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Put smiles on kid’s faces by helping prep FB4K bike giveaway

If you live near or close to the Twin Cities, help the Free Bikes 4 Kidz (FB4K) bike giveaway program in its 15th year. Volunteer to help put more smiles on children’s faces. Donate your time to help clean, prep, or wrench some of the thousands of bicycles collected this year for their distribution drive before the holidays and in the spring.

This FB4K bike giveaway helps put more smiles on kid’s faces

Free Bikes for Kids helps kid's smile with the 2016 season Bike Collection Day, on Saturday, October 8th, Donate your bikes to help more kids.

FB4K helps kids smile with their annual Bike Collection Day a few weeks ago

As more become interested in eco-friendly lifestyles, Free Bike 4 Kidz proudly continues to prepare bicycles to give away and invites you to join them by helping to clean, prep, and wrench bikes in their warehouse. They need your help today to get the bicycles out to the kids expecting them for this annual bike giveaway on December 9th.

freeBy volunteering today to help clean some bikes for FB4K's will help create some fond memories for you and future memories for children who receive them. bikes4kids-4

Create some fond memories for yourself and for the children who receive them.

Meet new and old friends as you volunteer. FB4K’s need your help now!

Volunteering and cleaning or wrenching some bikes will create a smile on your face and the kids who get them. We will continue to have volunteer opportunities in the future, but helping now will ensure the kids waiting for bikes will all have wheels before Christmas. Schedule your shifts today by clicking here to Volunteer or schedule as a group.

Join Free Bike 4 Kids today and put more smiles on kids’ faces!

About Free Bikes 4 Kidz

Free Bikes 4 Kidz is a non-profit organization geared toward helping all kids ride into a happier, healthier childhood by providing free bikes to those most in need. When the public donates gently used bikes, FB4K organizes thousands of volunteers to clean, refurbish, and give them away to needy kids. They started in 2008 by fixing and giving away 300 bikes. In 2014, they reached the goal of 5,000 bikes. In the last several years, over 30,000 bikes have rolled through FB4B’s giveaways, and their sights in the future are set on other locations throughout the U.S. and the world. See more at http://fb4k.com/about/

Bike Pic Oct 14, a true Minneapolis cycling patriot

From the HFB Archives, this bike pic Friday shows a true Minneapolis bike patriot, cruising down the street on a Nice Ride bicycle and having a good time. Check out our latest article on places to ride in the upper Midwest, including destinations and peak color links.

Get into the zone when continuing your time outdoors and your #NextBikeAdventure. View all the great ideas and bike destinations in the latest Iowa or Minnesota Bike/Hike Guide. Then plan your next outing with family and friends in one of Minnesota’s HaveFunBiking destinations. And now, check out more stories at Let’s Do MN.

Thanks for viewing our latest mountain biking bike pic

Now rolling through our 18th year as a bike tourism media, enjoy! As we pedal forward, we aim to encourage more people to bike and have fun while highlighting all the unforgettable places you can ride. As we continue to showcase more places to have fun, we hope the photos we shoot are worth a grin. Enjoy the information and stories we have posted as you scroll through.

Do you have a fun bicycle-related photo of yourself or someone you may know we should post? If so, please send your picture(s) to [email protected]. Please Include a brief caption to the image, who shot it, and where. Photo(s) sent to us should be a minimum of 1,000 pixels wide to be considered. You will receive photo credit and acknowledgment on Facebook and Instagram if we use your photo.

As we continue encouraging more people to bike, please view our Destination section at HaveFunBiking.com for your #NextBikeAdventure. Also, check out the MN Bike Guide, now mobile-friendly, as we enter our 13th year of producing this handy information booklet full of maps.

Remember, bookmark HaveFunBiking.com on your cell phone and find your next adventure at your fingertips! Please share our pics with your friends, and don’t forget to smile. We may be around the corner with one of our cameras ready to document your next cameo appearance while you are riding and having fun. You could be in one of our next Pic of the Day.

Have a great day with a safe and memorable year ahead!

Help put a smile on a kids face with that old bike collecting dusts

Do you have a bike or two taking up space and collecting dust? If so, consider donating them to Free Bikes for Kids (FB4K) to help them put smiles on kids’ faces. No bikes, no problem…if your basement, garage, or storage space has already been cleaned out, they still need help. FB4K’s also needs volunteers to help clean or do light repair work to get them ready for kids to ride.

