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What is The Park Hill Bike Depot?
Where is the Bike Depot located and when is it open?
How can I earn a bike?
How do I donate a bike?
How do I buy a bike rack?
What are some ways that I can support The Park Hill Bike Depot?
What is the mission of The Park Hill Bike Depot?
What is Park Hill Thriving Communities?
What is LiveWell Colorado?

What is The Park Hill Bike Depot?
The Park Hill Bike Depot is a community-based organization which aims to equitably increase active living opportunities that contribute to the overall improvement of individual and community health. We do this by making bicycling accessible to everyone, regardless of income. One can earn a bike in exchange for community service, become skilled at repairing bikes, take a bike safety, maintenance, or riding class, or get involved in the community by volunteering.

The Bike Depot is also a full-service bike shop that offers tune-ups and repairs performed by certified professional bike mechanics. We carry a variety of accessories including lights, locks, helmets, tools, tubes, tires, etc.  We stock Strider Balance Bikes and are a dealer for many brands including Chariot, Burley, B.O.B., Yakima, Thule, etc. We are excited to announce that we are starting to carry Nirve Cruisers   http://www.nirve.com and hope to begin carrying Electra soon.

We also carry a wide selection of refurbished bicycles for sale, from classic Schwinns to recent Treks and Specialized and for all ages. Many of the kid's bikes are nearly new!

The Depot's business hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 12-7 and Saturday 11-5.  The Open Shop times, where everyone can get help fixing their own bike, are Wed. 4-7 and Sat. 11-5. Our phone number is 303-393-1963. Email for info at info@thebikedepot.org

Rides:

For the past two years The Depot has help organize a monthly neighborhood family bike ride each month from May through October. We are looking to organize more rides this season including both with and without the little kiddos included. We'd like to do rides that explore the trails that connect to our neighborhoods and ones that explore commuting and utility trips - such as to the grocery store. We'd also like to do a ride or two with those stylish cruisers that we all love to ride.

We have enthusiastic volunteers that are planning these and they could always use some help. Ideas about what types of rides are desired, where you want to explore, what you want to learn, etc. are definitely needed as well as help with the planning, organizing, and staging these rides.

Sustainability:

The Bike Depot is a 501c3, non-profit community bike shop whose core mission is to equitably increase active living opportunities that contribute to the overall improvement of individual and community health. We do this through refurbishing donated bicycles and making them available for sale and in exchange for community service by those who couldn't otherwise afford a bike.

Our path to sustainability includes our expansion into a full-service retail bike shop. Your patronage helps us continue our mission of promoting bicycling and making bike available to all who want to be able to ride, regardless of income. 

The Depot is volunteer driven and is always in need of assistance. Opportunities range from working on bikes to marketing, accounting, IT, events, fundraising, etc. It's a fun place to give back to the community and learn a few things too. Come join us!

We are always in need of donated bicycles in any size, type, and condition. Just drop it by the shop during business hours. Organized bike donation drives are welcome and supported.

Park Hill Thriving Communities, a LiveWell Colorado initiative, partnered with Recycle Bicycles, the Denver City Bike Planner, local business representatives, Denver Parks and Recreation, and area residents to build and staff the Park Hill Bike Depot. 

Where is the Bike Depot located and when is it open?
2825 Fairfax Street
Denver, Colorado 80207

Retail Business hours are:

Open Shop hours, where you can get help fixing your own bike are:

 

How can I earn a bike?
Area residents of all ages and abilities who are in need of a bike and can't otherwise afford one can earn a bike at The Bike Depot by completing the following:

How do I donate a bike?
Bikes (or related equiment) can be dropped off at the Bike Depot during the following hours:

How do I buy a bike rack?
When you order a bike rack from DERO Bike Rack Manufacturing, 25 percent of the purchase will be donated to the Park Hill Bike Depot. Call DERO at 1-877-833-1467 and make sure to mention the Bike Depot or Park Hill Thriving Communities.

What are some ways that I can support The Park Hill Bike Depot?
You can donate time, money or materials to support the Bike Depot. For more information about specific ways to volunteer, click here.

What is the mission of The Park Hill Bike Depot?
The mission of the Park Hill Bike Depot is to increase equal opportunities for active living, improve individual and community health, increase access to bicycles and build Park Hill as a bike friendly and safe environment while influencing policies to support biking and active living.

What is Park Hill Thriving Communities?
Park Hill Thriving Communities is a LiveWell Colorado community with a mission to eliminate health disparities in Park Hill via equal access to healthy eating and equal opportunities to active living. The project’s framework includes programs to support individual behavior change and environmental and policy change for long-term, sustainable changes. The project is coordinated through the City and County of Denver, Department of Environmental Health, Denver Healthy People Program.

What is LiveWell Colorado?
LiveWell Colorado is a statewide initiative aimed at reducing overweight and obesity rates and related chronic diseases in Colorado.  A partnership among foundations, health care organizations, non-profit organizations and state and local public health agencies, LiveWell Colorado works with communities to promote healthy eating and active living through policies, programs and environmental changes.  Sponsored by The Colorado Health Foundation, CDPHE and Kaiser Permanente, this collaborative initiative focuses on comprehensive community approaches to healthy lifestyles, while reducing duplicative fundraising, administration and evaluation efforts throughout the state.

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