Starter Bikes came out of the efforts of a student group at Georgia Tech called Students Organizing for Sustainability (SOS). The students received a large number of donated bikes and wanted to fix them up for use in a bike sharing project on campus. Unfortunately the bike share idea did not work out, so with dozens of bicycles in outdoor storage, the SOS turned to ABC to put the bicycles to good use.

This project is a partnership between Georgia Tech's SOS and ABC. SOS volunteers will continue to refurbish abandoned bicycles and donate them to ABC for distribution to those in need of affordable transportation. To cover the costs of repairs and storage space, ABC will sell the bicycles for $50-150, with discounts for volunteers.

This program serves ABC's mission of expanding the bicycle community by making bicycles more accessible to low-income populations and students. There is an unmet need for low-cost, trustworthy used bicycles.

Starter Bikes will not duplicate services provided by local bike shops. Our volunteers will only refurbish donated and abandoned bikes for distribution. Clients may borrow tools to work on their own bikes but we will not provide repair service. While the Sopo Bicycle Cooperative in East Atlanta used to sell used bikes, they no longer provide whole bikes, and now focus on offering space and tools for community bike repair.

ABC is now seeking an intern to coordinate this project on our behalf, work with students and other volunteers, and manage bike distribution. Please see the attached internship description for details.

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Starter Bikes Coordinator_Internship.pdf