1. Getting the bikes ready for shipment (i.e. removing pedals, turning handlebars so that theyre in line with the frame).This way, we can pack the bikes more tightly into the shipping container.

2. 3. A sea of bicycles 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. More bicyclesstored in the basement 11. 12. The 40-foot shipping container arrives on loading dayand parks on one of the steepest streets in Ithaca! 13. Let the loading begin! 14. So, how do you remove pedals again? 15. Lets move the bikes from the backyard out to the front and then into the container 16. 17. 18. And now, for a game of tetrus packing the bikes in the container 19. 20.

532 bikes + an uncountable number of bike parts off to Ghana!

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Where do the bikes go now?

TheVillage Bicycle Project(a not-for-profit organization) arranges for the trans-Atlantic shipping to Accra, Ghana.Once in Ghana, bike mechanics repair the bikes, sell them at subsidized prices, and give maintenance workshops to help people learn how to ride their new bike and fix it up themselves.

More info? Check outwww.ghanabikes.org

22. So, is that bike sitting in your garagereallyjust scrap metal?....or can transform someones life?