QBP Women’s Mechanic Scholarship Winners Announced

This past year QBP sought outside help to be able to diversify scholarship winners, with an emphasis on women of color and it worked out.  This year's winners pool has TRIPLE the number of women of color over last year and nearly 9x as many as the first year of the scholarship. Let's hope this... Continue Reading →

Professional Wrenching Certification Requirement in 2019?

January 5th, 2017   In the Beginning Since the popular use of bicycles began, there have been people wrenching on them.  The majority of people begin as self-taught enthusiasts who either made a shop or got hired at a shop.  Any education or certification was secondary if at all.  The skills built up over years... Continue Reading →

Oakland Removes Bike Registration Requirements!!!

Original article by Robert Prinz -  on Bike East Bay website: https://bikeeastbay.org/OaklandBikeReg Oakland Removes Bike Registration Requirement How removing registration requirements helps to curb bike theft. Did you know that until November 29, 2016, everyone living in Oakland was required to pay $8 to the city to register every bicycle they owned? If you said “yes” then... Continue Reading →

Bike East Bay, Hard Knox Bikes & League of American Bicyclists Help Support Diverse Safety Instructors!

Article by Ginger Jui - Originally posted on Bike East Bay website. https://bikeeastbay.org/news/learning-together How is Bike East Bay increasing the diversity of leaders in the bike community? We took a big step by hosting the League of American Bicyclists’ first instructor training for women and people of color at our offices this October.   “Knowing you’re... Continue Reading →

Lavanya Pant receives the Baja Divide Women’s Scholarship — lael’s globe of adventure

Lavanya Pant got me laughing from the start. Her application was full of comedy and heart, adventurous exploits and profound insight. And then I saw her photography. She’s talented, she’s young and she’s committed to bicycle adventure. I see her as capable of uplifting others— inspiring people to try new things, to follow their […] via... Continue Reading →

The Future’s Internet Bike Shop

- Can local bike shops remain relevant against the internet’s ‘instant gratification theater’? In the past few years the bicycle industry has been booming.  2015 was the first year to not see a substantial growth within the industry. [1]   Although the industry as a whole remains stable, from manufacturers[2] to wholesalers[3] there were dips all... Continue Reading →

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