Community Bikes is a reuse and repair training program operated by LITE Initiatives.
Founded in 2003, Community Bikes’ mission is to promote the use of bicycles as environmentally friendly alternatives to automobiles, and to teach all comers – regardless of age, skill level or financial status, to safely maintain, repair and reuse bikes and bike equipment. We offer DIY classes and clinics, provide low cost repair and accept quality bikes, parts and accessories donations which we restore and sell to the public.
In these efforts, we collaborate with the Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition and Santa Rosa Cycling Club as well as all of the groups listed on our Associated Groups List.
The majority of the bikes are donated by individuals, though many are picked up from agencies and businesses such as the City of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County Sheriff, Sonoma County Transit and local bike shops. For example, REI donated 20 recalled BMX bikes with their frames cut in half which were disassembled and the parts inventoried by young volunteers.