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I remember coming
through this way as a young,

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younger person
and not a silly yellow house,

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but not knowing what
it really were just thinking.

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It was a bike shop per se.

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So it's funny in that sense
how I think from back around

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I was like, ‘Oh, I'm actually
working for that one place.

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I thought that was just
the yellow house.’

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-Started in this location

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20 years ago,
and as far as I know,

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was this room a set of tools
and a workstation and a group

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of kids.

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-I'd say it would be worth
considering

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booking it in for that work.
-Yeah.

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-Yeah.
-Can we just do the tire today?

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-Yeah, yeah.

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-Great, thank you.

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-I mean,
I think, like works like first

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and foremost
is a community service

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for the people
that live in South Seattle.

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-I bought
this bike because I'm always

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working on it,
very knowledgeable,

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and if I ever need something
done, I can do it myself.

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And they let me have tools
and stuff instead of,

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you know,
they're not so hesitant.

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I love riding.

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So that's the whole thing.
♪♪

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-(Phone conversation) Bike Works. Hello!
-Hi.

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-Mostly what we do is make
bicycling more accessible.

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-That looks like a better fit
to me 
-For youth.

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-I wanna try.

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-For adults
people that are, you know

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traditionally marginalized
by the bike community.

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-I mean, the bike shop
is, in my opinion,

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like any other bike
shop in the city.

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It’s what’s attached
to the bike shop

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that makes a big difference.

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Altogether,
looking at $310.17 (unintelligible).

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All the revenue we generate,
um,

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maintaining and selling
bicycles, (background conversation)

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that goes
to fund our youth programs,

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our adult programs.

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-There are so many different
departments

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and-and areas of Bike Works
that that make it amazing.

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-Our warehouse is the heart
of our organization.

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It's where all of the bikes

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that get donated
come through and we refurbish

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and then
put out into the world.

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-We sort of pick through

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donations and try to choose
whether or not to go

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to adults, children
back into recycling or re

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donate it to organizations
that will send it off

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to Africa
or other places in need.

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-Just absolutely insane

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how many usable bikes
and parts are just thrown away

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every year

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because so many of these parts
are still just as usable

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as the day they were made.

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-You see everything
that comes in every day,

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kind of like treasure hunting.

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Um, but the treasure comes to you.

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-Can I give you guys Mad Kat

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2000?

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Our youth
program is 9 to 17 year olds,

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we do everything
from beginning bike repair.

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-I see what you're
talking about.

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-And youth being able to do

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community service projects
to earn their own bicycle

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all the way up to riding camps
and weekly activities

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for youth.

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-I learned I'm about to take
an intermediate class soon

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and I've learned like

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taking apart the whole bike,
stripping it down

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and putting everything back
together.

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-I've never actually went
hands-on with something

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and fixed it,

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and especially

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that we're

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giving back to the community
and not just keeping it

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to ourselves.
It feels even better.

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-Once youth are in here
and kind of see

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the opportunities
for leadership

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and the opportunities
for them to get more engaged.

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If something in that stuck
for them

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there, they're here
lifelong and a couple of

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of the youth know

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I've known them since
they were nine years old.

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So I have like

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really been watching
young people grow up here and

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and that's not an anomaly.

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So we've had people

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that would come here
every week and come here

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every week from the minute
they start until they're

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18 and they've aged out.

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-I've been involved
off and on for 12 years.

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-And when did you start?

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When I was nine years old.

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I can remember taking classes
here back in the day

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and coming here after school
to hang out at the bike shop,

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even though I wasn't
supposed to be.

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And I just

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fell in love with bikes and
I know we're looking at $13.15.

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-And now he's a staff
person here.

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So yeah, it's really
it's really exciting.

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-Okay, thanks. 
-Yep.

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♪♪ 
-We also have low barrier

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ways for people
to get access to a bike

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like our Bike-O-Rama
for children

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and our Bikes
for All! for adults.

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This is one of our twice a
week volunteer repair parties.

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If it's rusty in here,
then the cable's not falling.

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We offer
bike repair 101,

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which is
our most popular adult class.

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-I first was looking for
a place I could learn

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how to fix bikes.
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And after that,

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I was looking for a place
where I could practice

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the skills I've learned.

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And also a chance
to give back to the community.

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And Bike Works was a
 perfect fit for me. ♪♪ 

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-Bike Works is a place
that empowers

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the people that come to it
and interact with it.

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-I watch the amount of things
we give back

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and I'm out there
daily giving back.

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So we have a really
passionate

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group of individuals
who actually believe

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that in their heart.

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Bike Work is fun.

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Uh, Bike Works is a place
where everyone belongs.

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-Each person you talk to,
they have different

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perspectives and like,

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It's quite enjoyable to 
talk to all of them.

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-And Bike
Works is a place where

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we hang
out and talk about bikes.

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-No, definitely not just a bike shop. 
Definitely not.

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It's much,
much more than that.

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-Watch City Stream
Thursday nights at seven

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