New Standard Cycles thrives due to the donations that you make of your old bikes, bike parts and volunteer time. While we would love to be able to accept donations of all shapes, sizes and condition, our want list describes the donations will be most helpful to our program.
We accept bikes, bike parts, lights, locks, accessories in good condition. We will accept helmets, but only if they are brand new. For a complete list of items we will and will not accept, see below.
We accept donations for the New Standard Cycles Program on Thursdays from 6-8 p.m. and Sundays from 2-4 p.m. at 1301 Lincoln St. Donations outside of these times must be scheduled in advance with the program manager. Unattended drop off of bicycles and parts can create significant problems for our program because it forces us to arrange for environmentally responsible disposal or recycling of items that we cannot use, which costs both time and money.
WANT
- Used bikes purchased through bike shops. Especially desired are bikes that could be used as commuter bikes, so extra points for hybrid and mountain-style bikes with rigid forks. Example: Trek, Specialized, Giant, Cannondale, Surly, Fuji, Bianchi and others. We do take some single speed bikes, so it is worth checking with us.
- Road bikes made in the last twenty years. We love cool old bikes, too.
- Bikes purchased from the internet, in good condition. Again, we are looking for road, hybrid or rigid mountain-style bikes, for the most part, but we are open to other kinds!
- Kids bikes in good condition. Kids outgrow their bikes fast, and we would be happy to take them off your hands!
- New combination-style locks. The thicker the cable, the better.
- New lights, especially those that are rechargeable. Switching out coin batteries can be expensive, and the brighter the light, the faster the batteries drain.
- New helmets. Everyone profits when they can ride safely!
- New or gently used bike components. Anything from those handlebars you switched out to the pedals you switched out — as long as you didn’t switch them out because they were broken!
DO NOT WANT
- Mountain bikes from big box stores (Walmart, Target, etc). These bikes are made with low quality components and are not reliable enough to serve as daily transportation. New bikes sold under these brands are generally not worth refurbishing: Schwinn, Mongoose, Next, Roadmaster, Genesis. Bikes purchased at REI and some newer Schwinns are exceptions.
- Rusty bikes. The more rust on a bike, the higher the cost to us of repairing the bike, and the higher the odds of the components failing in the future. If your bike has a little surface rust, we can give you a second opinion.
- Used tires and tubes. Tires are made of rubber, so they dry rot over time and collect road grit, like little bits of glass, etc.
- Used helmets. Helmets have a shelf life of only a few years, and can be compromised by one good fall or impact.
- Used locks and keyed locks.
- Kids bikes not in great condition. It can cost more than the purchase price of a new kids bike to replace both wheels on a kids bike.
- Unscheduled drop-offs. We want to be good neighbors, but we can’t be if piles of bikes and parts are left in our parking lot. We would be happy to answer any questions you have, and to schedule your donation drop-off. Please contact us at info@bikewalksavannah.org.