Put smiles on a kid’s face by donating your old bicycle

Free Bikes for Kids help kids smile with the 2016 season Bike Collection Day, on Saturday, October 8th, Donate your bikes to help more kids.

Free Bikes for Kids helps kids smile by ensuring they have a bike.

The kick-off to the 2019 season is Bike Collection Day on Saturday, October 5th, and to make it successful, they need your bikes!

FB4K Helps Kids Smile by Volunteering

Don’t have a bike to donate? Join them at their warehouse for 3-hour shifts from October 7th to November 29th. You can sign up for multiple shifts.

Come on your own or bring your crew. The more, the merrier! Register here to secure your spot.

Free Bikes for Kids helps kids smile so please help by volunteering to clean or wrench on some bikes if you can't help with bike donation.

Free Bikes for Kids helps kids smile please help by volunteering to clean or wrench on some bikes like these guys.

About FB4K

Free Bikes 4 Kidz is a non-profit organization geared toward helping all kids ride into a happier, healthier childhood by providing bikes to those most in need. The public donates gently used bikes. Then, they organize thousands of volunteers to clean and refurbish them before they give them away to kids in need. So really, FB4K helps kids smile.

In 2008 they gave away 300 bikes. Last year it was 5,000 bikes. And this year – who knows? Over 30,000 bikes have rolled through their giveaways in the last eight years. What does FB4K have to say about that? They claim they are not done yet. Their future sights are set on other locations throughout the U.S. and the world.

Every year 25 million bikes are sold in the U.S. One-third of those bikes are 20” wheel-size or smaller. Since kids grow like weeds, over 8 million bikes are virtually outgrown each year, giving them an endless supply while making our environment more sustainable.

Through the generous help of key partners like Allina Health, QBP, Penn Cycle, Park Tool, Nice Ride MN, and the Mall of America, FB4K has gone far. But they still need your support in building the foundation and helping every kid ride into a more memorable childhood.

Do your part in making kids smile. See more at http://fb4k.org/

Bike Pic July 7, Black Bike Week ready to roll

The Black Bike Week Twin Cities is ready to roll with events scheduled July 10, through July 17, 2016. This will be a week of Advocacy, education and inspired riding to build awareness and highlight the contributions to building Bike Culture and to supporting an active lifestyle in the African American community.

The week-long celebration is presented by The Cultural Wellness Center, The North Minneapolis Bicycle Advocacy Council, Nice Ride MN, The Minneapolis Bike Coalition, West Broadway Business and Area Coalition and the My Bike Project.

Black Bike Week Events To Take-In

Please see Facebook events each day for more details.

Sunday, July 10
Bike to Open Streets Downtown Minneapolis from NorthPoint

Monday, July 11
Bike to Work Day/Week

Tuesday, July 12 Roll at 6:00 pm
Nice Ride Neighborhood River Flats Ride from Venture North
Special guest: Ayesha McGowan
1830 Glenwood Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55405

Wednesday, July 13
Black Bike Week – All Women’s Ride – special guest Ayesha McGowan. Roll at 6:15 sharp
Post ride reception at the Sheraton Midtown Greenway 8:15pm

Black Bike Week – All Women’s Ride – special guest Ayesha McGowan. Roll at 6:15
Freewheel Midtown Greenway Bike Center

Thursday, July 14 7:30 am
Breakfast at Birchwood – Tour de France!
3311 E 25th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55406

Slow Roll Twin Cities – North Roll at 6:30 pm
Wirth Park Main Golf Building
1301 Theodore Wirth Parkway

Major Taylor Track Night – Special Guest Nelson Vails
The National Sports Center Velodrome

Friday, July 15
An Evening with Nelson Vails
Nelson Vails Documentary –
The Capri Theatre
2027 W Broadway Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55411
Reception 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Movie 7:15
Q and A 8:30 pm

Saturday, July 16
Rondo Days Family Fun Ride and Nice Ride Neighborhood Ride – 6 miles
10:00 am 270 Kent N. Kent St., Saint Paul, MN 55102

Major Taylor Club Ride, 35 miles, Special guest Nelson Vails
9:00 am 270 Kent N. Kent St., Saint Paul, MN 55102

Sunday, July 17 Ride with Nelly 50 miles hosted by Major Taylor Bicycling Club of MN TBD

Please visit event waiver –
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-bike-week-2016-events-waiver-tickets-26413900688