About spijkerbikes

Spijkerbikes is a social-enterprise that focuses on repairing, selling or renting straybicycles which are taken of the street. Straybicycles have always been a thorn in the eye of many residents of the neighbourhood Spijkerkwartier (Arnhem). They contribute to the image that a neighbourhood is in decline. The result of this is that the entire appearance of the neighbourhood suffers from decline. Spijkerbikes repairs these bicycles and sells or rents them.

Bicycles repaired at Spijkerbikes have a unique characteristic that makes it a Spijkerbike. This makes that Spijkerbikes has an image of its own. Anyone riding on a bicycle bought at Spijkerbikes, can be easily recognized though their bicycle.

Next to removing, repairing, selling used bicycles, Spijkerbikes aims to help people on a social level. People who stand in a distance to the labor market or from other nationalities who have difficulty finding paid work. Spijkerbikes offers these people a job which they can gain experience. Their gained experience leads to better chances for finding suitable work.

In short, Spijkerbikes is a social enterprise that aims to contribute to society in the form of cleaner streets, affordable transport with an own image and providing people in need with work.