Fixing up bikes around Ishinomaki…

Driving through scenes of utter destruction on our way into Ishinomaki

Apr 27~28: Bikesforjapan Delivers 80 Bikes in Miyagi Prefecture

Two trucks loaded with 80 bikes departed our storage area at the Shibaura Institute of Technology in Omiya at midnight on Wednesday April 27th. Crew members this time included Daiki, myself, Kobayashi-san from Daiki’s shop, former Japan Air Force engineer Toshi Osanai, and construction specialist Kawagiya-san. We drove through battering rain and wind on the Tohoku Highway to arrive on a brilliantly sunny and warm morning in Miyagi-ken on Thursday April 28th. 

4月27日～28日、Bikesforjapan80台の自転車を宮城県に届ける

4月27日の真夜中、Bikesforjapanの80台の自転車を積んだトラック2台は、大宮にある芝浦工業大にある中継地点を出発しました。今回のメンバーは大樹くん、彼の自転車店に勤める小林さん、元自衛隊空軍エンジニアのOsanai さん、建築業のKawagiyaさんと私です。私たちは強風と豪雨の中東北道を走りましたが、28日木曜日朝宮城県に到着したときには気持ちの良い快晴でした。

Our first drop-off point was in Ishinomaki, an area parts of which had been totally destroyed by the tsunami. We made our way through a decimated part of the town to the skeletal remains of a Lawson convenience store in Goshobashi, where the store manager had volunteered to be a distribution point for 20 bikes for people in his neighborhood.

最初に寄った石巻市は、津波の被害により壊滅状態になってしまった地域のひとつです。私たちは一面見渡す限り破壊された街中を通り、そんな中ぽつんと残された後生橋にあるローソンに到着しました。その店長さんは近くに住む人たちのために、20台の自転車を配るための分配地点にと申し出ていただきました。

As we were off-loading the bikes in the street, passers-by gathered to ask what we were doing. Within minutes a queue of 15 people had formed to sign up for bicycles. Their cars and bikes, they said, had been swept away by the tsunami and for the past four weeks they had been moving around on foot - often needing to make their way through the raw sewage flowing over the roads we had seen on our way in. Bicycles are therefore a hugely precious commodity for them.

そこで私たちが自転車を降ろしていると、通りかかりの人たちが何をしているのかと尋ねてきて、あっという間に15人の人々が自転車を求めて列を作りました。聞くとその人達は、自動車や自転車を津波によって流され、この4週間、時にはまだ道に残っている汚れた水の中を歩いていたそうです。自転車はとても貴重な生活必需品だということが、改めて分かりました。

We left our details with a few community representatives and since yesterday we have received requests for 60 more bikes from them, which we will deliver when we go back to Ishinomaki this weekend.

Our next two deliveries that morning were to two families living across the other side of town. The first was a mum living in Minami Nakazato with a young son and five month old baby, to whom we gave an electric bicycle and a boy’s bike. Until now she had been struggling with the daily walk to the nearest supermarket located quite a distance away. Now she will be able to go shopping with her baby and her son in tow and carry food, water and other supplies back to her apartment.

私たちは数箇所の自治体に自分達の連絡先を残し、先日から更に60台の自転車の要請を受けました。そして今週末また届けにやってくる予定です。

その朝の次のミッションは、街の反対側に住んでいる2家族に自転車を届けることでした。まず南中里に住んでいる、男の子と5ヶ月の赤ちゃんがいる女性で、彼らには電動自転車と子供用自転車を届けました。その女性はそれまで、一番近くてもかなり距離のあるスーパーまで来るのに毎日歩いていたそうです。これからは、子供達を連れて食料品や水などを自転車に積んで運ぶことができます。

The next family we met was a mother and her son who lived nearby. The son will soon be starting a course at a university whose campus is over in the next town. He will now be able to make the hour journey by bike to his new school for classes each day.

次の家族は、その近所に住む親子です。息子さんはもうじき隣町にある大学に通うことになっているそうで、これから授業に自転車で通うことができるとのことです。

These families are just two examples of how much difference a bicycle can make to people’s lives.

