Donating Bikes & Parts

Donation Guidelines

Please don’t leave donations outside when we’re not open.

While we appreciate your donations, leaving your bikes outside of our donation hours can cause a hazard and throw our processing systems off! We ask that you drop off your donations during regular donation hours.

Please do your best to clean your donations of visible debris before donating. Why?

Donating extremely dirty bikes (covered in mud, dirt, grass or hay) hinders our processing abilities and puts the “dirty work” on us. Tip: you can clean your donation quickly with a garden hose or a household rag and some glass cleaner.

Generally we cannot offer donation pick-ups!

If you have a multiple kids bikes you’d like to donate for the Holiday Kids Bike Giveaway, we may be able to coordinate a volunteer! Otherwise, donation pick-up requires bandwidth that we don’t have at the moment. Thanks for understanding!

WHAT TO DONATE?

We Accept:

• All types of bikes (road, hybrid, mountain, bmx, tandem, etc)

• All sizes of bikes (adult, child)

• Bike parts of any kind

• Tools of any kind

• Accessories in good condition (bike pumps, lights, locks, baskets).

• Old (clean) t-shirts and dish towels that we can turn into rags for our shop

• Used plastic grocery store bags. Have a stash hanging around that you don’t know what to do with? We’ll re-use them for shop purchases!

• Financial donations

• Wishlist items

WHAT NOT TO DONATE?

We do not accept the following items:

• Scooters

• Anything motorized

• Exercise equipment or bike trainers

• Jogging strollers

• Helmets (for liability reasons)

• Car racks that are missing pieces (if we can’t sell it as a fully functioning rack, please do not donate it). We may refuse a car rack donation if we do not have the space to house it.

• Trailers that are missing hitches (if we can’t sell it as a fully functioning trailer, please do not donate it). We may refuse a trailer rack donation if we do not have the space to house it.

As a general guideline, we accept bicycles and bicycle related items. These items best serve our mission and the work we do.

FAQ:

• Will BBP pick up my donation?

  • We do not offer donation pick ups.

• How will I know my donation will be accepted?

  • We do our very best to accept every single donation that comes our way so we are never strapped for bike donations. Unfortunately there are times when we simply do not have the capacity to take on more donations and we reserve the right to turn away any donation. Our staff can help determine the condition or quality of your donations; If we are unable to accept your donation, we will provide you with suggestions for what to do with it.

• Can I get a tax receipt for my donation?

  • Yes! We provide tax receipts when you make your donation.