We dropped off the welder, tube bender, tube notcher, steel and frame jig at the UCSB bike shop.
The idea is to introduce the handmade bike curriculum while building a frame with students.
Big thanks to Andy Long for traveling with me and helping. I could not have made this trip without him.
The facility is funded through student fees. Faculty, students and people in the community pay a $5.00 fee to have their bike worked on, along with any cost of parts. Students make up the staff.
UCSB plans to add a bike curriculum connected to art and engineering. I’m here to demonstrate the learning that can happen with a handmade bike curriculum, as well as explain the the pieces of such an operation.