July 2018 - TheThinkTank - lists.bikecollectives.org

Webhosting/domains
by Bike City 24 Mar '25

24 Mar '25

Well, I recently threw together some hand-written HTML and slapped it onto a free (and ad-less) webhost. This seemed great at first, regardless of the weird URL. But after lots of other publicity and potential traffic, I've seen it get hacked twice (by a radical Islamic group after the whole host, nothing personal), and lately it's either painfully slow to load or completely down. So, I haven't done this for about a decade and I'm out of the loop. I'm really not willing to suffer any ads, but since our budgeted is obcenely limited for such fluff, does anyone have recommendations? Are there any more reliable ad-free free hosts? (Probably not, for obvious reasons.) Otherwise, how do you guys handle web hosting? How much does it cost? What's a good balance between reliable and affordable? How much is domain registration nowadays? We don't have our 501(c)(3) status yet so we won't get a deal until later this year, by the way. Anyway, please help. It's rough to find time to FTP an update and find the site's down. Thanks, andrea Bike City Recyclery of Fayetteville, Arkansas http://bikecity.uuuq.com/ (hahaha)

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Reusable Repair Checklist Tag
by director 02 May '23

02 May '23

Hey All, We just spent some time and redid the tag we use to track repairs on a bike. I'm sure your shops are similar to ours in that many mechanics of varying skill levels will work on a single bike before it's distributed back to the world for use. This make it challenging to ensure a standard of quality on any given bike leaving the shop. As we fleshed out the tag we realized that it could function loosely as a curriculum. For most mechanics, especially students we suggest starting at the top and working down the list. I've come to realize that no two mechanics will do things in the exact same way, everyone has their own style. We've been suggesting that folks do the first two items in order and then address the rest of the repairs at their discretion. Of course we couldn't put everything on a half page so we had to make compromises. You'll notice as you get closer to the bottom of the tag the categories are a little more broad and don't get into the finer details. We're working on a final check list that will include finer details like checking bearing play, tire wear, fine tune derailleurs and brakes... The final checklist won't hang on the bike but it'll be around the shop and part of our training. Stay tuned for this. We print these double sided, cut them in half and laminate them. We hang them on the handlebars and fill them out with a Sharpie. When the bike is done and gone we clean the Sharpie off with 90% rubbing alcohol and a rag. This allows us to use one tag over and over and over. We've been using these tags for about 2 weeks now and it's been awesome. Communication between mechanics is much clearer and bikes are getting done faster. It's really helped orient Earn-A-Bike students to what needs to be done next on their bike. Anyway if you think it's a good idea feel free to adapt it to your shops needs. -- Ride On! Rich Points http://communitycycles.org Executive Director (c)303-589-0597 (w)720-565-6019 Community Cycles is Boulder's only bike shop dedicated to bike commuting. Find us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/CommunityCycles

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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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Has anyone read Bike Lanes are White Lanes
by jfcaron＠phas.ubc.ca 31 Jul '18

31 Jul '18

Has anyone read this academic work? http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/university-of-nebraska-press/9780803276789/ <http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/university-of-nebraska-press/9780803276789/> Would you recommend it for a bike co-op's library, or for a non-planning-scholar person to buy & read? Jean-François

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Bike!Bike! para todos.
by Fabian W. 31 Jul '18

31 Jul '18

Hi All Please help support participation in Bike!Bike! 2018 by groups from Mexico and Central/South America. We have a Travel Equity program to help fund the very expensive visa process and crazy expensive flight costs. There is a crowd funding site for this purpose: https://bikebike2018.raisely.com/ . Any amount you can contribute you be very helpful. We are also offering some cool gifts. Please help! Gracias, _fabian W.

