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...

For those interested in the bike-drive totals the "scores-on-the-doors" are ...

Libertyville Green Living Fair (3/17) 23 bikes
Illinois Sustainable Living and Wellness Expo (4/14) 16 bikes
Lemont Earth Day and Recycling Event (4/14) 35 bikes
Recycling Day sponsored by Elmhurst College (4/14) ?
His Wheels Wheaton bike collection (4/14) 20 bikes
Carol Stream Park District Earth Day Festival & Farmers’ Market (4/21) 15 bikes
Libertyville Community Earth Day Recycling Event (4/21) 12 bikes
Schaumburg Recycling Event (4/21) 47 bikes & 5 wheelchairs
Isthmus Green Day, Madison (4/21) no bikes
Northwest Indiana Earth Day (4/21) no bikes
Wheaton Recycling Extravaganza (4/21) 43 bikes, 6 sewing machines and 1 wheelchair
Whole Foods Market Deerfield (4/22) 42 bikes
South Loop Whole Foods Market Bike Drive (4/22) 4 bikes
Forest Elementary School, Des Plaines, Bike Swap (4/27) 10 bikes
Lincoln Way East H.S. Frankfort (4/28) 160 bikes
Arlington Heights Bike Swap (4/28) 15 bikes
Arlington Heights Spring Sweep (4/28) 25 bikes
Glen Ellyn Recycling Extravaganza (4/28) 23 bikes
Lisle Recycling Extravaganza (4/28) 19 bikes
Forest School Bike Swap (4/27) 10 bikes
St. George Tinley Park (4/28-29) 43 bikes
Itasca Recycling Extravaganza (5/05) 19 bikes
Plainfield Spring Environmental Expo (5/05) 2 bikes
River Forest Green4Good Recycling Extravaganza (5/05) 48 bikes
Addison Recycling Extravaganza (5/12) 4 bikes
Warrenville Bike Rodeo (5/19) 19 bikes
Woodridge Recycling Extravaganza (5/19) 25 bikes
Oak Brook Library Recycling Extravaganza (5/19) 5 bikes
Wheaton Park District Used Bicycle Sale (5/19) ?
Eagle Scout troop 1615 Oak Lawn bike drive (5/19-20) 125 bikes

The Sauganash Community Church on the northwest side of Chicago, at 4541 W. Peterson Avenue, is hosting another bike drive for Working Bikes.

They held a bike drive back in 2010 and were thrilled with the response that they got from the local community.

Contact: Johnna Knabe 773/968-7201.
WBC coordinator: Working Bikes 773/847-5440.

The Elgin Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee plans to hold its second bike donation drive in support of Working Bikes during Elgin's celebration of Bike to Work Week.

This event is being held at The Centre, 100 Symphony Way, Elgin, IL 60120.

Contact: Tom Armstrong224/234-0234.
WBC coordinator: Working Bikes 773/847-5440.

For those interested in the bike-drive totals the "scores-on-the-doors" are ...

