Wrenching: Our Earn-a-Bike and Open Shop programs run throughout the year. Youth learn basic bike repair and grow their mechanical literacy by earning a free bicycle, working on their own bike, or preparing bikes for friends, family members, or the shop.

Riding: A variety of seasonal bike camps, held primarily between March and October, teach essential bike handling and road safety skills for youth throughout the greater Iowa City metro area. We also engage youth in local cycling events, such as introductory bikepacking trips, races, and community group rides, as able.

UpShift: Teens in grades 6-12 interested in immersing themselves more heavily in the Bike Library or in the local cycling scene can track hours in our UpShift youth volunteer program. They perform many of the same volunteer tasks we ask of adult Bike Librarians and pass their growing knowledge on to new and younger participants in our youth programs. UpShift teens can use their earned hours toward bike upgrades/customization and as Silver Cord hours in high school.