Used bike sales

Selling safe, reliable used bikes is an important part of what we do, but our mission is to “help people use bicycles.” So please look over all the information here, and we’ll be glad to help you find a bike that fits your needs: if it’s not a used bike from us, we’ll direct you to a good, local, new-bike shop or another bike co-op that can help.

We also sell all kinds of used parts, wheels, and frames; and accessories like bags, lights and computers, for about half of what they cost new.

We stock a very limited selection of new repair parts like tires, brake pads, and chains; and and accessories like lights, racks, and fenders. Our prices for these are about the same as at any bike shop, with discounts for regular volunteers. We can order new items which we don’t stock, but urge you to patronize your local bike shop whenever possible.

Many of our items available can be found at ohiocitycycles.org/onlineshop

If you still have questions after you read this page, please email info@ohiocitycycles.org. 

If there is an item you are looking for, that you don’t see in our online shop, visit ohiocitycycles.org/requests and let us know!

How we operate

OCBC is mostly staffed by volunteers; our employees’ main job is helping our volunteers and members, so we appreciate your patience when you visit. We are not primarily a retail bike shop; we sell repaired bikes because we do bike-repair education, and we want to get as many bikes back on the road as possible. Here are a few details to save time and help you find the right bike:

Availability of bikes for sale

We keep bikes in a variety of sizes and prices fully refurbished and ready for sale: they are all found at ohiocitycycles.org/onlineshop

As-is (unrepaired) bikes and other sales policies: 

We do sell un-repaired bikes on a very limited basis. The ones we sell have received a preliminary evaluation and prep work, but otherwise they are in the condition that they were donated. These bikes are priced at about half of what they would be if we refurbished them, and make a worthwhile DIY project. They cannot be test ridden and are sold as-is, so we require a signed acknowledgement of that understanding.

So if you want to, say, build a fixie, we do sell clean, evaluated, used frames and parts so you can do it yourself at home.

We do not buy bikes or offer credit for trade-ins — try selling on Craigslist, or we are happy to give receipts for tax-deductible donations.

We are confident that our bikes are priced fairly, so we don’t negotiate. Anyone can use volunteer credits to pay for a bike, the purpose of bike sales is to support our education programs, and the bikes we sell include about $100 in education services. If it seems one is not priced fairly, please let us know — we’ll be glad to explain our pricing system.

So if there is soemthing specific you are looking for, email us info@ohiocitycycles.org, or fill out the request form, ohiocitycycles.org/requests