Community Cycling Programs

Youth Bicycle Education Network: Find a similar youth bike project near you. Groups are located nationally and around the world.

Laguardia High School Cycling Association: View pictures of bikes and related cycling events. Join now for free!Working Bikes Cooperative (Chicago,IL): Get in gear and volunteer at working bikes cooperative. They are currenlty welcoming new volunteer and showing appreciation of old ones.

Plan B New Orleans Bike Built Project(New Orleans, LA): Post hurricane Katrina and the flooding that followed New Orleans finds itself in a desperate situation. Recycle-A-Bicycle as worked with them to re-built and refurbished over 100 bikes. Read more about Plan B.

Edmonton Bicycle Commuters Society(Edmonton,Alberta) : The Edmonton Bicycle Commuters Society is a leader in the Edmonton area on environmental and cycling community. Bike repair space open to the public for an hourly fee.

Recycle-A-Bike (Providence, RI): Recycle A Bike is an earn-a-bike program located in Providence.

Free Ride (Pittsburg): Free Ride is a non-profit organization that teaches five simple mechanic steps.

Bikes Not Bombs (Boston, MA): Bikes Not Bombs runs a community bike shop and a range of youth programs in the Boston area.

Community Cycling Center (Portland, OR/ Vancouver, WA): The Community Cycling Center runs used bicycle and repair shops in Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA. As well as a variety of youth bike programs in both cities.

Cycles of Change: Cycles of Change are doing awesome job to improve the health and sustainability of our neighborhoods by increasing the use of bicycles as transportation.

Advocacy Organizations

Transportation Alternatives: Become a member of NYC's awesome bicycle and pedestrian advocacy group. T.A is responsible for the start-up of RAB!

New York Bicycling Coalition: Check out statewide initiatives, resources, and links.

Freewheels: Freewheels is a non-profit organization that helps fight for cyclists rights in NYC, especially those targetted at Critical Mass Rides.Citywide Coalition For Traffic Relief: Citywide Coalition is a coalition of organization working for livable streets in NYC.

League of American Bicyclists: Learn about the nationally acclaimed organization for cycling enthusiasts.

TreeBranch Network: A thoughtful portal to environmental and urban quality-of-life issues.

Thunderhead Alliance: The Thunderhead Alliance is a national coalition of state and local bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations working in unison to break down the barriers to safe bicycling and walking in North American communities.

Focus Fit, Finding Focus Through Fitness: Focus Fit is a nonprofit 501c3 organization bringing group fitness, specifically indoor cycling and yoga, to inner city youth.

Bicycle Inter-Community Action & Salvage: Cooperatively run 501(C)3 Community Center that through advocacy and recycling of the bicycle promotes education, art, and a healthy environment while providing services and opportunity for those in need.

Bicycle Clubs

Five Borough Bicycle Club: Get Information on the latest rides.

New York Cycle Club: Day trips and training programs.

Time's Up: A direct action environmental group with a heavy focus on cycling.

Bike Works: Lower East Side Cycling Center has an incredible array of custom build parts.

Kissena Cycling Club: Get infomation about races and cycling around the world. Also read more about RAB own Jared Bunde.

Century Road Club Association: (CRCA) Try getting in the fast lane with this racing club. Races are held weekly.

Bikes

Swift Folders Get the skinny on Swift Folders. Brooklyn's Swift designer, Peter Reich, is on the RAB Board of Directors and teaches an RAB student class once a week.

Fuji Bikes Get detailed specs on Fuji bikes and parts. Fuji has generously donated parts and frames to RAB over the years.

Social Entreprenurship

Brooklyn Woods is a not for profit training organization that provides intensive woodworking and cabinetry training to unemployed and underemployed adults.

Project Reach Youth (PRY) runs a catering business and culinary arts training program for teens and adults.

Misc. Links: Things we Like

Bicycle Paintings and Custom Bicycle Portraits: For information on bicycle painting and drawing by RAB's famous friend, Taliah Lempert.

Bike TV Not quite a club, BikeTV is a weekly cable show currenly available in Brooklyn, Manhattan, San Francisco, and Philadelphia.

The Coup A card (PDF) for cyclists to educate drivers who dangerously disrupt traffic.

Bicycle Gifts unique and handmade bicycle gifts.