Founded in 2009, the Oasis Bike Workshop is a year round earn-a-bike program that empowers Nashville's young people with alternative transportation. Since it's inception, over 1200 young people have rolled out the door on bikes that THEY rebuilt and customized.
The workshop has grown into a nationally recognized program (*check out our STORIES tab for the NPR and CNN coverage!) and community effort that is now supported by much of Nashville's cycling community, helping us to serve over 120 young people each year. Through this free, volunteer-powered program, youth participate in weekly workshops in which they custom build their own bicycle from the frame up, and are trained in bicycle safety and maintenance. Upon completion of the workshop, each participant rides away with their own bicycle, as well as a new helmet, lock, lights, toolkit and a bit of grease under their fingernails as proof of their new skill set. This empowers them as advocates for alternative transportation, connects them to their city and promotes safe cycling in their communities as they use their new skills to help Empower. Rebuild. Ride On.
The workshop has grown into a nationally recognized program (*check out our STORIES tab for the NPR and CNN coverage!) and community effort that is now supported by much of Nashville's cycling community, helping us to serve over 120 young people each year. Through this free, volunteer-powered program, youth participate in weekly workshops in which they custom build their own bicycle from the frame up, and are trained in bicycle safety and maintenance. Upon completion of the workshop, each participant rides away with their own bicycle, as well as a new helmet, lock, lights, toolkit and a bit of grease under their fingernails as proof of their new skill set. This empowers them as advocates for alternative transportation, connects them to their city and promotes safe cycling in their communities as they use their new skills to help Empower. Rebuild. Ride On.
