History
The organization collects and repairs used bikes, diverting them from the waste stream. It provides bicycles to charity organizations within Chicagoland and ships bicycles to Ghana, Tanzania, Angola, Cuba, Guatemala, and Peru. It sells some in Chicago at low prices. The money earned from the sales goes toward running the organization. Working Bikes is a 501(3)c not for profit, and thanks to our customers is almost entirely self funded. In the early days of Working Bikes, the organization was run out of a dark Pilsen basement. However, it was never difficult for Lee to find people willing to give their free time to repairing old bicycles for a good cause.