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Charlie's Freewheels is the only bicycle shop in the country providing employment, job training, and hope to young people. Our ten week program begins teaching basic bike mechanic skills by refurbishing a used bike. By the end these participants will have learnt bike safety skills, bike maintenance and be given the bike they worked on along with a lock and helmet. After graduation, we connect interested youth with paid cycling-related internship opportunities and involve them in determining the future direction of our organization.

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Thursday
Dec082011

No More Dirty Pants (Links)

DateThursday, December 8, 2011 at 6:44PM

Well this is helpful

Don't know why I never added a chainguard to my bike. This would have saved me from ruining a pair of black pants that were ripped after getting caught in the chain and chainring teeth. Oh, I also could have avoided the time I ruined two pairs of lighter coloured pants. 

A simpler solution would be to strap the right pant-leg by buying an ankle strap or something that looks better as shown in this blog. 

See, there are benefits to visiting this blog, one of them being following me and my shinanegans of being a fairly recent 'regular' biker. Regular meaning, using it as one of my main modes of transportation (the other being me feet or the TTC).

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- Azam

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Agreed! Getting your pants stuck in your chain is the worst. Especially for everyone riding a fixed-gear bike the chain basically sucks you in untill you fall off your bike and make it stop. Not to mention shoelaces - another chain issue just waiting to happen!

December 14, 2011 | Unregistered Commenteremma

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