Volunteers needed to build Christmas bikes for Maui keiki starting Nov. 21

Krank Cycles Maui invites families, friends, and community groups to help assemble new bicycles for Maui County keiki this Christmas. The first build starts Saturday, Nov. 21, at 9 a.m. in the Spirit Halloween space at Maui Marketplace, 270 Dairy Road, Kahului.

Builds are scheduled for Nov. 21 and 28 and Dec. 5 and 12, from 9 a.m. until pau. First-time volunteers are welcome, and we’ll show you where to start. Bring metric Allen keys, sockets, wrenches, and cutters if you have them. Extra tools will be available.

Jim Falk donates the bikes, and Krank Cycles Maui brings volunteers together to get them ready to ride. For Falk, the tradition goes back to a childhood Christmas. “I always remember seeing a new bike under the tree for the first time on Christmas and there’s nothing more exciting for a young child,” Falk has said.

“Do you still remember getting our first bike? I know I do. I remember feeling a kind of freedom I’d never felt before. Nothing’s ever topped that feeling for me. It changed my life, and this Christmas we get to help give that feeling to another kid,” said Aaron “Moose” Reichert, owner of Krank Cycles Maui.

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