Boy Scout Troop #969 (3/05-06) 48?
Kent Law College (3/26) 1 bike
Roselle Bike Drive (4/01) 22 bikes
Clarendon Hills (4/09) 35 bikes
Elmhurst BTF (4/09) 156 bikes!
South Holland (4/09) 36 bikes
Highland Park (4/10) 36 or 37?
U of I Medical Center (4/15) 0 bikes
Lemont Earth Day (4/16) 37?
Wheaton Recycling (4/16) 46 bikes
Deerfield W.F.M. (4/17) 35?
Schaumburg Recycling (4/23) 80 bikes, 12 wheelchairs & a sewing machine.
Grayslake Used Bike Collection (4/23) 40?
Milwaukee W.F.M. (4/23) 7 bikes
Arlington Heights Bike Swap (4/30) 20 bikes
Glen Ellyn Recycling Extravaganza (4/30) 30 bikes
Sustainable Saturday in Lisle (4/30) 25 bikes
Park Ridge (4/30) 3 bikes
Global Activism Expo (4/30) 5 bikes
Carol Stream Rotary and Village Bike Collection (5/07) ?
Itasca Recycling Extravaganza (5/07) ?
Woodridge Rotary Recycling Extravaganza (5/14) 53 bikes
Warrenville Bike Rodeo (5/14) 12 bikes
Libertyville (5/14) 70 bikes
L.L.Bean, Skokie(5/14-15) ?
Old St. Mary's Waupaca, WI (5/14-15) 649 bikes!
L.L.Bean, South Barrington (5/15) ?
Wayne Township Reuse/Recycle (5/21) ?
Oak Brook Recycling (6/04) ?
Elgin (6/11) 36 bikes
Itasca (6/11) ?
Evanston Public Library (6/18) 40 bikes
Hinsdale W.F.M. (6/18) 6 bikes
Villa Park (6/25) ?
Buffalo Grove (7/24) 90 bikes
Hanover Township Recycling Extravaganza (8/13) 62 bikes
Weston, WI (8/13) 40 bikes
Springfield, Illinois State Fair (8/14-16) 40 bikes
Independence Park Farmers Market (8/14) ?
Sheboygan, WI (8/27) 78 bikes
Beverley, Scout Troop 607 (9/10) 54 bikes
L.L.Bean, South Barrington (9/10) ?
Trailside Museum (when?) 70 bikes
Hanover Park Recycling Event (9/17) 28 bikes
Heller Nature Center Autumn Fest (9/23) 16 bikes
Downers Grove Recycling Extravaganza (9/24) 120 bikes
Lombard Recycling Extravaganza (9/24) 80+ bikes, 6 wheelchairs, etc.
Cantigny Recycling Extravaganza (9/24) 17 bikes & 2 wheelchairs
West Chicago Recycling Extravaganza (10/01) 15 bikes
Northbrook Rotary (10/01) 70 bikes
Mokena (10/08) 70 bikes
Winnetka Make a Difference Day (10/22) 22 bikes
Roselle (10/23) 73 bikes & 5 scooters
Oakbrook recycling (10/29) 8 bikes & 4 sewing machines, etc.
Arlington Heights, NW Suburban Council for Boy Scouts of America (12/11) 29 bikes

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

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

Clarendon Hills (4/10) 53 bikes
L.L.Bean Sports Days, South Barrington (4/10) 6 bikes
Evergreen Park (4/10) ?
Global Activism Expo (4/16) 3 bikes
Wheaton Recycling (4/17) 48 bikes
Lemont Earth Day (4/17) 38 bikes
Elmhurst Bicycle Task force (4/17) 75 bikes
Madison Isthmus Green Day (4/17) ?
Northwest Indiana Green Day (4/17) 3 bikes
Irish American Heritage Center (4/17) 5 bikes
St. George's, Tinley Park (4/17) 45 bikes
Park Ridge (4/17) 6 bikes
Folks on Spokes, G.S.U. (4/18) 12 bikes
C.A.R.E. at Lewis University, Romeoville (4/18) ?
DePaul (4/19) ?
UIC's Ecojamapalooza (4/22) ?
Glenn Ellen (4/24) 30 bikes
Willowbrook (4/24) 15 bikes
Irving Park Lutheran Church (4/24) 35 bikes
Indiana Earth Day (4/24) ?
Arlington Heights (4/24) 35 bikes
Lisle's Sustainable Saturday (5/01) ?
Warrenville (5/08) 75+ bikes
Chesterton HS (5/15) ?
Woodridge Rotary Recycling Extravaganza (5/22) ?
Naperville Whole Foods (5/29) ?
Naperville Reuse and Recycle Extravaganza (6/05) ?
Wayne Township Recycling Extravaganza (6/05) ?
Central & Fullerton Bike Drive (6/05) 60+ bikes
WNIT's Green Expo (6/11) ?
Annie Frei's Workshop (6/11) ?
MREA's Energy Fair (6/19) ?
Beverley Hills Cycling Classic (7/09-10) 75 bikes
Elmhurst Green Fest (7/31) ?
Central States Bike Drive in Rosemont (8/06) ?
Hanover Township Recycling Extravaganza (8/14) 30+ bikes
Green Music Festival (8/15) ?
Oakbrook Terrace R.E.I. (8/22) ?
Jefferson Park (9/11 & 9/12) ?
Sauganash (9/12) ?
Milwaukee (9/16 - 9/18) about 250 bikes!
Hanover Park Recycling (9/18) 5 bikes
Lombard Recycling (9/18) 66 bikes
Weston, WI, bike collection (9/25) ?
Wheaton Cantigny Green Fair (9/25) ?
Buffalo Grove Farmer's Market (10/10) 52 bikes
West Chicago (10/16) ?
Winnetka Bike Drive (10/23) ?

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

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!