After a decade of bike repairs, workshops and more, Hard Knox Bikes is closing permanently. Since being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, late diagnosis neurodevelopmental conditions and eventually cancer, combined with the inability to retain any financial stability, it is no longer feasable to continue this project.
As of today, December 1, 2025, I am an over 40, single, Black, nonbinary femme, with physical and cognative disabilities and cancer on top. Last week unemployment ran out and with no income and limited resources I am a month from losing my housing and have yet to be able to restart cancer treatments.
In Spring of 2025, I graduated from UC Berkeley over 20 years after surviving with only a high school degree. I began a master’s program at San José State in Fall of 2025, which I am forced to withdrawal from due to the overwhelm of cancer, financial instability and on going circumstances.
If you are able to share or give to my fundraiser I would greatly appreciate it: gofundme
While I am able I will continue to share knowledge from my project the_bipocalypse
If you are able to support financially it would be greatly appreciated. The_bipocalypse focuses on Cyber Safety for the People and African American History & Futures.
Please download and share these guides and zines to allow marginalized persos to access bicycle repair and maintenance knowledge in the absence of HXB.
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