Help Ghisallo Cycling Initiative (501c3) raise money to construct the interior and purchase tools, youth bikes, and senior trikes for the Community Bicycle Hub at Gus Garcia Recreation Center.

Although the modified shipping container has been funded ($6000) and ordered, we still need a lot of help to complete this project. We need to construct the interior, purchase a fleet of youth bikes for the on-site youth education programs, purchase a fleet of adult trikes for the senior program, and purchase an array of bike mechanic tools to complete the installation of the Hub.

Our Goal = $9,900

Your Donation Provides:

• Interior Construction and Finish Out
• A Fleet of 7-Speed Adult Trikes for the Golden Rollers program (senior trike program)
• A Fleet of Specialized 24″ and 650b Hotrock bikes for the Cycle Academy program (youth bicycle program)
• Pedro’s Apprentice Mechanic Tool Kit
• Bicycle Maintenance Work Stands
• Specialized Flash, Align, and/or Max Helmets
• Bicycle Air Pumps
• Wheel Truing Stands

This project will support Gus Garcia Recreation Center and the surrounding community by providing:

• Youth Bike Clubs (Cycle Academy and Bike Start)
• Senior Bicycle Programing (Golden Rollers)
• Community Maintenance and Repair Clinics
• Community Navigation and Routing Clinics
• Micro Community Bicycle Maintenance Shop

All these programs are being offered to the community and participants at no cost. The classes are free and the clinics are free. We have ordered the modified shipping container and secured funds to cover the services, we just need your help to acquire the last of the bikes, equipment, and materials!

We have partnered with distributors and local businesses to stretch your donated dollars. The $9,900 goal is able to fund $15,000 worth of materials and equipment due to these secured partnerships and in-kind discounts.

Benefits of Community Bicycle Hub

The Community Bicycle Hub is a self-contained semi-permanent structure. It will enable specialized programming that is not currently available in the Rundberg area and will develop additional opportunities for physical exercise for children through the Cycle Academy and Bike Start programs as well as low impact active transportation for seniors through the Golden Rollers program.

The Hub’s purpose is to help foster physical activity in the community through making safe biking accessible through education and the provision of services.The proposed Hub structure will be created from a modified 20′ shipping container which will be mobile and installed in an area with level ground and open space. It will be subdivided into 1) a bicycle maintenance workshop/instructional space with work benches, bicycle mechanics tools, parts and materials, and 2) a storage area which will house youth bicycles, senior tricycles, and helmets to provide enhanced and unique physical activity based education and programming at GGRC. Two 6’’ roll-up doors on either side of the workshop area will enable airflow through the space. This is a highly requested expansion of our programs in Austin, and is already approved by the GGRC site manager and the Parks And Recreation Department (PARD).

The Hub is sustainable because it is a piece of long term infrastructure designed to provide continuing community services. The Ghisallo Cycling Initiative currently provides long term educational and recreational programming in the Rundberg area to low income and at-risk youth, and this infrastructure will expand our ability serve additional populations. In the short term, PARD staff and local community members will be trained to staff the infrastructure. The long term goal is to develop institutional knowledge within the community so the Hub becomes a community managed resource.