Project

Community Cycles
Recycled Bicycles Cool Our Planet

We are bicyclists, bike-lovers, and supporters of bicycle-based transportation.  We know that riding our bicycles does great things for our planet.  We build community and connections with Boulder's bicycle lovers every day.  Together, we can pedal for the planet and grow sustainability in our town.

Did you know?  Every mile ridden by bicycle instead of by car avoids 1 lb of carbon emissions.  We know, small number, right?  So we are into multiplying it!  

• We multiply our own riding:  How many times a week can we commute by bicycle instead of car, to work, to school, to the grocery store, to a friend's house, to a movie?
• We multiply bicycle riders!  The best way to encourage more people to ride bicycles is to see people riding bicycles!  Every time we ride, we inspire other people to hop on their bikes too.  Let's do this thing.

Joined together, we cut a lot of carbon.  Every year, we at  Community Cycles avoid 2,000 tons of carbon emissions. In the past decade, we've avoided 20,000 tons of carbon!  

How'd we do it?  With a lot of help from a lot of people!

• 1,000 people who take our classes and workshops  
• our 2,500 members, 
• 150 people in our Earn A Bike program, 
• the 1,000 people who purchase our recycled bicycles
• over 8,000 people join in Bike to Work Day, and many of those folks keep commuting year round, including during Winter Bike Week.