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Fwd: We want your opinion - on live radio...
by bike talk 29 Dec '09

29 Dec '09

Hey Spokes Folks, It's Jim C. here, and I'm writing to invite, no, to convince you to be heard - and not just by the online Bike Talk group this week. This coming Tuesday, December 29th, Bike Talk will get its first live broadcast show on KPFK, 90.7 FM from 11PM til midnight Pacific Time - you can check them out here <http://www.kpfk.org/>. Who listens to the radio these days? Well, you might be surprised. KPFK is a groundbreaking Pacifica station that broadcasts many great shows including my personal favorite, 'Democracy Now!' - here<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPFK>is a link to the KPFK wikipedia page. KPFK is considered a progressive radio station that leans a little farther left than other media stations. OK, so now you know the setup. How can you help? We'll be talking about most things bike, starting with a brief synopsis of bike-friendliness in cities by author Jeff Mapes (Pedaling Revolution<http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=0870714198&PID=33501>), and followed by a short critique of bike-friendliness in LA and what the city is doing to address cyclists' issues with its proposed Bicycle Master Plan. This is where we need you to call in - (818) 985-5735. What would you like to see improved in our city? Most of the listeners of this show will probably be driving in their automobiles. We want to bridge the gap between drivers and cyclists, so let's talk about what we want to see, not what we battle. We should save the fight for the next show - our focus with this show is to celebrate the bicycle and how it improves the quality of our lives. So call in and address the Bicycle Master Plan - (818) 985-5735, and tell us your ideas for improving cycling in our city. We'll be following up these segments with some bicycle culture, a year-end review from Streetsblog <http://la.streetsblog.org/>'s Damien Newton, calendar and news, and hopefully, some bicycle back story combined with clips from our interview with Richard Schwinn. We can't wait to hear from YOU! -Jim C Bike Talk! <http://archive.kpfk.org/parchive/index.php?shokey=biketalk> and Orange 20 Bikes <http://orange20bikes.com> -- please let us know if you want to be taken off this list. Hear Bike Talk! live on www.killradio.org, 10am-noon Saturdays. Call in at (213) 252-0998. Hear the podcast at kpfk.org: http://www.kpfk.org/programs/170-bike-talk.html See what's new with us at www.biketalk.us Follow us at bike_talk_kpfk on twitter.com

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moving a community bike shop
by Mark Rehder 28 Dec '09

28 Dec '09

And speaking of moving, here are photos of our last move: http://www.re-cycles.ca/2008move.html Mark

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New Year!
by Ainsley Naylor 28 Dec '09

28 Dec '09

Hey all, Really I just want to see the subject change, so I'd like to see folks throw out some ideas of wishes, dreams, plans and schemes they are hoping for in the new year. We at Pirates have a few - it always seems hard to implement drastic changes, so the new year seems a good excuse. Here's some things on our list: Changing our locks. there have been a number of key-holders who have come and gone, and we never changed the locks when we first moved into our building. Better security and a better system of designating key-holders is a top priority. Tracking sales. right now all of our cash just goes into the donation box, and not all new parts are *necessarily* paid for in full. We need to ensure we charge for all new items as well as (gulp) starting to charge all applicable taxes and track these sales! Do our taxes for the first time!!! Volunteer training. Right now we just have an orientation to introduce people to the space. We would like to have some basic training, including some anti-o/sensitivity and some way of designating who is a volunteer and who is a participant in the space. Any suggestions or input on the best way to implement any of these changes would be most appreciated. What are your goals for the new year? Ainsley and The Pirates.

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My personal email address
by Bike City 28 Dec '09

28 Dec '09

Hey dudes, When you feel entitled to attack me off-list, go ahead and send it to the.attica(a)gmail.com, so my work email doesn't get so cluttered. Thanks! Andrea On 12/27/09, Bike City <bikecityrecyclery(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Activist Scenes are No Safe Space for Women: On Abuse of Activist > Women by Activist Men > http://www.kersplebedeb.com/mystuff/feminist/activist_abuse.html > > > On 12/27/09, Mark Rehder <mark(a)re-cycles.ca> wrote: >> On 27-Dec-09, at 5:38 AM, Bike City wrote: >> >> (snip) >> >>> More generally, white dudes got us in this mess we're in. Oppression >>> is completely unsustainable. Now their colonizing, industrializing >>> asses want to be in charge of the clean up crew? They have a >>> thoroughly dastardly track record, so if they're not going to let >>> anyone else have a turn, we'd better at least keep an eye on 'em. >> >> >> You are guilty of the same attitude if you are going to use this >> broad a brush. >> >> With each community bike collective someone saw a need and got one >> going. The bike biz has been mainly male-oriented, so mainly guys >> have started these shops. But it does not have to stay that way, and >> at least these shops get started, and are presumably / hopefully >> being inclusive. And this model is ideally a step forward compared >> to a typical for-profit consume-all sports store. >> >> Please let us know of any examples where women were told "no, you >> cannot start a community bike shop, only men can do that". Yes, the >> bike industry in general can be fairly "macho", which is why I would >> much rather be with our community bike shop than a typical for-profit >> one. We've created it, and we can set its tone. Maybe our type of >> shop will be the way of the future, pushing out the old macho for- >> profit consume-all crap? >> >> Your anger may prevent you from believing that there actually are men >> who have been aware of the oppression and sexism from early in their >> lives, and have been trying to do something about it (just as there >> were white people who helped put an end to slavery). A guy can often >> make himself very unpopular with other men when he calls them on >> their behaviour (sexist, racist, whatever). But it needs to be done, >> for everyone's sake. And sure, feel free to "keep an eye on us" as >> we try to fight the crap... >> >> Mark >> _______________________________________________ >> 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.… >> > > > -- > Bike City Recyclery > Fayetteville, Arkansas > http://www.bikecityrecyclery.org/ > -- Bike City Recyclery Fayetteville, Arkansas http://www.bikecityrecyclery.org/