如何にみなさんからの自転車が役に立っているかということが、おわかりいただけるかと思います。

Next we drove 45 minutes to Fudo-cho on the other side of Ishinomaki, where we had been put in touch with a family in a small community that had requested 20 bikes to share among them. When we arrived at their house we were amazed to see how closely they were located to the bank of an estuary. We later found that although the house was still standing it had been completely flooded by the tsunami tides for over two days, during which time the family had taken refuge in a shelter on a nearby hill. After the water had receded they spent the next 3 weeks cleaning the mud out of the house and drying off the walls, ceilings and floors. They had done an incredible job, to the point where you could almost never have imagined the state the place must have been in just a few weeks earlier.

次に私たちは、20台の自転車の要請があった石巻市の反対側にある不動町ということころに45分かけて訪ねました。そこに着いて驚いたのは、家々が川の河口の土手のすぐ側にあるということです。後で分かったのですが、家はかろうじて残ったものの津波によって2日間は浸水冠水し、家族はその間近くの高台に避難していたということです。水が引いてから3週間、家の中の泥を掃除し、壁や天井を乾かしていたそうです。数週間でかなりの労力をかけて修復したのだと見て取れます。

The grandmother of the house admitted - while she kindly prepared a late impromptu lunch of cup noodles, bread, canned coffee and strawberries - that while she felt anxious about being there with the ever-present threat of further aftershocks and tsunamis, her husband and son were adamant that this is their home and this is where they stay to pull through this together as a family and as a community. 

その家のおばあちゃんが、家にあったカップラーメンやパン、コーヒーといちごなどで遅い昼食をもてなしてくれたときお話いただいたのですが、継続する余震や津波からの止まない恐怖はあるものの、ご主人と息子さんはその地域に愛着があり、自分達が復興するんだという気持ちが強いとのことです。

By this point it was approaching 4pm. We had been awake and on the road for 16 hours since leaving Omiya and starting to feel the strain a little. But as we watched Haruta, the two year-old grandson of the family, laughing and giggling as his grandpa pushed him around on his sparkling new metallic-green tricycle, our spirits were raised and we found the lift we needed to push on to our next delivery point in Higashi Matsushima.

時刻は午後4時になろうとしていました。既に夜中に大宮を出てから寝ずに16時間が過ぎており、その頃には少し疲れが出てきていました。しかしその家族の2歳になるはるたちゃんが、笑顔でおじいちゃんと真新しいメタリックグリーンの三輪車で遊んでいるのを見ると、元気が出てきて、次の目的地東松島へ向かわなければと思うのでした。

We arrived at the Ono-Shinmin Shelter in Higashi Matsushima shortly before 5pm. It had been a hot summer-like day but the temperature was cooling fast and evening was approaching.

そして午後5時少し前、東松島市の小野市民センターへ到着しました。その日は夏日を思わせる一日でしたが、夕方になると急に気温は下がり、日が暮れかけていました。

Our mission here was to deliver and assemble 13 new kids’ bikes which had been kindly donated last week by triathlete Shin Ishikawa and his friends. The shelter had received several donations of adult bicycles so far, but there were still no bikes for the significant number of children staying there.

ここでの私たちの目的は、先週トライアスロンの石川さんから寄付いただいた、13台の真新しい子供用自転車を組み立て、届けることでした。この避難地区では既に数台の大人用自転車が寄付されていましたが、子供達の自転車はまだ届いていない状況でした。

Within minutes of offloading the bikes in their boxes we found ourselves surrounded by a sea of kids aged between 2 to 10 years old who started playing with the scooters and trikes we’d also brought along for them. Others helped out as we adjusted the pedals, brakes and wheels, passing us tools and holding fixtures in place. Some parents also emerged from the shelter, some to watch and some to help out.

まだ箱に入ったままの自転車を降ろしていると、あっという間に、2歳から10歳ほどの子供達が集まってきて、一緒に持ってきた子供用スクーターや三輪車で遊び始めました。また、私たちが組み立てているのを、部品を手渡してくれたりして手伝ってくれる子供もいました。親御さんたちの中には、避難所から出てきて手伝ってくれる人もいました。

By 7:30pm it was almost pitch black and so cold our fingers were numb. We managed put the finishing touches to half of the newly-assembled bikes, and a few of the adults there kindly offered to work with the kids to finish fixing up the rest of them the next morning. We’ll be posting the photos we receive from the kids’ school-teacher over the next few days.

