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Bikes Together (Denver) is seeking an interim Executive Director
by andrew.westphal＠bikestogether.org 09 Jul '25

09 Jul '25

Bikes Together is searching for an Interim Executive Director! The Interim Executive Director will be tasked with providing strong leadership, organizational and operational stability in a time of transition, requiring a highly adaptable, organized, and strategic mindset. This person will be community-focused, operationally-oriented, and moved to make bicycle transportation, recreation and mechanics accessible to people who are usually excluded because of race, class, and/or gender. The Interim Executive Director will oversee budgeting, ongoing fundraising, lead staff, strategy, and improve operations of our unique nonprofit. This individual will be supported by an active board and staff in our collective efforts to grow capacity, build sustainability, prioritize equity, and deepen our impact To apply, please provide a resume and a cover letter expressing your interest in this position and how your leadership experience aligns with the candidate profile and our mission. Please email your cover letter and resume in pdf format to jobs(a)bikestogether.org with “Interim Executive Director” in the Subject Line. *Deadline to apply is Wednesday, July 16th at 5pm Mountain Time* The full Job Announcement can be found here: https://www.bikestogether.org/uploads/b/f7e49f70-a506-11ea-820d-132ac01d723… Thank you for your interest, Andrew Westphal Bikes Together Board Member

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Outdoor bike wash
by DEL HOLLAND 04 Jun '25

04 Jun '25

I’m Del Holland, a member of the board of the Bike Library in Iowa City, Iowa, https://icbikelibrary.org/ We are in a process of upgrading our outdoor space, currently concrete in a former warehouse. One amenity I would like to see added is an outdoor bike wash station. We now have a hose bib on the outside of the building. We would like something better. Have any of you got ideas or experience to guide our efforts? Topics we have thought about; Rain water collection as water source Pressure, either gravity or a power washer Bike hang/stand Parts wash Dirt/grit collection Drying area We’d love your insights on these and/or other things to help us design and build a functional and aesthetically pleasing (well maybe that is too much to wish for 😀) bike wash at the Bike Library. Sharing your ideas here would allow others to see them and utilize them or expand on them, but I’d also welcome private emails at DelHolland(a)aol.com <mailto:DelHolland@aol.com> Thanks

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How do you recruit volunteers?
by Andy Ballentine 22 May '25

22 May '25

Hello, all -- At the Bicycle Co-Op of Williamsburg (VA), we would love to expand our hours, but we're all volunteers giving as much time as we can. An obvious path forward is bringing more volunteers on board. So -- my question: How do you recruit volunteers? Many thanks! Andy Ballentine Bicycle Co-Op of Williamsburg

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Afiche oficial de Bici!Bici! CDMX 2025/ Official flyer for Bike!Bike! CDMX 2025
by angela libertad 07 May '25

07 May '25

I posted this earlier but on the bikecollectives website but it didn´t go out to the distrb list so here it goes again... Hola todes, Les comparto la publicación que se hizo en los canales meta de Bici Bici y en la página de bikebike.org. La conferencia será del 14 al 21 de septiembre en Xochimilco, Ciudad de México. Bien pronto se compartirá el registro de asistencia y convocatoria a talleristas. 🌸🚴🏽‍♀️🌻 Hi everyone, Just sharing this post on the Bike Bike meta channels and on bikebike.org. The conference will take place the week of september 14-21 in Xochimilco, Mexico City. Attendance and workshop registration info will be coming soon. ------------------------------ Les compartimos con mucho gusto🖤🖤🔥🔥 el afiche oficial del Bike Bike! Ciudad de México 2025. Estén pendientes porque pronto se abrirá la convocatoria y el registro de asistentes y participantes. Por acá les compartimos los canales oficiales donde se podrán seguir enterando de los detalles del encuentro: bikebike(a)riseup.net bikebike.org Por el momento, es todo. Un abrazo🙌🏾🙌🏿 del cómite organizador del BB!CDMX2025🚲🚲🚲 Afiche creado por: @mitch_veloz ------------------------------ We are super excited to share the official flyer for Bike Bike! México City 2025 Stay tuned, registration and call for proposals will open soon. You can keep in touch and find more information about the event: bikebike(a)riseup.net bikebike.org That’s it for now. Hugs from the BB! CDMX2025 organizing committee Flyer by: @mitch_velo

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Afiche oficial de Bici!Bici! CDMX 2025/ Official flyer for Bike!Bike! CDMX 2025
by Angie Libertad 02 May '25

02 May '25

Hola todes, Les comparto la publicación que se hizo en los canales meta de Bici Bici y en la página de bikebike.org. Tristemente no me deja compartir el cartel acá pero esta en la página. La conferencia sera del 14 al 21 de septiembre en Xochimilco, Ciudad de México. Bien pronto se compartirá el registro de asistencia y convocatoria a talleristas. 🌸🚴🏽‍♀️🌻 Hi everyone, Just sharing this post on the Bike Bike meta channels and on bikebike.org. Sadly can´t post the flyer here but its on the website. The conference will take place the week of september 14-21 in Xochimilco, Mexico City. Attendance and workshop registration info will be coming soon. --------------------- Les compartimos con mucho gusto🖤🖤🔥🔥 el afiche oficial del Bike Bike! Ciudad de México 2025. Estén pendientes porque pronto se abrirá la convocatoria y el registro de asistentes y participantes. Por acá les compartimos los canales oficiales donde se podrán seguir enterando de los detalles del encuentro: bikebike(a)riseup.net bikebike.org Por el momento, es todo. Un abrazo🙌🏾🙌🏿 del cómite organizador del BB!CDMX2025🚲🚲🚲 Afiche creado por: @mitch_veloz ******************************************************* We are super excited to share the official flyer for Bike Bike! México City 2025 Stay tuned, registration and call for proposals will open soon. You can keep in touch and find more information about the event: bikebike(a)riseup.net bikebike.org That’s it for now. Hugs from the BB! CDMX2025 organizing committee Flyer by: @mitch_velo

