Together with our partner, Yukon-based technology startup SpinReg Technologies, we have been brainstorming how we can assist families during this challenging COVID-19 period. Currently, there is a fleet of 6,500 Sparks Fly stationary bikes sitting idle in classrooms. This week, we are launching an initiative we are calling the Bike Library, through which we aim to set up a program that could bring these bikes into the homes of students, where parents and children are looking for solutions to challenges around un-regulated energy. Households have now become the home-school-office-gym and we would like to offer a way to temporarily relocate these bikes to homes where they can help to keep students active during the current suspension of classes and associated self-isolation period. We will have more details about the Bike Library in the coming weeks and which teacher champions are leading the charge in your area.
Here in Whitehorse we have two stationary bikes currently located at Northlight Innovation, where they have been used for SpinReg’s software research and have also provided an opportunity for Northlight members to have active breaks in the co-working space. In the spirit of the Bike Library initiative, we are relocating these two bikes Yukon households until classes resume.