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Ohio City Bicycle Co-op
Website	http://ohiocitycycles.org/
Email	info@ohiocitycycles.org
Founded	2000
Location	Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Language	English;
Services Offered	DIY Repair Services; Pay Repair Services; Mobile Repair Services; Bike Sharing Services; Earn-A-Bike Services; Bicycle Valet Services; Workshops; Bicycle Courses; Group Rides; In-School Programs; Youth Summer Camp;
Mission Statement	"Help people use bikes"
Phone	216-830-2667

Latest revision as of 19:51, 19 January 2025

Ohio City Bicycle Co-op is ... http://ohiocitycycles.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=126%3Anew-address&catid=1%3Alatest&Itemid=43

Contact Info

1779 Merwin Ave Cleveland Ohio 44113

Turn right onto Merwin Ave, near the lift bridge. Turn right into the gate with our banner on the fence. Our entrances is at the far end of the parking lot.

Phone: 216 830 2667

More info on our website

History

In the fall of 2002 Ohio City Bicycle Co-op (OCBC) was incorporated, and secured donation of a storefront on Lorain Avenue where it could expand this Earn A Bike program, renovate and sell surplus bikes to help cover expenses, and attract additional volunteers with an adult membership program that offered bike repair classes and shop use to the public. At this time OCBC also began to present Earn A Bike programs at schools and recreation centers as a fee service, and organized larger bike rides as fundraising events and for others, including the City of Cleveland. Initially, the organization operated entirely with volunteer labor, primarily from two of the founding members, one of whom began volunteering full-time in the beginning of 2003. In September 2003, the Co-op moved to its current, larger space in the Flats, where less street traffic greatly facilitated group riding, and a large amount of storage space eased management of the large volume of bicycle donations, from throughout the greater Cleveland area. In 2005 OCBC was granted 501(c)(3) tax exempt status by the IRS.

The Ohio City Bicycle Co-op (OCBC) is a non-profit bicycle education center with a small professional staff and many skilled volunteers. In our well-equipped 12,000 square foot bicycle mechanic shop, OCBC upcycles donated bicycles to make them safe and reliable for community members. We teach classes on bike riding and repair skills and lead community programs such as fix-athons, bike valet parking, and group bike rides. On Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, OCBC also runs a “bicycle thrift store” for refurbished bikes, as well as new and used bicycle parts, clothing, and accessories. Through work-trade and our Pay What You Can programs, we provide free and affordable bicycles, repairs, and accessories (such as helmets and locks) to cyclists facing financial difficulties.

More history on our website

Services Offered

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 == Contact Info ==
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+Merwin Ave
+Cleveland Ohio 44113
-== History ==In 1995 the Cleveland Area Bicycle Association began collecting used bicycles to create an Earn a Bike program as a service project for the cycling community. This culminated in a project that awarded bikes and helmets to thirty East Cleveland children, but ended when key volunteers moved out of the area.
+Turn right onto Merwin Ave, near the lift bridge. Turn right into the gate with our banner on the fence.  Our entrances is at the far end of the parking lot.
-In early 2001, two of the organizers of that effort returned to Cleveland and joined with several other concerned cyclists in creating a bike-recycling and education project that began with an Earn a Bike program in a small garage behind the Arrupe Community Center of St. Ignatius High School in the Ohio City neighborhood. For the next two cycling seasons, three of this original group would help area children twice a week to earn donated used bikes by learning to repair them, and riding together to learn safe cycling skills.
+Phone: 216 830 2667
-In the fall of 2002 the Ohio City Bicycle Co-op (OCBC) was incorporated, and secured donation of a storefront on Lorain Avenue where it could expand this Earn A Bike program, renovate and sell surplus bikes to help cover expenses, and attract additional volunteers with an adult membership program that offered bike repair classes and shop use to the public. At this time OCBC also began to present Earn A Bike programs at schools and recreation centers as a fee service, and organized larger bike rides as fundraising events and for others, including the City of Cleveland. Being unsuccessful securing start-up grant funding, the organization operated entirely with volunteer labor, primarily from two of the founding members, one of whom began volunteering full-time in the beginning of 2003.
+[http://ohiocitycycles.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13&Itemid=47 More info on our website]
-When the building on Lorain Avenue was sold in September 2003, the Co-op moved to its current, larger space in the Flats, where less street traffic greatly facilitated group riding, and a large amount of storage space eased management of the large volume of bicycle donations, now also coming from several area police departments.
+== History ==
+In the fall of 2002 Ohio City Bicycle Co-op (OCBC) was incorporated, and secured donation of a storefront on Lorain Avenue where it could expand this Earn A Bike program, renovate and sell surplus bikes to help cover expenses, and attract additional volunteers with an adult membership program that offered bike repair classes and shop use to the public. At this time OCBC also began to present Earn A Bike programs at schools and recreation centers as a fee service, and organized larger bike rides as fundraising events and for others, including the City of Cleveland. Initially, the organization operated entirely with volunteer labor, primarily from two of the founding members, one of whom began volunteering full-time in the beginning of 2003. In September 2003, the Co-op moved to its current, larger space in the Flats, where less street traffic greatly facilitated group riding, and a large amount of storage space eased management of the large volume of bicycle donations, from throughout the greater Cleveland area. In 2005 OCBC was granted 501(c)(3) tax exempt status by the IRS.
-was a pivotal year for the OCBC: it received a favorable determination of 501(c)(3) non-profit status from the IRS; was awarded its first significant grant from the George Gund Foundation; hosted a three-day cycling instructor certification seminar (training ten local cyclists to teach the League of American Bicyclists “Bicycle Drivers' Ed” curriculum); and began teaching this riding program to adults, as well as in its Earn A Bike program, and to summer camp groups.
+The Ohio City Bicycle Co-op (OCBC) is a non-profit bicycle education center with a small professional staff and many skilled volunteers.  In our well-equipped 12,000 square foot bicycle mechanic shop, OCBC upcycles donated bicycles to make them safe and reliable for community members. We teach classes on bike riding and repair skills and lead community programs such as fix-athons, bike valet parking, and group bike rides. On Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, OCBC also runs a “bicycle thrift store” for refurbished bikes, as well as new and used bicycle parts, clothing, and accessories. Through work-trade and our Pay What You Can programs, we provide free and affordable bicycles, repairs, and accessories (such as helmets and locks) to cyclists facing financial difficulties.
-In 2005 the OCBC's full-time volunteer director was joined by a new member with extensive computer skills, who automated the membership program's volunteer-credit accounting system, overhauled the website, and began the group's transition from a volunteer co-op to an employee-staffed organization.
+[http://ohiocitycycles.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38&Itemid=45#History More history on our website]
-Before the cycling season began in 2006, the co-op completed a strategic planning process which re-structured the Earn A Bike program, streamlined the membership program, revised retail hours, and instituted a freewill-donation basis for its fund-raising events; freeing staff time for administrative work while improving services to members and the public. In the spring, bike education courses were presented to 400 children at Cleveland schools through a contract with the Steps to a Healthier Cleveland program, which was re-awarded and expanded in the fall.
-The OCBC now has three full-time staff and over 150 adult members, about thirty of whom are regular volunteers, who, in 2006 alone, have rehabilitated more than five hundred bicycles, and diverted from the waste stream about five tons of steel and aluminum.
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