[TheThinkTank] one million bicycles?

Wed Jun 11 10:40:52 PDT 2008

(Why a $5 fee? Here's the breakdown from Kurmaskie: For every dollar raised,
75 cents goes to the repair and tune-up of used bikes and the purchase of
new bikes for the giveaway; 15 cents goes to promotional and ride/rally
support; 10 cents goes to administration.)

The question is logistical.  Where do you keep these bikes until August 9,
2009? How do you distribute them and make sure people that get the bikes
actually participate in a rally?

I know our shop doesn't have capacity to store a bunch of bikes around and
I'd rather see them being ridden in the meantime.

Interesting idea..

Brian

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Wilbur Ince <Wilbur at wilbur.us> wrote:

>  Andy, Bruce,
>
> Please check your comments here.  Have you investigated this enough to say
> the things you did, or are you broadcasting your 'gut reaction'?  If someone
> said those same things about your organization without really checking out
> the facts first would you be offended?
>
> We are all trying to do what we think is right.  We are all trying to help
> other people.  Creating unwarranted innuendo can have a crushing effect on
> projects like this.
>
> Bruce, rather than asserting 'simple math', look into this and return a
> thoughtful informed report back.  Everyone would love $5 million, but could
> you deliver 1 million bikes?  That math does not look so good in that
> light.
>
> Andy, I totally disagree with your assessment.  I followed the links and
> read something about the people that are doing this.  To me, it looks like
> this is being taken on by people who ARE aware of collective bike shops, and
> have a record of succeeding at local organizing projects.  Read into this,
> they are building a national movement by doing just what you suggested -
> becoming more organized and creating a national event and awareness.  They
> ARE relying on you to do this!  The $5 is to incorporate the masses to
> participate.
>
> You people are doing great things out there as collective bike shops!
> Whenever you encounter someone: a sponsor, a customer, another organizer,
> think well of them and treat them with the respect they deserve.  They will
> see your optimism and react to you in a different way!
>
> Rock on!
>
> Wilbur Ince
> Sibley Bike Depot
> Saint Paul, Minnesota
>
>
>
>
>
> Bruce Lien wrote:
>
>   I think the essence of this lies in the fact that each person is to
> register and pay $5 to do so. Simple math says that this times one million
> will equal $5,000,000. I wish I thought of this. Bruce
>
> --- On *Wed, 6/11/08, Andy Dyson <andy at neighborhoodbikeworks.org><andy at neighborhoodbikeworks.org>
> * wrote:
>
> From: Andy Dyson <andy at neighborhoodbikeworks.org><andy at neighborhoodbikeworks.org>
> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] one million bicycles?
> To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank at bikecollectives.org><thethinktank at bikecollectives.org>
> Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 7:56 AM
>
>  I registered.
>
> Remains to be seen if it's a scam.  Looks like it's done by people who are
> not aware that there are people who are already distributing free bikes
> (possibly by the million...perhaps we should be more organized and
> collectively compile our achievements somewhere..  another Bright Idea from
> Someone who Doesn't have Time to Do It Themselves....).  Either that or they
> are aware of us and don't care
>
> Who is going to renovate those million bikes?  I try to look at everything
> as having the potential to be a good partnership for NBW.  This certainly
> could be, but I can't seem to find a non profit with that name or address.
> Anyone can get a .org e-mail.
>
> Certainly would like to see this take off, at least in the form that I
> imagine it could
>
> Andy
>
>
>
> veganboyjosh at gmail.com wrote:
>
> have any of you heard of www.onemillionbicycles.org?
>
> seems like something people on this list could maybe get behind/help out in
> a big way with...
>
> i just came across the website, and the mission sounds solid. i dunno about
> the delivery/project specifics.
>
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