Neighborhood Bike Works (NBW), a great local non-profit teaching youth how to bike safely and how to repair bikes, is offering two FREE entry level after-school programs starting next month. Anyone ages 8 – 18 can join these programs (see more details below). Also, check out NBW’s Summer Cycling Day Camp. Registration for Summer 2015 is not available yet, but you can email camp@neighborhoodbikeworks.org with questions. NBW’s West Philly shop is located at 3916 Locust Walk (behind St. Mary’s Episcopal Church).

Earn A Bike
March 3 – April 16, 2015
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Youth learn the basics of bike repair and maintenance, safe urban riding, and health and nutrition while refurbishing an abandoned bike. Program participants get to keep the bike that they refurbish in the course! For more information and to sign up, click here. 

Photos courtesy of Neighborhood Bike Works.

Ride Club

April 21 – May 14, 2015
OR
May 19 – June 11, 2015
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Ride Club is a new four week after-school program that enables young Philadelphians to explore the city by bike. Youth get to ride bikes as a team around the city while learning on the road repair and traffic safety! For more information and to sign up, click here.