The Bike School

“I’ve really enjoyed being able to work with my hands, and learning skills that I can use in real jobs.”

— Ryan, A Bike School Intern

Modern Youth Workforce Development in Chattanooga, TN.

The Bike School is an industry-leading, paid youth workforce development program. The mission of this program is to provide job training in basic bicycle mechanics, sales, inventory management, and amazing customer service to young people in Chattanooga.

The Bike School operates year round at the Two Bikes headquarters located at 1810 E. Main St. Chattanooga, TN 37404. Coming in 2025.

City of Knoxville

Empower Knox program produced a video feature The Bike School in 2023. In the video, the Two Bikes Knoxville Mechanic Instructor, Tanh Cao, talks with a Bike School inter, Connor, about his experience in the program.

FAQs

  • To enroll in the bike school you must be a current high school student in Knox County (ages 14-18).

    Everyone is welcome to The Bike School regardless of race, ethnicity, gender expression, and sexual expression. Come learn about bikes, y’all!

  • 120 hours.

  • Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, or Wednesday, Friday, Saturday

    Weekdays 4:30-7pm

    Saturday 10am-3pm

  • $15/hour

  • Every two weeks.

  • Mechanical and E-Commerce & Sales.

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  • Yep, you gotta choose one. We want to be able to offer the best training within the time allotted based on the pathway that you choose, which means we don’t want to try to squeeze in both.

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  • At this time we can offer freedom passes for the bus and a bike, depending on availability.

  • Nope, sorry but just one internship per kiddo. We want to involve as many different kids as possible, so for now we can’t allow repeats.

  • For sure! Experience like this one is great to include on resumes and college applications.

  • Currently we have the capacity to offer 48 100-hr internships per year.