nonprofit industry cycling founded 1993 toronto ontario headquarters 761 queen street west toronto ontario canada area served central toronto key people sherri byer coordinator herb van den dool president number of employees approx . 4 website official site started in 1993 the community bicycle network cbn existed to provide a network for bike recycling clubs and other community economic development projects in toronto . 1 contents 1 non profit bike shop 2 history 3 external links 4 references non profit bike shop edit cbn currently operates as a bicycle cooperative much like similar organizations like bikes not bombs in massachusetts and our community bikes in vancouver bc . it s for profit operations help to support other non profit projects to the community . the main activity of the bike shop is to collect donated bikes from individuals condominiums small business and the city of toronto and refurbish the bikes for resale . cbn also offers up the space for individuals to rent tools and fix their bikes with mechanic help . cbn s bike mechanic workshops have proven to be popular with courses offered throughout the year and for specific topics . other services cbn offers include bike and trailer rentals . history edit cbn has undergone a number of transitions throughout its history . it started out as a network of bike recycling clubs and a location to house such organizations as transportation options and the latin american bike club . over time most of the bike clubs folded and some of the other organizations either spun off to become independent or folded themselves . cbn transitioned to host bikeshare as its main operations . cbn is popularly known for the bikeshare program that functioned as a bicycle lending library across central toronto with 16 hubs from 2001 to 2006 . for its time it was north america s largest and most popular bike sharing program with 150 bikes 16 hubs and 400 active members . 2 bikeshare however failed to gain long term financial support from private or government funders despite much effort . in 2006 bikeshare was shelved . 3 it was at this point that cbn transitioned to a non profit bike shop while still maintaining a focus on its mission of refurbishing bikes and providing bike education to the community . external links edit community bicycle network website cbn bikeshare references edit community bicycle network website bikeshare a community bicycle lending program moving on sustainable transportation overview of bikeshare toronto bikeshare program kaput retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title community bicycle network & oldid 647096554 categories cycling in torontocycling organisations in canadahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 13 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view