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The Cost of Owning a Car
by Rich Points 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/the-costs-of-owning-a-car/ -- Rich Points Community Cycles Director http://CommunityCycles.org Rich(a)CommunityCycles.org 720-565-6019 Donate your old car to Community Cycles

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carbon credits
by james blesdoe 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

The idea I am proposing is regional, self administered, self funded and self actualized programs. I do not want to wait for government or private bureaucracy to sanction or fund the real value of our cycling activities. A Promise Bikes is actually a commitment made by a bicycle rider to use a bicycle as the primary transportation device in their life. There are several ways participants can enroll in a promise bike program. 1. To pledge to use a bicycle with in a specific geographical area. 2. To pledge to use a bicycle and pubic transportation for all transportation. 3. Agree to log or document miles ridden. 4. Professional cyclist IE. messengers and racers. 5. Documented group rides, critical mass like rides where people use bicycles recreationally and in doing so are choosing to ride instead of drive for and evening. i use critical mass as an example because it is more well known but i really have midnight ridazz in mind. http://www.midnightridazz.com/ is a social phenomena started in Los Angales in 2003 Passing out serialized spoke cards and then riding twenty or thirty miles can add up quickly. Jim

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Women on Bikes
by bike talk 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

Hey all, WOMEN ON BIKES this Saturday. just letting you know... also, Thanks for listening. we had 1835 hits on our kpfk podcast shows so far in March, and 2,605 in February. I asked Ali Lexa, the web guy at kpfk, if that's good, and he said: "Hell yeah, that's better than a lot of shows. Look: http://archive.kpfk.org/stats/usage_200902.html Scroll down to Top 250 of 1710 Total URLs You'll see you are 80 out of 250" keep listening, and keep hitting our link at kpfk! it helps. Nick please let me know if you want to be taken off this list. Hear Bike Talk! on kpfk: http://www.kpfk.org/programs/170-bike-talk.html or see what's new with us at biketalk.us

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Bike Lane on Spring Grove/Press Conference!!!
by MoBo Bicycle Co-op 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

Dear Fellow MoBo Members, Greg Harris, the newest member of City Council, is planning to introduce a resolution requiring a segregated bike lane on Spring Grove when they initiate the rehab process in the next week or two. He'd like to be surrounded by cyclists when he announces the plan on the steps of City Hall, this coming Tuesday at 1:30 pm. Please invite your other cycling friends and wear MoBo t-shirts if you have them!!! This is the first time that a policy maker has initiated a call to the cycling and pedestrian advocates at Bike Pedestrian Action Committee and he needs some decent visibility if he is going to be re-elected in November. Please come out and support this initiative! All my best, Katie Vogel -- MoBo Bicycle Co-op a project of The Village Green Foundation 1415 Knowlton Ave Northside Cincinnati, OH

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Buying chain in bulk
by BovineOaks＠aol.com 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

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Buying chain in bulk
by Cris Shirley 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

Hey! I was referred to this site for buying (bike) chain in bulk. There are several measurements that I don't know what to select: http://www.mcmaster.com/#drive-chain/=1196wd Pitch: (i think this should be 1/2", but maybe it's 3/16) Roller width: ( I thought this should be 3/16ths) Roller diameter: (??) This is what I came up with, I choose steel because it was 1/3 of the price of corrosive resistant steel and 5 times less than Stainless steel. Are these good prices: http://www.mcmaster.com/#drive-chain/=1199db maybe i need to go with the SS which would make this route not worth it Thanks! cris

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Donation tracking
by donaldo donaldson 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

