Program Helps City Kids Fix Bikes, Build Confidence

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — For many kids, a bicycle is their ticket to freedom. It’s faster than walking, and once you own one, it’s free to use. But there are many kids and their parents who can’t afford to buy a bike.
Near Penn station, in a small space, BYKE is Baltimore Youth Kinetic Energy Collective. Many bikes were thrown away or donated, almost junk. But here, they’re diamonds in the rough. Mostly, the mechanics are kids.
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