The screenings will take place at 7:00pm on December 7th and 8th at The Lyric Cinema Cafe.  Tickets for each night can be purchased before the event for $10 at the Bike Co-op or  The Lyric Cinema Cafe.  Tickets will also be available at the door for $15.  Seating is limited, so buy your ticket early.   Each ticket purchase includes a complimentary New Belgium Beer (For those of legal drinking age).  Hey, $10 for a movie and a beer!  Just try to find a better deal.

All proceeds raised from the two night event will help to support the Fort Collins Bike Co-op and World Bicycle Relief

Sponsored by Poudre Valley Health Systems and New Belgium Brewery.

Movie Trailer

The Bike Co-op also sells lights, locks, helmets, and innertubes.

The Fort Collins Bike Co-op is a Non-Profit, Community owned and operated bicycle project; as an independent and autonomous initiative, your patronage allows the continuation of our mission by directly supporting our charity, recycling and education programs.

The Bike Co-op keeps thousands of bikes out of our landfill each year while providing bikes for those who need them the most in our community.

On the same days as the bike sale we’ll be holding a kids bike swap.  Anyone can bring bikes in for this event.
-Get the outgrown kids bikes out of the garage and trade them “with a neighbor” for something useful.
-Beginning at 10 a.m. we’ll set aside a portion of our parking lot for a kids bike swap including:
-12, 16, 20 and 24 inch wheeled bikes (and small 26 inch or 27 inch bikes)
-Only Kids bikes please!
-Put a price tag on your bike, a “free” sign, or a “will trade for _______”
-By noon if you haven’t sold, traded or given your bike away, take it back to the garage OR donate it to the bike Co-op!  We’ll find a home for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please come out and support the Co-op by pedaling your heart out.

Event Flyer

Event Website

For the second year, the Co-op provided Bike Valet service at this year’s Tour.  More than 1000 TDF participants utilized the bike parking service and the Co-op was able to collect $700 in tips throughout the day.  The Co-op also received a stipend of $1000 from New Belgium to provide the bike valet service.

Special thanks go out to Co-op volunteers Doug Cutter (merchandising) and Anthony DeNardo (valet) for their work coordinating the Co-op volunteers for the two endeavors.

Of course we can’t forget to thank New Belgium for allowing us to participate.  Their generosity towards non-profits, and their love of bicycles has no match.

We’re looking forward to next year, just 344 more days to get costumes together.

But wait there’s more…  If you come out to see us we’ll throw in refreshments for free.

Still not enough?

Final offer:  The Movie, The Refreshments, snacks, local art, great auction deals, and the best looking people Fort Collins has to offer.  All for the low low price of $10.  So, show up early because we can only cram so many of you into the building.

The pile before

Photo: Rick Price

The Container before

Photo: Rick Price

Then we went to work moving the bikes two at a time from the pile to the container.  It looked a little something like this:

No, that music wasn’t actually playing.

The pile after

Phot0: Curtis Heideman

The Container after

Photo: Lera Haines

If you missed out, you still have a chance to help.  We’ll be having a fundraiser to help raise money for the Co-op and our Ghana Bikes Program.  More on that soon.

More pictures can be found at:

Ricks Flickrstream

Curtis’ Flickrstream

On Saturday, September 11t,h 2010, we will be loading the container to ship bikes and bike parts from the Fort Collins Bike Co-op to the Village Bicycle Project in Ghana, Africa.  The container will be located at the Bike Co-op at 331 N. College Avenue. Volunteer sign up is below.  Breakfast, coffee and lunch will be provided.

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/ghana
Thank you in advance for your help!

DATE: 9/11/2010 (Sat 8:00AM – 5:00PM)

LOCATION: Fort Collins Bike Co-op  at 331 N. College

WHAT: More about our Ghana Bikes Program

Come to the Bike Co-op for our Bike Sale Extravaganza this Saturday. Project bikes (the one with your name on it) will sell from $50 to $150 more or less. Find that bike, make sure the color is your color and the size is yours. We’ll double check to be sure the frame isn’t bent, we’ll price it for you and it’s yours to fix up as the sweetest ride in down (you have to find the cow somewhere else!)

Not a bike mechanic? Can’t fix that bike? That’s what’s so great about the Bike Co-op! Come in during open shop hours:

Sunday 12 – 6 p.m
Wednesday 2 – 5 p.m.
Friday 2 – 5 p.m.

(Come in early and try to be first in line!)

We’ll pair you up with one of our velonteer mechanics who will:
1) Work with you on a complete diagnosis of what needs fixin’;
2) Go over the quick fix details right now and start helping YOU to fix’em;
3) Work into the bigger issues and show you how to fix those as well.

What you pay:
$5/hour for the best open bike shop access in town (including tools, consumables and advice/tech mentoring)
$5, $10 and $15 for parts(as an example) depending on the age, condition and value of used parts (used/patched tubes, for example are $1-2 dollars; two good used tires might cost you $5-10; pedals $3-5; a nice new/used saddle $7; and a rear rack $15)

What you get:

Access to every bike tool you can think of including wheel and frame tools, power tools, drill press,etc.
Access to the largest stock of used parts this side of the front range at bargain basement prices;
Access to industrial parts washer
Access to new parts at comrade prices; some in stock,( basics) others we can order as you need them.
A road ready bike and a bunch of new-found knowledge to go with it!

Saturday, August 21st 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. We’ll be there selling bikes, parts, frames, forks, pedals. . . . for the sweetest ride in town!

(Oh yeah, did we mention? We sell dial-to-fit helmets for $10 US! That’s right – or bring the family and we’ll let you have 3 helmets for $25!)