Posted December 21st, 2011 in Uncategorized by ned
Hey Free Riders,
Come to our benefit party! Flyer below, print & post if you’re able. Details repeated if it’s too big…
10pm-?? at the shop
DJs & live performers: Hip-hop, Bounce, Balkan, Cumbia, Electronic & more!
$10 cover, free booze (BYO champagne), 21 & over event.
Bring friends & get in free; if your membership’s current, RSVP to sink.b at freeridepgh dot org & get on the half-off list.
Posted December 6th, 2011 in Uncategorized by ned
We’ve opened up some extra shop time to fix up bikes for local charities including FORGE/Pitt, the Thomas Merton Center, North Allegheny School District, Three Rivers Reservation and a community bike shop in Northview Heights. Stop by:
Sundays 11 & 18 December, 12-4pm
Refreshments, tools & oversight provided, experience suggested.
Posted November 29th, 2011 in Uncategorized by ned
Thanks to La Prima Espresso for donating coffee for the shop, it makes our wrenches spin really fast!
Posted November 16th, 2011 in Uncategorized by William
Here is a list from the computer spreadsheet we have been keeping. You can see the completed earn-a-bike projects, fix-for-sales sold, and also as-is purchases.
Congrats to the 23 Earn-a-bike projects that were completed.
| ID # | Date In | Color | Mfr | Model | Status | DateOut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00691 | 07/14/11 | blue | Trek | 7000 | As-is | 07/14/11 |
| 00158 | 06/30/11 | GRAY | MONGOOSE | As-is | 07/16/11 | |
| 00510 | 06/20/11 | Light Blue | SR | Grand Touring | As-is | 07/16/11 |
| 00517 | 07/07/11 | DARK GOLD | HERCULES | As-is | 07/16/11 | |
| 00563 | SchWINN | unknown | As-is | 07/16/11 | ||
| 00329 | 05/05/11 | Blue | Folks | As-is | 07/28/11 | |
| 00757 | 08/01/11 | SilVER | Univega | 303-Rover | As-is | 08/04/11 |
| 00092 | 02/19/11 | Red | Schwinn | World | As-is | 08/05/11 |
| 00106 | 02/19/11 | Gray | Huffy | Carrera | As-is | 08/05/11 |
| 00725 | 07/18/11 | black | Giant | As-is | 08/05/11 | |
| 00545 | 07/11/11 | SILVER | SCHWINN | Varsity | As-is | 08/06/11 |
| 00038 | 02/19/11 | Red | Giant | Rincon | As-is | 08/11/11 |
| 00356 | 05/16/11 | Pink | Murray | MtClinker | As-is | 08/13/11 |
| 00795 | 08/13/11 | VFX | Dyho | As-is | 08/13/11 | |
| 00796 | 08/13/11 | green | Diamondback | outlook | As-is | 08/13/11 |
| 00805 | 08/12/11 | purple | roadmaster | sport | As-is | 08/15/11 |
| 00534 | 07/09/11 | GREEN | SCHWINN | SUPERSPORT | As-is | 08/18/11 |
| 00692 | 07/16/11 | blue | Mongoose | Crossway 450 | As-is | 08/18/11 |
| 00734 | white | trek | antelope | As-is | 08/18/11 | |
| 00871 | 08/18/11 | chrome | Pacific | DS2 | As-is | 08/18/11 |
| 00104 | 02/19/11 | Black/Red | Raleigh | M20 | As-is | 08/20/11 |
| 00530 | 08/20/11 | blue | Schwinn | As-is | 08/20/11 | |
| 00799 | 08/13/11 | purple/blue | Pacific | As-is | 08/20/11 | |
| 00809 | 08/12/11 | purple/blue | Magna | Zip Drive | As-is | 08/20/11 |
| 00811 | 08/20/11 | purple | Pacific | Electra | As-is | 08/20/11 |
| 00878 | 08/20/11 | black/silver | Schwinn | Sierra GS | As-is | 08/20/11 |
| 00879 | 08/20/11 | black/red | Giant | Option | As-is | 08/20/11 |
| 00880 | 08/20/11 | blue | Specialized | Crossroads | As-is | 08/20/11 |
