RAGBRAI is pleased to announce that Iowa's Community Bike Shops will be our Community Fund recipient for RAGBRAI LIII.

Community Bike Shops (sometimes called bike cooperatives or co-ops) recycle donated bicycles within their community. They promote learning and self-sufficiency by providing tools, workspace, and mechanical mentorship for folks to service their bicycles. Community Bike Shops' operations are sustained through the sale and/or rental of refurbished bicycles.
Funds raised will be distributed to the six Community Bike Shops in Iowa: The Iowa City Bike Library, the Street Collective in Des Moines, Chain Reaction Bike Hub in Cedar Rapids, Cedar Valley Bicycle Collective in Waterloo, WeCycle in Ames and the Dubuque Bike Co-Op. They may focus on free bicycles to unhoused folks (WeCycle), infrastructure advocacy (Street Collective), or youth programming (Bike Library) – but all advance the common goal of making bicycles accessible to all.

To learn more about Iowa's Community Bike Shops and why they are this year's Community Fund beneficiary, visit our RAGBRAI Gives page here!