Collectives,
We work with the Boulder County Jail's work release program where
inmates begin the program at our shop and Earn-A-Bike. This past
weekend we did a bunch of work in our storage where we keep kids bikes.
Three of the work release guys, in their late twenties and early
thirties, found BMX bikes they wanted to keep as their Earn-A-Bike. Our
response was to discourage this as we generally try to set people up
with commuter style bikes. I especially tried to discourage the six
foot two guy from choosing a BMX.
We're aware that /some /people are more than happy to commute by BMX but believe that won't work for most people. So the question is should we allow the work release guys to choose any bike they want regardless of the practicality? Are we being elitist bike snobs to make this decision for them? Should we just be happy we got them back on a bike?
Feedback is appreciated.