Cork Community Bikes March Update
Posted by Cork Community Bikes on March 18th, 2008.
The workshop has been open to the public on Saturdays now for over two months and there has been a steady stream of interest from people wanting to maintain their own bicycles and from people looking for second hand bicycles. We also had a very successful few days out with the bulls over St. Patricks weekend.
We are now half way though our first six week bicycle maintenance course for adults. At present we are looking for numbers to start another course. Details of the course content can been seen in the projects section of our website. It’s a great opportunity to learn as we are lucky enough to have the skills of an expert bicycle mechanic at our disposal. Please get touch by phone or email if interested. We have also recently completed our first six week bicycle maintenance workshop with young people from the Togher area and the program has been endorsed by all the youth workers involved.
Two projects coming in the next two weeks of note are Kinsale Spring Fair and the Bike Swap in Cork city which will both take place on Saturday the 29th of March. The Kinsale spring fare is a family day out with local artists, food and music in Kinsale town. Pedal powered juice will be on hand and one of our bicycle mechanics to do a Dr.Bike for the day. The Bike Swap is primarily aimed at the second hand bicycle market with a Spring Clean theme associated with it. People are welcome to bring along old or disused bikes (which are in good enough condition that they can be of use to somebody else) to swap with other bargain hunters in a fun and friendly atmosphere. We will be participating with an information stand and perhaps a few bargains to boot.
Off the topic of bicycles. We are now in the final stages of building the home made wind turbine. Photos can be seen on the website. Hopefully we will run further wind turbine courses in the near future. Get in touch if interested.