Talking about the new bicycle repair station at the Waukegan Public Library are, from left, Annalisa Teresi, Ruby Arreola and Jose Rosa. (Steve Sadin/For the Lake County News-Sun) Talking about the new bicycle repair station at the Waukegan Public Library are, from left, Annalisa Teresi, Ruby Arreola and Jose Rosa. (Steve Sadin/For the Lake County News-Sun) Bicycle riders in the downtown Waukegan area who need to tighten a bolt on their bike or fix a gear now have a place where they can address their concerns at no cost.
Just outside the north end of the Waukegan Public Library is a newly installed bicycle repair station with an assortment of tools attached to cables which can be pulled from the fixture to make needed repairs. An air pump is coming soon.
Jose Rosa, a library service assistant and a member of its Off the Grid Green Committee, said the station also has bars on which a bicycle can be laced so repairs can be made at eye level. People need not twist to get in position. Just beyond the Waukegan Public Library’s bike rack is the new bicycle repair station. (Steve Sadin/For the Lake County News-Sun) “They don’t have to keep it on the kickstand, or kneel over a wheel,” Rosa said. “There’s room for two people to work at once. It does not have to be one person at a time.”
The Deluxe Bike Repair Station became operative on Sept. 5 outside the library in downtown Waukegan, with nine bicycle-repair tools […]
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