August 2010 - TheThinkTank - lists.bikecollectives.org

no boys allowed zine from bikebike?
by veganboyjosh＠gmail.com 27 Sep '18

27 Sep '18

hey all, i'm looking to get in touch with the person who wrote/published the "no boys allowed" zine which was passed out at bikebike in san francisco. it was part of one of the oppression and gender identity issues workshops. we're looking to start a women's night here at community cycles, and i'd like to scan my copy as a pdf and email it to potential volunteers, as well as make some copies to have in the shop... if you're on the list, or if you know the person who wrote it (her name escapes me), please get in touch with me off list... thanks! josh. community cycles boulder

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Is there a collective in New Orleans?
by Jonathan Morrison 06 Dec '12

06 Dec '12

Email me if you know of one. -- Sincerely, Jonathan Morrison Project Coordinator Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 f: 801-466-3856 www.slcbikecollective.org

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Bike Collective Network at Interbike
by Jonathan Morrison 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

The Bike Collective Network will be in booth "L4" (http://ib.goexposoftware.com/2010/goExpo/floorPlan/viewFloorPlan.php) this year for Interbike. Yeah, we got bumped. But it will still be fun. It is that time of year again, where we pack rooms at Circus Circus, ride in crazy alley cat races, attend the NBDA seminars for non-profit applicable nuggets of info, check out the cycling industry's 2011 lines, and... then there are the things that stay in Vegas. A group will be driving out from Salt Lake City, Utah on the 21st. If you are planning on going, need help with badges, rooms, etc.,... please let me know offlist. Sincerely, Jonathan Morrison c: 801-688-0183

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Design contest for bicycle valet parking rack: $250 prize
by Jim Sheehan 09 May '11

09 May '11

Hello, colleagues; The Ohio City Bicycle Co-op <http://ohiocitycycles.org/> has been valet-parking bikes<http://ohiocitycycles.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24%3…>at community events for about 10 years. We have tried many different solutions for portable parking racks for this service including shipping pallets and baby-crib rails, and are now using bike rims<http://ocbc.smugmug.com/Other/Earthfest-2007-2007-04-23/0614091211/83848784…>screwed to three furring strips<http://ocbc.smugmug.com/Other/Earthfest-2007-2007-04-23/0614091210/83848781…>, (the best photos we have are in these links). We're looking for a better solution, as we have several regular yearly events where we need to park up to 300 bikes. As the above-linked photos attest, portability is a primary consideration. Thanks to a grant from Cleveland Colectivo <http://www.clevelandcolectivo.org/>, we are offering $250 to anyone with a better idea. This contest closes May 11th. As explained in the contest parameters<http://ohiocitycycles.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=111:…>, any un-patented existing designs are eligible, and the winning design will be made available to all. Feel free to forward this email to any of your members, or other groups, who might benefit. Good luck! Jim Jim Sheehan Director, Ohio City Bicycle Co-op 1823 Columbus Rd Cleveland, Ohio 44113 216 830 2667 OhioCityCycles.org

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Re: [TheThinkTank] non-petroleum lube
by Michael Wolfe 04 May '11

04 May '11

Page 13 of the 1992 Bridgestone bicycle catalog has a unique recommendation of using olive oil. http://www.sheldonbrown.com/bridgestone/ On 4/2/08, Bob Giordano <mist(a)strans.org> wrote: > > Indoor air quality is tops on our list for a healthy shop atmosphere. We > do not store anything that gives off harmful fumes. Tooth brushes and > simple green (highly diluted) in a small wooden bowl is our parts cleaning > station. We are even moving away from simple green (i've learned it is > harmful to some)- to a citrus based cleaner. > > I guess tri flow is the only thing with fumes in the shop. Often we ask > people to use it outside. I'd like to find a non-petroleum lube. > > -Bob Giordano, Free Cycles Missoula > > > Michael Wolfe wrote: > > Speaking of liver damage, etc.. Wondering if any shops out there have > had > > issues solvent tanks in their shop? The fumes give me a headache but > others > > don't seem to mind it. Mostly I worry about the health effects on the > full > > time people in the shop. Short of installing a hood or ventalation > system, > > what options are there to locate that stuff outside? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Thethinktank mailing list > Thethinktank(a)bikecollectives.org > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… >

