We ship mountain bicycles, but no full suspension unless we don't have enough bicycles to fill a box. We find that the cheap full suspension mountain bicycles wear out too fast, adding to the cost to maintain and/or shortening the life span of the bicycle.

We ship only bicycles that are in repairable condition. No bent or badly rusted frame set. No incomplete bicycles (well, very very few but only as fillers). No Ten Speeds. No roadsters. No antiques. All of those are not considered optimal for third world riding conditions, amongst other negative factors making them poor choices for us to pay to send over seas.

The mountain bicycles that we send range from near mint to needs lots, but still repairable. Cosmetics are not always perfect but generally pretty good. Kids bicycles are as nice as we can find and we include about fifty each shipment. I might add that the kids bicycles are great fillers, getting slid into spaces a full bicycle would not fit.

As for making a difference in people's lives. Twenty eight orphan children now get three squares a day, thanks to the fruit harvested (pardon that unintentional play on words) from the first shipment to Namibia, six years ago. Few of us can even begin to appreciate how life changing a simple bicycle can be, to some people and their families.