Tzippora Rhodes  coordinates the Freecyclery program, runs youth programs, and also teaches our Tune Up Class as part of the staff. Tzippy is also a dedicated collective member of many years. When her bike got stolen one week after moving to Chicago in 2007, she got started fixing up old bikes, and hasn’t stopped since.
Martin Reinke is currently serving as a President of the Collective. Martin build his first bike from parts, when he was 19 and used bicycles since then as his main means of transportation.
You can meet Martin almost every Saturday at Open Shop – he also might teach one of our classes.
Josh Magri hosts Volunteer Hours, helps out at Open Shop and is currently a member of the Collective.
Walker Reiss is the secretary of the Collective, hosts volunteer hours, teaches classes, and does various graphic design projects for the shop. He started biking to work while living in Minneapolis in 2018 and hasn’t looked back.  He loves all bikes, but especially ones with homemade parts that tell a story about their owners.
Rohan Castelino hosts Volunteer Hours and Open Shop at the Recyclery in addition to serving as a member of the Collective.
Samson is one of our Staff Mechanics helping repair donated bikes for our sales floor.
Courtney Reed Tanner is a long time collaborator and fan of the Recyclery, and now is a member of the staff as the Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator.

Courtney love bikes and how they bring people together, allow for freedom and exploration of new places. She started riding when she moved to Chicago 18 years ago, and fell in love with the adventure and fun of riding. She has since ridden bike tours across the country, started youth bike clubs at various organizations, and ridden as much gravel and dirt as time allows.
Lauren is one of our Staff Mechanics and has been living in a world full of bikes for most of her last 15 years. After starting here in Evanston as a mechanic, her profession (and extracurricular bike riding) has taken her, quite literally, all over the world. To come to The Recyclery and maybe act as a conduit for other people to find their place in this weird little world feels so appropriate!


Thistle is our official “bike wrangler”. They/he bop all around cook county picking up bike donations from individuals, partnering bike shops and organizations. Fun fact, Thistle is an Evanston native and first came across The Recyclery as a 17 year old lad when The Recyclery too was young and operating out of a building basement. Look for them in the fantastically painted Recyclery truck!