The E-Bike Lending Library is a volunteer-run project, and is not run for profit. I’m thankful for the support of the biking community of Greater Boston for their support, and for the support from various users of the lending library! If you would like to help fund the Lending Library, please feel free to give a tax-deductible donation.
It is only through the financial support of our community that we are able to continue to operate the library as the high-quality service that it is; your financial support is appreciated!
Supporting Organizations
Bike Shops
E-Bikes of New England
Several bikes available from the Community Pedal Power E-Bike Lending Library, including the Aventon Abound and the Tern HSD, were generously provided by Electric Bikes of New England! Electric Bikes of New England is the country’s largest Aventon retailer, and offers delivery to the Camberville area. E-Bikes of New England has been an excellent partner to the library, and each purchase you make through them helps support the library as well!
Bikes donated:
- Tern GSD S10 LX
- Tern HSD P9
Bike Manufacturers
Bunch Bikes
Bunch has partnered with the library to make available their cargo trike, providing a trike for both our Porter Square and our Roslindale branches!
Bikes donated:
- Bunch Original v4
- Bunch Original v4+
Velotric
Velotric has donated 5 different models of E-Bikes to the lending library, as well as supporting us as members of their Velotric Insider program!
Bikes Donated:
- Velotric Discover 1
- Velotric Discover 2
- Velotric Fold 1
- Velotric Packer
- Velotric T1 ST Plus
Urban Arrow
Urban Arrow (in association with Gazelle North America) has donated an Urban Arrow Family (Cargo Line) bike to the library to loan!
Bikes donated:
- Urban Arrow Family (Cargo line)
Radio Flyer
Radio Flyer has been a strong supporter of helping more families get moving on cargo bikes, and has donated one of each of their recent models to the library.
Bikes donated:
- Radio Flyer L885
- Radio Flyer Via
Aventon
Through our partnership with E-bikes of New England, Aventon has donated an e-bike to the library.
Bikes donated:
- Aventon Abound
Grants
Grassroots Fund
The grassroots fund provided an $850 one-time grant for us to expand our operations into Roslindale, helping us add a second Aventon Abound to our fleet in 2024.
Support the Library: Donate a Bike
If you work at a bike company, we’d love to talk about featuring your bike in our library as well! With a waitlist of more than 100 people, we are always looking for opportunities to bring more high quality bikes that we can recommend to people into our library. If you’ve got a bike you’d like to see on this list, email our librarians to chat!
In general, our borrowers are most focused on moderately priced long-tail cargo bikes, upright commuter bikes, and lighter weight hybrid bikes, but if you’ve got a specific model you think could fit our needs, let us know!
Models we are especially interested in right now:
- RadPowerBikes RadKick
- RadPowerBikes RadWagon 5
- Specialized Haul LT
- Xtracycle Hopper
- Xtracycle RFA
- Yuba Kombi E5
In order to focus our operations on bikes that are high-demand and that we would recommend for our borrowers to purchase, we do not accept donations of bikes that are no longer sold by manufacturers. If you do have a bike that you believe we might be interested in accepting as a donation, feel free to email us!