Milan Bike Guy in Milan, MI

05/20/2026

An open letter-

Dear Amazing Supportive Community:

After a lot of consideration and soul searching, we have, unfortunately, come to the difficult decision to discontinue the bike rehabilitation and bike repair services.

We want to thank you all so much for donating bicycles, buying parts off of our Amazon Wish List, and supporting our vision over these past four years. During that time, we have rehabbed and rehomed over 700 used bikes, thanks to all of our wonderful supporters!!

It has been an amazing experience, for both of us. We have so much appreciated all of the love and support that we have received from the community during those four years. We feel very good about all of the bikes that we have been able to save from the landfill, and all of the people that we were able to provide with bicycles during that time. We never could have anticipated how much need there was, or how far-reaching the program would become. It has been unreal to be a part of it all.

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen changes in both the economy and our personal situation, we now have less time available to spend working in the shop. That and issues with storage space have led us to make this difficult decision.

Because of this change, we are NO LONGER ABLE to accept bicycles for donation. Please help us get the word out around the community.

This has been a very difficult decision, but is necessary at this time. We pray that the community will be understanding and supportive as our lives transition to this next phase.

Thank you all for your tremendous support these past four years. We appreciate each and every one of you!

Most Sincerely,
Vern & Leslie White
Milan Bike Guy

04/15/2026

To all of our amazing supporters:

We are currently working behind the scenes to relocate our drop off and storage space for bicycles. This may take a few weeks.

In the meantime, we ask that no more bikes be dropped off at our house. We will be posting the new drop-off point once we have it all set up and ready to go.

Thank you all for all of the support, donations and love over the past four years. We appreciate each and every one of you.

Vern & Leslie

02/12/2026

Hello, Neighbors. If you see our truck out on the road in the next few months, driving extra slow and cautious, please be patient. Our Granddaughter just got her permit and we are teaching her to drive in our little pickup.

Today was her first day out and she did great for a first trip. (I do wish that I could say as much for the driver who tried to force her into the ditch on Mooreville Road because she wasn’t going fast enough for him. 🤯) A little patience and compassion goes a long way.

10/13/2025

We want to say thank you so much to all of the businesses and people who came out to support our event last month.

We have several shirts left over, and this is the last time we plan to have T-shirts made. we will be selling these for $12 apiece, while supplies last. They are available at Danette’s thrift and gifts, 23 Wabash St. in Milan. Proceeds will go toward our upcoming projects for people with disabilities.

A sample T-shirt can be seen on the Moving Milan Forward scarecrow downtown, well “two-tired Terry”. Terry is located in front of Collins Center in downtown Milan.

Once again, thank you for all of the support that our community continues to provide us with. We couldn’t do it without all of you!

09/20/2025

Come see us at Wilson Park today!!

Grumpy Monkey Waffle Company is here until 2 pm.

Free bike giveaway— 22 left, lots of kids’ bikes!! While they last.

New Bike helmets and gun trigger locks, courtesy of Trinity Health!!

Free pizza at noon, courtesy of Hungry Howie’s of Milan.

Come join us for a great time. Bring your bike and ride with us!!

09/20/2025

TOMORROW is our
4th Annual Milan Rides for Kids
In Wilson Park Pavilion!!
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

We will kick off at 9:00 am with our
FINAL BIKE GIVEAWAY of 2025!! We will have 28 bicycles of various sizes. First come, first served, starting at 9:00 sharp.

Come down and join us! Bring your bike or come at 9:00 and see if we have one that will work for you. Come ride around Wilson Park with Vern and other community members.

We will even have a TANDEM TRICYCLE that you can test ride. We have built a few of these for families, but we are in the process of building this one and wanted to give the community an opportunity to try one out.

We will have a Basket Raffle from 9-3 for over 35 Baskets and Items!! (Please see some of the items in these photos.) Tickets for the Basket Raffle— $1 each, 6 for $5 or 25 for $20. Put a ticket (or 10 or 20) in the bin for the item you hope to win. Drawings will start at 3:00 pm.

We will sell 50/50 tickets until 4:00 pm, when we will draw a winner!! 50/50 tickets are also $1 each, 6 for $5 or 25 for $20. (We do accept cards.)

The Trinity Health Injury Prevention team (Joe and Maurice) will join us again , giving away free bicycle helmets and gun trigger locks to help keep everyone safe. They will also be available to take blood pressures, upon request.

10 am to 3 pm- Face painting (provided by Creation Highway) and kids’ craft table

FREE PIZZA at Noon, provided by Hungry Howie’s of Milan

Tree Climbing (for children under 88 lbs) from 12:30 to 2:30 pm, Courtesy of The Play Station

We hope to see you there!!

— Vern & Leslie

09/18/2025

Have you seen all of the “red dots” on businesses around town? Have you heard what they mean??

21 local businesses have teamed up with us and Moving Milan Forward to offer some amazing deals!! Buy a button for $10, show it at these places and save some money, all while supporting Children’s Cancer Research Fund and the Milan Bike Guy’s bicycles for people with disabilities.

Deals are good now through Sunday, September 21st. (Note that many of these places are closed on Sundays though.)

Buttons will be available downtown this afternoon at Third Thursday, or you can buy one at Danette’s Thrifts & Gifts (where you can use it to get half off your other purchases!)

A million thanks to all of these businesses for joining us on this. We are so excited and grateful to have so much support in our community!!

09/17/2025

Today is the LAST day of this season to donate bikes. 😊

09/13/2025

We are IN SEARCH OF 24” and 26” BIKES!! Wednesday 9/17 is the last day to donate bikes for 2025.

PUBLIC ANOUNCEMENT:
We are winding down our bike season. Our final bike giveaway for the year will be next Saturday (9/20) at 9 am at Wilson Park. This will be part of our 4th Annual Milan Rides for Kids event.

We are still in NEED of MORE DONATED 24” and 26” ADULT bikes. We will be taking them through Wednesday 9/17. That day will be the last day of 2025 to donate bikes.

We are moving our storage space and will be clearing out as much as we can next weekend. We will announce when we are taking bikes again in 2026. We want to thank our community for all of their support over the past four summers!! 💞

Send a message to learn more

09/12/2025

Leslie is at the Owl until 8:00 this evening, selling our fundraiser buttons. $10 each. Here is a list of the deals so far. They are valid from Wednesday (9/17) through Sunday (9/21). (Not listed here are Fenders-10% off food and Mullins Auto Parts- 10% off regular-priced parts. We still have more coming in each day!)

If you can’t get yours this evening, you can text Leslie directly at 734/255-0970, or purchase one at Danette’s Thrifts & Gifts.

09/07/2025

What an amazing way to support our Milan Bike Guy programs AND our local Milan businesses! We are selling these buttons as a fundraiser, and they are your key to deals and discounts from local Milan merchants!!

Buttons are $10 each. Deals will be valid from Wednesday 9/17 until Sunday 9/21.

We are still adding to the list of participating businesses. Here are the ones that we have participating so far:
The Owl, Morning ‘Til Night
Northern Chicks
Milan Ace Hardware
Hungry Howies
Danette’s Thrifts & Gifts

We do have many others that are talking about participatiing, but selling buttons will definitely help encourage more business participation.

All proceeds from these sales go directly to parts for our projects. Don’t miss out on this great win/win opportunity. Message us here or Leslie McBride White to get yours before they’re gone!!