It’s National Volunteer Week! 🚲
Alberta Bike Swap is powered by 180+ incredible volunteers every single event. While Chris & Laura do the legwork our returning leads keep us rolling. We couldn’t do it without this amazing community!
#thankyou!
#VolunteerWeek #AlbertaBikeSwap #Cycling #yyc #yeg
I wrote a #carbonoffset in grad school in 2006 called Weapons of Grass Destruction on native over manufactured landscapes. It's wonderful to see #wildflowers trending on #bluesky.
BeSpoke Pricing
Wheelie Good Price
Crank the Numbers
The Wheel Deal
We're letting the coder decide.
I remember leather strapped rat traps!
It uses the bike data we have to support the seller's decision.
My Bicycle Swap Software is in IRAP.
The person selling the bike sets the price for their bike, this app guides them to find the price sweet spot.
We ensure that every bike is safe to ride and I'm a #womanintech that designed software that checks bike ownership. Our Dream Fulfillment volunteers ensure bike fit of the 600-900 avl bikes
48 grant rejections later...
We’re building a proprietary app to debottleneck our bike swap events using our data and built by a @ucalgary.bsky.social CS student 🚲📈
Help us name the app:
Wheelie Good Price
Crank the Numbers
The Bike Whisperer
Handlebar-ometer
Which name gets your wheels rolling?
2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom, Alexander McCall Smith
A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies, John Murray
Flashman series, George McDonald Fraser
Lamb, Christopher Moore (the only good book he wrote IMO)
Anything by Alan Lightman
The data is in: Safety > Theft. 🚲
We check every bike at our bike swap events and reject 12%. It’s scary to see those same bikes pop back up for sale online.
Stay safe, trust our processes, and stick to legitimate CAN-BIKE education. #BikeSafety #Alberta #bicycleswapsoftware
Bikes change lives 🚲
We’re proud of our Strategic alliance with Two Wheel View. As a true friend they transform donated bikes into tools for youth leadership and resilience in Calgary. The Circular Economy in its most impactful form! #TwoWheelView #YYC #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #BikesForYouth
Peace of mind comes standard at our bike swaps! 🚲💻
Shielded by our proprietary Bicycle Swap Software and our strategic alliance with @bikeindex.org, we ensure every bike is verified and theft-free. Register your ride today and join us at our bike swaps!
#BikeSecurity #Tech #AlbertaBikeSwap
Mobility is the key to independence! 🚲
We’re proud of our Strategic alliance with McMan Calgary & Area. By providing bikes to youth and families we’re helping our neighbours reach their full potential. 🔄
#McManCalgary #Sustainability #AlbertaBikeSwap #StrategicAlliance #Bikes #SocialGood #YYC
Our events are a thief-free zone for Alberta cyclists! 🚲🛡️
We check @project529.bsky.social global database to ensure every bike at our events has a verified ownership history: real-world tech for real-world security! #Project529 #AlbertaBikeSwap #CircularEconomy #EndBikeTheft
Edmonton Bicycle and Touring Club (EBTC) ensures that YEG adult riders have a community to call home. Buy a safe bike at the swap, join EBTC to explore the region and beyond! 🚲
1️⃣ Attend Edmonton Bike Swap!
2️⃣ Repost this.
3️⃣ Share the event with YEG friends.
#YEGBike #EBTC #YEGLocal #ActiveTransit
Want to spend the day touching 🚲🚲🚲
hanging out with gearheads & witnessing the joy of someone finding their forever ride?
Volunteer registration opens March 15 @ 12:01 PM and spots disappear faster than a 10mm socket in a messy garage. 🔧
albertabikeswap.ca/volunteer/
#YEG #YYC #Cycling #Volunteer
Want to spend the day touching 🚲🚲🚲
hanging out with gearheads & witnessing the joy of someone finding their forever ride?
