Thank you so much to everyone who has helped us achieve our first step in our fundraising goal, of funding a better storage space!
We don't always talk about is the day to day practical aspects of managing the E-Bike Lending Library, but reaching this goal is critical for me personally, because this year, I've had to regularly give up my entire backyard as it has been overtaken by bikes, and this will allow us to solve that problem; I'm looking forward to having a small space to sit outside again! (Of course, realistically, it will still mostly be a small space that we use to work on bikes needing repairs, but a man can dream...)
When we started this effort, I used to think "We'll never want to have more than 4 or 5 bikes, because what would we do with all of them?" It turns out that the bikes had a different plan for me!
So thank you for your support: in addition to expanding our opportunity for volunteer participation, it will also mean a quality of life improvement for me personally, which will make it even easier to focus energy on making the library as great as it can be in the coming year!