Looking to donate a new or used bicycle?
The Hawaii Bicycling League does not take bicycle donations on a normal basis but we are happy to refer you to a couple of wonderful other local non-profits that do!
Cycle Manoa
Cycle Manoa is a “student volunteer organization dedicated to promoting and enabling cycling on the University of Hawaii campus, and throughout the island. [They] provide bike repairs to students for free, and parts at cost, as well as hands-on learning of bike repair.” This is a great place for students (or anyone) to hone their bike mechanic skills in a safe place with lots of great tools for them to work with. They help build up bikes and sell them for insanely affordable prices to current UH students.
Website: cyclemanoa.org/
Email: cyclemanoa@gmail.com
Phone: n/a
Address:
UH Press Building H
2840 Kolowalu Street
Honolulu, HI 96822
(on Woodlawn Drive, next to the UH Institute for Astronomy and the Mānoa Public Library)
Hours:
Wed: 5:30 – 6:30pm (Meeting)
Wed: 6:30 – 8pm (Open Shop)
Fri: 12 – 4pm (Volunteer)
Sun: 5 – 8pm (Volunteer)
KVIBE (Kalihi Valley Instructional Bicycle Exchange
Address:
1638 Kamehameha IV Road
Honolulu Hawaii 96819
Honolulu Hawaii 96819
Hours:
Wed: 12 – 5pm
Fri: 12 – 5pm
Sat: 10am – 3pm (Closed on the 3rd Saturday of the month for Ho’oulu ‘Aina’s Community Workday)
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Men’s Shed
Men’s Shed is “a community workshop primarily for older men.” They work on building up bikes and other projects that can help the community they reside in. “The Shedder’s vision is to establish and maintain venues where members can meet, engage in projects of choice, have fun, make friends and address health issues; venues that ensure Men’s Shed’s development into valuable community facilities supported by a thriving, diverse and active membership drawing on each other’s skills, knowledge, wisdom and friendship.”
Hours:
Wed: 9am – 3pm
Sat: 9am – 3pm
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HBL’s Silent Action
HBL Members Annual Dinner & Fundraiser – Silent Auction Donations
There are certain times that HBL will accept bicycle donations – mainly for the HBL Members Annual Dinner & Fundraiser! This event occurs annually at the end of January, and features a sweet Silent Auction with wonderful items guests can bid on such as new bike parts, cycling accessories, restaurant gift cards, hotel getaways, excursion packages, new or like-new bikes, and more. If you have a brand new bike that didn’t get to live it’s life out on the road, or have one that is in great condition that others would want to bid on, please send a quick picture of your bike (in its current condition) to Malia at Malia@HBL.org, and we will be happy to help your bike start a new life!
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Unsalvageable Bikes
Both Cycle Manoa and KVIBE take parts from used bikes to build up fully working bicycles. They tune up bicycles in fair condition that just need some love to be safe, rideable bikes. Often times the mechanics and volunteers there can make wonders happen, but there is a certain point where they have to draw the line with accepting bike donations. They have only so much space to keep the bikes and may use their own discretion to turn away bikes (like ones that are non-salvageable). You can check HERE for when the City’s Bulky Item Pickup is scheduled next for your area.
If I donate a bike that is currently registered under my name, will the accepting Bicycling Program re-register the donated bicycle?