Hey Josh, Yeah its a spread sheet that i log all full bicycles in to. But i am not a computer person(ive only had an e-mail add. for 2yrs & iam still scared of it) it was all set up before i landed @ B.W. I could ask more specific questions about it... Basicly, it logs: Make Model Size (inchs/cm) Wheel size Serial number Destinations Under wheel size i usually make a comment if its a hybrid, low bar fram and if its has steel wheels... Our storage area is a block away from our shop, so its important to had some details before we walk customers over there. We do not assign a monetary value to our donations. Thats for the doner to do when they fill out there tax recipet at the time of the drop off. We trak that with a carbon copy to the doner and the original we keep. Oh yeah, yes i am the donald you foated the river with!!! What an epic time that was....hows life man? Feel free to ask more questions..iam still learning and shaping my postion so we could possibly help each other. Its good to hear that yer still up with the BICYCLES!!! Keep up the good work old friend. Donaldo Villarreal Recycling and Reuse Coordinator Bike Works 3709 S. Ferdinand St. Seattle,Wa 98118 (206)725-9408 Ext.3 --- On Sat, 3/14/09, Bike City <bikecityrecyclery(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Bike City <bikecityrecyclery(a)gmail.com> Subject: Donation tracking To: donaldodonaldson(a)yahoo.com Cc: "Bike City" <bikecityrecyclery(a)gmail.com> Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009, 2:20 PM Hey Donald, Josh here from Bike City Fayetteville, AR. I got your email off the "parts trading" thread. I was wondering how you guys at BW physically record your donations. Is it a spread sheet? Do you assign a monetary value to parts for book keeping? I'm just trying to figure out how to track and record donations-in-kind. Josh p.s. Did you come to arkansas one year and float the buffalo river with us?

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Bike Lane on Spring Grove/Press Conference!!!
by james blesdoe 15 Mar '09

15 Mar '09

Oh I think it is all local and all global. I want to know that is going on in other places, gives us hope and sparks us in thinking about the things we might do. after all it is The Think Tank and by the guide lines of brain storming no idea is to be quashed. now how about them promise bikes?!?!? Jim --- On Sat, 3/14/09, Urban Bike Project Wilmington, DE <urbanbikeproject(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Urban Bike Project Wilmington, DE <urbanbikeproject(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Bike Lane on Spring Grove/Press Conference!!! To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)bikecollectives.org> Date: Saturday, March 14, 2009, 1:36 PM I don't know how others on the list feel, but I'm against posting area-specific announcements about rides, meetings, and other events that don't pertain to everyone on the ThinkTank. Urban Bike Project of Wilmington -a 501(c)3 non-profit bike shop- 1908 N. Market Street (entrance is in the parking lot behind the building) Wilmington, DE 19802 Hours: Thursday 6:30-9:00 Saturday 1:00-4:00 Visit us online at http://urbanbikeproject.org On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:56 PM, MoBo Bicycle Co-op <mobobicyclecoop(a)gmail.com> wrote: Dear Fellow MoBo Members, Greg Harris, the newest member of City Council, is planning to introduce a resolution requiring a segregated bike lane on Spring Grove when they initiate the rehab process in the next week or two. He'd like to be surrounded by cyclists when he announces the plan on the steps of City Hall, this coming Tuesday at 1:30 pm. Please invite your other cycling friends and wear MoBo t-shirts if you have them!!! This is the first time that a policy maker has initiated a call to the cycling and pedestrian advocates at Bike Pedestrian Action Committee and he needs some decent visibility if he is going to be re-elected in November. Please come out and support this initiative! All my best, Katie Vogel -- MoBo Bicycle Co-op a project of The Village Green Foundation 1415 Knowlton Ave Northside Cincinnati, OH _______________________________________________ Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank(a)bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to TheThinkTank-leave(a)bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank(a)bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to TheThinkTank-leave(a)bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.…

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bike talk on killradio.org live
by bike talk 15 Mar '09

15 Mar '09

Hey! listen in please and call. we're live now (213) 252-0998. topics: is the expo line cancelled? bike summit, the lance armstrong ride, sprinting, muscles, feel my legs ride, artcycle -- please let me know if you want to be taken off this list. Hear Bike Talk! on kpfk: http://www.kpfk.org/programs/170-bike-talk.html or see what's new with us at biketalk.us

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Anyone with Paid Staff have Health Insurance?
by Rich Points 15 Mar '09

15 Mar '09

Hey All, The staff at CC has recently grown to three people. In the interest of taking care of the folks who do such a good job of taking care of the shop we're starting to look into health insurance. I haven't done one Google search yet but I thought I'd check in here first. Let me know if anyone has some leads on health insurance for a small staff. Thanks -- Rich Points Community Cycles Director http://CommunityCycles.org Rich(a)CommunityCycles.org 720-565-6019 Donate your old car to Community Cycles

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