{"id":304,"date":"2015-08-18T11:09:41","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T16:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagovelodrome.com\/?p=304"},"modified":"2015-08-18T11:09:41","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T16:09:41","slug":"junior-mechanics-needs-participants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagovelodrome.com\/?p=304","title":{"rendered":"Junior Mechanics needs participants!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you trying to squeeze a few more fun activities out of the last days of Summer? \u00a0Have you checked out the bike track in South Chicago yet this year?<\/p>\n<p>Junior Mechanics program, for 13-18 year olds, is lead by one of our Directors <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagovelodrome.com\/?p=179\">Mike<\/a> assisted by <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagovelodrome.com\/?p=220\">Brandon<\/a>, trained through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.experimentalstation.org\/blackstone-bikes\" target=\"_blank\">Blackstone Bicycle Works<\/a>.\u00a0It&#8217;s completely free to the public and will cover basic mechanics skills, starting from flat fixing and basic bike safety. No one wants to be stranded when out and about on a bike, but knowing what to do in those situations builds both confidence and skills!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Runs\u00a0Aug. 11 to\u00a0Sept. 20<\/li>\n<li>Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:30-6:30pm, Sundays 12-3pm<\/li>\n<li>Bring any type bike or come without one and learn on one of ours<\/li>\n<li>Free<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is no need to &#8220;sign up&#8221; for this program so show up without worry of being on a list. We had no participation last week, but understand that it takes time with a new program.\u00a0 If there&#8217;s something we&#8217;re missing, or something that would make the program more attractive, please reach out and let us know.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chicagovelodrome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/junior-mechanics-flyer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-279\" src=\"https:\/\/chicagovelodrome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/junior-mechanics-flyer-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"junior-mechanics-flyer\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chicagovelodrome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/junior-mechanics-flyer-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/chicagovelodrome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/junior-mechanics-flyer-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/chicagovelodrome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/junior-mechanics-flyer.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you trying to squeeze a few more fun activities out of the last days of Summer? \u00a0Have you checked out the bike track in South Chicago yet this year? Junior Mechanics program, for 13-18 year olds, is lead by one of our Directors Mike assisted by Brandon, trained through Blackstone Bicycle Works.\u00a0It&#8217;s completely free to the public and will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagovelodrome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagovelodrome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagovelodrome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagovelodrome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagovelodrome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/chicagovelodrome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313,"href":"https:\/\/chicagovelodrome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions\/313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagovelodrome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagovelodrome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagovelodrome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}