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110 Community Bicycle Organizations
by Jonathan Morrison 27 Nov '10

27 Nov '10

We aren't alone. http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Community_Bicy… -- Sincerely, Jonathan Morrison Executive Director Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 f: 801-466-3856 www.slcbikecollective.org

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The 816 Bicycle Collective Makes Plans To Move To A Drier Location
by the816bikecollective Kansascity 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

August 7th, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *The 816 Bicycle Collective Makes Plans To Move To A Drier Location* Kansas City, Missouri – Last winter electrical damage from a constant leaking roof left the 816 Bicycle Collective without electricity for nearly 3 months. Despite this setback, and the freezing temperatures, volunteers setup shop outside, (sometimes in the snow,) to help all-weather bicycle commuters with repairs. The power is on now, it’s 80 degrees hotter, and with community support 816 is preparing the first steps of relocating to a new building, (with a better roof.) The 816 Bicycle Collective is a recycle a bicycle project that has been helping people in the greater Kansas City area earn bicycles and learn about mechanics for the past 3 years. The organization relies completely on donations and community support. *To help raise funds for a new, drier space, the collective is throwing a party themed BIKES ARE HOT at Californos in Westport located at 4124 Pennsylvania, Sunday, August 22nd at 7PM. Entertainment includes – DJ Madeline, live performances from Andean Express - an Andean folk music group, bike races sponsored by KC Cold Sprints, artwork and bicycle frames/parts for silent auction, games and more!* * * We invite you to be a part of our project! For more information, media inquiries, or to find out what you can do to help – Contact: The816bike(a)gmail.com Or call 505-231-1589 Check out our MySpace http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=2… Read an article written about us in *Spectrum * http://spectrum.mcckc.edu/archives/2007-10-26/features/bike.htm We are also currently in need/accepting the following donations - *All are tax deductable under The Greater Kansas City Bicycle Federation* *-Items to raffle – gift certificates, coupons, art, or other merchandise* -Metric box wrenches and Allen keys, or any specialty bike tools -Bike cables, housing, chain lube, grease and degreaser -Helmets and bike locks (cables, chains, u-locks) -Front and rear bike lights -Bike Stands -Printing services ###

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Community Bike Shops and academic research
by fallen.arrows 23 Sep '10

23 Sep '10

ainsley, im on the same page. working on getting some of sopo's ideas formalized and onto collectives/wiki. count me in on, let me know what needs doing. tito @ Fallen.Arrows Direct to Garment Printing Services 858 Dekalb Ave Suite C Atlanta, Ga 30307 cell. 678.907.3892 work. 404.635.6367 www.fallenarrows.com www.fallenarrows.biz Fallen Arrows Print and Design is a custom order no-minimum-necessary print shop in Atlanta, Georgia that is dedicated to building a creative community. On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 10:55 AM, <thethinktank-request(a)bikecollectives.org>wrote: > Send Thethinktank mailing list submissions to > thethinktank(a)bikecollectives.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > thethinktank-request(a)bikecollectives.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > thethinktank-owner(a)bikecollectives.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Thethinktank digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Thethinktank Digest, Vol 48, Issue 9 (fallen.arrows) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:52:29 -0700 > From: "fallen.arrows" <tito(a)fallenarrows.biz> > To: thethinktank(a)bikecollectives.org > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Thethinktank Digest, Vol 48, Issue 9 > Message-ID: > <AANLkTin2Ngz3L_OgTEQ9V34OXjHigEMbFUWFtHpWWauP(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Andrew and ainsley, myself and sopo are into it. Andrew, I spoke with sara > about an international incubator program. I'm currently on vaca, but ill be > home soon and we can go from there. Glad there is lots of positive energy > around this issue. tito > > On Aug 22, 2010 2:13 PM, <thethinktank-request(a)bikecollectives.org> wrote: > > Send Thethinktank mailing list submissions to > thethinktank(a)bikecollectives.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > thethinktank-request(a)bikecollectives.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > thethinktank-owner(a)bikecollectives.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Thethinktank digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Community Bike Shops and academic research. (andrew bushaw) > 2. Re: Bike!Bike! 2010 Notes (Angel York) > 3. Re: Bike!Bike! 2010 Notes (Geoffrey B) > 4. Re: Community Bike Shops and academic research. (Ainsley Naylor) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:15:53 -0500 > From: andrew bushaw <andrew(a)fmbikeworkshop.org> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)bikecollectives.org> > Subject: [TheThinkTank] Community Bike Shops and academic research. > Message-ID: > <AANLkTim-s=uFDzPMRXW_8=0pEzfm=rUr2zLGk7tLaEg8(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Community Bike folk, > I'm trying to settle on a topic for a masters thesis and I'm interested in > doing research into the organizational, legal and funding structures of > community bike shops. I know that at bikebike minneapolis there was a > session called "Plan Voltron" about creating a "cooperative of > cooperatives" > and some of the folks from our bike shop that made it to toronto mentioned > this was also a topic of conversation this year. My first thought is that a > qualitative and quantitative overview or survey of community bike shops > would give a solid base for further work on this idea by identifying needs, > wants, strengths, characteristics, etc. that would be useful to organizing > linkages between shops. > My main focus of study so far has been the "worker centers" movement, which > seem to parallel community bike shops in some interesting ways, such as > being relatively new, decentralized, and fast growing. I think this ( > http://smlr.rutgers.edu/Unions/FineWorker.pdf) study that was done of > workercenters would serve as a good model for one of community bike shops > since it's central aim is to be useful for further movement building. So, > now to the questions: > 1. Does anyone know of any research done on community bike shops, academic > or otherwise? > 2. Would you see this as potentially useful information? Useful enough to > participate in a survey of your shop? > 3. If so, what kinds of things would you like to see research on? > > I would be doing this using both traditional research methods as well as > more "strategic investigation" techniques, meaning that perspective would > be > from within the movement as a participant and their would be a specific > strategic "usefulness" for the end result. > > Wish I could have been at bikebike to pitch this idea personally, but I > know > sara talked to a few folks about it. > > Thanks, > Andrew > FM Community Bicycle Workshop >

