SheJumps Bike Maintenance Trail Ready Workshop at Chariot Bike

213 SW Columbia,Bend WA 97702

06 April, 2022

Description

Join SheJumps at Chariot Bike to learn basic bike maintenance skills. In this in-person bike workshop, Julia Sparks, woman bike mechanic and owner of Chariot Bike will instruct us in basic bike maintenance. This class will focus on preventative maintenance to ensure your mountain bike is ready for the trails. Most mechanical issues can be prevented by keeping up with basic bike maintenance and knowing when to take your bike into the shop. She will showcase maintenance that can be done at home, pre-ride checks, annual bike services, and touch on a few repairs, followed by a Q & A. Julia has been a bike mechanic for 15 years and a business owner for two. Not only is she a female in a heavily male populated industry, she carved out a unique space in the bike repair industry when in 2020 she built a van into a mobile bike repair shop. This creative business model allowed her to safely provide bike services to her community during a pandemic. This trailblazer trait runs deep in her genes. Julia’s grandmother Norma Jean Belloff set the first official women’s record for biking across the United States in 1948 on her bike “Chariot”, pedaling from New York to San Diego in 53 days. “Julia is driven by a passion to see people empowered by getting outside and being able to have confidence to explore the world and make their own way. Her love of bikes is tied to adventure and seeing people get out. The workshops she does allow her to share the practical skills needed to have confidence while outside riding alone or to be the support person for others.” Read more about Julia’s story here: https://theradavist.com/2021/04/inspired-by-the-ride-of-norma-jean-belloff-in-1948-chariot-bike-mobile-repair-shop/ and visit https://www.chariotbike.com for shop information. SheJumps is honored to partner with Chariot Bike for this workshop. SheJumps is an inclusive organization. We welcome all women and girls (transgender and cisgender) as well as non-binary people who identify with the women’s community. ---- SheJumps increases the participation of women and girls in outdoor activities. Partnering with nature, SheJumps creates safe, educational outdoor experiences for girls and women that nurture growth and transformation. We believe in increasing diversity in the outdoors and providing ALL women and girls with the spark that will lead to a lifetime of outdoor learning and empowerment. We welcome all women and girls (transgender and cisgender) as well as non-binary people who identify with the women’s community. Follow SheJumps: Facebook Instagram www.shejumps.org SheJumps is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the participation of women and girls in outdoor activities to foster confidence, leadership, and connection to nature and community through free and low-cost outdoor education. Our vision is to unearth the potential of all women and girls through outdoor play and connection to nature.