WHAT BIKES4Life DoeS – over 5,800 bikes gifted since 2019
The Sydney branch has repaired and gifted, more than 4,200 bicycles, since it moved to the Kimbriki Recycling & Resource Centre at 1 Kimbriki Road, Ingelside NSW 2101 in early 2019. In addition it has gifted another 1,600 unrepaired lower quality bikes to be exported to Africa for repair there.
We gift refurbished bikes to charities, and other organisations, both here and overseas.
Within Australia, we have given our bikes to indigenous communities out west, refugee groups in Sydney, the PCYC, disability organisations and various children’s charities.
We have also provided refurbished bikes to countries all over the world, such as Uganda, Cambodia, Tonga, Lebanon, and Zambia.
It is worth noting that, bikes we send overseas are often used as the main source of transport for a whole family, and so a simple bike can become an incredibly valuable asset.
In 2023 we paid for 333 of our bikes bikes to be sent to “Build Your Future Today” in Cambodia (see below for further details). In 2025 we sent 400 bikes to the “Te Kworo Foundation” girls school in northern Uganda, and in early 2026 we sent another 200 bikes to the “Cambodian Children’s Fund” in Phnom Penh.
OUR THREE OBJECTIVES
The main objectives of bikes4life are:
(a) to provide refurbished bikes to those who cannot afford them;
(b) to provide constructive activities and an enjoyable environment for all our volunteers, and,
(c) to reduce land fill, by recycling steal with our great supporter, Kimbriki Resource Centre.
DONATE YOUR OLD BIKE
Please drop off any bike you no longer need, to outside the cage, behind our workshop at Kimbriki. (1 Kimbriki Road, INGLESIDE, NSW 2101) Our workshop, at “The Hub”, is located on the left, just before you reach to the weighbridges. (see map below)
We are on the left, before you reach the weigh bridges for the Centre.
The Centre is open 7:00am to 5:00pm except Good Friday and Christmas Day.
Unfortunately, currently, we cannot generally pickup bikes. However, if you have a ute, trailer or van, and can pick up bikes around Sydney from time to time, please email [email protected] (see Volunteering – Bike Collection below)
DONATING HIGH QUALITY BIKES & ROAD RACING BIKES
As we have no other income, we often sell better quality bikes, and most road race bikes we receive, to fund our operations. Sales proceeds not only pay for parts and tools we need, but more importantly, we can build up monies to purchase 40 foot containers, and then finance the very expensive freight costs to move that container to one of the overseas charities we have formed a strong partnership with.
If you feel you have a particularly good quality bike, please send a couple of photos of the bike(s) to [email protected] and we will organise the best way to get it to us.
DONATIONS OF MONEY – Fully tax deductible
The Sydney branch operates independently, so if you would like to help fund our future donations of containers overseas, please make a transfer to the following bank account. Ensure you email [email protected] with your name and amount donated, and we will organise a receipt that you can offset against your tax as we are a registered Deductible Tax Recipient (DGR). If your highest tax rate is 47%, a $100 donation only costs you $53 in net terms after you get a $47 tax refund.
Bank Details
BSB: 062 287
Account No:1061 2125
Account Name: bikes4life
VOLUNTEERING – REPAIRING BIKES (Now open longer hours)
WEDNESDAYS 1PM – 4PM @ KIMBRIKI WORKSHOP
Regardless of ability, we are always keen to have new volunteers join us at our Kimbriki workshop. So please come along any Wednesday afternoon 1-4pm (bar public holidays) and we will show you around.
We aim to help interested people develop their mechanical skills fixing up bicycles, whilst providing a relaxed and fun environment for them to work in.
As most of our work is currently outside, we request volunteers dress appropriately and wear closed shoes.
VOLUNTEERING – COLLECTING BIKES
REQUESTING BIKES FOR YOUR ORGANISATION
If you are a charity, or know of a deserving organization, that has a need for bikes either locally or internationally, then please email on [email protected] with your request.
EXAMPLE OF WHO WE HELP – 333 BIKES TO CAMBODIA
In July 2023 we packed 333 refurbished bikes into a 40 foot container, and added 64 boxes of clothes, 300 back packs and a bunch of other material that was provided by other charities. Using monies raised from selling road bikes and other high quality bikes, plus cash donations received, we were able to fund the purchase of the container, and pay the high freight cost to send the container from Sydney to the charity “Build Your Future Today ” based in Cambodia.
Some years ago, the founders of the Sydney branch of bikes4life visited the operations of the children’s charity “Build Your Future Today“ in rural Cambodia, and felt this was just the sort of organisation we should form a long term relationship with. BYFT was established by a Sedth Long a survivor of the brutal Kherm Rouge regime in the 1970s, and since then, he has built many schools to help young Cambodians become self-sufficient through education. Bicycles are invaluable to the children that attend Sedth Long’s schools, not only as a transport to school, but as a vehicle the whole family can use. (Photo below- bikes on arrival in Cambodia from bikes4life)
ANY QUESTIONS?
If you have any other queries, just put them in a short email to the following and we will get back to you asap. [email protected]
OTHER NEWS
JJ Lawson Freight Forwarders
We would like to acknowledge the amazing help that JJ Lawson have provided us with regards to sending our containers overseas. Their quick response and problem solving has been exceptional, and they have helped our overseas recipients as much as they have helped us navigate the tricky area of exporting product overseas.
Meanwhile in Sydney, we have gifted more than 100 bikes to refugees who now call Sydney home. This has been done in partnership with “Settlement Services International” who do a great job helping resettle migrants into Australia.