Elyria Expert Provides Training for Bike Shop

posted 8/4/20 -- LCCAA has been fortunate to find an expert partner in Ed Stewart of the Elyria Bicycle Education Center.

Ed trains each of our youth in how to repair bicycles first by demonstrating and then by giving them the tools and letting them redo the repairs themselves.

He calls it ‘reverse streaming.’ We call it effective.

After a career operating an advertising business, the Elyria native started the Elyria Bicycle Education Center as a cooperative for biking enthusiasts.

In the process, Ed discovered a number of area residents who rely on their bicycle as their primary means of transportation. That knowledge gave his work a new dimension. Passing on the skill of caring for a bicycle is now a mission to create independence - one he shares without hesitation.

To get the LCCAA Bike Shop up and running, Ed provided 113 hours of instruction - sometimes to as many as 10 youth at once.

He also handles quality control for the Bike Shop and his standards are so ingrained a repair isn’t done until “Ed says it’s done.”

The LCCAA Bike Shop is currently open by appointment only. Contact Bobby Taylor at [email protected].