午後7時半頃になると、外は真っ暗になり、寒さで私たちの指もかじかんできました。ようやく半分の自転車を組み立て終え、そこにいた数名の方が残りの自転車を翌朝組み立ててくださるとお申し出いただいたので、お願いしました。その様子は後日写真を掲載します。

With that, we hurried off to our next and final destination - the Takadate Elementary School Shelter in Natori-shi, about one hour away. Here we were met by two high school children who were helping run things at the shelter, who gave us a hand off-loading our final half a dozen adults’ bikes. This included a silver racer we gave to one of them, who was celebrating his birthday yesterday at the shelter. The look of sheer delight on his face was a really nice way to end what had turned into a very long day - and kept us going until we got back into Tokyo at around 2:30am on Friday morning. 

そのおかげで、私たちは次の最終目的地、名取市高舘小学校へと急ぎました。1時間後到着、そこで私たちは避難所での活動を手伝う、2人の高校生に出会いました。彼らは私たちの自転車積み下ろしも手伝ってくれました。その1人が昨日誕生日を避難所でお祝いしたというので、シルバーのレース用自転車をプレゼントしました。彼の純粋な笑顔は、私たちの長い1日を締めくくるのに最高でした。そしてそのお陰で私たちは、翌日午前２時半、無事東京へ戻ることができました。

What became very clear for us through this trip and the various conversations we had with the people living in the areas we visited, was that while a lot of bicycles have reached communities and shelters in Tohoku through donation programs so far, there are still significant pockets of people in the region who have not yet been reached and who have a critical need for bikes in their daily lives - each for their own unique reasons. The next few weeks will be spent delivering your remaining bikes to the people who need them most, who have not yet been fortunate enough to benefit from other initiatives. 

We will next be heading back up to Tohoku again tomorrow (Saturday April 30th), taking around 200 bikes with us destined for locations in Ishinomaki, Kessenuma, Iwate, and Fukushima. We’ll be keeping you closely posted as always!

In the meantime, THANK YOU very much indeed for your continued support!

GANBARIMASHO!!

Henry.

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今回の被災地への訪問で、そして現地の人たちとの会話の中で明らかに分かったことは、今まで東北の避難所へたくさんの自転車の寄付があった一方、まだまだ多数の人々がそれぞれの理由で日常に自転車を必要としているということです。これからは、なかなか自転車が届けられない地域を中心に届けていこうと思っています。

私たちは、4月30日（土）再度東北へと、更におよそ200台もの自転車を届けに、石巻市、気仙沼市を中心に岩手県や福島県へも向かう予定をしています。みなさんには随時ご報告をいたします！

引き続きご協力を宜しくお願いいたします。

一緒に頑張りましょう！

Henry

Monday April 25th - 200 bikes shipped to Tagajo storage area by Marumiya Transport

On Monday earlier this week 200 of our bikes were shipped up to our storage area in Kurokawagun near Tagajo-shi in one 10-tonne and 4-tonne truck, which were kindly provided for the day to Bikesforjapan at cost-price by Marumiya Transport. The bikes will be held there prior to being delivered directly to various locations in the Tohoku region over the next few weeks.

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4月25日（月）200台の自転車がマルミヤ運送により多賀城市へ

今週月曜日、多賀城市近くの黒川郡にある自転車一時保管地へ、200台の自転車が運ばれました。10トントラックと4トントラックによる運搬にご協力いただいたのはマルミヤ運送です。そこでそれぞれの地域に配られる前に、一時保管されます。

30 bikes Delivered to Kindergartens in Fukushima-ken

On Sunday April 24th one of the Shibaura Institue of Technology’s student volunteers for Bikesforjapan, Tsukada-kun, delivered 30 bikes to Onahama Shirayuri Kindergarten and Nakoso Catholic Kindergarten in Iwaki-shi, Fukushima-ken. Congratulations to Tsukada-kun on a job nicely done!

