In Lockland, Ohio (a small town near Cincinnati), a bike repair shop has become an unlikely lifeline for hundreds of Mauritanian immigrants who arrived in recent years fleeing political and racial oppression in their home country, where the government had executed and exiled Black citizens and some had escaped slavery. Local resident Vincent Wilson began collecting donated bicycles for the men after noticing they were walking miles each day to reach apartments, English classes, food pantries, and grocery stores — eventually inviting anyone who helped fix up the bikes to keep one. The shop, now called Bikes and Stuff, has grown into a community hub where immigrants also receive help navigating immigration paperwork and Social Security documents, transforming a practical solution to a transport problem into a broader support network.