How do you keep a team of experienced bike mechanics/youth mentors busy during a global pandemic? This was a question we never thought we'd have to answer, but answer it we did. Last year, Dismantle received a donation of two shipping containers full of new bikes from a now dissolved Melbourne ride-share company.
While rusty old bikes are normally what we're chasing, the COVID shutdown gave us a unique opportunity to quickly retrofit our workshop into an online bike retail warehouse (of sorts).
To date, we have sold, assembled and delivered over 160 bikes across Perth, keeping our casuals busy with safety checks and deliveries, and raising over $20,000 to put towards our at-risk young people doing it extra tough during the pandemic.
There's still a few weeks left to grab one at $160 a pop. Best be quick as the program needs to finish before we get too busy with term 3.
Thanks to everyone who shared the link over social media!