| 00533 | 07/07/11 | BLACK | As-is | 08/25/11 | ||
| 00756 | 08/01/11 | Red | Roadmaster | Mountain Pass | As-is | 08/25/11 |
| 00758 | 08/01/11 | Blue/Green | Huffy | Blades | As-is | 08/25/11 |
| 00893 | 08/22/11 | green | GT | Timberline | As-is | 08/25/11 |
| 00371 | 05/16/11 | Black | Specialized | Rockhopper | As-is | 09/01/11 |
| 00894 | 08/22/11 | Light Blue | Fuji | Dynamic 10 | As-is | 09/01/11 |
| 00764 | 08/08/04 | Black | GT | Vantura | As-is | 09/02/11 |
| 00899 | 08/29/11 | White | Gitane | Tour De France | As-is | 09/03/11 |
| 00905 | 08/15/11 | Pink | Pacific | Quantum | As-is | 09/03/11 |
| 00912 | Kmart | AllPro | As-is | 09/03/11 | ||
| 00541 | 07/09/11 | POWDER BLUE | PANasonic | SPORT 500 | As-is | 09/08/11 |
| 00739 | 07/25/11 | red/white | Huffy | Stone Mountain | As-is | 09/08/11 |
| 00848 | 08/13/11 | Grey | Gary Fisher | Advantage | As-is | 09/08/11 |
| 00892 | 08/22/11 | silver | Roadmaster | Mt. Fury | As-is | 09/08/11 |
| 00924 | 09/15/11 | Charger | As-is | 09/15/11 | ||
| 00927 | 09/15/11 | White | Diamondback | Apex | As-is | 09/17/11 |
| 00035 | 02/19/11 | Blue | Jamis | Explorer XV | As-is | 09/20/11 |
| 00933 | 09/17/11 | Dark Gray | Jeep | As-is | 09/22/11 | |
| 00938 | 09/24/11 | Black | Tommaso | Imola | As-is | 09/24/11 |
| 00918 | 09/09/01 | Green | SCHWINN | World Sport | As-is | 09/30/11 |
| 00890 | 08/22/11 | Specialized | Rock Hopper | As-is | 10/01/11 | |
| 00920 | 09/12/11 | Maroon | Concord | As-is | 10/01/11 | |
| 00925 | 09/15/11 | SILVER | SCHWINN | Sprint | As-is | 10/01/11 |
| 00964 | 10/01/11 | Blue | Huffy | Good Vibrations | As-is | 10/01/11 |
| 00967 | 10/03/11 | Trek | 800 | As-is | 10/01/11 | |
| 00792 | 08/10/11 | Light Blue/Gray | SCHWINN | World | As-is | 10/08/11 |
| 00930 | 09/15/11 | Red | Trek | Mountain Trek 220 | As-is | 10/08/11 |
| 00949 | 09/26/11 | Silver | Raleigh | Technium | As-is | 10/08/11 |
| 00968 | 10/08/11 | Blue/Silver | Next | As-is | 10/08/11 | |
| 00472 | 10/10/11 | Purple | Diamondback | Wildwood | As-is | 10/15/11 |
| 00952 | 09/29/11 | Red | Huffy | As-is | 10/20/11 | |
| 00947 | 09/26/11 | Yellow | C. I OH | As-is | 10/22/11 | |
| 00963 | 10/01/11 | Black | Scwinn | World Sport | As-is | 10/22/11 |
| 00983 | 10/20/11 | Red | Schwinn | Mirada | As-is | 10/22/11 |
| 00984 | 10/22/11 | Beige | Schwinn | Clear Creek | As-is | 10/22/11 |
| 00931 | 09/15/11 | Specialized | Crossroads | As-s | 09/15/11 | |
| 00467 | 06/20/11 | White | Trek | 7000 | EAB | 07/14/11 |
| 00511 | 07/02/11 | Blue | Nishiki | Olympic 12 | EAB | 07/14/11 |
| 00554 | Gary Fisher | Aquila | EAB | 07/14/11 | ||
| 00535 | 07/09/11 | YELLOw | UNKnown | EAB | 07/21/11 | |
| 00256 | 03/31/11 | White | Polidor | Trekker Rider | EAB | 07/30/11 |
| 00484 | 06/13/11 | Red | Nishiki | Colorado | EAB | 08/04/11 |
| 00740 | 07/25/11 | yellow | True Temper | EAB | 08/06/11 | |
| 00347 | 05/05/11 | Silver | Fuji | Sports12 | EAB | 08/11/11 |
| 00551 | 07/11/11 | WHITE/RED/BLUE | AMERICAN | EAB | 08/13/11 | |
| 00785 | 07/25/11 | maroon | Raleigh | Olympian | EAB | 08/13/11 |
| 00478 | 06/27/11 | Blue | Diamondback | Outlook | EAB | 08/18/11 |
| 00480 | 07/02/11 | Orange | Schwinn | EAB | 08/24/11 | |
| 00403 | 05/28/11 | Blue | Columbia | Formula 10 | EAB | 08/27/11 |
