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Oops..............Now the Real Link to Brockvillebikeministry
by Eric Montgomery 07 Jul '11

07 Jul '11

Oops.......!!! Now that I have captured your complete attention with the first teaser email.... Below is the real link to follow! Thank you very much for your time! http://www.brockvillebikeministry.com/ Please take the time to review, make suggestions, maybe even help our youth. Eric Montgomery BikeMeEric Recycled, Rescued, Custom Re/Built Bicycles Custom Made Bamboo Bicycles 417 King Street West, Brockville, Ontario K6V 3S9 bike.me.eric(a)gmail.com (613) 246-6703

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Alternatively Empowered - Car-Free and Car-Light in Boulder
by Rich Points 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR5hzKv1kTI&feature=player_detailpage -- Rich Points Community Cycles Executive Director http://CommunityCycles.org Rich(a)CommunityCycles.org 720-565-6019 (W) 303-589-0597 (C) CC is Boulder's only bike shop dedicated to bike commuting. Find us on FaceBook http://facebook.com/home.php#!/CommunityCycles Volunteer orientations are held 6p.m. on the 4th Wednesday of each month.

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translated part names; archive search broken
by Brian (SLO Bike Kitchen) 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

Hi all - A couple months back someone sent around a spreadsheet with translated part names (i.e. technical terms). I'm particularly interested in the Spanish/Mexican ones. Would be grateful if someone could forward me the link again! In related news - I tried searching for this in the thinktank archives, but it gave a nice error... Unable to read word database file '/dh/mailman/dingo/archives/htdig-db/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org/db.words.db' Did you run htdig? Brian SLO Bike Kitchen San Luis Obispo, CA

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Bike Pirates Anniversary
by Ainsley Naylor 04 Jul '11

04 Jul '11

Five years ago Bike Pirates opened as a small, bare-bones DIY workspace in a storefront on Bathurst Street. We have grown so much and helped so many people in the past five years, we should be extremely proud of ourselves. We are always working to improve our space, our knowledge and our impact on the community, and we wouldn't have evolved into what we are now (and what we are envisioning for our future) without the help, experience and patience of all of our volunteers. To anyone who has volunteered with Pirates over the years, and to all of the bicycles and riders we have helped, congratulations on five years of good work. We also value the insight and amazing talents of all of the folks we have met and shared ideas with here on the thinktank and each year at Bike!Bike! We are awed by the amazing work you do, and the myriad ways we are all able to strive for the same goals. Thank you for providing us with this amazing community of support, and for inspiration of the past five years. Xo Bike Pirates.

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Want some slime tubes?
by Brian (SLO Bike Kitchen) 03 Jul '11

03 Jul '11

Any collective out there in desperate need of tubes? Our favorite product Slime was invented on our stomping grounds here in San Luis Obispo, CA. They donated a bunch of stuff to us - more than we can use ourselves. 20x1.5-2.125, 16x1.5-2.125, 24x1.5-2.125 tubes pre-filled with slime - I didn't check, but assume they are schrader valves. We have perhaps dozen of each of those tubes. We also have random smaller items, some not even intended for bikes, but rather car tires. Digital pressure gauges, needles for balls, instant patches, etc... We'd like to donate some of these supplies to a collective out there which could really use these - we rarely need tubes of those sizes here. Would especially be nice to help out a collective which is struggling to birth itself. In any case, if you're interested, drop me a note with a couple sentences describing your situation. Cheers, Brian SLO Bike Kitchen San Luis Obispo, CA P.S. I often wonder if other collectives out there have a huge excess of things. For example, ours desperately needs 6-7-8 speed pod shifters. P.P.S. SRAM is also a company local to us. Somehow we ended up with a bucket full of chainring bolts & M15 ISIS-style crank bolts, black. You'd have to grind the chainring bolts down to make single-speed versions, but if you want some of either I can send you a handfull.

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How was Bike!Bike!
by Jonathan Morrison 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

??? Sincerely, Jonathan Morrison Executive Director Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 f: 801-466-3856 www.slcbikecollective.org The mission of the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective is to promote cycling as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and as a cornerstone of a cleaner, healthier, and safer society. The Bicycle Collective provides refurbished bicycles and educational programs to the community, focusing on children and lower income households.

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Bikes for Crates
by andrew 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

Hi Thinktank... is anyone out there doing any crates to Africa or elsewhere currently? we have been asked to participate in such things before and the stars never aligned, but now we are in a situation of needing to downsize our storage substantially. Please contact me if there is anything going on, especially if its in the Northeast.... we could potentially contribute anywhere from 1-300 bikes, but we know little about how such projects operate.... we are all volunteer and dont have any budget to assist... just bikes. Andrew Lynn Troy Bike Rescue Troy, NY

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A Bicycle Love Note
by andrew 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

This is up today, on the local Times Union Bike Blog... a really inspirational story from one of our newer volunteers... http://blog.timesunion.com/bike/a-bicycle-love-note/3576/ you can also find it linked on the TBR facebook and share it there too. http://www.facebook.com/troybikerescue

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Directors insurance
by andrew 16 Jun '11

16 Jun '11

any 501c3s out there have 'directors' insurance' what does it generally cost? for ten years we have had no insurance... we are now operating in our own building and are actually a 501(c)3, though still entirely volunteer operated... and starting to figure out the insurance thing. andrew Troy Bike Rescue http://www.troybikrescue.org

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Form 1023
by Jonathan Green 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

Bike Folks! My name is Jonny Green, and I volunteer at the Bicycle Kitchen in Los Angeles. I am helping at least two, possibly three, other co-ops get their tax-exempt status. I am looking for Form 1023s and related correspondence with the IRS from which to borrow text and ideas. I am especially interested in filings that state that the co-op will be selling bikes, parts and accessories outright at low cost. We would like to establish maximum flexibility for these organizations in the types of activities they can use to sustain themselves. Please help us out. If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me at 917-520-4647. Thanks. Jonny

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