If you're in the North Bay area and you have an old bike you're not using, there's a group that would love to have and fix it up.
Discovery Routes has a plan to refurbish old bikes and give them away to encourage more activity by people in the area.
They have turned temporarily turned a North Bay ski lodge into a repair shop where volunteers are hard at work putting on gears and cranks on old bicycles.
It's all part of an initiative by Discovery Routes in North Bay, called Rediscover Cycling, where they're giving all of the refurbished bikes out to people who could benefit from them.
Liz Irvin is the coordinator for the 'Rediscover Cycling' program.
"For the last three years, Discovery has been running a program called The Recycle Bikes Program, where the general public donates bikes they no longer need or want." said Irvin.
Volunteers have been working on unwanted bikes since May, having cleaned up more than 20.
Organizers are hoping for more hands on deck to help them wrap up refurbishing the remaining 70 cycles.
"Any other help would certainly be appreciated, especially for those who know how to fix bikes. There's also lots of things that don't require any skills." said Irvin.
Caymen Hall is a volunteer that has fixed more than 10 bikes, from cleaning to installing new parts and he says many more hands will make light work.
"Anything that we can do to help people get bikes, because it's such a freeing experience that they can use to get to work or get to school or go see a friend or whatever they need. It's something we can do to give back." said Hall.
Regardless of the condition of the donated bikes, they can always be put to good use.
"Some are actually almost beyond repair, so we use them for parts. And others can be from 5-20 minutes, depending on how bad or how good the bike is." said Hall.
More fix-up days will be held next week to get the rest of the bikes out on the streets.