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Re: [TheThinkTank] : Has anyone read Bike Lanes are White Lanes?
by Stuart Nottingham 30 Jul '18

30 Jul '18

I have. It's well worth reading if you're at all interested in equity in cycling. On Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 16:04 <thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote: > Send Thethinktank mailing list submissions to > thethinktank(a)lists.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)lists.bikecollectives.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > thethinktank-owner(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Thethinktank digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Has anyone read Bike Lanes are White Lanes (jfcaron(a)phas.ubc.ca) > 2. Re: Has anyone read Bike Lanes are White Lanes (Tigre Bici) > 3. Re: Has anyone read Bike Lanes are White Lanes (Stephen Andruski) > 4. Re: Has anyone read Bike Lanes are White Lanes (Steve) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 10:55:03 -0500 > From: jfcaron(a)phas.ubc.ca > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: [TheThinkTank] Has anyone read Bike Lanes are White Lanes > Message-ID: <B49E0956-D49F-4229-B2F2-62B625175636(a)phas.ubc.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Has anyone read this academic work? > > http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/university-of-nebraska-press/9780803276789/ > < > http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/university-of-nebraska-press/9780803276789/ > > > > Would you recommend it for a bike co-op's library, or for a > non-planning-scholar person to buy & read? > > Jean-Fran?ois >

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Bike!Bike! registration
by Vincenzo loco 28 Jul '18

28 Jul '18

This is starting to feel like that new years party you hosted where you start to worry about ppl showing up :P Remember that if you are coming, register now! Also, please sign up to run a workshop ASAP! We want to get those in order soon so we can have a fun weekend planned! Once you have registered, go back to the main page and scroll down to where you can click on the view workshops and then new workshop button. The site will ask for your email to confirm that you are registered. Bike bike bike bike bike bike bike bike bike bikebike.org also plz remember that we have a fundraiser going on to help get folks into the US for B!B! https://bikebike2018.raisely.com/ aaaaand if you wanna help out with bike bike you can sign up to volunteer. *https://tinyurl.com/volunteerBB2018* <https://tinyurl.com/volunteerBB2018> -Enzomatic

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Thethinktank Digest, Vol 142, Issue 3
by Geoff Heath 25 Jul '18

25 Jul '18

This is a reply to Fabian's question re; Travel equity fundraising a while back. Winnipeg raised over $2000 last year for the travel equity fund through a series of monthly bike builds we did for the 4 months leading up to the B!B! conference. We figured that building & selling some bikes was a lot easier than organizing yet another fundraiser, so once a month The Wrench hosted a friday night beer (byob) pizza (paid for by The WRENCH) and wrenching night. We invited any and all mechanics who wanted to contribute to B!B! organizing in an easy, tangible way to come out and wrench on bikes for a few hours. Over 4 such nights we built and subsequently sold 20 bikes with all the proceeds going directly towards the bikebike travel equity fund. It was a really easy way to plug in folks from the extended mechanic community who wanted to contribute to organizing but not in a "sit in meetings" or "deal with piles of emails" sort of way. Winnipeg is blessed with a pretty good stock of donated/salvaged bikes in the summer, so this initiative didn't really "cost" The WRENCH aside from paying for any required consumables (cables, housing, lube) and some cheap pizza once a month. And if we build them, they tend to sell without too much effort. I'd recommend this method to any shops who might want to contribute to raising some $$$ for this important fund. That said, Winnipeg is laying low this summer, so don't expect another 2G coming from us! Sorry! Lookin forward to LA! Cheers, Geoff Geoff Heath, Education Director The Winnipeg Repair Education N' Cycling Hub 1057 Logan Ave. Winnipeg, MB R3E 3N8 Treaty 1 Territory, Homeland of the Metis Nation http://www.thewrench.ca 204-296-3389 On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 3:04 PM, < thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote: > Send Thethinktank mailing list submissions to > thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank- > bikecollectives.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > thethinktank-owner(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Thethinktank digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Bike!Bike! Los Angeles - Travel Equity (Fabian W.) > 2. Re: Bike Collective VS. Simply giving away bikes (DancesWithCars) > 3. Re: Bike Collective VS. Simply giving away bikes (Cycle-Re-Cycle) > 4. Re: Bike Collective VS. Simply giving away bikes (Bike Talk) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 21:39:13 -0400 > From: "Fabian W." <fabian(a)pedaludico.org> > To: "'The Think Tank'" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: [TheThinkTank] Bike!Bike! Los Angeles - Travel Equity > Message-ID: <00d801d41337$d0ee6380$72cb2a80$(a)pedaludico.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > I?m Fabian W. and I?m a member of the Bike!Bike! 2018 ? Los Angeles > organizing committee. One of my specific tasks is to promote and facilitate > participation in our event by Mexican, Central American and South American > bike groups. > > > > There are two main components to this effort: > > > > Promote the event among groups in those regions. > > I?m already reaching out to many across the region but if you know of any > specific ones I would really appreciate the contact information. > > > > Fundraise for our travel equity program. > > Participation by south-of-the-US Border groups is very difficult because of > the cost of visas and airfare. > > Jim Mayerstein from Mexico has shared with me some important background > information about travel equity funding in previous Bike!Bike! gatherings > starting with Detroit. Jim mentioned that a couple of the collectives from > Canada were able to do significant funding towards this (Bike Sauce from > Toronto and Our Community Bikes from Vancouver). > > The Los Angeles Bike!Bike! organizing committee is going to do as much > funding for this as possible but any contributions or ideas from the rest > of > the BikeCollectives community would be very appreciated. > > > > We have started a crowd funding site at: https://bikebike2018.raisely.com/ > . > Any contributions there would help give momentum to that effort. > > > > So, please if you have any ideas or have specific resources in relationship > to both the promotion of the event south-of-the-US Border or, more > importantly, in regards to funding our southern friends please contact me > at > fabian(a)ucla.edu <mailto:fabian@ucla.edu> > > > > Looking forward to meeting many of you in LA in September, > > > > _fabian > > Bike!Bike! 2018, Los Angeles, Organizing Committee > > Professor, Department of Film, Television and Digital Media, UCLA > > Director, PedaL?dico, Buenos Aires, Argentina ( <http://pedaludico.org> > http://pedaludico.org) > > Director, cheLA, Buenos Aires, Argentina (http://chela.org.ar) > > > > > >

