We’re preaching to the converted here about the usefulness of the humble bicycle, but in the developing world a bicycle can mean the difference between a livelyhood and poverty. Bicycles for Humanity is an Organisation that gets bicycles out of the hands of those don’t need them and into the hands of those who do.

If you’ve got a bicycle that’s ridable or near ridable, get it down to 170 Edward street, Brunswick, this weekend ( 9am-4pm, 21st & 22nd March). The Melbourne chapter of Bicycles for Humanity are packing a container load of push bikes (and hopefully yours) to Namibia, on Africa’s west coast. As you can imagine, many Australian homes are a place for once-loved two wheelers to collect dust, so if you’ve got one that want to be reborn as a pedal powered ambulance (believe it), bring it down!

If you don’t have an old bicycle to donate, there are many other ways you can support this cause. It will cost $10,000 to send the bikes over, so a coin in the jar or supporting one of the many commercial sponsors will help.

There’s plenty more information on the Bicycles for Humanity websites if you’re keen to get involved. 

If we don’t see you there down there, (We’re popping down for a few hours to help out) be sure to drop in to the Commuter Cycles Workshop, we’ve stocked up on a huge range of mudguards and lights for those coming dark months. 

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