[TheThinkTank] Fwd: Re: Bike Shop in a Box

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Thu May 1 04:48:26 PDT 2008 

Trying this from my other account to see if it gets through?

Chris
--- Chris Wells <re-cycles at rogers.com> wrote:

> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:11:22 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Chris Wells <re-cycles at rogers.com>
> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Bike Shop in a Box
> To: The Think Tank <thethinktank at bikecollectives.org>
> 
> Hi Sasha,
> 
> We worked with Bicycles For Humanity to help send a bike shop in a
> box
> to Africa. Here is a link to a page on our website (which includes a
> link to their's):
> 
> http://www.re-cycles.ca/bfh2007.html
> 
> Perhaps they would be interested in doing something similar more
> locally.
> 
> Chris
> 
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> > 
> >      Hi, Everyone.
> > 
> >      I love reading everyone's posts.
> > 
> >      Thanks to the people who have written to me about creating a
> > good bike plan for the Detroit-Windsor region.
> > 
> >      This past weekend, I was talking with some people. People we
> > know were attending the UN Indigenous People's climate change
> > meeting in New York, and we were talking about some things.
> > 
> >       My friends and I were talking about climate change, this time
> > in the context of the aboriginal communities that these friends of
> > mine come from. It was a long and interesting conversation.
> > 
> >       For a little part of it, I talked about bikes, and about how
> > important my bike was to me in Detroit and about how my bike shapes
> > my world view and my thoughts about community planning, etc.
> > 
> >       They all drive trucks, these friends of mine, even the ones
> > from the city, and they think I'm a little nuts for riding my bike
> > everywhere, but they could also see an increased potential for
> > bikes in some of their communities.
> > 
> >        In some of their communities, bikes are not so practical. In
> > others, they could be made into a more functional option for
> day-to-
> > day practical use, if there was an infrastructure to support them-
> > a place to get bikes, a place to go to repair them, etc.
> > 
> >        We wondered about a "Bike Shop in a Box"-- could you get a
> > big rubbermaid tub and put a whole bike shop into it? (Maybe two
> > tubs plus a stand?) Could you make such a thing that would be easy
> > to ship North or into the B.C. interior, by train or plane etc.?
> > 
> >         Do the people from "Bikes Not Bombs" know how to do this--
> > have some of you done this before? Is there a good way of doing
> > this already known?
> > 
> >         What should go into the box, and how could we make this
> > economical-- is there an economy of scale-- how many Boxed Shops
> > would you need to create to get a good deal on the tools, do you
> > think? Would suppliers be interested in creating a 'Shop in Box' as
> > a product to offer through their catalogue, even?
> > 
> >          We're just thinking about the feasibility of this right
> > now. For lots of reasons, it might be a dumb or unworkable idea,
> > but one worth checking out. If any of you have done this, or if you
> > know what the best things to put into the box are, please e-mail
> > me.
> > 
> >                                          Sasha
> > 
> > On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:56:20 -0400 "Urban Bike Project Wilmington,
> > DE" <urbanbikeproject at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >"we still have the Bike Against! stencil and about ten different
> > >colors of spray paint..."
> > >
> > >Rafael, is that why you changed your name?  I can only imagine the
> > >positive message this has spread in Fort Collins...
> > >
> > >Jennifer,
> > >
> > >I think you want a name that instantly gives people a snapshot of
> > >what
> > >you do.  Mike's comment rings pretty true.  Often people will call
> > 
> > >or
> > >email about donating bikes and then ask what it is exactly that we
> > 
> > >do.
> > > If you do bikes and art call it something with bikes and art and
> > >you'll be set.  The Bike Gallery or something innocent.  BICAS'
> > >name
> > >is pretty cool and explanatory.
> > >
> > >Once you pick it, stick with it.  Like Rafael said, your shops
> > >actions/quality are more important than the name.
> > >
> > >Brian
> > >
> > >On 4/28/08, bike against <bikeagainst at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Hey Jennifer and all, Rafael from Fort Collins,CO here...
> > >>
> > >> I agree with Rachel, keep it simple...
> > >>
> > >> I believe the name does not make the project, the PROJECT makes
> > >the name,
> > >> just like band names, as long as the music is good people will
> > >dig the
> > >> name...
> > >>
> > >> In our case, for the first four years our project was known as
> > >the Bike
> > >> Against ! collective or Co-op and due to our current situation
> > >we are now
> > >> just called The Fort Collins Bike Co-op...  yeah,is not radical
> > >but it
> > >> doesn't have to be. We still have the same ideals and philosophy
> > 
> > >that gave
> > >> birth to the organization and again, the quality of your work is
> > 
> > >ALL that
> > >> matters in the end.
> > >>
> > >> By changing our name we were able to have access to a lot more
> > >resources
> > >> and therefore help a lot more people.
> > >>
> > >>  As for the militant riders out there,who believe that riding a
> > >bicycle as
> > >> main or ONLY means of transportation is also an act of political
> > 
> > >expression
> > >> and resistance,we still have the Bike Against! stencil and about
> > 
> > >ten
> > >> different colors of spray paint...
> > >>
> > >> Also there's less risk that the name will be already taken.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Rafael Cletero
> > >> Project Coordinator
> > >> Fort Collins Bicycle Co-op
> > >> ph (970) 484 38 04
> > >> www.fcbikecoop.org
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> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >--
> > >Urban Bike Project of Wilmington
> > >1908 N. Market Street (entrance is in the parking lot behind the
> > >building)
> > >Wilmington, DE 19801
> > >
> > >Hours:
> > >Thursday 6:30-9:00
> > >Saturday 1:00-4:00
> > >
> > >Visit us online at http://urbanbikeproject.org
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