How to Change the World with Bikes: World Bicycle Relief

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Wilderness, Bike, Gear, Snowboard, Outdoor, Sports, Ski, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 560 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2019

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

We published this conversation last week on our Bikes & Big Ideas podcast, but we wanted to repost it in the Blister Podcast feed to make sure none of you missed it.

Because for many of us, bikes are primarily fun. But for many others, bikes are major drivers of economic development, critical sources of transportation and health care, vehicles of educational opportunity, and instruments of equality.

World Bicycle Relief was started by the founder of SRAM to provide bikes to some of the communities around the world that could use them the most, and in today’s conversation, you’ll learn exactly how and why bikes are such a significant and life-changing tool.

Our guest today is Dave Neiswander, the CEO of World Bicycle Relief. Dave has been with WBR for over a decade, and as you will see, he is an impressive guy with an impressive background, and he does an excellent job talking about the origins of World Bicycle Relief; its trajectory and challenges; the bikes themselves and all the product design that goes into them; and what each of us can do to support the mission of World Bicycle Relief.

Take Action: Go to worldbicyclerelief.org to sign up for one of their upcoming events, make a donation, and share what they are up to with your friends and colleagues.

TOPICS & TIMES

Origin Story of World Bicycle Relief (2:59)
How Dave first got involved with WBR (7:51)
Why bicycles matter so much (15:34)
Mission Statement of WBR (18:35)
How does WBR select new locations to assist? (22:31)
Important Stats & Results (36:23)
Winning the Wharton / Lipman Prize (43:03)
The bikes themselves / quality / durability / design / repairable (48:13)
The Buffalo Bike (53:17)
The Charger Bike (55:01)
Future plans for World Bicycle Relief (58:27)
Biggest lessons you’ve learned that others might benefit from? (1:04:17)
Best ways for individuals and companies to get involved? (1:06:41)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Blister podcast, a program dedicated to interesting people, the great outdoors, and a bunch of other stuff we like.
0:09.6	I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, the founder of Blister, and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com.
0:19.3	We actually published today's conversation last week over on our Bikes and Big Ideas podcast channel,
0:26.2	but we wanted to repost it here in our Blister podcast feed just in case there are some of you
0:31.2	who haven't already subscribed to our Bikes and Big Ideas podcast.
0:36.1	And if you haven't, you really should, because we've got
0:38.9	some really good conversations taking place over there too. So don't miss out. And you can
0:44.5	subscribe for free to Bikes and Big Ideas on our website or wherever you listen to your podcasts.
0:51.8	And the reason we are sharing this again is because for a number of us, bikes are
0:57.2	primarily a source of serious fun. They are fun to read about. They're super fun to ride. They're
1:04.2	fun to watch incredible athletes compete on. They are pretty much the greatest thing ever. But for
1:10.4	many others around the world, bikes aren't just fun.
1:13.6	They are major drivers of economic development, critical sources of transportation and health care,
1:19.6	vehicles of educational opportunity, and instruments of equality.
1:25.6	In short, for many people and communities, bikes are transformative
1:29.7	tools that significantly impact and improve lives. And while I would argue that this is also
1:35.8	certainly true for those of us who are privileged enough to stay up wondering whether we ought to go
1:41.0	with 29-inch or 27-5-inch wheels, it is definitely no less true of those
1:46.6	for whom having access to a functional bike is the difference between going to school and getting
1:52.2	an education or not.
1:55.3	And that brings us to the work of World Bicycle Relief, an organization that was started
2:00.3	in 2005 by the founder of
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