Caitie Miller, Bikes Together
“So we kind of have two parts of the shop. This is the program side. We have ‘fixing breaks,’ which are times people can come in and work on their bikes. There’s an education piece to it and it’s all pay what you can. We also refurbish bikes to give away to programs we partner with—Denver Housing Authority, Urban Peak, St. Francis Center… and then this is our work shop space. We sell used parts, so that's what all of these bins are full of—different bike parts, different colors…”
“We’ve been around for about 11 years. Since COVID, we’ve had to redo a lot of our programming. We also do a bike camp for youth and have had to suspend that. We’ve taken a pretty significant financial hit, but fortunately, we haven’t had to let anyone go. It’s certainly been stressful. We’ve started doing morning check-ins. We kind of see like, how are you coming into the day, what are your needs, how can we support each other, and what does that support look like?” — Caitie Miller, Bike Mechanic at Bikes Together
