Our thoughts are with long-time volunteer Dan Sundermeier in the aftermath of a severe crash.

Read the news here

Omaha rises to the top regarding the number of businesses that have earned the League of American Bicyclists (LAB) recognition as bicycle-friendly. The program is designed to help businesses provide support and encouragement for employees who commute by bike.

Activate Omaha and RDG Planning & Design are hosting a workshop on LAB’s Bicycle Friendly Business program on Wednesday June 9 from 5:30-6:30pm. A brief presentation of the program and Q&A session will be held at the offices of RDG, 900 Farnam (north entrance). Contact Stuart at sshell@rdgusa.com for more information

Community Bike Project is contributing 50 kids bikes to the community! The Omaha Police Department will raffle the bikes at Safety Awareness Fitness & Education event, hosted by the Southeast Precinct. The event is June 7, 2010 at the Salvation Army KROC center (27th & Y Streets) from 1-4pm.

Led by Randy Smith, volunteers have tuned and shined the donated bicycles over the last two months. The bikes are in wonderful condition to provide tons of joy for their next riders. This outreach project is one example of how Community Bike Project, through volunteer initiative and compassion, is re-purposing used bikes to improve the community.

The event will include a bike rodeo organized by police officers, a bike safety check, and helmet-fitting for the 200 free helmets that will be distributed. Long-time CBPO supporter Ron Mortensen has also refurbished 20 bikes for this event. Duane Miller was key to coordinating our involvement with this outreach work.

Read the story from the Omaha World Herald. Event details are at the OPD website.

Matt Martin

Community Bike Project Omaha is pleased to announce Matt Martin as our first Executive Director. As a group of committed volunteers, we have been working towards this day since our first season in 2007. Matt’s passion for cycling and experience in advocacy will add scale to the volunteer-based work of Community Bike Project in the community. He will lead a new initiative to create multiple cyclist support centers at area college campuses. These centers promise to provide support for students, faculty, and staff who commute by bike. The centers may also operate a bicycle library program for students who seek temporary use of a bike. The project is made possible through a grant managed by Live Well Omaha and Douglas County Health Department. In addition to establishing cyclist support centers, Matt will further the organization’s vision of providing access to bicycle transportation to every member of our community. By refining existing programs and determining where additional programs are needed, Matt will amplify the positive impact of Community Bike Project in the Omaha area. Please join us in welcoming Matt.

The City of Omaha is sponsoring a city-wide cleanup on Saturdays, beginning April 17th and lasting for six weeks.  Garages all over town are being cleaned out; hundreds of bikes are being thrown away.

In keeping with our mission to REUSE and ReCYCLE, we will be stationed at the Crossroads Mall parking lot on each of these Saturdays to collect donated bikes.

We need volunteers to: accept bike donations, sell T-Shirts, provide donation receipts, explain the CBSO mission, sort the bike donations, remove parts and prepare bikes for hauling, and wave when people honk. We will use the bikes in our community education and outreach programs to promote stronger communities through sustainable transportation and healthy exercise.

We will be accepting bike donations in the Crossroads Mall parking lot from 9AM to Noon on the following Saturdays:
April 17
April 24
May 1
May 8
May 15
May 22

Please PICK ONE OR MORE of these days, and email omahabike@gmail.com. with the days you can help.  This is the biggest project we have initiated and we NEED YOUR HELP to make it successful !  Thank you !

Monday April 12, 2009 6PM - 9PM
Community Bike Shop - 525 N. 33rd Street

The Community Bike Project is offering another course on lacing up and truing wheels. Gain the confidence to tackle a broken spoke. You will build a bicycle wheel from a hub, a handful of spokes, and a loose rim. Bring your own parts or practice with one of our wheels. Enrollment is required since we only have space for 12. To reserve a space there is a $5 fee / donation.
We accept paypal — which automatically registers you, too.
For more information and online registration:

http://www.communitybicycleshopomaha.org/events/20100412register.htm

Join us for our 2010 Open House!

Saturday, March 20 from 4-6 PM

Meet our volunteers, see what we’re up to, enjoy good company, music, food and fun. Everyone is invited!

RSVP to our event:

- WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL -

Tuesday, February 23, 6 to 9 pm

Building your first wheelset imbues the cyclist with a sense of accomplishment and pride unparalled by any other bike mechanic achievement. You have not experienced a smooth ride until you crank fresh asphalt with wheels you laced. To guide you in this feat of pieces, parts, and tensegrity will be Gary Gebhard, dedicated cycling advocate with life history as a professional bike mechanic.

There are still a few seats open in our first wheel building workshop. To reserve a space for $5 send an email to omahabike@gmail.com. There are two options for participants: bring your own hub, spokes, and rim to build or use our parts and we’ll use the wheel to refurbish a donated bike.

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Join us January 26th from 6-8pm at the shop for a conversation about sizing and adjusting your bike. We’ll also discuss what it takes to volunteer at the shop and the many perks of doing so (bike stuff, friends, and giving back).

Check out our YouTube tour. Thanks to Creighton students Sheena and Ari-el for stepping up our marketing!