Susan B. Anthony, abolitionist, reformer and leader of the long battle to gain the legal right to vote for women, saw bicycles as a way to give women freedom and self-reliance. “Let me tell you what I think of bicycling,” Anthony told journalist Nellie Bly. “I think it has done…
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Freewheels is a volunteer nonprofit organization and preps and repairs donated bikes for refugees, veterans and young people from low-income families. We receive requests for bikes on a daily basis and the number of requests currently exceeds our capacity to repair bikes. Please completing this form and ask your case…
When a refugee or veteran receives a clean, refurbished bike from Freewheels, he or she also receives equipment that will make the bike more useful and safe–including a lock, lights and a helmet–and a briefing on their use. We have evaluated this equipment and identified some of the items that…
Houston Chronicle reporter Ryan Nickerson focused on Freewheels Houston’s opportunities for volunteer bike mechanics in a recent story. “Moving to Houston, I found Freewheels because I was looking for something that I could do with my mechanic experience,” said Adawi. “It’s nice seeing how you spend time working on something and…
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