![]() ![]() You can often see his bikes on display at the Saturday Farmers Market at the Pastry Peddler’s baked goods stand (Colin Hall, pastry chef and peddler is a big cycling fan*). You can check them out in the gallery on his website or you may just see them running around town. They are just beautiful bikes and very ridable. While spending time with Eric and talking bikes is great fun and very educational, the real pleasure comes when you look at (and maybe get to ride) the results of his work. These projects often involve some type of restoration or refurbishing of an old favourite bike and the melding of new technology into retro styling.” This passion shows in the bikes you see in his shop: classic bikes in bold new colours and with great modern components. “My typical customer is a cyclist who has a specific project or idea in mind for a bicycle who can’t necessarily get what they want “off the shelf” at a regular bike shop. That experience is mixed with an equal measure of passion. All told he has worked as a bicycle mechanic for 30 years. Before opening Frog Cycles he ran the bike shop at Wild Rock Outfitters for 10 years. This was followed by work in shops in Kitchener, Cambridge and Guelph as well as out in Kelowna, BC. That bike never did get put back together again and to this day my father still loves to tell that story.” Eric decided he needed to get some real training and at the age of 15 started his career learning about and then fixing coaster brakes and 3-speed bicycles at Braun’s Bicycle in Kitchener. When asked about his training as a bike mechanic, Eric smiles, “When I was 8 years old my bicycle broke and I couldn’t figure out why it wouldn’t work, so I took my father’s bike apart to see how things were supposed to work. Drawing on many years of experience as a master bicycle mechanic, Eric works with them to get their bike back on the road or to help them bring their ideas to reality. Each of his jobs starts with a client with an individual problem or need. His services range from simple repairs to major overhauls to full restorations and custom builds. Working out of a small shop in Northend Peterborough, Eric brings the best of new technology together with carefully reconditioned quality used parts and classic frames to create elegant and timeless bikes for the modern day. Owned and operated by Eric Freeman-Roth, Frog Cycles is salvaging one classic bike after another and restoring them to pristine condition, each one every bit as good as the day they rolled out of the factory and then some. Why She Cycles: Building the Case for Community Bike Repair and Bike Education1973 Raleigh Tourist Bicycle (featuring rod & horseshoe style brakes)įrog Cycles, a small Peterborough bike shop that specializes in refurbishing and repairing bicycles, is a refreshing alternative to the modern bike shop. In this report, we have included the literature review, survey analysis and a final interview analysis. ![]() We found, however, that there were factors that contributed to usage including: purpose(s) for cycling, environmental factors and personal factors, all of which intertwined with social factors such as gender, class and cycling culture. We cannot conclude that there is a relationship between knowledge of bicycle mechanics/repair skills and usage. As well, there is little known about the link between knowledge of bicycle mechanics/repair skills and bike usage. In the literature, a gap in cycling habits has been noted between women and men cyclists, with men riding significantly more than women. The methods used were a literature review, survey analysis and conducting interviews. By Olivia Austin & Melanie Lusted, Completed for: B!KE Supervising Professor: Carmen Teeple Hopkins Trent Community Research Centre, WMST 3031H - Doing Feminist Research: Making Social Change, The aim of this project was to learn more about the link between women’s knowledge of bicycle mechanics/repair skills and women’s usage of bicycles. ![]()
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