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Safety Video2.23.2009
2.23.2009
The GBP’s Ramon Martinez will be hosting a workshop on Bicycle Advocacy and the College Campus at the LA Bike Summit, put on by Occidental College’s Urban and Environmental Policy Institute, namely Professor Robert Gottleib, of Arroyo Fest fame. The summit has a huge lineup spanning a broad range of speakers and activist projects. The [...]
1.30.2009
Pitzer People; The GBP puts on its semesterly greenbike raffle this weekend. Come and get your name in the hat before 10AM Saturday morning 1/31/09 and come back at 3PM for the raffle. Off-campus students given preference; all winners get free use of a Greenbike for the entire Spring semester. Be there.
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11.15.2008
Bottom Brackets
(It makes the bicycle go vroom!)
Bottom brackets are an essential part of the bike. Without them you would not be able to pedal. It is sandwiched in between the crank arms in the part of the bicycle called the bottom bracket cage. The bottom bracket is merely a spindle that [...]
11.8.2008
Brakes
Brakes are a very simply mechanism yet there can be so much that goes wrong. How can we figure out what is wrong? We must use our critical thinking skills and understanding of how a brake works to test and try until we figure out what is wrong. With our basic knowledge we can [...]
GBP staff repair a bike
Repairing wheels
Bikes in the GBP workshop