UK Charity Commission page for Re~Cycle, including down-loadable accounts
International Bicycle Aid Projects
Bikes Not Bombs: USA. "Bikes Not Bombs promotes bicycle technology as a concrete alternative to war and environmental destruction. For 25 years, BNB has been a nexus of bike recycling and community empowerment both in lower income neighborhoods of Boston and in the nations of the Global South. BNB's programs involve recycling thousands of bicycles and other environmentally sustainable modes of transportation."
Bikes for the World: USA. "Bikes for the World is a sponsored project of the Washington Area Bicyclist Association whose central mission is to collect unwanted bicycles and related material in the United States and deliver it at low cost to community development programs assisting the poor in developing countries."
Ghana Bikes: USA. Support the Village Bicycle Project in Ghana who we also ship bikes to.
Pedals For Progress: USA. "Pedals For Progress has received and donated over 115,000 bicycles ... to partner charities in 32 developing countries."
Working Bikes Cooperative: USA. "The Working Bikes Cooperative is a not-for-profit organization which diverts bicycles from the waste stream in greater Chicago area & surrounding states. We repair some of these bikes for local donation & sale to help fund the overseas shipment & donation of all the remaining bicycles."
Bicycles for Humanity: Canada. "Empowering people to improve their quality of life by transferring mobility through the use of bicycles"
Bicycle Advocacy
Afribike Forum: on Yahoo
Bikeability: 'Cycling Proficiency' for the 21st century
Ciclovía: Bikes rule the streets, one day a week in Bogota
Cycling England: Department of Transport site aiming to encourage "more people cycling, more safely, more often"
Cycling out of Poverty: Netherlands Bike Advocacy
ITDG Cycle Transport: To develop and disseminate low cost cycle-based means of transport
International Bicycle Fund:Advocacy organization, promoting sustainable transport
IT Transport Ltd: Enabling Access for the World's Poor
Sustrans: UK National Cycle Network
UWABA: Community Cycling in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Velomondial: International bike advocacy. Based in The Netherlands, Velo Mondial has been promoting cycling as a positive mode of transport for the past ten years.
Bicycle Technology
African Bicycle Design - www.africanbicycledesign.wordpress.com + http://www.wiki-bike.com
Bicycle Universe: Unusual bicycles
Cycles Maximus: Rickshaws
Pedal Power: Pedal powered agricultural machines in S. America
Solar Bike Wales: Shawn has helped with storage, publicity and money from a sponsored bike ride
XtraCycle: Sports Utility Bicycle
Yuba Ride: Manufactures, designs bicycle for transport and sustainable transportation: utility bicycle, cargo bike, commuter bike. Has been kind enough to donate some bikes to BSPW, our old African partner in Uganda.
Cycling Sites
Bicycle Safe: How to not get hit by cars
Colchester Cycling Campaign: Active local group supporting cyclists
Critical Mass: A monthly bicycle ride to celebrate cycling
CTC: The Cycle Touring Club site with lots of useful information
LCC: The London Cycling Campaign site also with lots of useful information
Other Bike Recycling Projects
iBike: great site, this link to its International list of cycle reuse projects
Tool Recycling Charities
Tools For Self Reliance: Supply hand tools to African artisans and supply Re~Cycle's partners
Tools With A Mission: also send tools, and supply Re~Cycle partners
Re-Cycle Supporters
Go Travel Solutions: Leicester based transport consultancy (a social enterprise and is constituted as a co-operative) that has designated Re~Cycle as its 2009 charity. It works across the UK providing sustainable transport services for businesses, organisations, transport operators and transport planners.
Headwater: Cycling, Walking and other activity holidays and keen Re-Cycle supporters. Donate valuable spare parts to us
Recyke y'Bike: Great bike recycling project in Newcastle. As well as a wide range of things, they also regularly send bikes to us to ship to Africa
Saentys are the design company who very kindly came up with this site design, and the design for our powerpoint and our logo, and.... Many Thanks!
Solar Bike Wales is a project develop a prototype for a lightweight solar-powered vehicle, which will allow for 100% carbon emission free travelling. Sean has kindly chosen to support Re~Cycle through his sponsored tour with the completed vehicle. Also, he is keen to get a branch of Re~Cycle set up in Wales - help needed.
Weldtite: Regularly send us boxes full of rubber patch off-cuts which we send to our partner's workshops. A great example of an unwanted item in the UK finding a valuable use in Africa.
Wilde Side Cycles: a bike shop in Tunbridge, and the largest bike shop in the South, who're collecting and sending us tools and parts, and doing a trade in your old bike and we'll send it to Africa deal.
Webbline: Tool and training company who've donated tools in the past
Fantastically useful Site (and staunch supporters)
MoneySavingExpert.com: well worth seeing how Martin Lewis and his team could save you money. Martin's an ex-trustee of Re~Cycle and very kindly donates a slice of his 'charity pot' to us - We Salute Him!