We are back from our social media break ⏰️ It has been a busy start to 2024 packed with 🚲 building workshops, including #ciscolive2024. At Give a Bike’s stand we offered an opportunity to take a break from IT challenges by fixing child bikes for Rotterdam’s Fietsbank project!
Happy International Women’s Day!
Did you know that the bicycle paved the way for women’s rights at the turn of the 20th century?
Check out this film to see how the power of bicycles has become a tool for women over the years: https://t.co/iHctYNXnb9
Credit: Corbis Historical
“Before I heard your presentation, I thought building a cycling city in Lagos was impossible. Now, I’m convinced we can do it.”
Last week, we hosted a group of students of Transport Studies from the Department of Geography at the University of Lagos.
https://t.co/wYllhVC133
Our 3rd Thank You post is for the awesome Lions Club Rotterdam Kraalberg!🙏 Their 'We serve' motto truly shines as they rallied with RWC Ahoy to organize the beautiful Ronde van Kraalberg bicycle race, raising funds and 🚲for our Turfmoor Cycling Club project in Nairobi, Kenya
We're part of the Fietsbank project bringing joy on two wheels to residents of Rotterdam! We've just finished refurbishing 15🚲for children in Charlois and Fijenoord - new initiatives starting soon in other parts of the city! 🚴♀️ Learn more here: https://t.co/jLqjIAPHK9
Part 2: Big shoutout to Bike Recycling Holland🙌 for their tireless efforts in helping our community, and for donating bikes & tools our way🌟Not only do they refurbish🚲, but Danny's cool sound system brings the vibes with DUB & reggae beats🎶 Grateful for their generosity! 🚴♂️
It has been almost 5 months since our workshop burned down. Despite all that we lost, we’ve also experienced a lot of 🫶 warming moments.
One of the first offers of help was from @BetuweWereld. They donated enough toolboxes to get us started again, and we're hugely grateful 🎉
Light’s on✨
It's important while cycling on these dark days 🌇 but it’s also the name of a game you can play👉https://t.co/UAYi0Qi1IO
This game is part of Rotterdam’s Bicycle Lighting campaign by @Rdam_opdiefiets
Will you be a top player? Win a Pimp My Bike workshop by us!
Neighborhood cycling races used to be very popular until the '50s in Amsterdam. Thankfully they are now making a comeback🔥! Join us on Sept. 9th 📆in the Ronde van de Orteliusstraat to celebrate neighborhood cycle racing in creative ways 👉 https://t.co/PBBREB52DH
From August 2nd you're all welcome visit us in our NEW temporary workshop🥳🙌✨ ! We are working hard & receiving lots of help to make sure we can open our doors again ASAP. See you soon in Schiehavenhallen, at Schiehaven 15 every Wednesday and Friday 🚴♀️!
Our crowdfunding campaign is still open! https://t.co/MopM7CqofE
Heartfelt thank you to the more than 60 people that have supported us so far 💛 and to the @Cycling_Embassy for generously spreading the word!
.@Give_Bikes lost almost everything in a devastating fire last week.
As a hub for social bicycle projects and a community of bike enthusiasts and mechanics, they need your help to rebuild and continue their work repurposing bicycles for social projects.
https://t.co/xuMZRWGFPV
During the event we will also continue fundraising for our new workshop as we sadly lost everything in a fire one week ago. Thank you to the more than 50 people who have very generously helped us out in this difficult time 💚💚💚! https://t.co/MopM7CqofE
We are back in our saddles 🚴♀️ and at the 7th edition of the Ronde van Kralingen race this Sunday (09.07)! We'll be close to the slow race competition & will have an exciting challenge for people who want to test how handy they are 🪛 Register @ https://t.co/Id8pK0tzaD and say hi!
Last week, our friends at the @Give_Bikes Foundation lost almost everything in a tragic fire.
This week, they are asking for support to start picking up the pieces for a new workshop and continue repurposing bicycles for social projects around the world.
https://t.co/YipBfKCLy1
@Give_Bikes lost almost everything in a devastating fire last week.
As a hub for social bicycle projects and a community of bike enthusiasts and mechanics, they need your help to rebuild and continue their work repurposing bicycles for social projects:
https://t.co/xuMZRWGFPV
Please consider donating if you can: https://t.co/7X7rLnFLFm Our personal donation page is also open: https://t.co/JNTCXLosvw Lots of love, the Give a Bike Team
This morning we woke up to the sad news that our beautiful Give a Bike workshop & all the other workshops in Keilewerf 1 have turned to ash. Thankfully no one was hurt in the fire, but our proud home where we invited people to enjoy bike fixing & support social projects is gone.
We feel a lot of pain for our fellow Keilewervers which made our workplace such an inspiring environment, and who are now coping with a loss of workplace and income. A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to help us rebuild our community and continue our work: