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Bethesda, MD assault on bike trail
by Cyclista Nicholas 05 Jun '20

05 Jun '20

Hey bike community, Anyone out there in Bethesda? Hopefully you're able to get the word out to identify the guy in this post: https://twitter.com/VicStoddard/status/1268620623489560576 This scumbag was a spandie cyclist on the Capital Crescent Trail, riding near the Dalecarlia tunnel. He physically attacked two children who were posting George Floyd memorial flyers. Don't know much more about it. If this guy was from my town, I'd likely recognize his bike at least. As cyclists and mechanics, we're the people who'd be best at identifying one of our own. By "one of our own", I mean a cyclist, not a bigoted brute. ~cyclista Nicholas

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Hands off teaching
by Morgan Rehme 02 Jun '20

02 Jun '20

Hello! I can't find it but I remember there was a workshop at Bike!Bike! NE last year about hands-off teaching, I think it was called How to Peel a Banana. I think notes from that workshop would be very useful right now, does anyone have something like that they could share? Thanks! Morgan

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current bike supply
by Cyclista Nicholas 25 May '20

25 May '20

Hi everyone, I've heard everywhere that bikes are in extremely short supply, especially because of an extremely high demand currently, and that this dynamic is even more pronounced due to tariffs imposed on China. Now obviously, this might spur domestic production of bicycles, which maybe could be awesome. But in the meantime, it isn't awesome - people can't get bikes. Those of us out there - maybe most of us - who deal primarily in used bikes, in the meantime *are* (or can be) that domestic production. I'm bringing this up in case anyone hasn't though of it all or really processed it yet, because I imagine everyone's local or even state governments are currently accepting proposals for various grants. At this time, collectively, we literally, physically are positioned to be major gatekeepers to possibly tens of thousands of people becoming cyclists or resuming cycling who otherwise wouldn't, when major retailers and various LBS have no ability to meet demand. This is also a huge opportunity to turn the general public on to the goodness and soundness of reused bikes. A lot of people think if it's old or used, it's diminished in some way. All of us know that isn't true, and now we have a greater ability than ever to prove the truth of this message. Here at Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles we've been running nonstop, though with a skeleton crew, since the virus hit, and reusing old bikes for ecological reasons has been one of our primary purposes for several decades. I'm sure most of you don't need it, but if anyone needs or wants pointers or advice, I'd be happy to help. Getting funding to pay mechanics or hire additional mechanics is probably the starting point. Survive, cyclistas!!! <3 ~cyclista Nicholas

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Bike/ped-centered AmeriCorps position seeking applicants
by David Coppley 18 May '20

18 May '20

Greetings bicycle loving folks, We are currently recruiting an AmeriCorps member for the 2020-21 program year. This is a good opportunity for someone interested in starting a career in bike and pedestrian focused advocacy and/or youth engagement. Please see the listing below (or attached pdf), and share with any contacts you think might be interested. Thanks for reading, David Intercity Transit seeks an AmeriCorps Volunteer to serve as the Education and Outreach Assistant. Intercity Transit's Walk N Roll program collaborates with schools and community partners to offer educational programming that encourages the use of walking, biking, and using public transit for transportation. The AmeriCorps Member will teach youth and families about environmentally friendly transportation options through a variety of hands-on education and outreach activities. Activities teach participants skills in bike and pedestrian safety, bike mechanics, and how to ride public transit. The Member will help participants learn life-long skills to prepare them for the possibility of choosing a car free future. For application information and a complete position description, please visit: https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=95537&fromSearch=true<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001DEwA_YDfAsWH3pmGVV5ciUAfb3gjs8TRVDX4XFKx62DE…> David Coppley Walk n' Roll Program Assistant Intercity Transit 360-705-5817 (office) 360-701-8379 (cell) PO Box 659 Olympia, WA 98501 dcoppley(a)intercitytransit.com<mailto:dcoppley@intercitytransit.com> Follow us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/WalkNRollIT/> & Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/walknrollit/> [WalkNRoll_HZ_RGB] David Coppley Walk n' Roll Program Assistant Intercity Transit 360-705-5817 (office) 360-701-8379 (cell) PO Box 659 Olympia, WA 98501 dcoppley(a)intercitytransit.com<mailto:dcoppley@intercitytransit.com> Follow us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/WalkNRollIT/> & Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/walknrollit/> [WalkNRoll_HZ_RGB]

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California bike co-ops/community shops?
by Jane Voodikon 12 May '20

12 May '20

To any community bike spaces located in California: The communications person from CalBike is looking to interview people on their spaces' needs during the pandemic, as part of a larger campaign to find funding/support. Please see Laura's email below and reach out to her if you'd like to chat! ---- I do communications for CalBike and I’m working on a post for CalBike’s website about community bike shops and what kind of support they need right now. I’d love to chat with someone about what’s going on at your organization right now and what kind of support you need to help you keep serving the community. Let me know if someone is available to chat and we can set up a time for an interview. Thank you, Laura McCamy laura(a)calbike.org 510-214-6156

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Automating the shop
by Adam / Phoenix Mitchell 12 May '20

12 May '20

Hey all, We have developed a scheme to allow folks to schedule time with us in a safe and efficient way. We're currently fixing people's bikes for them after they drop their bike off, where we used to just give advice and lend a hand when needed. We also are offering test-rides by appointment. We followed this procedure roughly: https://medium.com/entrepreneurship-technology-blog/manage-your-clients-wit… It helps us to focus on things needing to get done at the shop without all the phone calls and scheduling, since we can't have any customers in the shop with us. Nicely organizes it in AirTable so we can get to work getting people on bikes. Our Calendly page is here if you want to check it out: https://calendly.com/freeridemontpelier Cheers, Phoenix

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"Bike Month"
by Ainsley Naylor 02 May '20

02 May '20

Happy May Day everyone! I'm curious if and how folks are deciding to participate in "Bike Month" this year, since most regular activities or events can't happy during the pandemic. Since we are usually busy busy running classes and open shop in our space, we have some extra time on our hands this season that could be used to celebrate, support and encourage cycling in other ways. *I'd love to hear if anyone has come up with ideas to engage people, specifically outside of your shop spaces.* I also understand that even just *continuing to exist* is keeping our hands full in many places, so I certainly don't expect most organizations have the time or energy (or funds) to think about "Bike Month". Stay well, Ainsley (Charlie's/Bike Pirates, Toronto)

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Quick survey urban mobility during covid
by Tigre Bici 28 Apr '20

28 Apr '20

Hello everyone we hope all you are doing well, we are asking if you kindly can answer this quick questions regarding urban mobility and what governments in your cities have been doing regarding it. By mobility we mean walking, cycling, driving and any kind of public transportation We are comparing strategies between cities and hopefully will not get any as the ones that we have been dealing in Monterrey, such as, reducing public transportation that just made large piles of people waiting for the bus, or prohibiting more than 2 persons travelling in the same car. Anyways, hope you can answer it https://forms.gle/9UcG617anGbftoNs8 Saludos R

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What's your shop doing right now?
by David Oliver 26 Apr '20

26 Apr '20

I made a Facebook poll asking: https://www.facebook.com/groups/648758205249998/permalink/2702175879908210/ If you don't use Facebook I also made a Strawpoll: https://www.strawpoll.me/19876101 Just hoping to get a sense of what's going on out there.

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Online shimano education
by Tigre Bici 08 Apr '20

08 Apr '20

So, we hope you are all safe! We will like to share with you the online shimano courses that might come handy and somehow entertaining in this difficult days> http://s-tec.shimano.com/region You can create your account and just go trough the courses, its a real shame the only language is english. R.

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