Down to Earth Bicycle Instruction & Repairs for the People
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 →
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 →
This time 16 winners will be chosen and take the class together!!! As an alumni of UBI I highly recommend it! Applications will be accepcted beginning October 1st! WOMEN OF COLOR PLEASE APPLY!!! Clink Link for more details https://qbp.com/womensscholarship/
QBP (Quality Bicycle Parts) offered a 2015 scholarship for 10 women to attend UBI's (United Bicycle Institute) Professional Repair and Shop Operation Class. It is a top of the industry two week long program for experienced mechanics. There were over 800 applicants. I was one of the ten winners. In the course I registered for,... Continue Reading →
Just a week before leaving. The decision to document my experience came from the idea that I should capitalize off of myself the same way UBI and QBP most certainly will. If, as suggested by my sister in law, that I be the sacrifice for others to succeed, so fucking be it. I'll go to attain... Continue Reading →
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