Time's Up Bike Repair Workshop #1

What a lovely spring day it was yesterday. After work I headed down to the West Village to attend Time's Up's Bike Repair Workshop #1 at their new but temporary location in the West Village called the Hub, at 73 Morton Street, between Greenwich Street and Hudson Street. Time's Up is an environmental organization that promotes biking as a sustainable means of transportation and they provide free classes for people to learn how to fix their bikes. This first Tuesday of April was Basics for Beginners. There were about 10 of us gathered around in chairs and stools in the back of a space reminiscent of a mechanic's garage filled with bicycles of all shapes, sizes and conditions. Our instructor Mark, wearing a black Guinness beer t-shirt, boxers hanging slightly out of the back of his grease-soiled jeans, drinking Canada Dry seltzer every so often -he reminded me slightly of Demetri Martin- used his own bike, propped on a stand, to teach us the basics: the anatomy of a bike, the difference between an aluminum and steel frame, how to take off wheels that have a quick release mechanism, the difference between a freewheel and a fixed wheel, how to fix a flat tire, the rule for pumping your tires -MAKE SURE TO PUMP YOUR TIRES ONCE A WEEK- and how to chain lube the chain which should also be done once a week. He also advised that we should have the following items always on hand:
-patch kit
-tire iron
-mini-pump
-wrench
-needle-nose pliers
-multi-functional tool

I am considering bringing my mutant bike to the open workshop on Thursdays but where to store the monstrosity?

The Time's Up Website.