How to Change the World with Bikes: World Bicycle Relief

We published this conversation last week on our Bikes & Big Ideas podcast, but we wanted to repost it in the Blister Podcast feed to make sure none of you missed it. Because for many of us, bikes are primarily fun. But for many others, bikes are major drivers of economic development, critical sources of transportation and health care, vehicles of educational opportunity, and instruments of equality. World Bicycle Relief was started by the founder of SRAM to provide bikes to some of the communities around the world that could use them the most, and in today’s conversation, you’ll learn exactly how and why bikes are such a significant and life-changing tool. Our guest today is Dave Neiswander, the CEO of World Bicycle Relief. Dave has been with WBR for over a decade, and as you will see, he is an impressive guy with an impressive background, and he does an excellent job talking about the origins of World Bicycle Relief; its trajectory and challenges; the bikes themselves and all the product design that goes into them; and what each of us can do to support the mission of World Bicycle Relief. Take Action: Go to worldbicyclerelief.org to sign up for one of their upcoming events, make a donation, and share what they are up to with your friends and colleagues. TOPICS & TIMES Origin Story of World Bicycle Relief (2:59) How Dave first got involved with WBR (7:51) Why bicycles matter so much (15:34) Mission Statement of WBR (18:35) How does WBR select new locations to assist? (22:31) Important Stats & Results (36:23) Winning the Wharton / Lipman Prize (43:03) The bikes themselves / quality / durability / design / repairable (48:13) The Buffalo Bike (53:17) The Charger Bike (55:01) Future plans for World Bicycle Relief (58:27) Biggest lessons you’ve learned that others might benefit from? (1:04:17) Best ways for individuals and companies to get involved? (1:06:41) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.