Recycle Bicycle Harrisburg started with a mobile shop - a 5' X 8' low side used lawn care trailer that we covered with recycled plywood and a used rubber roof - lots of storage - when it gets low - we restock from out semi permanent site -
Some of our helpers then bike to the street fairs, etc. and bring their own tools. We would like to have bike pulled shop trailer - but having a car pulled shop trailer means we generally have parts to fix any low end kids bike ( we used five 16" tires just last Saturday )
Our rent for the early years was only $6 - which is the cost of a trailer liscense and it sits on the street or my driveway.
Ross
Here in Pittsburgh we are working on a new internship program partnering with a youth employment non-profit called Urban Youth Action. It is called the Mobile Bike Repair Project.
It will be a 6 week paid summer job for 4 youth. We will train them and then have them haul out a mobile shop to public events like farmers markets, fairs and festivals to fix up bikes and give out helmets.
I started a new thread for this because we are in process of getting together our mobile shop and I need some help. We just ordered a Bikes At Work trailer and I am thinking about what will be on it and how we will store it.
Are there other shops out there with mobile shop rigs that might have some good tips for me, or maybe a list of the tools and parts that you carry and how you store them?
That would be great!
Thanks,
Scott
Free Ride!
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