Calvin's Corner
Mechanical musing and industry insights from Park Tool Director of Education Calvin Jones.
1 post found in November, 2012.
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Written by Calvin on November 23, 2012/Calvin's Corner
Free Bikes 4 Kids, a Minnesota program
Free Bikes 4 Kids is a non-profit organization based in the Twin Cites area of Minnesota.
The concept of Free Bikes For Kids is to provide a bike (and a helmet) to a kid who would otherwise not get a bike. Bikes are donated at drop off locations, and what a collection of bikes they are! What are often called "department store" or "big box" bikes, serious BMX bikes, hybrids of well recognized brand names, the occasional Campagnolo® Record® group with requisite Reynolds® 531 frame; all have been seen.
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