Help Our Cause
Your financial support and contributions will enable us to meet our goals and increase the number of people we can help. Your generous donation will also fund our mission to improve the health, social, economic and environmental conditions in London and area.
About Us
Since inception, we've given away over 3,200 bikes to the community & reused over 4,579 donated bikes from the City of London Enviro Depots & unsaleable bikes from Walmart. We've also reused 228,729 pounds of metal, rubber & wire and diverted over 218,201 pounds of materials from our landfills through proper recycling!
Big Bike Giveaway is organized by a husband and wife team in London Ontario who are local community ambassadors. They collect and repair bicycles and give them away for free on one day each year. The goal of the program is to get as many people on bikes as possible and to encourage healthier lifestyles in the community. The program is intended to specifically help those needing this resource to get ahead due to poverty.
How it works
Online registration opens June 1st 2023
On the registration form, people provided us with their:
Height in feet and inches
Weight in pounds
Residence location
Reason they wanted a free bike
&
Consent for photo and liability release
Free bikes are always:
First-come-first-serve.
If we find a bike that will fit you,
we'll email you and give you the date and location for your bike pick up.
Note that we as we receive thousands of requests each year
and only process approximately 500 bikes per year.
Thank you for your patience.
We hope to serve you in 2023.
Move from one-day event to mini-events:
Things looked a little different in 2020 & 2021 due to COVID-19 Health Canada recommendations to eliminate large gatherings, we temporarily changed the way we gave away bikes in London.
Registration is now available online once per year.
If we have a bike that will fit registrants, we contact them by the end of August to pick up their free bike.
Big Bike Giveaway held several small events throughout the Summers of 2020-2023 serving 10-50 people at a time with free bikes for cycling.
We thank everyone for their patience while waiting to be contacted as this process took a little longer than usual.
We will continue to serve the London community in this format until health is improved in our community.
Community Sponsors & Partners
BECOME A SPONSOR OR PARTNER IN 2022
and be a part of #MakingBigThingsHappen
2022 SPONSORS
The City of London - Environmental
London Community Foundation
True Sport
The Better Bin Company
London Clean & Green
2022 PARTNERS
London & Area Used-Bicycle Donors
FARHI Holdings Corporation
Old South Community Organization
Two Small Men with Big Hearts Moving
2021 SPONSORS
The City of London - Environmental
London Police Association
Green Economy London
London Community Foundation
True Sport
The Better Bin Company
London Clean & Green
2021 PARTNERS
London & Area Used-Bicycle Donors
FARHI Holdings Corporation
Two Small Men with Big Hearts Moving
2020 SPONSORS
London Police Association
Two Small Men with Big Hearts Moving
2019 PARTNERS
London & Area Used-Bicycle Donors
2019 SPONSORS
The City of London
London Police Association
Two Small Men with Big Hearts Moving
KGK Science
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JACK 102.3
2019 PARTNERS
Old South Community Organization
London & Area Used-Bicycle Donors
Argyle Community Association
Forest City Velodrome Centre
McDonald's
Goodwill Industries
London Celebrates Cycling
London Cycle Link
Squeaky Wheel Bike Co-op
CanBike
Fanshawe Paramedics
Fanshawe Police Foundations
LHSC
Helmets on Kids
Middlesex London Health Unit
London Public Library
London Transit Commission
MEC
2018 SPONSORS
The City of London
London Police Association
Tricar Group
Two Small Men with Big Hearts Moving
KGK Science
MEC
2018 PARTNERS
JACK 102.3
McDonald's
London & Area Used-Bicycle Donors
Boyle Activity Council & Community
Forest City Velodrome Centre
Goodwill Industries
CAN-Bike
Squeaky Wheel Co-op
Old East Village Riding Group
London Cycle Link
Helmets on Kids
London Arts Council
London Public Library
London Transit Commission
Fanshawe Paramedics
Fanshawe Police Foundations
WesternU Experiential Learning
London Celebrates Cycling
London Bicycle Cafe
Wheels & Gears
Outspokin Cycles
Ken Jones Signs
Bike Registry Service
London Insurance Brokers Association
London Middlesex Health Unit
LHSC Brain Injury Road Safety
2017
The City of London
London Police Association
Tricar
Two Small Men with Big Hearts Moving
Forest City Velodrome
Boyle Activity Council
McDonald's
MEC
IMBA
2014-2016
The City of London
London Police Association
Two Small Men with Big Hearts Moving
Forest City Velodrome
Old South Community Organization
Old South Business Association
First Cycleworks
Lululemon
Tricar Group
MEC
KGK Science
Autoneum