Blackstone Bicycle Works

Blackstone Bicycle Works  is a community bike shop and youth education program of the Experimental Station. The mission of Blackstone is to provide educational and vocational opportunities to youth from some of Chicago's most underserved neighborhoods Kenwood, Hyde Park, South Shore, Woodlawn and Englewood. The organization is based in Hyde Park in Chicago, which also happens to be home to many historically significant landmarks in the ongoing the fight against racial inequality.

Blackstone is structured as a retail, full-service bike shop that offers an "earn and learn," hands-on bicycle mechanics curriculum to its participants. Kids can earn bikes by apprenticing as mechanics. Approximately 175 youths work at Blackstone Bicycle Works each year, with over one third of participants having been in the program for three to seven years. In addition to the freedom and mobility that cycling affords, kids can learn hard skills to apply when they are ready to enter the workforce.

Join this Challenge - 
Next weekend - June 20 - 21st - we will ride to raise awareness for Blackstone Bicycle Works. If you are interested in joining this challenge, we ask you to pledge to contribute or raise at least $1 for every mile ridden between Saturday June 20th and Sunday June 21st.