I just want to give a quick shout out to the friendly people at The Bike Joint for getting my bike going again when my chain jumped ship yesterday. I was stranded at a stoplight with a mere 15 minutes to get to my appointment and low and behold, The Bike Joint was there to help. Thanks for the bonus of pumping up my tires and giving me the phone number for the Community Bicycle Network so I can learn how to do all of these things myself and not feel so helpless.
Last year Catherine wrote a piece on the Community Bicycle Network and most notably, Wenches with Wrenches - “an ongoing program of CBN volunteers who host bicycle repair workshops run by and for women in downtown Toronto. The idea has been to make basic bicycle repair skills accessible to women in the hope that participants will then share their knowledge and their confidence with others in the community.” Registration is now open for September 2008 classes.
The skill set that WWW offers would have come in handy yesterday, but at least I had the very friendly and helpful folks at The Bike Joint to save the day. If you need a tune-up, brake change or a gear adjust, I highly recommend them.
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two comments
ahhhhhhh what about bike pirates??
totally cooperatively-run DIY bike repair place, open thursdays and saturdays from 12-6. unlike CBN (which has recently changed to a few paid staff members and not so much the "community" aspect..but you didn't hear it from me) the pirates will teach you how to do everything you need by donation, so it's PWYC. and any parts you end up using are at cost, so they're super cheap. and you get all greasy and smiley and can even build up a whole new bike from scratch!
they are always looking for volunteers, too, so if you find you fall in love with it they'll give you an orientation/training and you can help other people out with your new skillz.
Posted by kp
July 8, 2008, 10:07 AM
there's also our community bikes out in vancouver. super fun! and great! xo
Posted by diandra
July 8, 2008, 7:02 PM
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