Freeride Montpelier, a collectively organized nonprofit welcoming all community members, promotes bicycling as an affordable, sustainable, and joyful means of transportation. We provide community-wide access to the knowledge, tools and support for maintenance and safe riding, as well as access to pre-owned bikes and parts.
Freeride promotes bicycling as a healthy, non-polluting transportation alternative as well as active recreation. Customers can work on their own bike with our tools or utilize our guidance to repair and maintain their bike. Further, through its Pay-It-Forward/Pay-What-You-Can pricing, bicycles are made available to everyone, regardless of their means. And finally, by taking donated used bikes and refurbishing them with used parts stripped from unusable bikes, it removes bikes that are no longer wanted from the waste stream and gives them a second life.
Volunteering Summary
Most volunteers assist in the shop refurbishing or stripping donated bikes or helping with other tasks around the shop. Volunteers have checklists and help sheets for the more basic tasks, and experienced mechanics are always available to assist and provide guidance. In addition, they are always looking for volunteers to help with other work, such as organizing and holding community events and organizational work, such as grant writing. Freeride currently has about a dozen regular volunteers. They can accommodate any number of volunteers, as long as they use Freeride’s scheduling system to secure time. This can be done by visiting their website and clicking the “Book time with us” banner.
Contact Information
Phoenix Mitchell
Phone: (802) 461-6129
Address: 89 Barre Street; Montpelier, VT 05602
