Originally Posted by
CliffordK
Listed as "Falls Church"
Is that a church? Perhaps they had a charity project that flopped.
Odd rounded racks and lights. You may be right that the bikes came from Europe.
If I was sending/donating to Africa, I'd ship as-is and hire locally to repair. Have tires and tubes shipped direct from China to destination.
Falls Church is an independent city of roughly 12,000 wealthy souls about 8 miles due west of the White House in Northern Virginia. It has the distinction of having the lowest level of poverty of any independent city or county in the country.
The bikes were probably acquired months ago, (in anticipation of a different election outcome), to sell to the State Department or an NGO or some other entity as part of a foreign aid package. The deal was likely nixed by the current administration.
(Entirely speculation based on my decades of experience in DC. (The bit about the bikes; the Falls Church stuff is fact.))