More than a dozen employees of Mike’s Bikes, the largest independent bicycle retailer on the West Coast, loaded a shipping container Monday with more than 450 bicycles bound for Africa as part of an ongoing campaign to bring a permanent sustainable transportation solution to the troubled continent.
This is the third time the San Rafael-based company, which has eight shops in the Bay Area including downtown San Rafael and Sausalito, has collected used bicycles from its customers to send overseas to Ghana, Botswana and Namibia.
The effort is more than a donation – the company also … Details & Pictures