Volunteer registration opens March 15 @ 12:01 PM and spots disappear faster than a 10mm socket in a messy garage. 🔧
albertabikeswap.ca/volunteer/
#YEG #YYC #Cycling #Volunteer
Edmonton Bicycle and Touring Club (EBTC) ensures that YEG adult riders have a community to call home. Buy a safe bike at the swap, join EBTC to explore the region and beyond! 🚲
1️⃣ Attend Edmonton Bike Swap!
2️⃣ Repost this.
3️⃣ Share the event with YEG friends.
#YEGBike #EBTC #YEGLocal #ActiveTransit
Our events are a thief-free zone for Alberta cyclists! 🚲🛡️
We check @project529.bsky.social global database to ensure every bike at our events has a verified ownership history: real-world tech for real-world security! #Project529 #AlbertaBikeSwap #CircularEconomy #EndBikeTheft
Celebrating a decade of teamwork! 🚲🌉
Huge thanks to Bikebridge Lethbridge for providing 10 years of swap volunteers. We've moved our events to YYC YEG only now, but we’re still proud strategic allies & lifelong pals in the mission for a bikeable Alberta! #Lethbridge #Cycling #Community #Volunteers
Alberta tech powering the ride! 🚲💳
We’re proud of our Partnership with Helcim. By pairing their secure Calgary-based payment tech with our copyrighted proprietary Bicycle Swap Software, we’re making the Circular Economy faster and safer for everyone in the province.#Helcim #FinTech #Sustainability
From skis to spokes! 🎿🚲
Proud of our strategic alliance with the Canadian Birkie. Whether you're gliding through the Blackfoot recreation area or pedaling through the city, we're helping keep Alberta active and sustainable all year long.
#Birkie #Cycling #Alberta #Sustainability #WinterSport
Cycling is for everyone! 🚲🏅
We’re proud of our Strategic Alliance with Sport Edmonton. We’re helping more Edmontonians discover cycling as a lifelong sport so that they stay active. 🛡️🌿
#SportEdmonton #YEG #Sustainability #AlbertaBikeSwap #StrategicAlliance #ActiveLiving
As 1of3 women in CS @ualberta.bsky.social in the 80s we coded from 1201-0600 & slept in safety. I tutored engineers in WATFOR who later told me I wasn't technical enough for jobs. Decades later, I’ve built the only bike swap software with $0 in innovation or technical grants.💻🚲 #IWD2026 #WomenInTech
We’re proud of our Strategic alliance with Sustainable Calgary. 🚲🏙️
Together we’re bridging the gap between providing safe bikes and advocating for the safe infrastructure they deserve. A more sustainable city is built on human connection! 🛡️🌿 #SustainableCalgary #YYC #AlbertaBikeSwap #ActiveTransit
Cycling is for everyone! 🚲🌈 By providing You Can Ride 2 first access to donated bikes at our swaps, we’re helping fuel their adaptive lending library & Learn to Ride programs for kids with disabilities. Inclusion in the Circular Economy! #AdaptiveCycling #Sustainability #StrategicAlliance #YEG
We participate in Sport Calgary All Sport One Day to teach CAN-BIKE cycling education to help build a foundation of physical literacy and cycling safety in our city. Education is the key to a better ride!
#SportCalgary #CANBIKE #YYC #Sustainability #AlbertaBikeSwap #StrategicAlliance #SafeCycling
But cyclists don't have a bike lane to their front door. Learning to ride confidently anywhere by taking legitimate cycling education works.
My worst bike accident was in a bike lane when I stopped at stop sign, but the cyclist behind me didn't know that they had to follow the rules of the road.
Safe cycling starts at school!
We’re proud of our Strategic alliance with Ever Active. They work alongside schools to make walking and wheeling to school a safe, realistic choice for families. A healthier, greener AB for the next generation!
#EverActive #SafeCycling #Sustainability #YouthWellness
Sustainability on campus and between classrooms! 🚲
We’re proud of our Strategic alliance with Olds College. We donated a fleet of bikes for student use to help the next generation embrace the Cycling Lifestyle #OldsCollege #AlbertaBikeSwap #StrategicAlliance #CircularEconomy #ActiveTransit
