Collective Pata de Perro Bike Club

We started July 2013

Summer camp kids

Few tools and a lot of smiles

Usually ended with extra nuts

Friends started asking, “Where did you get your bike fixed?”

New members showed up

We give the freedom of making the club their club

Members create a relationship with their bikes

New partners showed up

New partners = volunteers

More tools

We provide culturally friendly events

Adults also asked for services

Father and son connected with bikes

We were awarded a grant from a block party based on voting for the best community project

We used the funds to stock the shop

Open house

We came up with a system for the club during the winter break

We promote biking to anyone and everyone

Going to work

Going to the library

Going to the park

We became more public

Rochester open streets

Partners started sharing resources

More adults started to show up

Members started to have more one on one

Some just prefer weekend rides

Back to school rally

Rochesterfest parade

Promoting cycling culture at Thursdays on First

Earning their bikes by working together

Our numbers show there is a need

Members started showing up during non open days

We learned that we need to invest more on the “adult volunteer”