Mandatory Helmet Use,
But look - NO Brakes
Recycle Bicycle of Harrisburg, Pa
Most inter city kids bicycles have no brakes. Which is a real paradox when you do the typical bicycle safety derby. The normal format is inspect the bike, teach and train bike safety, fit a free helmet (state law) and then wave goodbye as they ride away on a bike with no brakes.
The even sadder part is if you do the typical after derby survey of helmet use, no one is wearing helmets inter city.
SOLUTION:
We fix their brakes, lots of flat tires, replace missing parts, more flat tires, adjust gears, a few more flat tires, replace tires all for free (of course we use recycle parts and some times the brands do not match).
We also teach bike repair & maintenance as much as possible.
SECOND SOLUTION:
The bike repair puts us in relationship with the kids, which then carries more weight when we encourage helmet use.
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Most flat fixin fandangoes are part of community or church events.
We could do this non-stop because the repair line seems to never end; but I need sleep.
Hence we could use more volunteers.
We will train and then let you claim your own street corner to have all this fun.
And the truth is: even though we like to ride our own personal bikes, I sometimes think that we would rather fix bikes for kids than anything else!
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Want to help - please grab a wrench and stop around
or you can always donate thru the PayPal link
1 If we cannot fix the brakes, we don't fix the flats.
We don't make it go fast, if we cannot make it stop,
2 We only use the highest grade used parts we can find.
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