| 00754 | 08/01/11 | Blue | MonGOOSE | Hilltopper | EAB | 08/27/11 |
| 00755 | 08/01/11 | silver | Trek | 830/Antelope | EAB | 08/27/11 |
| 00788 | 08/10/11 | gray | Schwinn | World Sport | EAB | 08/27/11 |
| 00888 | 08/22/11 | black | Columbia/ATB | Mountain Sports | EAB | 08/30/11 |
| 00235 | 03/21/11 | Blue | Columbia | Prestige | EAB | 09/08/11 |
| 00117 | 02/19/11 | Blue | Giant | Sedona CS | EAB | 09/15/11 |
| 00921 | 09/12/11 | Trek | 1400 | EAB | 09/19/11 | |
| 00782 | 08/08/11 | Red and black | Schwinn | Sports Tourer | EAB | 09/22/11 |
| 00102 | 02/19/11 | Yellow/Green | Schwinn | EAB | 10/01/11 | |
| 00961 | 10/01/11 | Green | Trek | 820 Mountain Track | EAB | 10/13/11 |
| 00397 | 05/26/11 | Neo Yellow | Diamondback | Sorento | FFS | 07/16/11 |
| 00388 | 05/22/11 | Yellow/White/Blue | FFS | 09/03/11 | ||
| 00777 | 08/08/11 | Blue | Nishiki | Arroyo | FFS | 09/08/11 |
| 00932 | 09/17/11 | Baby Blue | Iron Horse | Maverick 1.2 | FFS | 09/21/11 |
| 00294 | 06/27/11 | Yellow | Univega | Rover Sport | FFS | 09/22/11 |
| 00941 | 09/15/11 | Crimson | GT | Talera | FFS | 09/22/11 |
| 00032 | 02/19/11 | Blue | Schwinn | Mesa Runner | FFS | 10/06/11 |
| 00965 | 10/03/11 | SCHWINN | Spirit | FFS | 10/08/11 | |
| 00437 | 06/06/11 | Purple | Raleigh | M20 | FFS | 10/12/11 |
Posted October 25th, 2011 in Uncategorized by William
Free Ride will begin a winter hours schedule this November. For the
weeks between November 26 2011 and March 3 2012, we will have open
shop on Saturday and will be closed for all other days.
Classes in 2011 end November 13 and will resume in March 1, 2012.
Starting November 13, Earn-A-Bike requirements will be 4 hours of
volunteering since it will not be possible to take classes until
March.
Free Ride will be closed on these days:
November 24
December 24
December 31
Beginning November 14 2011, ending after March 1, 2012,
The standard criteria in order to be eligible for the Earn A Bike
Program, is to enroll and complete 2 classes offered, @ Free Ride.
During Free Rides winter session no classes are offered,as a result,
there is a change in the criteria in order to begin the Earn-A-Bike
program. In order to meet the requirements for the Earn-A-Bike
program, there will be a required 4 volunteer hours, to be completed
and documented prior to the selection of a bike. Please note that the
four volunteer hours will need to be recorded on the sign in clip
board at Free Ride in addition to the Member Log prior to beginning
Earn-A-Bike program.
During the winter session of Free Ride, the ideal cycler for the
winter session of the Earn-A-Bike program would be familiar with some
basic bicycle specific tools, the proper names of these tools, and
their function.
In addition in order to be successful in Earn-A-Bike winter session,
it is suggested that the participant have a working knowledge of
the regular bike maintenance. The winter session at Free Ride is not
an optimal time for those new to cycling and/or those who have not
maintained or performed general bike repairs. For those new to biking
it is suggested that you volunteer at Free Ride and accumulate
volunteer hours and then begin taking classes when they are offered
Spring 2011.
