Bicycles are used for many businesses in Africa, as well as getting to and from work.
A bike can carry more, much further, than on foot.

Bikes are used in Africa for load carrying, e.g. fetching water and taking goods to market. There is a free DIY trailer on our web site, we ship all the old Royal Mail bikes to Africa and promote the Xtracycle.

Outreach workers often walk long distances. A bicycle from Re~Cycle can greatly increase the numbers of people they can help.

Some of our end users

The Royal Mail give us all their old bikes, which are great as they're designed for load carrying, have been looked after by full time mechanics and are all the same. The bikes are very highly regarded by our African partners and the end beneficiaries! You'll find lots of photos of the Royal Mail bikes in most sections, e.g. Africa Enterprise and Load Carry.

Training both mechanics and end users to look after and fix bikes is very important and has two main aims: make sure the bikes last a long time, and keep the running costs to a minimum.

One of Re~Cycle's main target groups in Africa is women. Many of our partners have (great) women mechanics, to help get over the gender stereotypes.

Some of the many youth who have benefited from bikes shipped out by Re~Cycle, for example getting to school and load carrying.