December 2015 - TheThinkTank - lists.bikecollectives.org

Care Package Ideas
by Edward Kirkwood 05 Dec '15

05 Dec '15

Our shop has a lot of customers that are homeless or very close to it. We would like to put together a small care package that we would give out to some of our less fortunate customers. Internet searches turn up a lot of good ideas such as toiletries, socks, gloves, etc. Does anyone have any good ideas that are more bike specific? Thanks,AllenBroke Spoke Community Bike ShopLexington, KY

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Membership fees?
by LaBikery 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

Hello! Could you all send me some structures on how your membership fees work please? Ours is currently a $5 lifetime membership, and we're looking into other options and trying to weigh the pros and cons of yearly memberships! Thanks, Mallory at La Bikery :)

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Bike essentials to ship with bikes
by mike r 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; } Here in Albany, NY we have a 401C that is shipping 40 ft shipping containers with needed supplies to 3rd world countries around the world.They have said that they would like to include 5 or so refurbished Mountain Bikes in a container when they can. My thought is to send only 26 inch wheel bikes for standardization. Does anyone have suggestions on what should be included with a shipment of 5 bikes for sustainability?I'm thinking a few (#?) Tubes and Tires.A "good" pump (brand and model?).Patches and Glue (#?)Chain Lube (brand?)Thanks, Mike RozdolskiTroy Bike Rescue, Electric City Bike Rescue, and Mike the Bike Guy (freelance bike giver.).. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad

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We are in a blog!
by Yvonne Rucker 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

New of BikeVON is getting around. Please share the Opportunity Detroit <http://opportunitydetroit.com/blog/bikevon-putting-detroit-youth-fast-lane/> link. Help Detroit to embrace their kids' dreams to become a cyclist on the fast lane! Facebook it, tweeter it, flood social media with the news about the dreams of Detroit kids. Don't forget our GoFundMe <https://www.gofundme.com/bikevon> campaign. -- *Yvonne Rucker* *Executive Director/Founder * *248.225.0601* *bikevon14(a)gmail.com* <bikevon14(a)gmail.com> *Turning dreams into reality...one rider at a time!* Website: www.bikevon.org "LIKE" <https://www.facebook.com/bikevon> us on Facebook Donate: paypal bikevon14(a)gmail.com *Oakland Press Article* LINK: Detroit organization training young cyclist at Velodrome in Rochester Hills <http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20150819/detroit-organization-t…> Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxdYlQN3wwwB4WgIAkgW_A> *Mission: To increase cycling awareness, accessibility, affordability for the youth of color in Metro Detroit ages 11 – 18. To expose the youth to the elite sport of cycling while teaching them the core values of diversity and inclusion, a healthy lifestyle, and community service.* This electronic message and all attachments contain information from the BikeVON of Metropolitan Detroit and its related programs. The message and attachments may contain privileged, confidential information or otherwise be protected from disclosure. The information is intended to be for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended addressee(s), any disclosure, copy, distribution or use of the contents of this message is prohibited unless authorized by the BikeVON or the intended addressee.

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Giving Tuesday
by Yvonne Rucker 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

Please remember BikeVON today. Please take 5 minutes to meet Tyshawn <https://www.gofundme.com/bikevon> and Jackson. Jackson has the skills to go to cycling nationals and Tyshawn just loves the track. But they need your help. *Turning dreams into reality... one rider at a time!* If you have 20 minutes listen to the dreams of all the kids <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVIc7LIf3l8&feature=em-upload_owner>. -- *Yvonne Rucker* *Executive Director/Founder * *248.225.0601 <248.225.0601>* *bikevon14(a)gmail.com* <bikevon14(a)gmail.com> *Educate, Advocate, and Motivate Through Cycling * Website: www.bikevon.org "LIKE" <https://www.facebook.com/bikevon> us on Facebook Donate: paypal bikevon14(a)gmail.com *Oakland Press Article* LINK: Detroit organization training young cyclist at Velodrome in Rochester Hills <http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20150819/detroit-organization-t…> Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxdYlQN3wwwB4WgIAkgW_A> *Mission: To increase cycling awareness, accessibility, affordability for the youth of color in Metro Detroit ages 11 – 18. To expose the youth to the elite sport of cycling while teaching them the core values of diversity and inclusion, a healthy lifestyle, and community service.* This electronic message and all attachments contain information from the BikeVON of Metropolitan Detroit and its related programs. The message and attachments may contain privileged, confidential information or otherwise be protected from disclosure. The information is intended to be for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended addressee(s), any disclosure, copy, distribution or use of the contents of this message is prohibited unless authorized by the BikeVON or the intended addressee.

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