Three cheers for our volunteers! Please join us for a celebration of YOU this Sunday afternoon at the former shop. We know it’s Labor Day Weekend, but what better reason to host a party than for the Labor of Love over the years?
Remember the pedals you replaced? The spokes you mended, the bikes you built? Bring them, too! Let’s see what YOU built, and let’s share a healthy future together.
Pedals Party Sunday, August 31st from Noon to 6 p.m. Food provided.
Our mission requires that we focus on outreach. Since 2010, our volunteers provided time and resources to the self-service shop. We regret that the shop’s business became a drain on those resources more than a pipeline to the organization’s success. We’ll shift from a nuts and bolts business to mobile outreach. See us at free-bike tune-ups, come to our classes, and join in the satellite program to further empower the community.
We’ll be at the South Perry Fair Saturday, July 26th. The shop’s closure is not the end but the beginning of sharing the power of bikes and connecting others to fun, healthy lifestyles. We remain grateful to our volunteers  and will continue to build on their support.
Parts and our repaired bikes will be on sale now through the end of August
Dear River City Brewery, friends, and bicycle enthusiasts,Â
We know you love bikes. That’s why we love you.
Our fundraiser at River City Brewery on Monday, June 9th, couldn’t have been better.
Your root beers, IPAs, pale ales, stouts, and reds helped raise $305 to assist Pedals2People’s programs, which means more to empower you in the shop and in the community.
Thank you the ladies and gents who joined us on Monday!
140 pints (beer & root beer), 17 half-pints & 16 tasters = A Priceless Way to (Fun)draise with friends.
Gage, thank you for your generosity. Ben, thank you for helping Annie and Liza fix the Bianchi. We raise a glass to you both, our friends and supporters.
Pedal On.
Love,
Team Pedals2People
First of all thanks to everyone who came out and donated bikes to P2P at REI last Saturday. We hauled nearly 40 back to the shop! Special thanks also to our volunteer crew: Nick, Erika, Don, Paul, Jacque, Tim, Bernard and Bo. You all rock. Carol, the Outreach Specialist at REI, was fantastic to work with and very generous with the 20% off coupons!
In other news, we had a great morning with the Bike to Work Week folks while running the valet corrals.
Stine & Eric on the finer points of Surly
Bike to Work Week Breakfast, where Founders meet:
Spokefest: Bill Bender & P2P: John Speare
Some bikes are better suited to the racks than others.
"It's 46 pounds, but it really hauls on the downhill."
Mayor Condon had nice things to say about bicycling in Spokane.
Mayor David Condon (MD C)
Roast House Coffee was great, but MDC preferred Dutch Love on the day.
Don't Ride the Edge, Dutch Bros.Â
Even though no one in this photo is smiling; rest assured that somewhere, Kevin Parker is.
Triple Mocha? Breakfast of Champs.
In any event, MDC’s words were well met by these  “Church of the Bicycle” Crustaceanists . They share a devout love of the Clownfish, a sub-deity of our “Almighty Lob.”
"Hail Nemo/Lob, Full of Grace. Give us this day our annual pancakes"
Look forward to seeing everyone at the wrap-up party hosted by Steamplant Grill this Thursday from 4:30 – 6:30.
We’ve got the racks if you’ve got the bike.
May is Bike Month!
Saturday May 19th P2P will partner with REI and kickoff Bike to Work Week with a bike drive! We will collect donations of used, unwanted bicycles in good condition for recycling, reuse and reintroduction to the wild.
In exchange for your donation REI has generously agreed to provide a coupon good for 20% off one REI or Novara brand item (some exclusions apply).
Help us spread the bike love:
1. Tell your friends with old bikes to donate. They’ll save some cash and be helping a great cause.
2. Volunteer with us at the drive:
*collect bikes or
*haul them to the shop or
*talk about our mission of connecting a recycled bike with a new friend.
If that’s not your cup of strong coffee, you could also get involved with P2P during Bike to Work Week.
Event #1 – Monday4/21 -6:30 – 8:00AM Kickoff Breakfast @ West End of Riverfront Park. P2P will play host to the valet bike corral.
We need help (obviously):
*setting up,
*checking-in, parking and returning bikes
*cleaning up
Event #2 – Thursday 4/24 – 4:00-6:30 PM Wrap-Up Party @ Steamplant Grill
P2P will host a 2nd valet bike corral.
We need help (the medication isn’t working):
*setting up,
*checking-in, parking and returning bikes
*cleaning up
Hope to see you at one of these events! Email Laurel – pedals2people.vc@gmail.com to sign up or for more information.
The Bike Swap is Saturday March 24 and Sunday March 25. If you’d like to help out, either transporting or selling bikes, or staffing the P2P information table, please e-mail laurel at pedals2people.vc@gmail.com. Volunteers get in free!
Are you tired of the heat, smell and just plain ‘ole heinousness of the rendering plant?
Come volunteer with us!
P2P is in need of a Treasurer.
Duties include reconcilation of deposits and withdraws via Quickbooks on-line, attending the monthly P2P board meetings (2nd Monday of the Month from noon till 1).
Bonuses include but are not limited to; hanging with a group of fun bicyclists, a good sense of self worth, free access to the bike shop,