Episode 396: Spotlight on the Chain Reaction Bike Hub

About this episode

Evan Schmidtke discusses the Chain Reaction Bike Hub and its role in supporting community bicycle shops in Iowa.

Evan Schmidtke is on this episode to tell us more about the Chain Reaction Bike Hub, located in Cedar Rapids. Iowa’s Community Bicycle Shops are the Community Fund beneficiaries for RAGBRAI LIII. Funds raised will be directed to 6 Community Bicycle Shops in Iowa: The Iowa City Bike Library, the Street Collective in Des Moines, Chain Reaction Bike Hub in Cedar Rapids, Cedar Valley Bicycle Collective in Waterloo, We-Cycle in Ames, and the Dubuque Bike Co-Op. https://www.crbikehub.org/ Just Go Bike: ragbrai.com/justgobike/ Registration for RAGBRAI LIII is open! www.ragbrai.com Watch, or listen on our Just Go Bike YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/@JustGoBikePodcast Have a topic for a future episode? Message us at justgobikepodcast@gmail.com.

People in this episode

Guest: Evan Schmidtke

Topics covered

• Community Bicycle Shops
• RAGBRAI
• Bike Hub
• Cedar Rapids
• Cycling
• Fundraising

Keywords

• Chain Reaction Bike Hub
• RAGBRAI LIII
• Cedar Rapids
• Community Bicycle Shops
• fundraising
• cycling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chain Reaction Bike Hub, Iowa City Bike Library, Street Collective, Cedar Valley Bicycle Collective, We-Cycle, Dubuque Bike Co-Op

Places: Cedar Rapids

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