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Job Posting Bike Works Program Coordinator
by Deb Salls 26 Apr '19

26 Apr '19

Hi all I am trying to get this information out to the Think Tank list and I haven't seen it posted yet Can you please post it ti the list for us or let me know if there is some reason it isn't going through --------------------------------------------- Please help us spread the word that we have a Program Coordinator position open at Bike Works in Seattle. A perfect position for someone who likes to ride bikes, repair bikes, and believes in empowering educational programming for youth, adults and the community. Application deadline May 3, 2019 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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Basic Bike Mechanics en Espanol
by Bici Libre 25 Apr '19

25 Apr '19

Hey folks, I work with a program that connects donated and repaired bikes to migrant farmworkers in and around the Vancouver area. We're sending out toolkits to some of the farms along with the bikes to see if we can make it more possible for workers to keep their bikes running, and I wanted to include some basic mechanical resources in Spanish. After looking through the archives here and finding a lot of broken links, I thought I'd send out another ask. There's a lot out there on the internets about riding safety and some super detailed mechanical guides, but ideally we're looking for a kind of punk, basic tools, DIY with-what-you've-got type of resource in Spanish. Anyone have any leads on anything like that? Would also love to hear from you if you're interested in helping produce something along those lines. Thank you internet bike hive mind, Rachel -- Bici Libre, un programa de/ a program of The Bike Kitchen University of British Columbia unceded Musqueam territory 604-822-2453 | thebikekitchen.ca <http://bikecoop.ca/> | @ubcbike

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Spoke storage solutions?
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 19 Apr '19

19 Apr '19

Hi Thinkers @ the Tank, At Positive Spin we have collected thousands of spokes that are finally being organizing by size. The next step will be finding a way to store them all for easy access by size, which will translate into significant time savings. Apart from the spoke motel solution at https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part_Storage#Spokes , what other solutions are your shops utilizing? Thank-you so much, ahead of time, -Jonathan

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Program Coordinator position at Bike Works in Seattle
by Deb Salls 17 Apr '19

17 Apr '19

Dear Think Tank members Please help us spread the word that we have a Program Coordinator position open at Bike Works in Seattle. A perfect position for someone who likes to ride bikes, repair bikes, and believes in empowering educational programming for youth, adults and the community. Application deadline May 3, 2019 https://bikeworks.org/about/job-opportunities/ Thanks so much! 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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Re: [TheThinkTank] Thethinktank Digest, Vol 151, Issue 1
by Tegan Moss [B!KE] 10 Apr '19