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Community Bike Shops and academic research.
by andrew bushaw 09 Sep '10

09 Sep '10

Community Bike folk, I'm trying to settle on a topic for a masters thesis and I'm interested in doing research into the organizational, legal and funding structures of community bike shops. I know that at bikebike minneapolis there was a session called "Plan Voltron" about creating a "cooperative of cooperatives" and some of the folks from our bike shop that made it to toronto mentioned this was also a topic of conversation this year. My first thought is that a qualitative and quantitative overview or survey of community bike shops would give a solid base for further work on this idea by identifying needs, wants, strengths, characteristics, etc. that would be useful to organizing linkages between shops. My main focus of study so far has been the "worker centers" movement, which seem to parallel community bike shops in some interesting ways, such as being relatively new, decentralized, and fast growing. I think this ( http://smlr.rutgers.edu/Unions/FineWorker.pdf) study that was done of workercenters would serve as a good model for one of community bike shops since it's central aim is to be useful for further movement building. So, now to the questions: 1. Does anyone know of any research done on community bike shops, academic or otherwise? 2. Would you see this as potentially useful information? Useful enough to participate in a survey of your shop? 3. If so, what kinds of things would you like to see research on? I would be doing this using both traditional research methods as well as more "strategic investigation" techniques, meaning that perspective would be from within the movement as a participant and their would be a specific strategic "usefulness" for the end result. Wish I could have been at bikebike to pitch this idea personally, but I know sara talked to a few folks about it. Thanks, Andrew FM Community Bicycle Workshop

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Bike!Bike! 2010 Notes
by Godwin ! 29 Aug '10

29 Aug '10

Hey folks, we talked a little about this during the thinktank workshop and I know Ainsley was going to send out a notice to everyone that attended but I thought I'd try to get the ball rolling while its still fresh in our minds. I have added an item for each workshop in the Bike!Bike! 2010 wiki page for notes. If you attended a workshop it would be great if you can put any notes you took into that workshop, or even if you just remember what happened that would be helpful as well. If there is already a writeup for that workshop, it would be helpful if you reviewed it and edited if you can make any improvements. If you're not sure how to use the wiki, do what you can or ask someone. Someone else will likely re-format as long as the text is there. You can find the page here. Thanks everybody! godwin. PS Ainsley: I hope I'm not stepping on your toes here, but also if you're planning on sending out another email to all participants it would still be helpful to include this as there are probably a lot of people not on the thinktank that could help out.

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