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Bike Works in Seattle is hiring a Program Coordinator
by Deb Salls 25 Jul '18

25 Jul '18

Please Spread the word Bike Works in SE Seattle's Columbia City neighborhood is hiring a Program Coordinator to help run our youth and adult programs. This role includes teaching bike repair classes, running bike rides and safety rodeos and maintaining outreach and redistribution of bikes to the community. Each day will be a blend of thiese tasks within a team, requiring collaboration and independnce. *This is an excellent opportunity for someone with shop level mechanic skills who has youth and adult mentoring/teaching experience.* Go to our website for more about this position and info on how to apply https://bikeworks.org/about/job-opportunities/ Deb -- Deb Salls Executive Director 206-695-2607 bikeworks.org Bike Works promotes the bicycle as a vehicle for change to empower youth and build resilient communities.

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Blackstone Bicycle Works is Hiring a Program Manager - Chicago's South Side youth education program and community bike shop
by Matthew Searle 25 Jul '18

25 Jul '18

Hello ThinkTank! We are hiring a Program Manager for Blackstone Bicycle Works. Please help us spread the word. We believe candidates could come from a wide variety of backgrounds and be successful in this role. See the attached job ad. More information can be found on our website here <https://experimentalstation.org/jobs>. Applications are due August 8th. See our most recent video about the program here <https://youtu.be/RACwu05L2UE>. Thanks, Matthew *Blackstone Bicycle Works *is committed to fostering a safe, holistic learning environment that empowers primarily youth of color from Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood and greater South Side community. Its collaborative model and staff engage 180 underserved youth annually in real world experiences such as bicycle repair, small business operation, and teaching roles, in order to break down barriers to future opportunities. The program combines STEM learning, mentoring, tutoring, and anti-violence work into one cohesive experience. Both a youth program and community bike shop, BBW is a program of Experimental Station, a nonprofit incubator of innovative educational and cultural programs, small business enterprises, and community initiatives. ______________ Matthew T. Searle Assistant Director Experimental Station 6100 S. Blackstone Ave. Chicago, IL 60637 USA matthew(a)experimentalstation.org office: 773.241.6044; alt: 773.270.2502 experimentalstation.org <http://www.experimentalstation.org>

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