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福島県の幼稚園に30台の自転車を寄付

4月24日（日）、芝浦工業大の学生Tsukudaくんが、福島県いわき市の勿来カソリック幼稚園と小名浜白百合幼稚園へ30台の自転車を届けてくれました。Tsukudaくん、ありがとう！

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Folks - Bikesforjapan: 500 LIKES and 500 BIKES…how awesome is that :-)

Bikesforjapan achieves target of 500 bikes!!!Tokyo collections “on pause mode” for the next few weeks! 

Following the massive collection efforts around Tokyo this past weekend, and less than 3 weeks after kicking off this initiative, Bikesforjapan is proud to announce that we have now reached our initial target of 500 bikes!  This is an incredible achievement which comes down to the amazing support and collaboration of literally hundreds of people over the past few weeks. To everyone who has been involved everywhere - we cannot thank you enough for being such great partners and sponsors of this initiative so far. Congratulations to you all!

Bikesforjapan will now focus all our donation funding, our time and our energy on repairing the remaining bikes which we’ve not yet had a chance to work on, and on delivering them from our storage areas to the communities and individuals who are yet to be reached through other supply routes. As we do this - aside from the few group collections we have already scheduled - we will be putting “on pause mode” any more bike pick-ups over the next few weeks until further notice. We will review the situation and needs once again in May before deciding how to move forward from there. In the meantime we will of course keep you all closely updated on all the people and places we are delivering your bikes to.

Bikesforjapan this week

Tonight we will have one 10-tonne and one 4-tonne truck hauling around 200 bikes up to our storage area near Tagajo, where they will be held prior to delivery during the next few weeks ahead. Simultaneously we have been put in touch with a number of people at various locations across Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate – some of whom we have already delivered bikes to directly, and some of whom we will be visiting in the next week ahead. Yesterday (Sunday) one of our team led a truck delivery of over 30 adults’ and kids’ bikes to two kindergarten communities in Iwaki-shi, Fukushima (details and photos of his journey to follow once he arrives back in Tokyo). On Wednesday April 27^th we will be trucking 80 bikes destined for people dotted around in Natori-shi, Higashi Matsushima and Ishinomaki. 

If anyone hears of any other communities or shelters who you feel would benefit from our support please don’t hesitate to let us know at bikesforjapan@gmail.com

SO - still lots and lots of work to be done, and many more updates and photographs of our efforts to follow. Please stay tuned and please continue to give us your warm encouragement and support along the way. Any small donations you are able to provide will also be key to keeping this going for as long as possible. Thank you in advance for continuing to walk this journey with us. Now, to the next stage :-)

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Bikesforjapanは目標の500台を達成しました！よってしばし回収を休止します。

先週末行われた多数の回収の結果、Bikesforjapanはこの活動を開始してから3週間も経たず500台の自転車回収を達成したことをお知らせいたします。これもひとえに数百名の皆様方の心あるご支援とご協力の賜物です。この活動に携わってくださったお一人お一人に心から感謝申し上げます。

Bikesforjapanは今後、資金の援助や、今まで集めてきた自転車の修理に時間と労力を費やしたいと思います。そしてそれらの修理された自転車を、まだ届けられていない地域を中心にお届けしたいと考えています。従いまして、すでに回収のスケジュールがされている数件以外に関しては、しばらく自転車の回収をお休みさせていただきます。5月にまた状況を把握した上でどのように活動をするかをお知らせいたします。それまではもちろん、みなさまからの自転車が被災地でどのように活躍しているか、随時ご報告いたします。

今週のBikesforjapan

今夜10トントラックと4トントラックに合計200台もの自転車を積んで、私たちは多賀城市へ向かいます。同時に、今まで自転車を届けた人たちやこれから届ける人たちも含め、福島県や宮城県、岩手県のさまざまな方々とも連絡を取っています。先日の日曜日、私たちのチームの一員が、約30台の大人用＆子供用自転車を福島県いわき市の幼稚園に届けました。（詳しい写真などは本人が東京に帰ったらお知らせします。）4月27日（水）は80台の自転車を積んで名取市や東松山市、石巻市へと運びます。

もし皆様の中で、自転車が必要だという地域からの情報があれば、 HYPERLINK “mailto:bikesforjapan@gmail.com” bikesforjapan@gmail.comまで気兼ねなくお知らせください。

まだまだやることは限りなくあると思います。私たちの活動は随時写真などでお知らせいたしますので、これからもサポートいただきますようお願いいたします。みなさんお一人お一人の力がこの活動の支えになっています。

