This Detroit Non-Profit Wants to Spread Bike Culture to Every Neighborhood in the City

Do you remember what it felt like to have your own bike as a kid?

Do you remember what it felt like to have your own bike as a kid? For many of us, it was our first taste of independence.

The Detroit non-profit group Wrench was formed in 2014 to help kids in Detroit have- and learn to repair- their own bikes. The group has given away hundreds of used bikes and now they want to expand their mission to make sure every kid in the city can have a working bicycle. Listen to founder Jean Wilson discuss how Wrench began with WDET’s Amanda LeClaire. 

Go here to find out how to help Wrench.

Author

  • Amanda LeClaire is an award-winning host and producer of CultureShift on 101.9 WDET-FM Detroit’s NPR station. She’s a founding producer of WDET’s flagship news talk show Detroit Today, and a former host/reporter for Arizona Public Media. Amanda is also an artist, certified intuitive and energy healer, and professional tarot reader.