While I’m updating the website, I must add a post about the adult mechanic classes starting this Sunday (January 31st)!
The classes are aimed at folks around 18 years and older but we can get flexible. The class has eight sessions that run every Sunday at 2pm in the Back Alley Bikes space. We try to keep the class size just right so we can have enough materials for people, so we ask that you sign up for the class first! You can either stop by the shop or email us to let us know you are coming. We ask for a six week commitment though because once we get going it can be hard to catch people back up.
We offer the class for people of all ability to pay. If you can afford the class fee of $40 ($5 a class!) and attend all eight weeks, we’ll give you a really awesome set of tools including a sweet multi-tool and tire levers on the last day. (This is the option I took and I use this multi tool on a regular basis to this day.) However, if you can’t afford that, don’t worry about it, we still want to teach you how to fix bikes. It is not a problem.

And if you can’t make the classes this time around, don’t worry another session will be starting up after the finish of this one so keep an eye on the website for more information at that time.

- Jason X