Tri-athletes Shin Ishikawa, Yukiatsu Ishikawa and Jean-Marc Morange donate kids’ bikes to Bikesforjapan

Triathlete Trio Shin, Yukiatsu and Jean-Marc very kindly reached out to Bikesforjapan a few weeks ago with an offer to purchase new kids’ bikes for Daiki to deliver to children in Tohoku. All with children of their own, the three of them wanted to make a difference by helping to bring the smiles back to the faces of kids in Tohoku. Between them they purchased over a dozen sparkling brand new bikes, which arrived at Daiki’s shop still wrapped in their cardboard boxes this weekend. We will be delivering them directly to kids at kindergartens in Northern Miyagi this week on Wednesday (photos will follow). THANK YOU for this extremely kind gesture which will very soon make some kids very happy! 

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トライアスロン選手がBikesforjapanに子供用自転車を寄付

トライアスロン選手のTrio Shinさん, Yukiatsuさん、Jean-Marcさんから数週間前、新しい子供用自転車購入するので大樹さんに東北まで届けて欲しいという連絡をいただきました。東北の子供達に笑顔を取り戻して欲しいという願いからでした。ご自身たちで十数台もの真新しい自転車を購入され、今週末まだ包装もそのままで大樹さんのところに届けられました。私たちはそれらの自転車を、今週水曜日宮城県北部の幼稚園へと直接届ける予定です。写真を楽しみにしていてくださいね。彼らの暖かいお申し出により、子供達の笑顔が見られるのが楽しみです。

Catering Suisen supports Bikesforjapan!

ケータリング会社、「水仙」はBikesforjapanを応援します！

www.catering-suisen.com/info/bikesforjapan.html

 被災地に自転車を！

被災地に自転車を！ 500台の自転車を東北の人々に届けよう！

Special thanks to the student volunteers at the Shibaura Institute of Technology

Over the past few days many people have asked how on earth our team is able to find the time to fix up hundreds of bikes in between collecting them and sending them up to Tohoku for delivery. The answer: with the support and expertise of the student volunteers at the Shibaura Institute of Technology’s Bike Club (www.shibaura-it.ac.jp). Over the past week, a group of students have worked tirelessly – sometimes past midnight while relying on the light from their car headlamps to work under – on patching inner tubes, fixing chains, adjusting brake pads, re-fitting new cogs, re-working brake and gear cables etc. I have seen them at work and they are an impressive lot! It is thanks to them that Daiki and the team are able to restore many of the bikes you have kindly donated to our program. These guys have not only been working on the bikes, but have also been taking it in turns to volunteer at the shelter in Tagajo as well as leading some of the bike deliveries being made to other specific locations in Tohoku that have reached out to us for help. 

Hats off to you all for your great work!!

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最近よくこんなご質問があります－私たちのチームはいつ何百台もの自転車を集め、修理し、東北に届けているのか。答えは芝浦工業大（www.shibaura-it.ac.jp).の自転車部に所属する学生さん達のボランティアによって支えられているからなのです。ここ数週間、何人もの学生達が休むことなく、時には夜中車のヘッドライトで手元を照らしながら、パンクの修理や、チェーンやブレーキの修理、車輪やギアの調整などの作業を行っているのです。私もその作業を見て、とても感動しました。みなさんから寄付された自転車を大樹さんとチームが被災地に運べるのも、彼らの地道な作業のお陰なのです！！彼らは自転車の修理のみならず、多賀城市の避難地へ交代でボランティアに出かけたり、東北の他の被災地へ自転車を届け、そこでまた我々との接点になってくれているのです。

彼らの素晴らしい行動に脱帽！

Minami Tanaka Elementary School and Doujin Midori Kindergarten support Bikesforjapan!

Minami Tanaka Elementary School in Nerima-ku, Tokyo (www.minamitanaka-e.nerima-tky.ed.jp/) and Doujin Midori Kindergarten in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo ( www.doujin-midori.ed.jp/index.html) very kindly organized bike collections on Saturday and Sunday internal collection for Bikesforjapan. School children and their parents kindly came in to deliver their bikes for our pick-ups, gathering together over 50 bicycles between them! Special thanks to Eko Ogawa and Aska Takeuchi for so kindly leading these collections at their respective schools! Domo arigatou gozaimashita m(_ _)m!

