These high school juniors needed hours for the National Honor Society requirement.
Dan at Working Bikes set them up stripping parts of off bicycles that are too far gone to repair. Working Bikes takes donations of any bicycles in any condition. There is some value in every bicycle. We have bins of parts to help you with your project. The proceeds from the sale of parts keeps the Co-Op going. Even though we are not-for-profit, we do have expenses, not the least of which are the gas and electric bills. Funds are also need to pay the shipping charges to get the containers full of bicycles to our partners in developing nations.
A volunteer can come in not knowing anything about the functionality of a bicycle. Dan sets you up stripping a bicycle down, which inversly prepares you for bicycle repair and assembly. You are exposed to many specialty tools designed for specific parts.
Before long you will be overhauling hubs, bottom brackets, and headsets! More importently, you'll know what each of those things are.
There is always great music in the background and lots of fellowship going on.
Give it a try
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