10 Apr '19

We at B!KE do get some city funding. It happens in two ways. One way is through the cities granting program. Its a grant we apply for every year called the Community Investment Grant. The other way is by delivering specific programs on a fee for service basis. Our Winter Wheels program has been city funded and we provide workshops, bike checkups, and bike valet as contracted by the city. That funding comes through the Active Transportation Promotion budget of our Transportation Demand Management Planner. If you have someone working on AT at the city level that would be the person to talk to! Best, Tegan On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 4:04 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.… > > 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. examples local gov funding of community bike shops (Gemma Tierney) > 2. Re: examples local gov funding of community bike shops > (Jean-Fran?ois Caron) > 3. Re: examples local gov funding of community bike shops > (Josh Bisker) > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gemma Tierney <gtierney(a)udel.edu> > To: thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 11:15:21 -0400 > Subject: [TheThinkTank] examples local gov funding of community bike shops > Hi, > > I work in local government and am working on a bike plan. I was wondering > if folks who run community bike shops that receive funding from their local > or county (or even state/provincial) government could tell me about those > funding mechanisms? I would like to address the possibility of funding our > local community bike shop in the plan, but wanted more info on how or to > what extent it occurs elsewhere. > > For instance, what types of funds are provided (capital or operational or > other), are the funds accessed through a competitive grant application, > discretionary funds, or some other type of budget allocation, and how much > has been received? > > My friend already provided me with the following examples (and recommended > I reach out to this mailing list for more info): > > > *I know that a group of Bike shops in Vancouver created a successful group > application for Vancouver's "greenest city fund" based around recycling > bike parts and collecting and rebuilding abandoned bikes, with an > educational component worked in. As far as I know, they received the grant > two years in a row. The Bike shop in Peterborough, Ontario (B!ke) looks > like they have somewhat consistent city funding. There is a tiny bit more > info in their annual report here > <http://communitybikeshop.org/website/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Annual-Repo…>. > * > > Any info would be much appreciated. Thanks all!! > -Gemma > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Jean-François Caron" <jfcaron3(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 11:24:02 -0400 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] examples local gov funding of community bike > shops > In Canada there is the federal "Canada Summer Jobs" program which fully > funds full-time salaries for youth in various projects. Individual > organizations can apply, and the local MP has a say in who gets the > funding. The AMS Bike Co-op in Vancouver and Gear Up! Kingston have used > them successfully. > > https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/funding/can… > > Individual cities may have small funds available, as will universities, > but state/provincial seems to be a "missing middle" level of engagement > with cycling for transportation. Where I've seen it, it tends to be > focused on Cyclo-Tourism. > > Jean-François > > On Apr 1, 2019, at 11:15 , Gemma Tierney <gtierney(a)udel.edu> wrote: > > Hi, > > I work in local government and am working on a bike plan. I was wondering > if folks who run community bike shops that receive funding from their local > or county (or even state/provincial) government could tell me about those > funding mechanisms? I would like to address the possibility of funding our > local community bike shop in the plan, but wanted more info on how or to > what extent it occurs elsewhere. > > For instance, what types of funds are provided (capital or operational or > other), are the funds accessed through a competitive grant application, > discretionary funds, or some other type of budget allocation, and how much > has been received? > > My friend already provided me with the following examples (and recommended > I reach out to this mailing list for more info): > > > *I know that a group of Bike shops in Vancouver created a successful group > application for Vancouver's "greenest city fund" based around recycling > bike parts and collecting and rebuilding abandoned bikes, with an > educational component worked in. As far as I know, they received the grant > two years in a row. The Bike shop in Peterborough, Ontario (B!ke) looks > like they have somewhat consistent city funding. There is a tiny bit more > info in their annual report here > <http://communitybikeshop.org/website/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Annual-Repo…>. > * > > Any info would be much appreciated. Thanks all!! > -Gemma > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Josh Bisker <jbisker(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 12:24:33 -0400 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] examples local gov funding of community bike > shops > PAGING TORONTO > > Josh Bisker > 914-500-9890 > New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op <http://bikecoop.nyc/> > 596 Acres <http://596acres.org/> > Bindlestiff Family Cirkus <http://bindlestiff.org/> > > > On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 11:16 AM Gemma Tierney <gtierney(a)udel.edu> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I work in local government and am working on a bike plan. I was wondering >> if folks who run community bike shops that receive funding from their local >> or county (or even state/provincial) government could tell me about those >> funding mechanisms? I would like to address the possibility of funding our >> local community bike shop in the plan, but wanted more info on how or to >> what extent it occurs elsewhere. >> >> For instance, what types of funds are provided (capital or operational or >> other), are the funds accessed through a competitive grant application, >> discretionary funds, or some other type of budget allocation, and how much >> has been received? >> >> My friend already provided me with the following examples (and >> recommended I reach out to this mailing list for more info): >> >> >> *I know that a group of Bike shops in Vancouver created a successful >> group application for Vancouver's "greenest city fund" based around >> recycling bike parts and collecting and rebuilding abandoned bikes, with an >> educational component worked in. As far as I know, they received the grant >> two years in a row. The Bike shop in Peterborough, Ontario (B!ke) looks >> like they have somewhat consistent city funding. There is a tiny bit more >> info in their annual report here >> <http://communitybikeshop.org/website/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Annual-Repo…>. >> * >> >> Any info would be much appreciated. Thanks all!! >> -Gemma >> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> >> Unsubscribe from this list here: >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >> >> _______________________________________________ > Thethinktank mailing list > Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… > -- B!KE: The Peterborough Community Bike Shop 293 George St, Peterborough ON (705) 775-7227 communitybikeshop.org

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Thethinktank Digest, Vol 151, Issue 5
by Tegan Moss [B!KE] 10 Apr '19

