The story
CBN underwent a number of transitions throughout its history. It started out as a network of bike recycling clubs and a location to house such organizations as Transportation Options and the Latin American Bike Club. Over time most of the bike clubs folded and some of the other organizations either spun off to become independent or folded themselves. CBN transitioned to host Bikeshare as its main operation. CBN was popularly known for the Bikeshare program that functioned as a bicycle-lending library across Central Toronto with 16 hubs from 2001 to 2006. For its time it was North America's largest and most popular bike-sharing program with 150 bikes, 16 hubs and 400 active members. Bikeshare, however, failed to gain long-term financial support from private or government funders despite much effort. In 2006 Bikeshare was shelved. It was at this point that CBN transitioned to a non-profit bike shop while still maintaining a focus on its mission of refurbishing bikes and providing bike education to the community.
At the end of 2017, CBN officially closed down.
From Wikipedia’s article on Community Bicycle Network, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4