All-volunteer bike recycling in Golden, Colorado
Bikes for PeopleWho Need Them
Golden Optimists Bicycle Recycle Program makes free or low-cost bicycles available to the Golden and wider community. Donations and volunteers welcome!
Support us
There are a number of ways to get involved with the GOBRP.
Support our mission with your financial donations.
The Optimists also accept monetary donations for parts, helmets, tools and materials.
Volunteer
Volunteer to work on bikes or help out at the shop.
Volunteers are welcome any time on a regular or drop-in basis during shop hours. No experience necessary.
Join us as a volunteerDonate a bike
Donate your used bicycles – gently used and recyclable, please.
Bike Donations
Accepted 1:30 to 4:30 PM during shop days.
“I can’t thank you enough for providing a bicycle for Duncan Hopkinson.”
Get a bike
To get a bike, please visit our bike shop at 1200 Johnson Road, Golden CO. The number and type of bikes of repaired and ready on any given day varies, as we are all volunteer and very busy trying to meet demand. Typically, we have between 10 and 15 adult bikes ready. You may need to stop by more than once to find the type and size you need. We ask for a minimum of $25 for a regular repaired adult bike ($10 child’s), and also have some of the better bikes available for a higher amounts.
- Regular repaired adult bike
- $25 minimum
- Child’s bike
- $10 minimum
- Where
- 1200 Johnson Road, Golden CO 80401
What we do
The Golden Optimists Bicycle Recycle program accepts used bicycle donations and repairs and repurposes some 500 bikes per year all with volunteers.
Repaired bikes go back into the community - some are sold at affordable prices to get a wide variety of people riding with proceeds supporting the program. About 50% of repaired bikes are given away for free to people who truly cannot afford a bike through special programs.
The free bikes are given to local kids (particularly Christmas programs), foster youth in the CASA program, people in a community on the Navajo Nation, newly settled refugees in the Denver area through the International Rescue Committee, and referrals for others in need. Helmets, locks, and other accessories are given away with many of the free bikes. Surplus unrepaired bikes are re-directed.
Bikes come in
Most of the bicycles that come into the program are used, unwanted and/or in disrepair. Our program provides an outlet for re-use and recycling.
Bikes at the shop
The Golden Optimists maintain a bike shop, volunteers fix the bikes, and parts and supplies are purchased with bicycle sales and other donations.
Bikes go out
A bicycle is available to any customer who wants a bicycle. We ask a very reasonable price if you are able. There is no required donation of time or money.
Mission
Our mission is to provide bikes for people who need them for transportation, exercise, and fun by repairing donated bicycles and making them available for re-use.
Our short story
For some 35 years, the Golden Optimists have been a reliable, ongoing source of refurbished bikes and community support for people who need them for transportation, exercise, and fun. The greater Golden community has provided generous support through bicycle donations, grants, personal donations, and substantial volunteer time. The Golden Optimists Bicycle Recycle Program has its roots in serving the community.
We do not provide individual bike repair services or parts. We have a small ebay site where some excess parts are available for purchase. Do an advanced Search for seller GoldenOBRP