Big Thank You To Pedro's For Their Support of Roll It Forward

We just wanted to give a big shout out today to HUGE Roll It Forward supporter, Pedro's Bike Care. Pedro's has really thrown itself behind cycling advocacy on the local and national level, supporting all sorts of great events and programs. The Roll It Forward "Bike Mines" are fully stocked with an array of Pedro's products, from Bike Lust to Chain J., to ratcheting wrenches and vise whips. Pedro's is based out of Haverhill, MA. We say, when it comes to bike tools and lubes...buy local!

Volunteer Night At The Boston Bike Mines

The Boston Bike Mines (the warehouse where RIF bikes are stored) can be a lonely place...a dark, damp, lonely place. Once, while working down there in "the cage," I overheard two men talking as they walked by, "Yup, there's nothin' down here but rats and roaches..." He stalled as he caught a glimpse of me at my bike stand working. He didn't finish his sentence, but I knew what he would have said, "nothin' down here but rats and roaches, and...that weirdo working on bikes." But last Tuesday night the mines were not a lonely place; they were full of life. Our friends from Dot Bike, Boston Cyclists Union, Harris Cyclery, Cambridge Used Bicycles, and elsewhere showed up to help prepare a massive pile of used bikes for Roll It Forward donation. 

More photos of the event after the break...