10 Apr '19

This works quite well for us. Just plastic tube mounted on a board. On Tue., Apr. 9, 2019, 4:04 p.m. , < 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. Spoke storage solutions? (Jonathan Rosenbaum) > 2. Re: Spoke storage solutions? (momoko saunders) > 3. Re: Spoke storage solutions? (Ainsley Naylor) > 4. Re: Spoke storage solutions? (The Wrench) > 5. Community bike shop in Orlando? (Kim Schaffer) > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jonathan Rosenbaum <gnuser(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 02:29:40 -0400 > Subject: [TheThinkTank] Spoke storage solutions? > > Hi Thinkers @ the Tank, > > At Positive Spin we have collected thousands of spokes that are finally > being organizing by size. The next step will be finding a way to store them > all for easy access by size, which will translate into significant time > savings. Apart from the spoke motel solution at > https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part_Storage#Spokes , > what other solutions are your shops utilizing? > > Thank-you so much, ahead of time, > > -Jonathan > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: momoko saunders <analyst(a)bikefarm.org> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 06:48:39 -0700 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Spoke storage solutions? > I don't know that this is the best spoke storage. But it's better than > rubber banding them together and sticking them in a coffee can. > See picture attached > > We use old PVC pipe and cut out about 20 lengths, maybe 9". Then labeled > them for every even spoke length, then used screws to stack them all > together. > > We should have created more than one pipe for common lengths and grouped > some of the scarcer lengths together. > > -Momoko > > On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 11:29 PM Jonathan Rosenbaum <gnuser(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Thinkers @ the Tank, >> >> At Positive Spin we have collected thousands of spokes that are finally >> being organizing by size. The next step will be finding a way to store them >> all for easy access by size, which will translate into significant time >> savings. Apart from the spoke motel solution at >> https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part_Storage#Spokes , >> what other solutions are your shops utilizing? >> >> Thank-you so much, ahead of time, >> >> -Jonathan >> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> >> Unsubscribe from this list here: >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >> >> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ainsley Naylor <needleandthread(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 09:52:20 -0400 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Spoke storage solutions? > At Bike Pirates we have a series of PVC tubes for spokes but they are > stored vertically (fixed to a board) at the back of our wheel station. > Spokes are sorted in 5mm increments (260-264, 265-269 etc.) for ease of > locating the appropriate length. > > Unfortunately we also have about 10,000 more unsorted spokes in boxes and > bins UNDER our wheel station that may never get sorted ;P > > Ainsley (Toronto) > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 9:49 AM momoko saunders <analyst(a)bikefarm.org> > wrote: > >> I don't know that this is the best spoke storage. But it's better than >> rubber banding them together and sticking them in a coffee can. >> See picture attached >> >> We use old PVC pipe and cut out about 20 lengths, maybe 9". Then labeled >> them for every even spoke length, then used screws to stack them all >> together. >> >> We should have created more than one pipe for common lengths and grouped >> some of the scarcer lengths together. >> >> -Momoko >> >> On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 11:29 PM Jonathan Rosenbaum <gnuser(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Thinkers @ the Tank, >>> >>> At Positive Spin we have collected thousands of spokes that are finally >>> being organizing by size. The next step will be finding a way to store them >>> all for easy access by size, which will translate into significant time >>> savings. Apart from the spoke motel solution at >>> https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part_Storage#Spokes , >>> what other solutions are your shops utilizing? >>> >>> Thank-you so much, ahead of time, >>> >>> -Jonathan >>> ____________________________________ >>> >>> The ThinkTank mailing List >>> >>> Unsubscribe from this list here: >>> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >>> >>> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> >> Unsubscribe from this list here: >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >> >> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: The Wrench <info(a)thewrench.ca> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 10:58:37 -0500 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Spoke storage solutions? > At the WRENCH (Winnipeg), we have thousands of spokes too. We keep most in > sturdy closed drawers. These are usually bundled in groups big enough to > build a wheel (or half) and sorted by size group eg: 250s, 260s, etc. > > Loose spokes and small groups we've had in a tabletop spoke sorter but > that didn't go well. Right now, they gather in a coffee can until they get > sorted into a tool roll wrap, which is our new solution. > > I'm figuring that the spokes in the tool roll will have a better chance to > stay sorted. That should be the first place to go for replacing a spoke, > while the bundles in drawers will be best for wheel building. > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2019, 1:29 AM Jonathan Rosenbaum, <gnuser(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Thinkers @ the Tank, >> >> At Positive Spin we have collected thousands of spokes that are finally >> being organizing by size. The next step will be finding a way to store them >> all for easy access by size, which will translate into significant time >> savings. Apart from the spoke motel solution at >> https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part_Storage#Spokes , >> what other solutions are your shops utilizing? >> >> Thank-you so much, ahead of time, >> >> -Jonathan >> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> >> Unsubscribe from this list here: >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >> >> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Kim Schaffer <kim(a)communitybikeworks.org> > To: "'The Think Tank'" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 15:23:23 -0400 > Subject: [TheThinkTank] Community bike shop in Orlando? > > Hi all, > > > > We have a friend of our program who just moved to Orlando, FL, and asked > if we knew of any Earn a Bike or community bike shops in the Orlando area. > I didn’t find any on a quick Google search…anyone have any leads? > > > > Thanks for any info I can pass along! > > Kim > > > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > Kim Schaffer, Executive Director > > Community Bike Works > > 235 N. Madison Street > > Allentown, PA 18102 > > 610.434.1140 | www.communitybikeworks.org > > [image: 20 years FINAL] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Thethinktank mailing list > Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… >

