Maker Faire Bay Area 2009

Bike Repair

Stage B , Saturday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM What if everyone in the world could know how to fix anything? That knowledge would empower us to perform repairs ourselves and dramatically reduce the number of devices in landfills. iFixit has successfully shown tens of thousands of people how to repair Macs and iPods, and we are announcing at Maker Faire our new collaborative repair site for people who want to fix the world! Be the very first to learn about this exciting new community. Learn the story behind iFixit and what we're working to accomplish. We'll fix a cracked iPhone screen while we're at it!

Having derailleur problems? Want to know how to fix a flat quickly or adjust your pedals, handles and seat properly? We'll show you how to fix common problems on your bike.

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About the Maker(s)

Kyle Wiens

Kyle Wiens

- iFixit

Kyle Wiens is co-founder of iFixit, a collaborative repair community and electronics parts retailer. iFixit is dedicated to helping people everywhere keep their hardware running longer. He co-authored the original Fixit Guide series of step-by-step repair manuals for Apple hardware while studying Computer Science at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Kyle is a board member of Softec and the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society. He has spoken widely on cloud computing, technical writing, making service documentation accessible to the world, and sustainable consumer electronics device design. In his spare time, Kyle kayaks and tinkers with robots.

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