Community Bike Programs: Worldwide Directory

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If you have bikes to donate many of the organizations on this page are willing recipients. If cannot find an organization on this list in your community, you should also check the programs/organizations listed on our "youth program directory" and "international recycling bicycles" pages.).  Still no luck, check locally for social service agency that serve the homeless, disadvantaged, orphanages, organize gift programs at Christmas, etc.

* To discourage email harvesting the email addresses in this directory are un-hyperlinked and have an extra space in them.  To use the email address: cut-and-paste the address and delete the space before the @ symbol.  For those of you with honorable intentions we are sorry for the inconvenience in communicating with these fine organizations.

Directory of World (non-USA) Community Bike Programs:
(Listed alphabetical by country)

(If you have additions or corrections for this list please let us know.)

Australia, Austria, Belgium:

Allan Brown Bike Coop, University of Western Sydney - Hawkesbury, Australia. Based in Richmond has a bicycle fleet for use by UWS students. Contact the student union on 4570 1700.

ANU Bicycle Cooperative, John Yencken Bldg No. 45, Sullivans Creek Rd, Action, ACT 2000, Australia. Tel: (02) 6125 2311.  Email: anubicyclecooperative @gmail.com *. Head down to learn how to fix your own bike, help fix bikes, pick up a cheap second hand bike, or just wave spanners around enthusiastically.

Bicycle Recycling Network, Australia.  Information about bicycle recycling and other forms of community bicycle programs in Australia.  Email: karen @bicyclerecycling.com *

Newcastle Bike Ecology Centre (NBEC), 106 Robert St, Islington, NSW, 2296, Australia.  Tel: (02) 4961 6582. Environmental, social justice, not-for-profit, community, no green-wash cars, safe & sustainable bikefun centre, (most usually) Saturdays:  Free bikes and parts. Free bike fixing help. Free workshops on how to fix bikes, cycling tips, & traffic skills. We take pre-loved bikes/parts to be restored or reused. We need more volunteers to help solve Climate Change Chaos!  Email: newcastlecriticalmass @yahoo.com.au *

Hawkesbury Skills Inc, 23 Bosworth St, Richmond NSW 2756 Australia. Telephone (02) 4578 4459. Email: colin @hawkesburyskills.org.au * or hugh @hawkesburyskills.org.au *. HSI has a Community Bicycle Fleet. These bicycles are available for the unemployed and disadvantaged and may also be lent to community groups for events. HSI has a bicycle recycle workshop and welcomes volunteers and bicycle donations. You can email the bicycle contact person from this site.

Nunnery Bike Works, 40 Forbes St, Newton, Australia. The bike workshop collects abandoned bikes and parts to create working bikes to give away. It is also a place to fix up your bikes with the tools and parts available. Come help us fix bikes, show us how to fix bikes, ask us how, fix your bike or a friend’s, or just come and have some tea and coffee. Everyone welcome.

frameWORX Community Bike Program, Victor Harbor, Australia. Email: fullersm @bigpond.net.au *. Volunteers from the community working alongside students from the Victor Harbor R-7 School restoring old bikes to give to the Australian Refugee Association for refugee families and local people in need.

Citybike Wien, Vienna Austria.  Computerized check-in/out system. The first hour is free.  The bikes are designed to be sturdy and largely maintenance-free, featuring a single gear, and solid rubber tires.

Mobiel vzw, Bloemistenstraat 2b and the Veemarkt, Kortrijk, Belgium. In the Bloemistenstraat, at the back of the railway station, you can hire a bike - even alternative bikes - for one day or a longer period. The bikes at the Veemarkt are for one day and for free!

Canada Community Bike Program Directory

Columbia, Denmark, England, Finland, France:

Bicirrun, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Columbia.  Free bicycle scheme. 400 bikes freely available for transportation within the university area. Participants are forbidden from locking or taking the bicycles off campus.

White Bike, Dansk Cyklist Forbund, Roemersgade 7, DK-1362 Copenhagen K, Denmark. Email: dcf @inet.uni2.dk * or info @bycyklen.dk  *
Report on Copenhagen: http://members.aol.com/humorme81/citybike.htm

Bike Recycling UK.  A directory of bicycle recycling and re-use projects in the UK. http://www.bikerecycling.net/.