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Community bike shop in Orlando?
by Kim Schaffer 09 Apr '19

09 Apr '19

Hi all, We have a friend of our program who just moved to Orlando, FL, and asked if we knew of any Earn a Bike or community bike shops in the Orlando area. I didn’t find any on a quick Google search…anyone have any leads? Thanks for any info I can pass along! Kim * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Kim Schaffer, Executive Director Community Bike Works 235 N. Madison Street Allentown, PA 18102 610.434.1140 | <http://www.communitybikeworks.org> www.communitybikeworks.org 20 years FINAL

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Adult Earn a Bike, free cycles missoula
by mist＠strans.org 04 Apr '19

04 Apr '19

Hi, We have adults take a one hour BikeWell class covering safety, maintenance, city design and shop flow/expectation. They then do 4 hours of service helping us in many ways, depending on their skills and our needs. They then choose a bike from the warehouse and we help them fix it. That is our simple build-a-bike program. 11-15 yrs of age: class + 2 hours of service. 10 yrs of age and younger- no class nor service required (yet appreciated). BikeWell is offered 3 times a week, with no sign up. We have 3-10 people per class, with half to 2/3rds of the attendees intent on making a free bike. This system has worked well for 20 years, with nearly 20,000 build a bike participants. The first 10 years there was no requirement for the class or service- that was optional. Other tid bits: people keep track of their own 4 hours; projects can be stored for up to 2 weeks in the 'People's Projects' room; we have trained volunteers and interns helping with all steps (we have 2 staff- myself and Emily, our programs director). City of Missoula gives out free bike lights, we try to provide locks, helmets are free, and any of our build a bikes can be purchased $30 as is- we'll help fix them. We have a large outdoor area called the 'bicycle forest' (formerly the 'bone yard'). These are box store bikes and broken frames that can have parts 'harvested' off of them. We have lots of space to make this work. It can get quite busy here (up to 200 people a day in the summer), so we stress patience for all. Passing thru Missoula? please visit! Bob Giordano, Free Cycles Missoula, mist(a)strans.org http://www.freecycles.org/ Quoting Judith Feist <judith(a)backalleybikes.org>: > Any workshops out there have Adult Earn-a-Bike programs? How are they run? > Are they successful? Do they differ from your regular volunteers? > > I'd like to get something started here and wanted feedback on other folks' > programs. > > At FMCBW we had a program where folks could buy a bike out right and then > work on it during open shop times (if anything needed replacing that was > included in the price), OR they could volunteer 15 hours (i think) and we'd > get them a bike and help them fix it up (same thing, replacement parts > where included, if needed).......We have a bunch of adult bikes and, > depending on the shape they are in, we'll fix 'em and sell them at the Hub, > or minor adjustments are done and we sell 'em cheap at our monthly garage > sales... > > Personally, anytime I see a full suspension out in the wild I want to leave > a note on it that they could trade it in towards an Adult bike that we'd > help them fix up....but that might be just me... > > > Also, Happy Spring all! I hope you're well! > > -- > Judith C Feist > Co Director, the Hub at Back Alley > > > *"*Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root'"- Angela Davis > > "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle." -Gloria Steinem > > I think [the bicycle] has done more to emancipate women than anything else > in the world...It gives a woman a feeling of freedom and > self-reliance.~Susan B. Anthony

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by Lansing Bike Co-op 03 Apr '19

03 Apr '19

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examples local gov funding of community bike shops
by Gemma Tierney 01 Apr '19

01 Apr '19

Hi, I work in local government and am working on a bike plan. I was wondering if folks who run community bike shops that receive funding from their local or county (or even state/provincial) government could tell me about those funding mechanisms? I would like to address the possibility of funding our local community bike shop in the plan, but wanted more info on how or to what extent it occurs elsewhere. For instance, what types of funds are provided (capital or operational or other), are the funds accessed through a competitive grant application, discretionary funds, or some other type of budget allocation, and how much has been received? My friend already provided me with the following examples (and recommended I reach out to this mailing list for more info): *I know that a group of Bike shops in Vancouver created a successful group application for Vancouver's "greenest city fund" based around recycling bike parts and collecting and rebuilding abandoned bikes, with an educational component worked in. As far as I know, they received the grant two years in a row. The Bike shop in Peterborough, Ontario (B!ke) looks like they have somewhat consistent city funding. There is a tiny bit more info in their annual report here <http://communitybikeshop.org/website/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Annual-Repo…>. * Any info would be much appreciated. Thanks all!! -Gemma

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