Aaron Brown, a senior mechanic at the Working Bikes Co-op, 2434 S. Western Ave., gives a bike a tune-up at the facility in Chicago, IL, on Wednesday, January 9, 2013. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Rosa Pergams enters the Working Bikes Co-op, which collects old bikes, reworks them and sells them to locals or ships them to Third World countries. There are donation drop-offs in Orland Park and Chicago's Beverly community. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Paul Fitzgerald is manager of the Working Bikes Co-op, which collects old bikes and sells them to locals or ships them to Third World countries. There are donation drop-offs in Orland Park and Chicago's Beverly community. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Stanley Gowisnok leaves the Working Bikes Co-op, 2434 S. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, on Wednesday, January 9, 2013. There are donation drop-offs in Orland Park and Chicago's Beverly community. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Aaron Brown is a senior mechanic at the Working Bikes Co-op, 2434 S. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, on Wednesday, January 9, 2013. There are donation drop-offs in Orland Park and Chicago's Beverly community. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Aaron Brown, a senior mechanic at the Working Bikes Co-op, gives a bike he just fixed a road test at the facility in Chicago, IL, on Jan. 9, 2013. There are donation drop-offs in Orland Park and Chicago's Beverly community. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Rhonda Davis and David Nesbit try out a bike at the Working Bikes Co-op at 2434 S. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, on Wednesday, January 9, 2013. There are donation drop-offs in Orland Park and Chicago's Beverly community. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

A bike gets a sticker at the Working Bikes Co-op, 2434 S. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, on Wednesday, January 9, 2013. There are donation drop-offs in Orland Park and Chicago's Beverly community. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Bike parts at the Working Bikes Co-op, a nonprofit that collects old bikes and sells them to locals or ships them to Third World countries. There are donation drop-offs in Orland Park and Chicago's Beverly community. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Rhonda Davis and David Nesbit try out a bike at the Working Bikes Co-op at 2434 S. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, on Wednesday, January 9, 2013. There are donation drop-offs in Orland Park and Chicago's Beverly community. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Clyde Crosby looks over bike parts at the Working Bikes Co-op, 2434 S. Western Ave., Chicago, IL, on Wednesday, January 9, 2013. There are donation drop-offs in Orland Park and Chicago's Beverly community. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media