Detailed description (English): The workshop give advice to get a better conservation of users preferred means of transport, avoiding premature wear out and minimizing failures to reduce unnecessary costs and their impact on the user's pocket.
Any cyclist popping up our stand in the Car Free Day street would have a Quick check of bicycle and users wil be informed on urgent actions to take to improve safety and comfort, and those preventive actions to prolong the life of his/her bikes.
General information on EMW will be provide as well, specially the other actions held in Gijón to celebrate Car Free Day.
The '30DEB's Social Bike Mechanics Workshop' was held during EMW 2016 with great sucess. This action is a proposal for use of urban space for the development of an experience of shared knowledge. The street used as a kind of social network, as a space for learning among people who have a common interest: the bicycle.
Target group(s): daily commuters
cyclists in general
Objectives: - improve cyclists safety
- improve comfort and UX for cyclists
Expected Outcomes: Over 100 bikes chequed.
Over 500 people receiving on street information on EMW and 30DEB's activities.
Local and regional newspapers, local and regional broadcasting channel coverage.
Partner: Ciclos Esplendor