 Shortly after I moved from Texas to the Lafayette area, I realized how much I was missing my bike very quickly. Literally within the first couple of weeks after moving here, I was in the shop building my own bike and learning all kind of bike skills. I love the fact that I built my bike because I would have never thought in a million years I would be, I would build a bike, much less learn how to, you know, oil and clean my chain and take things off and, you know, and to work with the bike so intimately. So it's a sense of pride that I was able to build my own bike. When I talk about my bike, it's just like, yeah, I built that. I built that. Biking is extremely therapeutic for me and it's a way to get good exercise. Of course, less carbon emissions and as I got more and more into it, I decided to sell my car and just go bike. So I've been carless for a year and a half. I'm seeing Selena Grove when she first started coming here. She did the earn a bike program. So she didn't know a whole lot about bike mechanics, but I definitely seen her gain a lot of skill. Teaching the class with her was really fun. I was completely honored to be asked to be a part of the Women's Complete Mechanics series because, unfortunately, there aren't too many opportunities in our community for women to really learn these skills and to be comfortable in that. I was just thrilled at the fact that I was asked and I could provide that for other women who want to get more hands-on with biking. I think that the biggest impact community cycles has in the community is just providing a viable mean of transportation that's cheap for people. I think it makes a huge difference in the lives of people who can't afford a car. We also work very closely with the city on advocacy stuff. We're trying to keep cyclists and boulder safe. That's our main goal, to see more people ride bikes. It's not just me being a participant in the bike community and using it to commute and using it in a therapeutic way and to enjoy the sights and the scenery here. It's like now I'm endowed with these skills where I can help other people build their bike and integrate them into this community. I love community cycles and I don't know. I really don't know where I would be if community cycles wouldn't have been here.