My Earn-A-Bike from community cycles

Community Cycles is a non-profit organization in Boulder that collects old or abandoned bikes, takes them apart and then puts together and sells fixed up bikes. All this is done with a few permanent employees and a bunch of volunteers. The main incentive for the volunteers is the Earn-A-Bike program. When you volunteer for 10 hours you get to work for another 5 hours building a bike that's yours to keep. The red Schwin below is the bike that I built for Kristen. I started with a very old bike and ended up keeping just the frame. After a new derailleur, wheels, handlebars, brakes, shifters, etc, and more then 5 hours of work the new European style townie is quite comfortable.