Learn to make your own panniers and fenders

Even if you can’t remember “righty-tighty, lefty-loosie”, we’ll walk through the steps together to create bucket panniers of our very own. These panniers made from kitty litter buckets are waterproof and virtually indestructible, and even double as camp chairs! They can be made to easily attach and detach to your bike rack, or be fixed to the rack for more security.

If you'd rather have a backpack pannier, bring a backpack. We'll add a hook and bungee system to allow you to hook your trusty pack to your bike, then comfortably take it with you when you reach your destination.

Next we’ll put those old yard signs to good use and make fenders to keep our feet dry through the coming spring rains. These fenders are made for your bike so you can put them exactly where you need them.

Please come to this class with a rack already attached to your bike. We can still make panniers if you have no rack, but they will better fit you and your bike if we can test-fit the panniers on the rack. We are accepting donations of kitty litter buckets, yard signs, and backpacks for this workshop.

Materials fee: $15 for one bucket pannier or $10 for one backpack conversion.

This Community Cycles workshop is being led by Ann Haebig

Howdy gang,
Community Cycles is trying to get a better idea of what issues are
important to cyclists (especially commuter/utilitarian cyclists) in
Boulder, and who it is exactly that bikes here. If you'd like to help
Community Cycles to focus on the issues that matter most to you, you can
fill out this short (~5 minute) survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BoulderBicycling2011
If you know other cyclists who aren't part of this group, it would be
great if you could forward the address to them, or distribute it in
whatever way you see fit (Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
Hope to see you out there on the road!

• Fred

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