WCIU: You and Me

WCIU came to Working Bikes on August 24th. Chris DeRose interviewed Raul Gonzalez, General Manager of Working Bikes and received a lesson in bicycle mechanics from the Working Bikes staff.

http://www.wciu.com/youandme.php?section=home&assets=videos&assetID=10003288

In the second piece, Chris meets up with one of the bike machines.

http://www.wciu.com/youandme.php?section=home&assets=videos&assetID=10003287

Thank you to WCIU for helping spread the word.

New City Best of Chicago

In 2009, Working Bikes was awarded a "Best in Chicago" notation as the Best Place to Buy a Used Bicycle in Chicago,

http://best.newcity.com/2009/11/11/best-place-to-buy-a-used-bicycle/

Recently, Working Bikes received a certificate of this award which we now display at our storefront. Thanks to NewCity for this honor.

Congratulations on winning Newcity’s “Best of Chicago” award for 2009.
Although we hope you already know you’ve won, we wanted to make sure
you got a copy of the attached certificate for display at your
establishment. Newcity's Best of Chicago stands alone in Chicago: we
publish the longest-running and most-respected compendium. And, in
most cases, categories are not revisited for at least five years,
meaning your title stands for a while.

Every year, Newcity polls critics and our audience in search of the
best of Chicago, then announces the winners in our annual “Best of
Chicago” issue. Newcity is a free weekly publication that targets the
smart set, the cultural visionaries and the trendsetters, and we
congratulate you on winning the approval of such a discerning crowd.

Uganda

In May 2010, Working Bikes shipped bikes to Uganda.

"We'll call it 518 bikes to Uganda ... had trouble closing the door to the shipping container! Comprising 448 used adult mountain bikes, 70 used children's bikes, 9 boxes of used parts, 33 used rubber tires & 2 bags of used inner-tubes."

Our partner in Uganda is the Women Prisoner Support Organization. Please read the WPSO website at http://www.wpsouganda.org Working Bikes is happy to be able to support this partner.

In August, we received some photographs of the bicycles being unloaded from the container.

We are anticipating a visit to Working Bikes byIrene Nadunga co-founder and Executive Director of WPSO this year. We are anxious to hear how the bicycles improve the lives of the recipients in Uganda.

Buffalo Grove Environmental Action Team

Environmental Action Team Global Work Party

The Buffalo Grove Environmental Action Team is recycling cycles and more! The group, a Buffalo Grove Park District committee, will host a bike-oriented Global Work Party at the Buffalo Grove Farmer's Market on Sunday, October 10, from 7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

In addition to an exhilarating hands-on/feet-on bike energy conversion demonstration, in which people can participate, the event will also feature an informative bike clinic, a mechanic from a local bike shop, and members of the League of Illinois Bicyclists and local bike clubs will be on hand to pass out free bike maps and discuss rides and routes. Anyone that has a bike that they are no longer using is encouraged to bring it to donate it to the Working Bikes Cooperative.

Get your bike out of the garage and back on the road or donate it to a great charity! For more information, contact Wendy Frank at (847) 478-1653 wendabilities@gmail.com.

More information on the Buffalo Grove Environmental Action Team is available on the Buffalo Grove Park District website at bgparkdistrict.org. For more information in Working Bikes Cooperative, go to workingbikes.org, and for 350.org's Global Work Party, go to 350.org/invitation.