by Jim | Jul 1, 2020 | culture, sales, volunteering
Updated June 24, 2020 Dear OCBC community,We are grateful for our dedicated staff and board, and the hundreds of volunteers who in the past have been so essential to our mission to “help people use bicycles.” Here’s how we are getting back to that...
by Theresa Augustin | Jun 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
We at OCBC are deeply saddened by the racial inequity exemplified by the death of George Floyd and Tamir Rice and countless others who have suffered due to racial injustice. Racial bias can no longer be ignored in our community. Respect was a...
by erik anderson | Jun 30, 2020 | sales
First, I’d like to thank all of our patrons and supporters for making our online sales such a huge success! Thanks to that out-pouring of support, we have upgraded our platform to be able to offer you even more. Please check out our NEW new online shop by...
by erik anderson | Jun 29, 2020 | culture, events, social ride
Join the Ohio City Bicycle Co-op in supporting Bike the Block on July 11th at 11am. The ride departs from W.25th and Lorain. Bike the Block for Black Lives is biking for civic engagement, community participation, and individual commitment to racial justice and equity...
by erik anderson | Apr 30, 2020 | culture, education
The Park Tool School is a hands-on maintenance and repair curriculum written by Park Tool and taught by the experts at your friendly local bicycle Co-op. Learn how your bike works, how to change a flat or overhaul your bike completely. Clinic curriculum and materials...
by erik anderson | Apr 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Jim Groble was a very active volunteer at the Ohio City Bicycle Co-op, an avid cyclist, and a natural leader. Never one to suffer a fool, Jim Groble was a straight shooter and called it as he saw it. I think we all have a “Groble story” about something...
by Jim | Feb 6, 2020 | culture
Our plans for mitigating, as much as we are able, the causes and likely societal effects of climate disruption. For its whole history, OCBC’s work has been “just about bikes” and explicitly apolitical, to avoid putting anyone off our mission to...