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南田中小学校と同仁美登里幼稚園はBikesforjapanを応援します！

先週末、同学校と幼稚園には自転車の集団回収にご協力いただきました。学校の子供達や親御さん方がそれぞれBikesforjapanのために自転車を届けてくれ、全部で50台が集まりました！小川さんと竹内さんにはこのまとめ役をしていただき、大変助かりました。どうもありがとうございました！！

 

American School in Japan (ASIJ) supports Bikesforjapan!

Parents, teachers and students at the American School in Japan (Nomizu, Chofu-shi, Tokyo) last week organized a bike collection and managed to gather close to 50 bikes which were picked up by Bikesforjapan on Sunday. Special thanks go to ASIJ faculty and parents for helping to lead this project. Over the past few weeks the ASIJ community has been doing some inspiring work organizing initiatives to donate desks for schools in Tagajo, as well as sending groups of volunteers up to various parts of the region to offer BBQ meals at shelters. Bikesforjapan is honored to have received ASIJ’s support for our activities as well. 

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ASIJはBikeforjapanを応援します！

日本アメリカンスクールのご父兄のみなさん、先生方、子供達のご協力で、50台もの自転車を集めていただき、Bikesforjapanが日曜日回収しました。このプロジェクトをリードしてくださったMarty Tromburgさんに、深く御礼申し上げます。ここ数週間、ASIJは多賀城市の学校に机を寄付されたり、また被災地でバーベキューを催すためボランティアの方々を送ったりと、様々な活動を行っています。Bikesforjapanはこの度ASIJのご協力を得たことを大変心強く思います。

Nishimachi International School supports Bikesforjapan!

Nishimachi International School (Moto-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo) very kindly organized an internal collection of bikes through students and parents this weekend, gathering over 80 adults’ and kids’ bicycles to be collected this Saturday for delivery to Tohoku. Special thanks go to Deirdra Nonaka and Steve Kapner for driving this initiative to such as such an incredible result. THANK YOU to all those who so kindly participated at Nishimachi for your great support!!!!

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西町インターナショナルスクールはBikesforjapanを応援します！

先週末同スクールもBikesforjapanのために自転車の回収にご協力いただき、総数80台もの自転車を東北に届けることができます。Deirdra NonakaさんとSteve Kapnerさんにはお世話役をいただき、こんなに集めていただいて、とっても感謝しています。また、この度自転車を提供してくださった西町のみなさん、ありがとう！！

Some pictures from Saturday and Sunday!

Over 200 Bikes collected this weekend!

This weekend (Saturday April 23^rd and Sunday April 24th) our teams managed to round up a total of over 200 bikes, visiting areas all over Tokyo including Shinjuku-ku, Minato-ku, Suginami-ku, Chiyoda-ku, Nerima-ku, Taito-ku, Chofu-shi, Setagaya-ku, Ota-ku, Bunkyo-ku, and Shibuya-ku…!

Collections this weekend were led by the following volunteers who kindly gave up their weekends to help out: Ben and Katey Christian, Hiroki Iguchi, Jeff Koller, Bryan Wolfe, Gary Kelly, Steve Parsons (a.k.a. Buddha), Bart Peasley and Steve Gray.

THANK YOU to everyone who made donations this Saturday and Sunday, for giving up some of your precious weekend in order to get your bikes to us. Photos and more updates to follow :-)

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今週末200台超の自転車を回収

4月23日（土）と24日（日）、私たちのチームは200台を超す自転車を集めることができました。回収地は新宿、港区、杉並区、千代田区、練馬区、台東区、調布市、世田谷区、大田区、文京区、渋谷区など、東京全域に渡っています。

今週末の回収にご協力いただいた方々は、Ben and Katey Christian, Hiroki Iguchi, Jeff Koller, Bryan Wolfe, Gary Kelly, Steve Parsons (a.k.a. Buddha), Bart Peasley and Steve Grayです（敬称略）。みなさん、本当にありがとうございました。また、自転車をご提供くださった方々、そして回収にご協力いただいた方々、ありがとうございました。