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Win a Dream Bike from Focus, Titus, Ibis or Tomac from Crank Brothers, Performance Bike

posted by Tyler (Editor) - November 12, 2010 - 3pm UTC

 

…oh, and in the process of making a bid, you’ll be helping out Wheels4Life, Hans Rey’s Charity that brings bicycles to people in poorer regions of the world where a bike can make all the difference in terms of quality of life, improved access to education and real job creation.

As Crank Brothers puts it:

The dreambikes program came about as way for Crank Brothers to display their new line of components and demonstrate our new visual paradigm for the mountain bike. We partnered with frame builders of distinction including Ibis, Titus, Focus and Tomac, as well as with a small group of partners – SRAM, RockShox, Avid, Truvativ, Fizik and Continental Tires – to create bikes that can only be described as works of art. With the help of Performance Bicycle, we are now in the process of auctioning 10 of these dreambikes. The complete proceeds from this auction will be donated to Wheels4Life, a non-profit organization established by Hans Rey that delivers bikes to people in the third world. These bikes truly change lives, allowing people to get to school, work, and healthcare. The goal is raise as much as $50,000 – enough to buy 500 bikes to positively influence the lives of 500 people.

Check out the freakin’ sweet bikes you could win after the break, along with the full press release and details on how to bid…

Did we mention these are just some of the bikes up for grabs?  Scroll through the press release to see the full list and the dates each one goes on the block.

PRESS RELEASE: Can a bike change a person’s life? Two of the major names in the cycling industry think so, and they have signed on to a legendary cyclist’s mission to transform the lives of people in developing countries by giving them bicycles.

Performance Bicycle®, the country’s number one specialty bike retailer, and crankbrothers, makers of high-end bicycle components, have teamed up with Wheels4Life to create and auction off a high-end line of custom-built mountain bikes. 100 percent of the proceeds from the auction will put life-changing bicycles in the hands of people who need them most.

Wheels4Life: Changing People’s Lives with Bikes
Since its founding in 2005, Wheels4Life has provided more than 2,000 bicycles to people in more than 20 countries, including Afghanistan, Nepal, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda.

Wheels4Life is a non-profit organization founded by legendary extreme mountain biker, Hans Rey. Rey and his all-volunteer team have made it their mission to deliver bikes to remote towns and villages in Africa, Central America and Asia. In pockets of these regions, bikes provide much-needed transportation to schools, work, clinics and hospitals, which are often more than 20 miles away.

“A bicycle in the hands of the right person can work miracles,” said Rey. “If you consider that one-sixth of the world’s population lives in poverty, a bike can make all the difference in whether a person gets access to education and healthcare.”

Rey added that Wheels4Life partners with local institutions and organizations to identify people who need bikes most. When it can, Wheels4Life purchases bikes in the country where they are distributed, helping the local economy, making it easier to find replacement parts and saving on shipping, import taxes, duties and storage costs.

Dreambikes: Mountain Bike Works of Art
The dreambikes that will benefit Wheels4Life consist of a fleet of impeccably spec’d, high-end mountain bikes created by crankbrothers to showcase their new line of components. Using the best frames and components, and coordinated color schemes, crankbrothers worked with partners including Ibis, Titus, Focus, Tomac, SRAM, RockShox, Avid, Truvativ, Fizik and Continental Tires, to create the kind of bikes enthusiasts dream of owning. Each dreambike is valued at more than $5,000.

Crankbrothers and Performance will auction off a total of ten dreambikes. To see the complete group, visit the dreambikes page at www.performancebike.com.

The Dreambike Auction
Performance Bicycle will provide access to the dreambikes auction on its website and will auction off two dreambikes a week for five weeks. Proceeds of every sale benefit Wheels4Life, with the goal of raising $50,000 to purchase 500 life-changing new bikes.

The auctions start November 15th and will run according to the following schedule:
Auction 1: 11/15 – 11/21
- Ibis Mojo SL
- Titus X Carbon
Auction 2: 11/22 – 11/28
- Tomac Carbide XC
- Titus FTM Carbon
Auction 3: 11/29 – 12/5
- Ibis Mojo SL
- Focus Project 2.0
Auction 4: 12/6 – 12/12
- Focus First XC
- Titus El Guapo
Auction 5: 12/13 – 12/19
- Focus Raven
- Titus Rockstar

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