In response, a group of cyclists in the Ottawa Valley has set up a free bike bank, similar to a food bank. "A lot of people can't afford bikes, and we want to get bikes into the hands of people who want them and need them," Ish Theilheimer, a member of the Ottawa Valley Cycling and Active Transportation Alliance (OVCATA), told CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning. "In … Renfrew County, we don't have public transportation at all. People who need to get to work, to school or shopping, if they don't have a car, they're really in bad shape," he said. Flooded with offers