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Recovery Bike ShopWe're great at getting new riders on bikes! We sell used bikes, new and used e-bikes and parts, and we provide repair services at every level. We have a wide mix of bikes on the floor (road, hybrid, mountain, cruisers, kids, e-bikes) and we have a slow patient sales process that is focused on matching riders with the right size and style for the riding that each person wants to do. Mission We believe bicycles make cities better for people. Every year we add 500+ new riders to the streets of this city and we’ve been doing that for 20 years. There are a lot more bike lanes now than when we started and we like to think that our 10,000+ riders might have had something to do with that. We only accept donated bikes (we do not buy bikes) and it takes thousands of donations to get the 500 or so that we rebuild and sell each year. The rest are shipped to West Africa. Our bikes are torn apart and rebuilt by professional mechanics and we warranty each one. |
I guess we’re buying a house?The historic John Cook House has stood at the corner of 18th and Tyler since Minneapolis’ sidewalks were made of pine planks. Today it is in the hands of a developer who is intentionally demolishing it with neglect. He wants a parking lot. Years of open windows and vandals has caused tremendous damage to a house registered as a historic landmark. They aren’t even mowing the lawn. The current owner of the John Cook house is paving a path for unscrupulous developers to mine our history for profit. This property must be removed from the hands of the developer. After more than 20 years of being vacant, it’s time we write the next chapter of the Cook House together. We held our first Coffee (Outside) in front of 948 NE 18th Ave on Sept 21 to call attention to the destructive actions of this developer. We began attending the city hearings where the owner appealed to have the historic designation removed. We spoke at the city council hearings. We wrote letters. We held meetings. We began assembling a team and two months later we’re making a plan to acquire and restore the Cook House ourselves. So this is our call for help. We need you. We need your hammers and nails. We need your checkbooks too. The John Cook House needs you. Northeast Minneapolis needs you. Help us take a stand against this corruption. Help us save a piece of our history. What’s so great about the John Cook House? Watch our YouTube video here. It was built in 1889, just a few decades after Minneapolis was formed. For more than a hundred years this duplex was home to the workers and immigrants who built Northeast Minneapolis: the mill workers, the railroad employees, the shop staff. Their stories are the stories of our city. John Cook was a developer who built a handful of Minneapolis houses back when the streets were dirt and most people walked. John Cook built in the Queen Anne style, a rarity in Minneapolis and this house is one of just a few examples left. More than anything, the John Cook House is a neighborhood landmark. It’s the house every knows and many of us have dreamed of seeing it restored to its former glory. It is time. How are we going to do this? Turns out, we’re a pretty capable group, y’all. We are contractors and historians and content generators and materials manufacturers and city officials. And we all know a ton of people. But most of all, we are neighbors who care about our community. What we don’t know, we’re gonna figure out. So if you want to be a part of this story, if you want to hang out with passionate do-gooders, if you want to help save the John Cook House, get in touch. We are hosting regular meetings. We are looking for partners. We need money too. Most of all, stay tuned. Follow our story. Share it with your friends. We want to see our history celebrated. This house needs us. We are Northeast.
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