Our Vision


Green Bicycle Co. is a vibrant, inclusive, sustainable, and engaged community of individuals that support and learn from and with each other.

 
 
Our Mission
The Green Bicycle Co. mission is to educate and engage with the community in a way that encourages and inspires a sustainable lifestyle. Green Bicycle Co. goods, projects, and experiences focus around a way of life that is thoughtful, collaborative, and sustainable.
 
 

Our Values


At Green Bicycle Co. we value thoughtful individuals who are passionate about living sustainably. We are focused on building a community of creative outside the box thinkers who care about our local and global community. We believe we are all accountable to one another and value life-long learning.

 

meet the Green Bicycle Co. Team


Heather Cleveland
Co-Owner & Founder

  • Founded in 2020, Green Bicycle Co. is the brainchild of President and Founder, Heather Cleveland.

    Heather is a certified planner through AICP (American Institute of Certified Planners) and holds a BS in Civil Engineering and a Master of Urban Planning degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Heather has a vast array of experience in environmental consulting and non-profit organizations. Additionally, Heather has travelled the world through her time in the U.S. Army and a tour in Iraq, continued support as a mentor of UW-Milwaukee Engineers Without Borders work in Guatemala, and most recent culinary training at Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland. Heather is a compassionate listener and visionary that quickly sees processes and systems and finds inspiration and challenge from different viewpoints and experiences.

Adam DeSombre
Co-Owner

  • Adam is a chemist by trade and training, and he is also a bicycle enthusiast. He has been riding and cranking on bicycles since his youth, and with his science mindset, enjoys thoroughly researching the latest in bicycles and bicycle accessories. He also enjoys playing Magic Cards and Dungeons and Dragons and playing his upright bass with Tonic Roots, and caring for our dog, Fred, and chickens.

 

Barbara Alvarez, MLIS


Community Educator + Bookstore Manager

Kyle Schmitz
Lead Bike Mechanic

  • Barbara is a Community Educator and Bookstore Manager with Green Bicycle Company. Barbara has a Masters in Information Science from the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign. She has spent a decade helping professionals, organizations, and businesses improve their information access, develop media and literacy skills, build meaningful relationships, and share their powerful stories. Barbara is passionate about living locally and building supportive and inclusive communities.

  • Kyle has been commuting by bike for over a decade, and has done so car-free for several of those years. A large part of his life’s work is getting as many people on bicycles as possible. While a firm believer in the bicycle as a mode of transportation, he is fascinated by all facets of biking, from touring to fixed gear. Kyle’s work wrenching on bikes started with maintaining and perfecting his own bike and then progressed to helping out at bike co-ops and doing commissioned builds. He is also involved in his home community of Sheboygan, working to improve bike infrastructure to make the city more accessible for cyclists of all ages and abilities. Kyle is also a licensed PTA and therefore has an extensive background in ergonomics and body mechanics and can assist cyclists in making their bike a perfect fit. At Green Bicycle Co. Kyle is involved in repairing customers’ existing bikes, as well as helping customers find the right fit from our catalog of commuter-oriented bicycles.



Stop by our location.

We are located in Uptown Sheboygan in a building built in 1887. We purchased the building in November 2020 and renovated it until our soft opening in December 2021. In the space, we have a shop space with curated sustainability and community themed goods such as reusable household items, kombucha kits, thought provoking books, and more. We are also working on our commuter bicycle and commuter bicycle gear offerings with more to come in the future. Follow us on social media, signup for our newsletter, or stop by to stay in touch with our progress!