Repedal.org

Welcome to Repedal: Our Journey and Mission

About Us: Founded in 2018, BEST, Billings Environmentally Sustainable Transportation, DBA Repedal, aims to get people on bicycles. Initially, we collected used bicycles and redistributed them within the community. However, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a shortage of volunteers, prompting us to shift our focus. We launched an online store to work smarter, not harder, and now take a percentage of our profits to donate back into communities, helping people get bicycle transportation, whether electric or not.

Our Mission: We are a community-oriented nonprofit that promotes the personal, social, and environmental benefits of bicycling.

Our Goals:

  • Make a Difference: Build a stronger bicycling community where everyone, regardless of income, has access to a reliable bicycle for transportation needs. We refurbish donated bicycles and provide bicycle education.
  • Foster Bicycling: Promote bicycling in Billings as a viable means of transportation and address wealth and health disparities in our communities.
  • Create Positive Change: Get people on bikes and keep them there. We believe bicycles can be tools for positive social change. By collaborating with like-minded organizations and community members, we aim to strengthen lives far beyond the bicycle.

Vision: To create a just world where everyone is empowered and engaged in communities that foster understanding, participation, and the health of people and our planet.

Our Values:

  • Bicycling: We believe bicycling is an accessible form of transportation that promotes public health, builds confidence, encourages environmental stewardship, and strengthens community.
  • Youth Empowerment: We provide youth with opportunities to grow as leaders, give back to the community, work together, and see themselves as creators of our collective future.
  • Personal Health: Bicycling improves both body and mind, addressing obesity rates and motivating people to move.
  • Environmental Health: Respecting and connecting with the world around us leads to more livable communities. We practice and encourage waste reduction and reuse, prolong the life of bicycles, promote cycling, and teach environmental stewardship.
  • Creating Community: We build strong, supportive, inclusive communities. We welcome and respect diversity of experience, identity, and opinion, and believe collaboration is a powerful tool for social change.
  • Safety: We prioritize safety both on the roads and in our shops. We want people to feel comfortable riding their bikes and accessing our programs.
  • Sustainability: Our vision is long-term; we aim to keep people on bikes, recycle, and repurpose donated bicycles.
  • Diversity: Bicycles are for everybody. Repedal accepts individuals where they are in life, regardless of background.
  • Equality: We see bicycles as vehicles of empowerment and our work as contributing to a more just and equitable world.
  • Education: We believe we are all teachers and learners. We strive to be a place where we can work, learn, and grow together, fostering creativity, critical thinking, curiosity, and cooperation.
  • Fun: Bicycles are inherently fun, and we use that to make learning enjoyable and our community a great place to be.

To better serve our community and streamline our efforts, we have two distinct websites: Repedal.org and EcoRideMT.com. Repedal.org focuses on our nonprofit activities, including bike recycling programs, DIY workshops, and community outreach. It highlights our mission to promote the personal, social, and environmental benefits of bicycling. On the other hand, EcoRideMT.com is our e-commerce platform where we offer top-quality electric bikes. A portion of the profits from EcoRideMT.com supports our nonprofit initiatives, helping us provide free bikes to underserved demographics and furthering our mission of making eco-friendly transportation accessible to all.

Happy riding.