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From a squatted truck factory: The tandem cargo trike
by Cascadian Fox 27 Dec '09

27 Dec '09

Hello, Built inside the old renault industrial vehical factory: the tandem cargo trike. Built to haul more dumpstered madness that a regular cargo trike, it can pull 2 trailers, some of them double wide double long (some pics are on our critical mass page: http://velorutionlyon.free.fr/article.php3?id_article=261 http://velorutionlyon.free.fr/article.php3?id_article=263 Is this a new invention ? If you or anyone you know is traveling in europe, they are welcome to stop by and built bikes, we have plenty of space, about 170 squared meters of floor space and about 150 squared meters of storage space. plus a huge indoor bike polo terrain. we are located in lyon france vélorutionnairement, Fox

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Order Your Bike Saviours 2010 Calendar Today!!
by Heather Hoch 24 Dec '09

24 Dec '09

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You rock, thinktank
by Clifford McCarten 18 Dec '09

18 Dec '09

Happy holidays, thinktank. What I like about you: It's a real pleasure feeling connected to the world. The internet, for me, fails a lot in this regard. But the listserv action is so human and humane, so sincere and useful. It was a wonderful discovery about two years ago to come upon an active discussion of everything we were facing and more, like a light in the darkness! Merci, merci. I hope you all have an excellent new year, as people and organizations. Best, Clifford McCarten B!KE: The Peterborough Community Bike Shop 400 Wolfe St, Peterborough ON http://www.communitybikeshop.org On 2009-12-18, at 4:07 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. Biketalk live on-air kpfk first time! (bike talk) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:32:03 -0800 > From: bike talk <livebiketalk(a)gmail.com> > To: undisclosed-recipients:; > Subject: [TheThinkTank] Biketalk live on-air kpfk first time! > Message-ID: > <d0ea0faa0912181232m4a774e71m8713a38d8ad691fb(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > BikeTalk, our internet show about bike culture, politics, technology, sport, > and friendliness, airs live for the first time on FM on Tuesday, December > 29th, at 11pm on 90.7 kpfk Los Angeles. > > We'll try to include a calendar of upcoming events and all the bike news, so > if you have anything to share, please let us know. And if you listen, call > in! >

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Biketalk live on-air kpfk first time!
by bike talk 18 Dec '09

18 Dec '09

BikeTalk, our internet show about bike culture, politics, technology, sport, and friendliness, airs live for the first time on FM on Tuesday, December 29th, at 11pm on 90.7 kpfk Los Angeles. We'll try to include a calendar of upcoming events and all the bike news, so if you have anything to share, please let us know. And if you listen, call in!

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bikebikene on blog
by andrew lynn 16 Dec '09

16 Dec '09

hi all, i am a bikeblogger for the local paper here and upon realizing that it was my turn (!) this morning, i turned to blogging a bit about bikebike to the general public and here it is... http://blog.timesunion.com/bike/bike-bikes-all-around/693/ it is really not as thought out as my previous posts, which you can see here: http://blog.timesunion.com/bike/category/bloggers/andrew-lynn/ but i dropped some other shop links and thought the thinktank might enjoy. feel free to comment, as a lot of the blog has turned out to be about racing and stuff and pretty hyper local. good to get some outside voices if you desire. over and out andrew TBR -- andrew lynn | 518-573-7947 | troy, ny digital media | bike repair | tree work http://www.breathingplanet.net http://www.troybikerescue.org http://www.mediasanctuary.org http://flickr.com/photos/breathingplanet

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Re: [TheThinkTank] 4 BikeBikes.
by mylifeinthenow＠gmail.com 14 Dec '09

14 Dec '09

Bike! Bike! NE is still going on in Apri as a warm up for May is Bike Month! -----Original Message----- Date: Saturday, December 12, 2009 7:56:48 pm To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)bikecollectives.org> From: "N.O.Bike Project" <nolabikeproject(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] 4 BikeBikes. My bad, there are 4. Hmmm. winter.snowy.rose(a)gmail.com wrote: > What about the eastern one about new York area in April or may? > Is that still on? > > Chloé > Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network > > -----Original Message----- > From: "N.O.Bike Project" <nolabikeproject(a)gmail.com> > Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:39:55 > To: The Think Tank<thethinktank(a)bikecollectives.org> > Subject: [TheThinkTank] 3 BikeBikes. > > Hey y'all. > > In response to the query about a running tally. There are 3 BikeBike!'s > that I know of. Louisville and Boulder in the spring (on the same > weekend-March20) and Toronto in the summer. > > Personally I think regional bikebikes are a great idea. My only concern > is that there may be a lower turnout at the big annual event. I guess > we'll see what happens. > > -Victor. > _______________________________________________ > Thethinktank mailing list > Thethinktank(a)bikecollectives.org > To unsubscribe, send a blank email to TheThi

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