Fixing Bikes for the Community

A girl friend and I volunteered at the bike workshop today, fixing bikes for under-served children. We learned so much about bikes in just 3 hours.
Ppl who were just a bit more experienced were helping those w less experience. If anyone needs more help, we just look for ppl who have even more experience. Really interesting chain of mentorship.
Someone organized it really well, had the passion to set up the whole process, tools, new equipment, ... Admirable.
We learned to inflate tires the 'right' way, took tires apart, put in new tubes, started to work on brakes, tuning spokes, ...

So many bikes get stolen in the bay area ...
I hope by providing more affordable bikes, ppl not buying from shadey individuals, bike theft would go down ...

Learning team work and confidence building!

Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition

http://bikesiliconvalley.org/bikeex

Nurturing 2 Birds with 1 Nest

Instead of saying "killing 2 birds w 1 stone,"
we should instead say that we are "nurturing 2 birds w 1 nest."

Less violent.


It takes a village to raise children.