Come to our Bike Sale to purchase a quality refurbished used bike like one of these
The Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange (SVBE) is hosting its Spring Parking Lot Bike Sale on Saturday, March 29, 2025, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. This sale is a great opportunity to find a quality...
Bicycle Exchange is thrilled to announce that we are expanding our operating hours! With the addition of our new Service Manager, Robbin Andersson, we are now officially open on Tuesdays, Thursdays and...
Volunteers repairing a bike during a recent Coed Night
Hey SVBE volunteers, staff. You’ve done an amazing job keeping our wheels turning, saving bikes from the landfill and providing valuable transportation to our community!
Bicycle Exchange has opened two paid staff positions to work with its hundreds of volunteers. The vast majority of our work repairing bicycles to donate, holding community bicycling events and working...
It’s a bit hard to believe that another year has come and gone, but 2024 is here. 2023 was another tremendously productive year for BikeX, and it was a big team effort. We extend a heartfelt THANK YOU...
As we approach the year-end, we at Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange (SVBE) are reflecting on the remarkable impact we've had in 2023 and setting our sights on even greater achievements in 2024.
400+ people made our 2023 Bike Swap a huge success!
Thank you to all the sellers, buyers and volunteers who made our first bike swap a big success! Here's a wrap-up of our Bike Swap on September 17, 2023.
BikeX will host its first bike swap on September 17, 2023. Save the date and spread the word!
We've long dreamt about it, and many of you have requested it, and now it's becoming a reality. BikeX will be hosting a bike swap and sale on Sunday, September 17! Save the date!
Jack Miller, one of our senior volunteers, leads orientation at a Saturday event.
It has been delightful to witness a surge of interest in our recent Saturday Work Days. Maybe it's the nice weather or breaks from school/work or an easing in pandemic fears. Whatever the reason(s),...
Ecumenical Hunger Program (EHP), our featured charity partner
Newsletter readers have asked for more info about some of the organizations with whom BikeX partners. These organizations work within their communities to provide qualified recipients with bicycles...
Bike repair and donation are two very visible activities that we do. A less visible aspect of what we have been doing for 30 years is setting aside savings to someday own our own home.
Get a great deal on a refurbished bike for all of May!
May is Bike Month and that means Bike To Work / Bike To Wherever Days are coming soon! To help celebrate Bike Month and to promote cycling for all, BikeX is offering 25% off all online purchases of...
We're pleased to announce board members Dave Fork and Jack Miller are the latest SVBE volunteers to be recognized by the Western Wheelers cycling club as Lefkowitz award winners.
Our 2022 Silent Auction has over $13,000 in prizes up for grabs!
We are proud to announce our BikeX Holiday Silent Auction Fundraiser is back for its third year, and it's bigger and better than ever! We are happy to offer 40 items for you to bid on worth over...
From now through Friday, November 25, 2022, (now extended until) December 2, 2022, make a monetary gift to BikeX and your contribution will be matched by the Board during our first-ever Board Match!
BikeX donates lights, locks and helmets to go along with its bike donations.
Everyone at BikeX knows about the bicycles we repair and distribute. This, of course, has been the primary focus of the organization since its founding. The growth and success of BikeX have allowed us to...
We're halfway to our goal of 1,000 bikes donated out to the community in 2022!
(This is the kick-off entry of an occasional column by our board member and treasurer on matters related to Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange's bike donations to those in need.)
BikeX has internship and part-time opportunities for Summer 2022
Are you a student looking for a rewarding, educational internship or part-time summer job? The Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange has volunteer opportunities and part-time paid positions available for...
The Bicycle Exchange is having a used bike sale on May 29, 2021
Your favorite bicycle nonprofit and community bike shop is having a big bike sale this May, Memorial Day Weekend, to fund our bike donations and clear a bit of space. This sale will focus on...
The Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange is having a big used bike sale
Your favorite bicycle nonprofit and community bike shop is having a big bike sale this February to fund our bike donations and clear a bit of space. This sale will focus on bikes only. Read on for...
Your favorite bicycle repurposing non-profit is having a HUGE fundraising sale, August 29, 2021 from 10am-2pm! Help us clear space and support our bike donations that provide transportation to those in...
SVBE is honored to receive support from the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund!
We're thrilled to announce for the second year in a row, our local newspaper, the Palo Alto Weekly, part of Embarcadero Media, has awarded the Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange a 2021 Palo Alto...
2020, along with our hundreds of bike donations, rides off into the sunset.
A global pandemic. Canceled volunteer days. A bike shortage. A backed-up bike parts supply chain. Destructive fires and horrible air quality. And a serious concussion!
2020 sure has been an interesting and challenging year for many of us, and our organization certainly hasn't been immune to pandemic-related challenges. We haven't enjoyed our popular, packed...
We are pleased to announce that the Palo Alto Community Fund has awarded the Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange with a generous grant! We previously announced our amazing fortune in our June newsletter, and...
In light of the health guidance provided March 5th by the Santa Clara County Public Health Department to address novel coronavirus, the Bicycle Exchange will limit event size and encourage outdoor...
Thanks to the kind folks at Wheel Kids, you can watch the stellar bicycle movie "Motherload" while supporting your favorite bicycle nonprofit, the Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange!
The Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange is finally on Instagram! Give us a follow on IG at @bicycle.exchange to stay in touch with all our human-powered good.
Starting with our January 2019 events, Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange will now be operating at 3961 E. Bayshore Road in Palo Alto. Please let your bikin' buddies know that we are no longer at 2566...
Bicycle Exchange has found new space in which to continue its operations. Located at 3961 E. Bayshore Road in Palo Alto, the industrial office space is only a temporary solution, but for now it...
Bicycle Exchange has several open volunteer positions. In many of these positions you'd be part of a small team to share the responsibilities. To learn more or to volunteer, please email This email...
We offer a bicycle safety program where we educate recipients of donated bicycles about bicycle safety. Just giving away bicycles to people who struggle to afford one is not enough to ensure their...
These awesome men and women of Google are grinning because of the amazing time they had making bikes safe and ridable once again. On June 2, 2015 Googlers converged on the Bicycle Exchange in...
Each year, Cupertino Bike Shop organizes one of the largest bicycle swap meets in the Bay Area. This swap meet is one of the Bicycle Exchange’s biggest fundraising opportunities, and we’ll be there...
In December 2014 the Bicycle Exchange supported the Silicon Valley Risk Management Society's annual bicycle build. Team of RIMS members unboxed and built a dozen new bicycles for donation to the...
Silicon Valley Bike Exchange was happy to have volunteers from National Charity League, Mid-Peninsula Chapter, for the first time at our workday on Saturday, January 24th. Jennie and her mom Renee...
“Dear Dave and Everyone at the Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange, Thank you so much for donating 24 bikes to our program! Our families are always so grateful to be given the opportunity to earn...
Each year, the Cupertino Bike Shop and Silicon Valley Mountain Bike Club (formerly ROMP) organize one of the largest bicycle swap meets in the Bay Area. Now at a new location, it’s bigger than ever....
Each year, the Sports Basement in Sunnyvale organizes an end of Summer swap meet. Swap meets are the Bicycle Exchange’s biggest fundraising opportunities, and we’ll be there again this year selling...
"Son, do you know how to adjust derailleurs?" Why was this elderly man calling me son? Maybe because he was old enough to be my father just like nearly every other person at the Silicon Valley...
We hold regular hackathons to build the website and tools that keep the Bike Exchange in the modern era. Contact us if you would like to participate. These events are open to warm bodies and to...
