in the front and rear, generally under $400 new)
- For more details have a look here
- Still not certain? Send a pic to info@ourcommunitybikes.org and we'll let you know 🙂
We wish we could recycle every bike that comes our way, but we don't have the time or storage capacity. Bikes that do not fit our requirements can be brought to the City of Vancouver Zero Waste Center. Kid's bike can be donated to the Surrey non-profit Rec For Kids.
How to Donate
Please bring your donations during open hours (Weds-Sun 11-6PM.) Come to the front of the shop. If you want to drop off via the back alley entrance give us a call, (604) 879-2453 when you arrive. Staff reserve the right to turn away bikes at their discretion.
We can pick up donations of 6 or more usable bikes. A $75 pick up fee plus $18.75 per lock cut is required to help cover our costs. For pick up, please email a photo to pickups@ourcommunitybikes.org.
Building Donations
We can pick up all bikes identified as abandoned by building owners / managers for $30 per bike with a minimum call-out amount of $250.
Includes cutting any locks, recycling poor quality bikes, and refurbishing better bikes to go to participants in OCB programs.
Sign up here.
Our Community Bikes
2429 Main Street,
Vancouver BC, V5T 3E1
(604) 879-2453
info@ourcommunitybikes.org
Shop Hours:
Wednesday 11am - 6pm
Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 6pm
Sunday 11am - 6pm
