[ti:After-School Program Teaches Teens How to Fix, ‘Earn a Bike’]
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[00:00.04]At Phoenix Bikes, a non-profit bicycle shop and educational center,
[00:05.16]students are learning their ABCs.
[00:08.24]That stands for the air, brakes, and chain of basic bike mechanics.
[00:14.72]Phoenix Bikes sells bikes to the public at their business in Arlington, Virginia.
[00:20.08]But it also teaches teenagers how to repair bikes.
[00:24.28]Most students at Phoenix start in its after-school "earn-a-bike program,"
[00:30.12]at middle and high schools in and around Arlington County.
[00:34.88]Once a week over a 12 week period, students learn repair skills.
[00:40.48]They learn how to use tools, fix flat tires,
[00:44.20]align the wheels, and adjust brakes and gears.
[00:48.68]The first lesson involves taking the bike apart,
[00:52.16]or stripping it down to its basic structure, the frame.
[00:56.12]By doing this, they learn all the parts of a bike.
[01:01.20]In the first weeks, they work in small groups
[01:04.08]to repair a bike donated to the shop.
[01:06.92]The bikes often have missing or damaged parts.
[01:11.68]The finished bike is then given to a person in need from the community.
[01:16.20]Phoenix Bikes director Emily Gage said the shop partners
[01:21.04]with several local organizations to donate the bikes.
[01:25.52]Some bikes have been going to Afghan refugees resettled in the area.
[01:31.92]In the last four weeks of the program, students come
[01:35.76]to the shop to work on one of the donated bikes
[01:37.96]which they can then take home at no cost.
[01:42.04]Anthony Jimenez-Galindo is a student at nearby Wakefield High School.
[01:47.44]He just completed his bike.
[01:49.76]He said it was not in good shape at first
[01:52.80]but was the kind of bike he was looking for
[01:55.32]and could be made into something better.
[01:57.68]He said it had no brakes, no front tire,
[02:01.76]and was without a chain or a cassette, which controls the gears.
[02:07.12]"It was junky but it looked nice,
[02:09.00]that's really my only reason behind it.
[02:11.28]It was a very nice looking bike and...
[02:13.48]I was willing to go the extra mile to fix it."
[02:18.08]Jimenez-Galindo said he joined the program
[02:21.00]to get better at working with his hands and fixing things.
[02:24.68]"And also because I wanted to learn how to actually repair and fix a bike.
[02:29.20]And so far I'm learning pretty good."
[02:32.88]Wakefield student Owen Spiegel
[02:35.40]talked about what went into fixing his bike,
[02:38.12]as he put his finishing touches on it.
[02:41.24]"Well first when I started the bike I wanted to test,
[02:44.56]see how everything worked.
[02:46.88]So first I wanted to see how the brakes worked
[02:50.08]— brakes were not working at first.
[02:53.04]Other than that, first I went and put pedals on
[02:56.28]so I could test the gears and the gears seem to be working all fine.
[03:01.80]Then putting on the brakes—that was the hardest part.
[03:08.40]I had to completely reattach this brake
[03:11.44]and then I had to set this brake up so that, you know,
[03:14.24]it would actually work."
[03:17.56]Phoenix Bikes is teaching 300 to 400 young people this year.
[03:22.40]Phoenix communications coordinator Emily Rippy said the classes are fun
[03:27.80]and let students learn with their hands
[03:29.80]after sitting in the classroom all day at school.
[03:33.00]Gage added that bikes are interesting for teenagers especially
[03:37.52]because they are a means of transportation and freedom.
[03:41.28]Learning how to fix a bike can also be a fun challenge, she said.
[03:46.24]"It's complex enough to be challenging
[03:50.56]and to feel really worthwhile when they understand the skills,
[03:53.48]but simple enough that a teenager can learn.
[03:56.84]So it's just kind of the right level of challenge."
[04:01.16]Some students who finish the 12-week program
[04:04.56]go on to a higher-level bike mechanics class.
[04:07.84]Some race bikes for the shop's racing team.
[04:10.96]And others stay to volunteer at the store and fix more bikes to give away.
[04:17.92]Phoenix's current shop manager, Noe Cuadra,
[04:21.52]was an earn-a-bike student in high school.
[04:24.28]Other full-time Phoenix workers
[04:26.52]also went through the earn-a-bike program.
[04:30.12]Jimenez-Galindo said he hopes to return to the shop
[04:33.32]to fix bikes for the community and continue to learn.
[04:37.00]What is his favorite part of the experience?
[04:40.48]"Just, the joy, the satisfaction that I get after it's done.
[04:44.24]That now it's fully complete,
[04:46.60]and it's actually a bike instead of what was a husk of one."
[04:51.36]I'm Dan Novak. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM
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