Shop owner collects bikes for children Nov 9, 2009
Kraynick, the owner of Kraynick's Bike Shop in Garfield, also is looking for some professional and amateur bicycle mechanics -- "as many as [he] can get" -- to help him inspect and repair each bike and make it ready for the annual Bike Before Christmas program. And Pittsburgh police officer Melissa Gutch is looking for new bike helmets for some of the young recipients of the refurbished bicycles. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Local church to send bicycles to developing countries Oct 17, 2009
"This blossomed into larger programs that taught bicycle mechanics as a form of vocational training and a means to promote sustainable transportation," she said. "BNB brought the mission home 19 years ago with programs in Boston neighborhoods when rates of violence were high among urban teens. The flagship program is called Earn-A-Bike, a co-ed mechanics and cycling program in which youth also learn about environmental and social justice issues." She continued, "More recently, we began our all... (Hopkinton Town Crier, MA)
Helpers roll into bike repair co-op Aug 26, 2009
ANCHORAGE - On a recent rainy evening, Wendy Baker hauled her antiquated bicycle up a half-flight of stairs at the old Mat Maid building on Northern Lights Boulevard and pushed it through a maze of used bike parts and do-it-yourself bicycle mechanics ... ANCHORAGE - On a recent rainy evening, Wendy Baker hauled her antiquated bicycle up a half-flight of stairs at the old Mat Maid building on Northern Lights Boulevard and pushed it through a maze of used bike parts and do-it-yourself bicycle... (Juneau Empire)
Off the Chain bike shop rolling in off-beat helpers Aug 17, 2009
On a recent rainy evening, Wendy Baker hauled her antiquated bicycle up a half-flight of stairs at the old Mat Maid building on Northern Lights Boulevard and pushed it through a maze of used bike parts and do-it-yourself bicycle mechanics. Story tools. (Anchorage Daily News)
Spring and Fall Cycle Tours combined for 2009 May 23, 2009
Support vehicles, feed stations, on-course bicycle mechanics, and a post ride dinner are included. Proceeds from this event will be donated to the Expedition Yellowstone program through the Yellowstone Park Foundation. (W. Yellowstone News, MT)
Many small businesses in Germany thrive during downturn Apr 13, 2009
Tailors and bicycle mechanics, roofers and bakers, they are the Mittelstand (small- and mid-sized enterprises) that helped Germany rise from the ruins of World War II. Now they are acting as a shock absorber against the economic tumult. "The Mittelstand is going to withstand the crisis," says Frank Wallau, head of the Bonn-based Research Institute on Small and Middle-sized Enterprises. (Christian Science Monitor)
