By Michael J. Hartlaub
The Norcal Cadette Girl Scouts 33519 led by Beth Detwiler came out to the pump track to provide some community service and earn their Silver Award Project by volunteering to build a bike repair work stand and tool box at our newly constructed pump track. Our builders were Maddie Stein, Sylvie Arestidies, and Charlotte Vance who came up with the concept to build a bike repair stand and tool box to help on-the-fly bike fixes.
Our heroic and kind scouts not only came up with a winning design concept for a bike stand, but also hand made and welded the steel stand and crafted a hand built and painted tool box. Our scouts came out, worked hard to dig through the dry-hard Oakland soil, mixed the concrete and planted the tool stand in a location adjacent to the pump track, near the Kiosk. The stand comes complete with a multitude of Park Tools (TM) wrenches, allen keys, screw drivers, and tire levers. Perfect for the on the trail repair and adjustment. The box is also a perfect place to donate extra tubes for a biker in need.
Stop by the pump track and tune up your ride on this awesome new bike repair stand brought to you by our local Girl Scouts Troop. And let’s give a big thank you to Maddie, Sylvie and Charlotte for the fine workmanship!
