Academy includes free clinics, bike skills rides, and corporate workshops
After flipping over the closed sign at World of Bikes, Andrea Cohen cracks a beer and waits for her students to arrive.
A
white Trek bicycle sits by a work bench, with a fresh tube, hand pump,
tire levers and a CO2 cartridge. Cohen works days at the bike shop,
which lets her use the space after-hours for free clinics covering bike
maintenance basics such as this evening in early November.
“Tonight,
we are going to go over fixing a flat tire,” Cohen tells her class of
women who are nearly all 60 years old or older.
The clinics are
part of a broader new program called the Iowa City Bike Academy, which
aims to educate people and get them more comfortable on bikes as more
people turn to cycling for exercise or commuting. The free program
includes clinics, group rides covering biking skills, and information
located under the “events” tab at worldofbikes.com.
Iowa City Bike Academy also provides updates on its Facebook page.
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