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…
Freewheels posts Amazon wishlist
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 spotlights FW volunteers
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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Masks required at Freewheels workdays
Freewheels volunteers will be repairing bikes on Friday and Saturday mornings. We will continue to require all volunteers and visitors to wear masks and maintain social distancing in line with continuing recommendations from medical experts. We’ve got plenty of bikes that need to be repaired for refugees, immigrant high school…