Fixit Clinic: Bike Edition

Calendar Date:

Sunday, May 6, 2018 - 11:00am to 2:00pm

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Get your bike ready for Bike Month in May! Join us for a hands-on, bike-themed, Fixit Clinic where REI bike technicians and Fixit Coaches can help you assess and troubleshoot broken bicycles, electronics, appliances, toys, fabric items, and etc. Learn skills to prolong the life of your belongings and reduce waste. Fixit Clinics are community-based workshops where neighbors, friends, and families work collectively to learn how to repair broken items. We will provide a workspace, specialty tools, small bike parts, REI bike technicians, and volunteer Fixit Coaches to help you troubleshoot and provide routine maintenance to your bike! What to bring? Bring bikes for repair and/or maintenance, broken electronics, small household appliances, toys, fabric items, and etc.

Are you interested in being a Fixit Coach? It is easy! As a Fixit Coach, you provide participants with 1) guidance on tools and 2) encouragement to investigate their broken item. Let them talk about how they used it and how it broke. This method often provides valuable hints as to what is wrong. See how much you can do without actually handling the item. Empower the item's owner to do the troubleshooting and disassembly. (Technical or mechanical expertise is not necessary.)

May is National Bike Month, so bring your bike to the Fixit Clinic to get your wheels riding smoothly!