Wrench N' Ride

Welcome to Renton Ride. For those of you here, we're going to have four stations for you. Renton Ride, I was just trying to figure out a way for us to help kids to do something with their hands. And so I came up with this idea. I was driving around and I saw a bunch of bikes sitting out in people's yards that they were out for the trash. And for me, that seemed And so if I could gather four bikes up and maybe put them all together to make one, then I'd be able to do that. But I didn't want to just do that on my own. I wanted to show a kid how to do it. And the name Renton Ride just kind of came about. And then they'll get the ride away on it when they're all finished. I remember. What way are we turning? You just make them a little lower? I think the bicycle for me was just an introductory way to get kids to do tools. I mean, hopefully someday they'll be able to fix their own car, change their own tire and those kind of things. There's just a lot of good practical lessons that come from a bike. And how it starts, how it stops, So what way are you turning? We're turning this way. I just want something that the kids are proud of, something they can tell their friends, hey, I built this with my own two hands. And I don't care if they go home and paint it a different color or add whatever they want, because it is theirs, but we just wanted to give them something that they could put their hard work into and see the reward at the end of that. First thing with brakes, we have very distinct components that go along with it. We have a brake lever up here. This is where you apply your pressure. I'm a bike mechanic. Take a little wrench, bend that back a little bit. The wrench and ride program is not just about giving away a bike. The bike is merely a vehicle, excused upon, it's merely a metaphor for us to show that you can love people. You can love each other without actually expecting anything in return. They don't need to give back to us anything except for just a little bit of time, We're going to help them fix that bike and then when that's done, they get to keep it. We're not asking for anything in return. It's just a display of love that they might not otherwise get somewhere else. One of my favorite things about teaching these kids how to work a bike is that every part is unique. Every part of the bicycle has its specific purpose and what that translates to us is that they each have a purpose. It doesn't matter how tall they are, how short they are, guys got to get for them and it's the same thing with the bicycle. Each one has a specific part and when you put them all together, they roll down the road and they're a lot of fun. And that's what we do. Everything that we do here has a purpose to be able to tell kids. So that's part of the other process of working on the bikes. I'm very tired. We're going to be afraid to get it wrong. There you go. Thank you.