Join us for the Fall Open House & Chili Cookoff on Oct. 17th!
You’re invited to join us at our fall open house! Come and meet staff and volunteers, take a tour, and learn more about our programs and who we serve in our transportation equity work. You can even bring unwanted bikes or bike parts with you to donate for our bike donation drive! ![]()
Enjoy our varieties of chili, and tour the largest bike center in Wisconsin! This is a family friendly event (well behaved dogs are also welcome).
To distribute 1,500 bikes each year, it requires a significant amount of volunteer help. Our volunteers are a vital workforce that contributed 3,850 hours in 2025.
We are a manufacturing facility so kids are welcome but it’s best to wear close toed shoes and be closely monitored by an adult.
The open house is a great time to tour and see if volunteering is the right fit for you, your family, or the company you work for. Corporate teams make up a large number of our volunteers each year as well.
Learn more about us and our group volunteer experience at bikesforkidswi.org/calendar/
THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR!
10am-2pm –Â Bike Donation Drive on October 17th
1pm-3pm –Â Open House & Chili Cookoff – meet staff and volunteers, learn how to become a part of our community, tour the largest bike center in Wisconsin and enjoy a variety of chili!
Bike Donation Drive information
Donate unwanted bikes of any size or style. We serve both children and adults so any size is happily received. This is a drive up donation event where volunteers will help you unload bikes and parts from your car.Â
While we prefer gently used bikes, bikes of all condition are accepted. For bikes that are beyond their useful life, we suggest a $20 donation to help us process the bike so it can be recycled. Bikes that are more than 50 years old usually cannot be saved unless they are collector bikes. For example, that 1964 Schwinn Traveler you rode in college may have deep sentimental value but we cannot buy parts for them. We do sell them as garden bikes for $25 each but they don’t hold much material value today despite their physical beauty. Feel free to donate them but know that we may have to recycle them.
What qualifies as a gently used bike? Bikes with flat tires, bikes in need of new tires, bikes in need of tune-ups, bikes with minimal rust. We can sometimes work magic with bikes! Almost all of the bikes that are donated to us are in a state of disrepair. Feel free to call us at 608-405-0385 for questions. View our contact page for our location and hours. Bike donations can be dropped off anytime of year.Â