If you have a bicycle that can be repaired and reused, consider donating it to Food Finders, Boy Scout Troup 29, or Meals on Wheels between now and December 4th.
Thanks to a grant from the City of Long Beach and Waste Management, the above organizations will receive $20 for each bicycle collected (up to 150) and donated in turn to the H.U.B.—the Long Beach bicycle repair cooperative.
The H.U.B. is run by volunteers. The H.U.B. has bike stands and tools which you can use under the guidance of experienced bike mechanics. Used parts are available at low cost. Local youth learn how to make adjustments and simple repairs on donated bikes.
To donate a reusable bike at a time and location convenient to you, contact Meals on Wheels at (562) 438-6215, or contact Boy Scout Troup 29 at (310) 238-7011, or contact Food Finders at (562) 598-3003.
The Long Beach ‘Bicycle Roundup’ is an initiative of the City of Long Beach and Waste Management to support cycling in Long Beach and to assist the H.U.B. bike coop. The H.U.B. is open Sunday and Monday afternoons. It is located on Long Beach Blvd. just south of PCH.
MichaelB, November 27th 2010 |
Tags: bicycle, bike mechanic, bike repair, children, coop, donate, kids bikes, The H.U.B.
Posted in Featured
The H.U.B.—the bicycle repair cooperative—is now ready to receive and recycle donated old bicycles in any condition.
That’s what ’ReCYCLE Your BiCYCLE’ is all about. Friends at Pedal Movement / H.U.B. bike cooperative are working with City of Long Beach Waste Management and with Parks and Recreation to receive donated bikes.
Bikes in salvageable condition will be collected at various local parks. Waste Management will truck them to the H.U.B. to be recycled. H.U.B. volunteer mechanics will piece together old bike parts to create recycled bikes. Later, the recycled bikes will be given away to local youth. Old bike parts that cannot be reused will end up as recycled scrap metal.Â
Saturday, June 5th and Saturday June 12th between noon and 4:00 pm, Waste Management vehicles will accept bicycles at donation locations at many Long Beach public parks. El Dorado Park West, Houghton Park, Cesar Chavez Park, McBride Park and Silverado Park. Click on the poster icon on the left for details and park addresses.
MichaelB, June 5th 2010 |
Tags: children, coop, economy, recycle, The H.U.B.
Posted in Bicycle equipment/gear
Imagine the joy of donating an old bike, knowing that it will be recycled and then given to a local youngster.
That’s what ‘ReCYCLE Your BiCYCLE’ is all about. Friends at the H.U.B. bike cooperative (on Long Beach Blvd. one short block south of PCH) love to fix up old bicycles. Now the H.U.B. and Waste Management of the City of Long Beach are working together to recycle old bikes… so that after donated bikes are repaired they can be given away to Long Beach children.
Saturday, May 22nd between noon and 4:00 pm, Waste Management vehicles will accept bicycles in any condition. There will be donation locations at many Long Beach public parks—addresses listed on the poster on the left.
Bikes in salvageable condition will be taken to the H.U.B. to be recycled. H.U.B. volunteer mechanics will piece together old bike parts to create recycled bikes. Later, the recycled bikes will be given away to local children. Old bike parts that cannot be reused will end up as recycled scrap metal.Â
Donate your old bicycle Saturday, May 22nd (or Saturday, May 29th, or Saturday June 12th) at one of several local parks listed in the poster.
MichaelB, May 20th 2010 |
Tags: children, coop, economy, recycle, The H.U.B.
Posted in Bicycle equipment/gear, Current News
LBCyclists, April 4th 2010 |
Tags: coop, fun, The H.U.B.
Posted in Current News, Featured, event
This (early) morning started with volunteer efforts by Dan, Graham, Marga and Bernadette
Come join the celebration TODAY.  Party starts at 12 p.m. 1741 Long Beach Blvd. (at Ester)
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bmckeever, April 3rd 2010 |
Tags: coop, fun, The H.U.B.
Posted in Current News, Featured, event
just as the title of this post states, Saturday April 3rd sees the Grand Opening good times for Pedal Movement’s The H.U.B.—the new and fantastic bicycle cooperative in this fair city of ours.
what will be, will be: Â Trick Competition, Gold Sprints, Food Stuffs, musical DJs, Raffles from the event’s sponsors*, & LIVE Music from Ghosts of NIHM, Water Laso, Tiger Tank Euphoria, and Chase Long Beach!
when will this be that you’ll be able to take part in the happenings?  starting at noon and continuing through 10 in the nighttime, Saturday April 3rd.
location:Â 1741 Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90813. (That’s just south of PCH, and close to the Metro Blue Line PCH station.)
* Sponsors include city grounds, vans, jax bicycles, syndicate barber shop, trader joe’s, and others
PedalMovement
LBCyclists, April 1st 2010 |
Tags: bicycle, bike repair, coop, fun, maintenance, pedal movement
Posted in Current News, Featured, event
Great news! Â Our friends with Pedal Movement are starting up a bicycle cooperative called the H.U.B. Congratulations Graham Baden!
The first Pedal Movement meeting at the H.U.B. will be Monday, February 8 at 7:00 pm. Click EVENTS at the top of the longbeachcyclists.com page for details, for a map, and for contact information.
The H.U.B. bicycle cooperative is being created from scratch with volunteer labor—you are invited to pitch in!—in a lot and building across the street from the Pacific Coast Highway station of the Metro Blue Line.
At the February 8th meeting, Graham invites all to participate in the planning and roll-up-your-sleeves work of making it happen. The agenda includes volunteer hours, clean-up procedures, leadership, project direction, and 2010 planning.
LBCyclists, February 6th 2010 |
Tags: advocacy, bicycle, community, commuting, coop, fun, goals, maintenance, meeting, Metro
Posted in Past News, advocacy
