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Community Bike Shop in Australia
by Christine Bourgeois 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

If you go to Sydney, check Cycle ReCycle: http://bikeclub.wordpress.com/

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Bike Rental Software
by Rich Points 22 Aug '10

22 Aug '10

Hey All, We're just getting into the bike rental business and we're looking for software to manage it all. Anyone out there have some leads? Ride On! -- Rich Points Community Cycles Executive Director http://CommunityCycles.org Rich(a)CommunityCycles.org 720-565-6019 (W) 303-589-0597 (C) Donate your old car to Community Cycles http://communitycycles.org/get-involved/donatecar.html Volunteer orientations held 6p.m. on the 4th Wednesday of each month.

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Local Wiki ... please help!
by Robert McMurry 21 Aug '10

21 Aug '10

Hello all, I apologize in advance for the plug, but I wanted to support a project by the same guys who created the forum that acted as our webpage for approximately 4yrs (http://daviswiki.org/Bike_Church). This is a great community owned way of logging information about your city/town/village and making it available to everyone. If you think this might be a nice addition to your city please donate or spread the word in your communities. They are currently trying to scale up the project(http://localwiki.org/) to make a template, and spread this local media to communities around the country and possibly world. They are currently looking to raise $25K of which people have already pledged over $11K. There is a video with more information on the main page: http://daviswiki.org/ (our collective is featured in the video). from there check out the events board or links from the main page or just search for anything you might like to know about or find in Davis California and if it exists there will be a page about it. I think it speaks for itself. It has comments from the community about any business so you can hear first hand about what others in the community think and also link to pages of some of those users to see what the community thinks of them too. Our current wiki page is here: http://daviswiki.org/Davis_Bike_Collective which is not as well maintained as our old one but links to our current webpage and has community reviews about us. They have less than a month left to try and reach their goal. any support, be it advertisement or monetary is greatly appreciated. I had a blast at Bike!Bike! and can not wait to see what we accomplish over the next year. Thanks, Friar Robbie (Robert McMurry) Davis Bike Collective P.S. you can find me on there as well if you search enough

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Bike!Bike! 2010 !!!
by Ainsley Naylor 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Hey all Bike!Bike! 2010 wrapped up Sunday and was a great success. We're still not sure how many people ended up attending (have to spend some time with our registration spreadsheets!), but it was an awesome 4 days with fantastic, hot sunny weather (which lead to several late-night group swims) and so many rad guests. We were so happy and proud to have you all here in Toronto. Thanks to everyone who attended, presented, volunteered, donated, and danced their pants off at the dance party. We hope to see everyone next year at Bike!Bike! 2011 in San Marcos Texas!!! Much love, Bike Pirates.

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Detroit bike collective 7mile area
by mars psymons 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Greetings and namaste! The fireweeduniversecity.org collective is interesting in forming a community bike shop in the Seven mile and Woodward area. We are currently in need of tools and bikes. We have a temporary location to get started in at a garage next to the Penrose art house and garden and support from the growtown redevelopment project. If you or anyone you know is interested knowing more about or helping the Detroit Fireweed build a bike center please don't be shy. All hands on deck, steady as we grow. <3 mars

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Ride
by Angelo Coletta 07 Aug '10

07 Aug '10

I have registered to attend Interbike in Las Vegas on September 23 and 24. Anyone in Ohio or further east driving to the show? I am willing to share the driving and the expenses there. Also, I am visiting friends north of Phoenix after the show and would like to share driving and expenses with anyone going to Phoenix or in that direction. I hold a CDL and will drive any vehicle except a tractor-trailer. Please email me directly. Angelo L. Coletta General Manager Summit Cycling Center

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how to contribute
by Kylie Walzak 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi Moderators, I've subscribed to this list for about a year now but never posted. I tried to respond to a thread recently but got a message about being bounced while waiting for moderator approval. Is this standard operating procedure for every post or is there some route I need to take to be able to post? Thanks! Oh, and I may have subscribed using this email address: kylie.walzak(a)bicas.org -- Kylie Walzak Education and Outreach Co-Coordinator BICAS (520) 628-7950 www.bicas.org

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Volunteers: what motivates them?
by Gervase Gallant 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

I've been a volunteer at the local bike co-op and recently have been thinking about some way to develop and keep volunteers. Our board has been thinking that offering used parts for hours worked and 10% over cost on new parts might entice some. Perhaps for volunteers with a history of at least 6 hours a month we could offer something else... I'm wondering though if we are approaching this correctly. Perhaps the motivation might be elsewhere. For myself, when I started volunteering, I was just doing it because I thought the co-op was a cool idea (and I wanted to learn more about wrenching...). Others seem to be addicted to fixing up (and possibly flipping...) bikes at home and are always in need of parts. Still others, particularly the younger ones, seem hooked on the coolness of it all. What does motivate most volunteers? What could we do to keep them coming? Gervase Gallant Des Moines Bike Collective: Commuter Corner http://dsmcommutercorner.wordpress.com/

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Bike-In Movies?
by Christine Hill 31 Jul '10

31 Jul '10

Hey ya'll, I'm in the process of starting a Burlington Bicycle Coalition here in Burlington, Vermont. Our first event is this Friday, and its a sort of brain-storming session followed by a potluck and a bike-in movie. Only it's just occurring to me that I haven't thought much about what we're going to show for the movie. I have the essentials like The Bicycle Thief, but I would rather show something about booming bike cultures elsewhere to inspire the folks here. Any recommendations for films I would be able to find online or acquire somehow in the next four days that might get people excited to start working on a bicycle coalition?

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Bike collectives on facebook?
by veganboyjosh＠gmail.com 29 Jul '10

29 Jul '10

Does your shop have a facebook page? do you use it? how? what have you learned that works or doesn't work for getting volunteers, money, support, etc? I'm interested in hearing from shops or individuals, if you're interested in sharing. Feel free to email me off list if you'd like. josh.

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