Bikes have magic. I think bikes are one of the keys to human survival.

Since all the bikes are donated [to BNB in the U.S.], we only charge the head of the business for the shipping costs and a 10 percent administration fee.

What's unique to Bikes Not Bombs is that it combines local and international [efforts]. It's about solidarity, bringing two worlds together.

To have endured horrors, to have seen the worst of humanity and have your life made unrecognizable by it, to come out of all that honorable and brave— that was magical.

Successes are successes and failures are failures; we've definitely had our share of both, but we're [reaching] more donors and volunteers all the time.

It's important to note that we're not considered a charity, but if a project is selected as a recipient of a grant, we send the containers [of bike parts] for free.