When Juan Morales discovered a flat tire on his BMX one-speed, he knew what he needed: a visit to the Bike Booth. So on a sunny Thursday in August, Morales, 13, walked his bike into the Pescadero Grown! Farmers’ Market and showed his damaged tire to Every Day, the convivial and dexterous bike mechanic on duty at the Bike Booth. She shook her head in mock exasperation. “That’s what happens when you jump your bike too hard and you don’t have good tire pressure. I’m going to get you a new tire,” she told him, reaching into a tall cardboard box and pulling one out. Morales just grinned. He’s a Bike Booth regular, and, being 13, takes a certain pride in how quickly he can destroy a tire doing tricks on his BMX. “This is, like, my seventh time here this summer, “ he said, unabashed. “I just ride all around with my friends, burning tires. We go everywhere.” Every Day looks forward to seeing Morales and his BMX buddies each Thursday at the farmers’ market and teaching them the fundamentals of bike repair. Her easy manner and matter-of-fact repair tips have earned her a weekly entourage of young acolytes who like to help her work on the bikes people bring her – souped-up mountain bikes, road beaters, and everything … Continue reading Puente’s Bike Booth draws a following