bike drives | Working Bikes

We are hosting the following bike drives, please bring your donation to one of the drives at these times. Check back for new drives. Bike drives are also posted in our events calendar.

Bike drive announcements below...

The city of Warrenville are holding their annual Bike Rodeo on Saturday, May 8th, and will be including a bike collection for Working Bikes.

To be held at 28W701 Stafford Place, adjacent to the Prairie Path.

Contact: Rachel Reklau or Bill Weidner 630/301-8093.
WBC coordinator: 2.B.Decided 773/847-5440.

Woodridge Rotary has scheduled a huge spring cleaning & recycling event again this year, and they will be collecting bicycles for Working Bikes as before.

Location: Cypress Cove Water Park at 83rd and Janes Ave., Woodridge.

Contact: Susan McNeil-Marshall.
WBC coordinator: 2.B.Decided 773/847-5440.

For those interesting in the bike-drive totals ...

Northfield (3/06 & 3/07) ?
Sustainable Saturday in Lisle (3/28) 135 bikes
South Loop at Whole Foods (4/11) ?
Global Alliance at JMLS (4/18) 30 bikes
Highland Park with VQC (4/18) ?
Folks on Spokes at GSU (4/19) ?
Northbrook at Whole Foods (4/19) 8 bikes
Lemont Village Earth Day event (4/19) 50 bikes
River Forest & Oak Park Trailside Museum (4/19-30) ?
Northeastern Illinois University (4/20-24) 4 bikes
Wheaton (4/22) ?
River Forest & Oak Park Whole Foods (4/22) 1 bike
Willowbrook Whole Foods (4/22) ?
Arlington Heights (4/25) 16 bikes
Glen Ellyn Recycling Extravaganza (4/25) ?
Lakeview (4/25-26) ?
River Forest & Oak Park Whole Foods (4/26) 1 bike
Glenview Bike Drive (5/02) 65 bikes
Warrenville Bike Drive (5/09) 43 bikes
C.A.R.E.'s Bike Drive in Lockport (5/17) ?
Riverside Bike Drive (5/30) ?
Beverley Bike Drive (7/11) ?
Central States Bike Drive (8/06) ?
Woodridge Rotary Bike Drive (8/29) 78 bikes
Earth Festival Bike Drive (9/26) ?
Winnetka Bike Drive (10/24) ?
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Recycle Day Bike Drive (10/26) ?
Cincinnati Bike Drive (10/31) ?
Madison Bike Drive (11/07) ?

- but, of course, this isn't a competition!

For those interesting in the bike-drive totals ...

Butler Grade School in Oak Brook (4/19) 63 bikes
Lemont Village Earth Day (4/19) 80 bikes
Wadsworth Eagle Scouts (4/19) around 200 bikes
Edgebrook Lutheran Church (4/19) 93 bikes
Folks on Spokes at GSU (4/20) 16 bikes
St. George's Church in Tinley Park (4/19-20) 75 bikes
Whole Foods in River Forest (4/20) about 70 bikes
Trailside Museum in River Forest (4/20 & 4/21-26) ?
Northeastern Illinois University in Dekalb (4/22) 20 bikes
City of Chicago (5/03 & 5/04) ?
Oak Park "Excavating History" (5/04) 1 bike
Francis W. Parker School (5/10) ?
Warrenville Bike Rodeo (5/10) ?
Winnetka (5/12 - 5/16) ?
Newleaf Natural Grocery in Rogers Park (5/16 & 5/17) ?
Orangeville (5/17) ?
Woodridge Rotary (5/17) 38 bikes
Lockport (5/18) ?
Plainfield & Joliet (5/31) ?
Global Alliance Oak Park (5/31) 76 bikes
University of Chicago (6/12) ?
Gurnee (6/14) ?
Beverley (7/12) 91 bikes
Whole Foods Grocery in Lakeview (7/13) ?
Boy Scout Troop 160 in Des Plaines (8/10) 60 bikes
Framers Market in Logan Square (10/05) ?
Napirville Bike Drive by DuPage Unitarian Universalist Church (10/11 & 10/12) ?
Crate & Barrel in Northbrook (10/16) ?
Winnetka "Make a Difference Day" Bike Drive (10/25) ?
Villa Park "Make a Difference Day" Bike Drive (10/25) ?
REI in Lincoln Park (11/08) ?
Barrington Bike Drive (11/16) 32 bikes

- but, of course, this isn't a competition!