New Bike Earners - Volunteers in the Community

In 2025 we provided 497 refurbished bikes to people who did 10 or more hours of volunteer service in our communities! Types of volunteer service included Food Pantries, Tutoring, Gardening or Yard Work, Social Justice/Community Activism.

Wheels was founded in 1992, to refurbish used bikes to keep them out of landfills and encourage giving back to the community. We provide these bikes to people who do 10 or more hours of volunteer service.

Below are a few or our recent bike earners. Operation Fresh Start, family of bike earners, Open Doors for Refugees.

Proud to support Operation Fresh Start - https://www.operationfreshstart.org

Bike rides increase family time.

Recent sponsored refugee (left). Proud to support Open Doors for Refugees. https://opendoorsforrefugees.org

New Volunteer Wrenchers - First Bikes

We add new volunteer mechanics to increase our inventory of completely refurbished bikes for the busy spring and summer season. Here are two new volunteers with their First Bikes.

We train all our volunteer mechanics how to refurbish a bike from bottom to top, starting with smaller bikes. This is part of our quality control so that we know every bike is refurbished correctly and is safe! In addition, an our most experienced mechanics do a quality control check on the entire bike to make sure it is done right and is safe.

New Wheels for Winners’ Wrencher - First Bike

New Wheels for Winners’ Wrencher - First Bike

Free Bike Repair Events in Full Swing

Does your bike need repair? Don’t know how to fix it? Can’t afford to pay for repairs?

Don’t ride an unsafe bike! Bring it to one of our 23 free bike repair events between now and August 31st. Events are scheduled throughout the Madison area, including many Madison City parks.

Schedule at: https://wheelsforwinners.org/free-repair-events

Nick, our partner at Dream Bikes, repairs bikes at Kennedy Heights Community Ctr.

Johnny, Wheels for Winners volunteer mechanic at Kennedy Heights Community Ctr.