{"id":5284,"date":"2019-08-01T00:45:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T17:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/studentmedia\/?p=5284"},"modified":"2020-09-16T03:48:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T20:48:36","slug":"photo-story-yellow-bike-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/photo-story-yellow-bike-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Story: Yellow Bike Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Photo and Text by Antonio Cueto Gonzalez<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">It started as a garage project in 1997. The idea was to release fixed-up yellow bicycles around town for anyone who needed free and convenient transportation. Twenty-two years later, Austin\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/austinyellowbike.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yellow Bike Project<\/a> has evolved into a story of success that has earned the non-profit organization its iconic place in the city\u2019s celebrated culture. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">The Yellow Bike Project is a 501c(3) non-profit organization with a simple yet ambitious mission: to get people on bikes in Austin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/08\/final01.gif\" alt=\"Dawn Horton\" data-id=\"5285\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/photo-story-yellow-bike-project\/final01\/\" class=\"wp-image-5285\" \/><figcaption>Austin&#8217;s Yellow Bike Project volunteer, Dawn Horton, examines the tightness of bicycle wheel spokes by using a turning stand. May 2, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/08\/final10.gif\" alt=\"Double-duties\" data-id=\"5294\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/photo-story-yellow-bike-project\/final10\/\" class=\"wp-image-5294\" \/><figcaption>A customer and a volunteer coordinator, who double-duties as a shop clerk, inspect a restored bike one last time before taking it home. Austin, Texas. April 25, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/08\/final09.gif\" alt=\"Hardware and Pieces\" data-id=\"5293\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/photo-story-yellow-bike-project\/final09\/\" class=\"wp-image-5293\" \/><figcaption>A volunteer scrambles through an assortment of hardware and pieces, looking for a pair of matching handlebar mirrors. Austin, Texas. May 9, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/08\/final08.gif\" alt=\"Stephen Piyor\" data-id=\"5292\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/photo-story-yellow-bike-project\/final08\/\" class=\"wp-image-5292\" \/><figcaption>Volunteer, Stephen Piyor, struggles to find where to put a misplaced airhorn among the crates full of strayed bicycle accessories. Austin, Texas. May 9, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/08\/final07.gif\" alt=\"Rob Greenfield Teaching\" data-id=\"5291\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/photo-story-yellow-bike-project\/final07\/\" class=\"wp-image-5291\" \/><figcaption>Volunteer coordinator Rob Greenfield teaches volunteer Kalina Guerra, 8-years-old, how to use a wheel turning stand. Austin, Texas. April 25, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/08\/final06.gif\" alt=\"Enrique Mejarada\" data-id=\"5290\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/photo-story-yellow-bike-project\/final06\/\" class=\"wp-image-5290\" \/><figcaption>Enrique Mejarada works on his earn-a-bike, using a chain tool to attach links to fit correctly. Austin, Texas, May 2, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/08\/final05A.gif\" alt=\"Customer\" data-id=\"5289\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/photo-story-yellow-bike-project\/final05a\/\" class=\"wp-image-5289\" \/><figcaption>A customer of the Yellow Bike Project searches for a replacement for his wheels among repurposed rims. Austin, Texas. April 25, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/08\/final04.gif\" alt=\"Sprockets\" data-id=\"5288\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/photo-story-yellow-bike-project\/final04\/\" class=\"wp-image-5288\" \/><figcaption>New sprockets are added to a cogset by a coordinator who teaches a volunteer how to repair a freewheel cluster. Austin, Texas. May 9, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/08\/final03.gif\" alt=\"Garret Man\" data-id=\"5287\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/photo-story-yellow-bike-project\/final03\/\" class=\"wp-image-5287\" \/><figcaption>Volunteer Garrett Man raises his hand to call for a coordinator&#8217;s assistance; Juan Padilla unseats a tire bead from its rim. Austin, Texas. May 9, 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2019\/08\/final02.gif\" alt=\"Yellow Bike Project Shop\" data-id=\"5286\" data-link=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/photo-story-yellow-bike-project\/final02\/\" class=\"wp-image-5286\" \/><figcaption>Volunteers, workshop attendants and coordinators work in their respective bike stands at the Yellow Bike Project during open workshop hours on a Thursday eventing. Austin, Texas. April 25 , 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo and Text by Antonio Cueto Gonzalez It started as a garage project in 1997. The idea was to release fixed-up yellow bicycles around town for anyone who needed free and convenient transportation. 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