By Mike Cook
“What an incredible year.”
That was Donald Wilson’s comment in the Velo Cruces, Inc. quarterly update in January, as he reported that 234 bicycles moved through the Hub Community Bike shop in 2022.
Wilson said 14 of the bicycles were given to youth, two to veterans; nine to Mesilla Valley Community of Hope clients, one to a graduate of a bike club program, 86 were distributed through the Velo Cruces Used Bike Distribution (Earn a Bike) program, 70 were sold through Cruces Creatives nonprofit makerspace, eight were sold during bike swaps and 16 were traded for other bikes that were either still rideable or scrapped. Another 28 bikes were likely donated directly to individuals or included in the Earn a Bike program.
The Hub also has provided many bicycles to Afghans who have relocated to Las Cruces.
Wilson said bike sales…
