Bicycle Maker
By: Andrew Siboniso Gininda
The tires that are put together to be used on the bicycles
Beginning business is one of the best ways of
eradicating or reducing living below the bread line. When a large number of
people thought of a business as selling fruits and vegetables, hairdressing and
so on, Ayanda Kweletsi Mabilo, 22 from Soshanguve Block CC decided to showcase
his God given talent of manufacturing and fixing bicycles.
Some of the bicycle that Ayanda made
A bicycle, often called a bike or cycle, is a
human-powered, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached
to a frame, one behind the other. Ayanda started fixing bicycles at the age of
nine, and manufacturing them started in 2014 March at the backyard of his home.
“I grew up with the love and passion for bicycles. My parents managed to get me
two bicycles when I was young and when they got broken I fixed them myself, and
that is when I saw what I was capable”, said the young entrepreneur.
Ayanda showing of one of his bicycles
He further said that when he noticed how he was
showered with customers, he then decided to manufacture them from scratch and
he has already sold more than 150 bicycles. “One of his customers Kagiso Gassa,
16 from Boepathutsi Junior Secondary School, said that Ayanda makes cycling
easy for him because he services his bicycle time and again. “I value bicycles
because I can ride it anytime and its fast for short distances.
“Bicycles are no motor-fuel consumption, they are an
exercise and there is no resulting pollution from them’’, said Mabilo.
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