bike amnesty week at glasgow bike station

[dawn72]

All donations would be welcome and they can arrange for uplift. Anyone donating a bike gets 20% off bike station purchases. I dropped 2 bikes off to them last week, one of which had a crack in the frame but they will strip this and use it for parts.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Here's the link for anyone interested: http://www.thebikestation.org.uk/Glasgow

It's nearing European Week of Waste Reduction 2014, which runs from the 22nd of November until the 29th. To celebrate we are holding a Bicycle Amnesty with the aim of collecting as many unwanted bikes, parts and accessories as possible.

The Bike Station will be extending their collection times and can pick up bikes from your home or workplace on the following days:

Saturday 22nd November: All Day
Monday 24th of November: All Day
Wednesday 26th of November: Evening
Saturday 29th of November: All Day

Each participant will receive a voucher for 20% off new bikes and servicing at The Bike Station!

To arrange a collection of unwanted bicycles during our extended hours for the European Week of Waste Reduction then call 0141 248 5409 and reference the date you wish to have your bike collected on.​

GC

 

[Deleted member 35268]

Amazing idea

 

[DaveReading]

Amnesty: an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offences

I'm struggling to think what political offences you could commit on a bike, or why Glasgow should particularly prone to them.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Is The Netherlands participating in this European Week of Waste Reduction? I hear they have a large number of abandoned bicycles.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Amnesty: an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offences

I'm struggling to think what political offences you could commit on a bike, or why Glasgow should particularly prone to them.

The boss of the bike station is French, maybe something got lost in translation
Anyway, they do this "amnesty" every year, it really refers to "crimes" committed towards abandoned and neglected bikes - free the rusted old steeds from their sheds

 

[dawn72]

I think it's a great idea too. I was scared to look at anything they were selling while I was there in case I came home with another bike!

 

[discominer]

Pity they don't, in my case, live up to the promise to come and collect. Twice.

 

[annedonnelly]

You don't need to be in Glasgow - there are lots of similar schemes round the country where old bikes are refurbished and then sold cheaply. If you've an old bike you're never going to use again please consider donating it so that someone else can benefit.