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Bikes N' Roses

Through a new youth-led bike cooperative APNC youth leaders are creating leadership and job opportunities for youth in our community by teaching professional skills like bicycle maintenance and repair. In its effort to promote biking as a cleaner cheaper mode of transit, Bikes N' Roses will hold regular mobile bike clinics at local parks and community institutions to teach cyclists how to repair their own bicycles.

Bikes N’ Roses es una organización sin fines de lucro dirigida por jóvenes en Albany Park que está trabajando en crear una comunidad más saludable y feliz mediante el uso de bicicletas.

LA MISION

    Bikes N’ Roses es una organización sin fines de lucro dirigida por jovenes en Albany Park que está trabajando en crear una comunidad más saludable y feliz mediante el uso de bicicletas en lugar de carros. Nosotros creemos que andar en bicicletas es bueno para la salud, tu cartera, Y el medio ambiente. Andar en bicicleta puede ser tu principal medio de transporte. Bikes and Roses se dedica a enseñar a la gente como andar en bicicleta puede beneficiarlos y a toda la comunidad de Albany Park.

General Information

Bikes N’ Roses is promoting cycling in the Albany Park community in many different ways:

Job Opportunities

Bikes N’ Roses participates in the state’s Summer Youth Employment Program.  This gives us the opportunity to hire 15 youth between ages 16 and 21 years, and train them to spread the knowledge and love of cycling.

Community Rides and Outreach Events

Bikes N’ Roses wants to show people that biking is a fun, healthy activity that you can do with others. Bikes N’ Roses will hold community bike rides, outreach events to get people active and out into the streets on their bikes.

Bike Repair Clinics

Bikes N’ Roses will provide the tools and the know-how. Anyone from the community who has a bike in need of repair will learn how to fix it with the guidance of our trained mechanics. You will ride away with a bike that works and with the confidence of knowing how to fix it properly.  Enroll today for our 2 week summer youth mechanic course for the ages of 15-21.  Adult classes expected to begin in the fall.

Youth Safe Haven

Providing an open proactive environment for youth to grow and learn by expression through mechanical technique, and the fine arts.

SHOP HOURS

Monday 11am-7pm
Tuesday 11am-7pm
Wednesday 11am-7pm 
Thursday 11am-7pm
Friday 11am-7pm
Saturday 11am-7pm
Sunday CLOSED

phone: 872-203-9019

Website: https://www.facebook.com/apnc1
Location: 4749 N Kedzie
Members: 29
Latest Activity: Oct 4, 2015

Photos and more

Información

Spanish%20Brochure.pdf

BNR%20Brochure%20%202.pdf

PHOTO ALBUMS
Check out this link to see the turn-out of our 2013 Bike Clinic:

http://www.thechainlink.org/group/bikes-n-roses/page/prototype

Here we are setting up the shop:

http://www.thechainlink.org/photo/albums/building-a-home

See what a day at the shop is like:

http://www.thechainlink.org/photo/albums/a-day-at-the-shop

The BNR Grand Opening Ceremony:

http://www.thechainlink.org/photo/albums/bnr-grand-opening

Here's our 2013 summer staff:

http://www.thechainlink.org/photo/albums/bnr-staff-2013

A Day digging at The Garden Dirt Jumps:

http://www.thechainlink.org/photo/albums/the-garden

The Bakery - Dans Comp DVD Premiere

http://www.thechainlink.org/photo/albums/the-bakery

PRESS

Here is an article that came out a day before our grand opening thanks to John Greenfield:

http://chi.streetsblog.org/2013/08/02/sweet-ride-o-mine-bikes-n-roses-youth-program-open-house-this-saturday/

Here we are in the Chicago Sun thanks to Mark Brown:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/brown/21772252-452/brown-catholic-funding-loss-hits-bike-repair-program-for-poor-kids.html

Univision:

http://chicago.univision.com/videos/video/2013-08-22/bikes-roses-albany-park-taller-bicicletas

Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/religion/ct-met-catholic-immigration-funding-20131019,0,565753,full.story

The Chicago Reader:
DNA Info:

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Comment by Oscar Antonio Rivera Jr on August 29, 2013 at 2:43pm

Bikes N' Roses Will be closed:

Friday August 30

Saturday August 31

Sunday September 1

Monday September 2

Comment by Oscar Antonio Rivera Jr on August 29, 2013 at 12:39pm

Promoting us is always a nice way of helping out.  Just letting people know we're here gives us more social interaction at the shop, bringing more bikes to work on.  If you want to take it a step further and volunteer your time in a specific field you're comfortable in we can definitely make it happen.  Volunteer opportunities will be available after September 30th when the Summer Youth Employment Program is over.  Here are some things BNR will start focusing on then:

  1. Getting a shop computer and printer.
  2. Finding solutions to storage. Plastic bins and such
  3. Building tables
  4. Making a banner or shop sign
  5. Getting an actual website up and running
  6. Creating and printing business cards

I'm sure I can think of a million more things, but that's a start.  Sorry you haven't received an email response, we're still working out a few technical issues.

Comment by h' Zerocats on August 28, 2013 at 4:17pm

What can I do to help? I sent an e-mail but no response.

Comment by Jose Briceno on August 28, 2013 at 3:15pm

Hey Bikes N' Roses employees and members I will be riding the critical mass this Friday. Anyone is welcomed to come. Will be meeting in front of Bikes N' Roses shop and head down to the Dailey Plaza. The mass starts at 5:30 pm so we will have to meet at 3 p.m. at Bikes N' Roses. If interested let me know. I will send out mass textes

Comment by Oscar Antonio Rivera Jr on August 18, 2013 at 4:19pm

This guy has inspired me to be even crazier than I already am....

Comment by Oscar Antonio Rivera Jr on August 14, 2013 at 11:43am

It's mid-week and I'm already looking forward to weekend rides.

9am Saturday, maybe the same route as last time through Sculptor Park?  I could be down for something new if someone wants to pitch an idea.......

Sunday at 9am we'll be heading to The Garden!!

Comment by Oscar Antonio Rivera Jr on August 12, 2013 at 11:37am

A fresh week has begun.  I gotta say I really had a wonderful weekend with Saturday Morning joy ride through sculptor park, and Sunday morning at The Garden.

Let's keep it up BNR!!  Hope to see new faces nest weekend!

Comment by Oscar Antonio Rivera Jr on August 11, 2013 at 2:52pm

Bikes N' Roses flying around at The Garden.

That's Alejandro.

Comment by Oscar Antonio Rivera Jr on August 10, 2013 at 2:53pm

Bikes N' Roses kicks off it's first Saturday morning ride!!

Comment by Oscar Antonio Rivera Jr on August 9, 2013 at 11:38am

So it seems like the shop has come to some weekend ride conclusions.

Saturday at 9am meeting at BNR heading to sculptor park and then to the Albany Park Festival from 11am to noon.

Sunday at 9am meeting at BNR heading to The Garden for some BMX off road laps.  I'm gonna bust out my new toy!!!

If anyone plans on attending best let us know or the peloton will leave without you.

 

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