Jeanne and I would never meet on Facebook, " Butler said, "but here we are, talking about bike repair and marketing.

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The organization selects participants carefully to ensure the model will work, and every person who receives a bike on microcredit learns from two community-led workshops: one on microcredit management and savings, the other on bike repair.

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On the sides of this street were luggage stores, bike and auto repair shops, snack stands, and stores that seemed to be packed with a mishmash of imported goods: brooms, hats, or LED shrines upon which to place your Buddha figure.

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But 20 clicks after lunch on a bike at least imparts the illusion of cardio-repair.

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Kadian had been to the repair shop to have the brakes checked on the self-assembled bike hours before the crash.

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