BlackHand
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- USA
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- Western WA
@J.R. Thanks for posting, they seem like a good NGO and I'm not sure why people are dissing on the hub design - none of the other ones posted here seem obviously simpler or more durable or less expensive...
But WBR definitely has shops and sells bikes in addition to donating them. Its part of their model to build sustainable momentum and provide jobs and skills locally instead of just dropping off a trailer full of bikes. They say they have 100 shops, but its not clear on the website if that includes the 50 for profit shops run by its subsidiary (see below).
When people in the communities we serve saw the strength and durability of our rugged bicycles, the local demand for high-quality transportation grew exponentially. In 2008, World Bicycle Relief formed subsidiary Buffalo Bicycles Ltd., creating an innovative hybrid model in which the nonprofit wholly owns a for-profit that sells bicycles to other nonprofits, businesses, local governments and individuals to meet this increasing market demand
But WBR definitely has shops and sells bikes in addition to donating them. Its part of their model to build sustainable momentum and provide jobs and skills locally instead of just dropping off a trailer full of bikes. They say they have 100 shops, but its not clear on the website if that includes the 50 for profit shops run by its subsidiary (see below).
When people in the communities we serve saw the strength and durability of our rugged bicycles, the local demand for high-quality transportation grew exponentially. In 2008, World Bicycle Relief formed subsidiary Buffalo Bicycles Ltd., creating an innovative hybrid model in which the nonprofit wholly owns a for-profit that sells bicycles to other nonprofits, businesses, local governments and individuals to meet this increasing market demand
