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Bicycle Exchange location: 3961 East Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA MAP.

Interested in volunteering? Explore our event calendar and visit our Eventbrite page to RSVP for upcoming opportunities. New volunteers can find details about our volunteer roles and general information.

Stopping by our shop? Make an appointment to shop for a bicycle or parts, ask us questions about volunteering, drop off a donation, receive service for your bike, or anything else! Shop Hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 12 pm - 5 pm.

Have a bicycle to donate? Donate bicycles and parts by emailing us photos and details of what you have, to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. We'll let you know if we need your items and get you the drop-off details. Please do not make an appointment to drop off a bicycle without emailing us photos first; we cannot accept all bicycles and parts.

The Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange is a Section 501c(3) non-profit organization.

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For the New Year here is something old that’s also something new.  

Recently, I spotted a horrible looking Raleigh Superbe at the shop. The paint was in bad shape, it had a chrome fork that was wrong, and the crank was from a different bike. About the only things it had going for it were beautiful wheels and new gum wall tires. In another corner of the shop was a ladies Raleigh Sport.  It had 700c rims with skinny tires and a singlespeed freewheel.

Though dirty, the Sport had great paint and all the correct parts except the wheels. I combined the good parts from each bike and the result is our bike of the month. 

After disassembly, I cleaned up the root beer metallic paint, rubbed it out with white polishing compound, and sprayed it with Rustoleum automotive clear enamel. I installed a new 24-tooth rear cog, improving the ability of the bike to go up hills.

Cap'n Johnny's latest refurb, a Raleigh Sports mixte.
Cap'n Johnny's latest refurb, a Raleigh Sports mixte.

After I cleaned the wheels, the Sports was just about ready for primetime.

One final touch was a ladies Brooks saddle which originally looked hopeless but after soaking, scrubbing, reshaping, and treating with Brooks Proofide leather dressing, now looks great.

This beauty is almost 50 years old but looks and rides like a new bike. It will soon be available for a new owner, and will help fund our bike donations to charity partners to those in need of transportation.

Enjoy reading about our featured refurbished bicycles? You can read our past Featured Bicycles posts here. Featured bicycles are typically bikes we sell to cover parts for bikes we donate and operating expenses. You can browse our for-sale bikes here: https://shop.bikex.org

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