We’re hiring!

Old Spokes Home seeks General Manager

We’re looking for the perfect shop captain: someone with a head for retail bike sales and service, hands for expert mechanical work, and a heart for Old Spoke Home’s and Bike Recycle Vermont’s social mission.

Click here for more details about the position, and please spread the word!

Ride your bike with us!

Burlington Halloween Bike Ride

Sunday, Oct. 25th
2PM @ City Hall Park

We’re proud to sponsor the 6th annual Burlington Halloween Bike Ride. Ride through the streets of Burlington with hundreds of your neighbors in costume. There are prizes for best costume, a party at the end, and there will be great music playing throughout.

Click here to RSVP on Facebook.

Spooky Hollow

Sunday, Oct. 30th 5PM – 8PM

Wear your costume, light up your bikes, and join us and Fellowship of the Wheel for a spoooooky rip around Sunny Hollow trails on Halloween eve. The woods will be filled with mysteries and surprises. Miss Weinerz will provide donuts, Skinny Pancake will provide snacks, and Havoc Meadery will be providing tastings and pours. There will be music and goofy dancing to Monster Mash.

Click here to RSVP to the Facebook event.

Girls Ride Out

Thursday Nov. 1st
Battery Park, 6PM

All of the ladies are invited to grab their favorite set of wheels and come out for a fun and social jaunt around Burlington. We follow traffic laws and keep the ride moving slow so that its a safe and accessible ride for ladies of all ages and experience levels. It gets dark these days, so be sure to bring your lights!

Click here to RSVP to the Facebook event.

Bike packing with 718 Cyclery

We had a blast — thank you, 718! We’re already looking forward to hosting more trips like this next season.

Click here to read 718’s full ride report.

Basement Tapes:
Reports from Bike Recycle Vermont

Bike Recycle Vermont’s recent blog post, “Summer 2015: 10 Magical Moments in the Shop,” shared some great anecdotal stories from this summer.
This month we’re providing some hard numbers to illustrate the shop’s impact in a different way:

428: Bicycles provided through Get A Bike Program

780+: number of repairs performed by volunteers and staff

4.5: tons of metal recycled through the shop

65%: estimated percentage of shop recycling that was brought to the dump on our bike trailer

11: number of bicycles we returned to their rightful owners thanks to help from customers, other bike shops, community connections, and some investigative work from staff

25: number of bicycles distributed through partners at Pathways to Housing Vermont, Spectrum Youth and Family Services, and Burlington High School.

2: Number of custom bicycles we built for women who rely on their bikes for commuting and running their businesses.

It was a spectacular summer and it wouldn’t have been possible without our amazing volunteers and everyone’s support. Thank you!

To support Bike Recycle Vermont’s programs, keep shopping at Old Spokes Home and/or make a donation today.

Attend a focus group, earn pizza + prizes!

We want your insight!

We’re hosting focus groups at Old Spokes Home to gather information about customers’ experiences with Old Spokes Home & Bike Recycle Vermont.

In exchange for two hours of your time, we’ll feed you pizza and you’ll be entered to win prizes. Prizes include a 50% of class coupon, t-shirts, lights, water bottles, and a $50 gift certificate to the shop! No one will go home empty handed.