Teaching Resources

Many community bicycle collective do some kind of teaching, so if your organization is thinking of starting up a youth program, an "Earn-a-Bike" program, or some other instructional program, you don't need to re-invent the wheel.

Teacher Training Manuals

Browse through these various manuals to see which curriculum works best for you:

Earn-A-Bike Programs

• Wiki version of Youth Earn-A-Bike Curriculum (Wiki) by Community Cycles
  • Youth Earn-A-Bike Curriculum (PDF) by Community Cycles
  • "Bicicletas para Jóvenes" Plan de Estudios (PDF - Español) por Community Cycles
• Earn-a-Bike Curriculum (Wiki) by SLCBC
• Instructor's Manual for the Earn-A-Bike Program (PDF) by Bikes Not Bombs
  • Earn-A-Bike Instructor Training Manual (Wiki - incomplete) by Bikes Not Bombs
• Earn-a-bike Activity Book (PDF) by Neighborhood Bike Works

Other Manuals

• Tools For Life: A Start-up Guide for Youth Recycling and Bicycling Programs (PDF) by George Roman Babiak, Karen Overton and Transportation Alternatives
• One Revolution at a Time: A Guide to Starting and Running Youth Bike Ride Clubs (PDF) by Karen Overton, Audrey Warren and Recycle-A-Bicycle
• English Language Immersion Program (Wiki - incomplete) by Ignacio Rivera de Rosales with BICAS

Specific topics for instructors

• Picking Bikes and Bike Anatomy
• Bearing Systems Teacher Training
• Tires and Tubes Teacher Training

Teaching Aids

Reusable Repair Checklist File:Community-cycles-repair-checklist.pdf

Illustrations and Graphics are great visual aids for any class or program and can make simply hanging around a community shop a learning experience.

Maintenance Class Syllabuses

• VeloCity Basic Class (draft)