WellBuilt Bikes From inside Tampa’s University Mall, WellBuilt Bikes helps the neighborhood get moving, and in a community where public transportation options are criminally under-funded, a bike can go a long way in helping someone keep a job and have a chance at getting by. Credit: Photo via WellBuiltBikes/Facebook
From inside Tampa’s University Mall, WellBuilt Bikes  helps the neighborhood get moving, and in a community where public transportation options are criminally under-funded, a bike can go a long way in helping someone keep a job and have a chance at getting by.

The nonprofit, full-service shop and retail center—open five days a week for sales and repairs, plus Sunday for intake—relies on donations to help it offer low-cost (sometimes free) repairs and refurbished bikes that can even by purchased via the “Earn-A-Bike” program.

“… we strive to make sure that everyone in Tampa, regardless of income, is able to access the benefits of transportation, community, exercise, and everything else that comes from biking,” the shop, founded in October 2017 and located at 12256 University Mall Ct. in Tampa, wrote.

More information is at wellbuilt-bikes.company.site.

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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...