As always the Earn-A-Bike program should be very close to complete by
the end of 8 weeks and documentation that would still need to be
worked on at least every 2 weeks.
Posted September 16th, 2011 in Uncategorized by William
Come on out to the Kingsley Center this coming Saturday, September 24.
Several organizations are teaming up to have a family friendly day. There will be refreshments, crafts, and guided tours to help introduce you to bike lanes in the city.
Posted August 1st, 2011 in Uncategorized by William
Spring and much of summer is behind us and I would like to take time to look back at some numbers to see what happens with the bikes that go through Free Ride.
In the spring, we started giving bikes an ID number. We have been revising our paperwork system and started accounting for bikes from all of our programs under the same process. Right now, we have a list of completed Earn-A-Bike projects and hopefully in the future we will have similar lists for Fix for sales, as-is purchases and bikes used for kids programs.
Following is a list of the completed Earn-A-Bike projects from the end of April to the beginning of July. Congratulations to everybody who successfully built a bike!
|
ID # |
Date In |
Mfr |
Model |
Color |
DateOut |
|
00034 |
02/19/11 |
Giant |
Yukon |
Black |
04/30/11 |
|
00300 |
04/11/11 |
Peugeot |
Iseran |
Gray |
05/05/11 |
|
00118 |
02/19/11 |
Huffy |
Omni |
Blue |
05/12/11 |
|
00317 |
4/18/2011 |
Schwinn |
Varsity |
Red |
05/12/11 |
|
00299 |
04/11/11 |
Trek |
7000 |
Green |
05/14/11 |
|
00037 |
02/19/11 |
Raleigh |
M30 |
Gray |
05/23/11 |
|
00275 |
04/02/11 |
Trek |
Singletrack |
Magenta |
05/23/11 |
|
00079 |
02/19/11 |
KHS |
Westwood |
Silver |
05/26/11 |
|
00346 |
05/05/11 |
Schwinn |
Le Tour |
Silver |
05/26/11 |
|
00036 |
02/19/11 |
Peugeot |
Montreal Express |
Blue/White |
05/28/11 |
|
00391 |
05/20/11 |
Thomas |
and Friends |
Blue |
06/05/11 |
|
00404 |
06/06/11 |
|
Regutte |
Red |
06/11/11 |
|
00487 |
06/15/11 |
|
|
Black |
06/15/11 |
|
00033 |
02/19/11 |
Saint Tropez |
|
Blue |
06/18/11 |
|
00241 |
03/21/11 |
Cannondale |
|
Yellow |
06/25/11 |
|
00132 |
02/19/11 |
Bridgestone |
NB26 |
Green |
07/09/11 |
Posted June 17th, 2011 in Uncategorized by Morgan
Next Friday, June 24th, come on out to the shop for our first Friday Free Ride!
Open Shop from 6 to 8pm, followed by some local DIY punk starting at 8
On the 24th we’ll have Napalm Dount (Female fronted classic punx) & Taser Wound (Lawrenceville Hardcore)
Come on out, get that summer bike maintenance that you’ve been putting off done with, then hang out and hear some awesome bands!
Just one note — because this is a short open shop, we can’t do any Earn a Bike stuff, sorry.
6pm, Free Ride (214 N. Lexington, Point Breeze)
Completely Free!
Posted May 22nd, 2011 in Uncategorized by William
Starting in June, the adult drop-in classes will have a new schedule. What is changing? Well some of the classes that we were calling “advanced” are being included with the rest of the drop-in classes, since they really were not anything more challenging. So, it made sense just to include the Frame, Headset and Bottom Bracket classes with the other basic classes.
The single-speed conversion class and the wheel building class are the only remaining classes not being rolled in. Since those are more specific skills, those classes are considered special topics. The special topics classes will be on Sunday mornings, but will be held less frequently than the rest of the drop-in classes. Finally, the special topics classes are not drop-in. Advanced registration is needed, which helps everybody make sure they have the materials needed for the classes.
Posted April 25th, 2011 in Uncategorized by William
Free Ride has a wish list for Spring 2011. We are asking for a few modest items.
Please see the wish list page for up to date information about non-bike donations we would be super happy to receive.