BikeRescue, York, England.  Email: bike_rescue @yahoo.co.uk  *

CityBike Program, Helsinki Finland. There are 25 stands in the centre of Helsinki where you can get a Citybike for your own use by paying a deposit of FIM 10. After you have finished cycling, you return the bike to any City-bike Stand for the next person needing a bike.
Report on Helsinki: http://members.aol.com/humorme81/helsinki.htm

Yellow Bike Project, Joensuu, Finland. Unoffical website has some information.

Washington Post Article on Paris and other French programs.

Public Bikes, Paris France  (possibly defunct)

Velo a la Carte, Rennes France. This is a commercial subscription program by Clear Channel Adshel where bikes can be checked out.

Germany, Guatemala, Ireland, Italy:

Call-a-Bike, Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne (Koln), Munich, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe.  Actually a bike rental system.  Approach any Call-a-Bike bicycle at any major intersection within the city. If the green light is blinking on the lock, the bicycle is available. Register yourself by calling the registration hotline. Once you have registered, call the number displayed on the lock and you will be given a code. Punch in the code into the lock and presto! the bike is yours. Charges are 7 cents/ minute, maximum 15 Euros/day and 60 Euros/week. When you want to return the bike, bring it to a major intersection and lock the bike down to a fixed structure (but not a traffic signal light!). Follow the instructions on the lock to enter in a return code. You will automatically be charged from your credit card.

Offenberg, Germany. No contact information on file.

Asociacion Maya Pedal, Canton San Antonio, San Andres Itzapa, Chimaltenango, Guatemala. Tel: +502 7849-4671. Email: mariojzpedal @yahoo.com *

Community Bike Shop, Cork City, Ireland. Email: corkcommunitybikes @gmail.com *

Bicincitta, Cuneo, Parma, Pistoia and Savigliano, Italy.  Electronic system with ID card and docking stations use solar panels. Bicycles are docked in stations and you can take a bicycle using the ID card obtained by the office of the city administration. In Cuneo and Savigliano this service is free, in Parma and Pistoia it costs about 80 cents per hour.

New Zealand, Norway & Portugal:

Palmerston North Green Bike Trust. PO Box 1905, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 5301.  Bike Workshop: 55 Waldegrave St.  Tel: 06 354-7520. E-mail: info @greenbikes.org.nz *

Smartbikes, Bergen, Norway.  This is a commercial subscription program by Clear Channel Adshel where bikes can be checked out. 

Smartbikes, Drammen, Norway.  This is a commercial subscription program by Clear Channel Adshel where bikes can be checked out.

Hamar, Norway. No contact information on file.

Lillehammer, Norway. No contact information on file.

Smartbikes, Oslo, Norway.  This is a commercial subscription program by Clear Channel Adshel where bikes can be checked out.

Smartbikes, Trondheim, Norway.  This is a commercial subscription program by Clear Channel Adshel where bikes can be checked out.

Câmara Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.  BUGA project (Bicicleta de Utilização Gratuíta de Aveiro), sponsored and managed by the municipality, aims at reintroducing the bicycle in the current day-to-day life of the town. Started with a stock of 200 bicycles, spread over 39 parks, it offers the possibility of a free ride to any citizen. In 2006 the project is under reevaluation.

Scotland, Singapore, Spain & Switzerland:

Becycle, Aberdeen Scotland. Gather orphaned bikes, fix them up, bring them back to life and lend them out.

The Bike Station, 250 Causewayside, Newington, Edinburgh EH9 1UU, Scotland. Email: info @thebikestation.org.uk  *

Re-Cycles, 14 Dunkeld Road, Perth PH1 5RW, Scotland. Collects bikes from all over Perth; from recycling centers and from members of the public.

Smartbikes, Bukit Batok, Bukit Gombak and Tanjong Pagar, Singapore. Email: peter @ccp.com.sg *. This is a commercial subscription program by Clear Channel Adshel where bikes can be checked out.  (possibly defunct)

Bicing, Barcelona, Spain. Public bike program.

Sevici, Servilla, Spain. ("Sevilla" + "bici[cleta]") A subscription-based service, that is, you apply for a membership card and give them a credit-card number. Along with the construction of a subway system and other measures, the bike program is an important part of Seville's efforts to solve the traffic problem.

Zurich, Switzerland. No contact information on file.

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