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market research
by weogo＠liveedge.net 30 Apr '25

30 Apr '25

Hi Folks, One of our new bike co-op Board members asked if any market research has been done. The only research has been asking people what they do about fixing their bikes, or would having a bike shop get them riding(more), and having positive responses. Before opening, did any of you do any market research? How? Thanks and good health, Weogo

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management and decision making, living wage
by weogo＠liveedge.net 18 Apr '25

18 Apr '25

Hi Folks, For our new bike collective, I would like to see a more bottom-up approach than a top-down Board managing everything. Anybody here doing management as a Worker Self-Directed Nonprofit? https://www.theselc.org/worker_selfdirected_nonprofits Rather than majority or consensus decision making, how about Dynamic Governance / Sociocracy: https://communitydevelopment.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/What-i… While we are starting as an all-volunteer effort, I see much room for growth, and paid employees receiving a living wage. Does your shop make enough money to pay any employees? Thanks and good health, Weogo

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MEMT 2025 Ejercicio de ciencia ciudadana con potencial de impacto social / Citizen science exercise with social impact potential
by Angie Libertad 25 Mar '25

25 Mar '25

El año pasado se amplió a Norte América la Medición de Eficacia en Modos de Transporte, un ejercicio de ciencia ciudadana con mucho potencial de impacto en cambiar la priorización de vialidades locales, con participación de ciudades en Canada, Estados Unidos y México. Este año se esta repitiendo y lxs impulsorxs desde Chile están convocando hoy mismo a una sesión informativa. ¡Súmate para conocer más sobre la Medición de Eficiencia en Modos de Transporte (MEMT 2025)! La cita en línea es: Hoy martes 25 de marzo 19 hrs Chile/Argentina 16 hrs México : https://meet.google.com/kpa-tmex-fvi --------------------------------------------------------------------- Last year the MEMT, a citizen science exercise with great potential for impact on changing local road mobility priorities, expanded to North America with the participation of cities in Canada, US, and Mexico. This year it is being repeated and the promoters from Chile are calling for an informationalsession today. Join us to learn about the measurement of efficient modes of transporation (MEMT 2025)! The online meet is: Today Tuesday March 25th 19 hrs Chile/Argentina 16 hrs México : https://meet.google.com/kpa-tmex-fvi

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Webhosting/domains
by Bike City 24 Mar '25

24 Mar '25

Well, I recently threw together some hand-written HTML and slapped it onto a free (and ad-less) webhost. This seemed great at first, regardless of the weird URL. But after lots of other publicity and potential traffic, I've seen it get hacked twice (by a radical Islamic group after the whole host, nothing personal), and lately it's either painfully slow to load or completely down. So, I haven't done this for about a decade and I'm out of the loop. I'm really not willing to suffer any ads, but since our budgeted is obcenely limited for such fluff, does anyone have recommendations? Are there any more reliable ad-free free hosts? (Probably not, for obvious reasons.) Otherwise, how do you guys handle web hosting? How much does it cost? What's a good balance between reliable and affordable? How much is domain registration nowadays? We don't have our 501(c)(3) status yet so we won't get a deal until later this year, by the way. Anyway, please help. It's rough to find time to FTP an update and find the site's down. Thanks, andrea Bike City Recyclery of Fayetteville, Arkansas http://bikecity.uuuq.com/ (hahaha)

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Renaming the Think Tank
by Josh Bisker 21 Mar '25

21 Mar '25

Hi buds, let's talk about renaming the Think Tank in order to increase its value as a communal resource. *español abajo* As we talked about during our Bike!Bike! meetings last autumn, the Think Tank is an incredible resource but a clunky and imperfect tool. A main challenge is participation: many collectives do not participate in the Think Tank, and it's hard to bring new collectives on board, so its reach, impact, and value are limited (and maybe even decreasing). The name is one barrier we identified to participation: "The Think Tank" is a confusingly generic name for a listserv about bike collectives, and organizers with limited time and capacity are unlikely to engage with a resource that doesn't seem clearly relevant to their needs and objcetives. So: - Can we rename the Think Tank without losing the backlog of listserv messages? - Who is in a position to actually institute such a change? - What are the practical steps involved in doing so, and the consequences? - What would be a better name? "BikeCollectives" seems like perhaps the easiest, and although it's in English I imagine it's a fairly accessible phrase. "Bike Collectives Think Tank," while fun, is pretty long, and probably less linguistically accessible for non-English-speakers. - While we're at it, is anyone knowledgable about (or interested in looking into) migrating the Think Tank's archive and users from its ancient listserv platform to a more up-to-date, user-friendly replacement, like groups.io or something? I imagine there could be great tools around, like maybe even automatic translation for messages. Ok, what's your thoughts? Josh / he/him / Brooklyn *** Hola amigos, hablemos de cambiar el nombre del Think Tank para aumentar su valor como un recurso comunitario. Como comentamos durante nuestras reuniones de Bike!Bike! el otoño pasado, el Think Tank es un recurso increíble, pero una herramienta torpe e imperfecta. Uno de los principales retos es la participación: muchos colectivos no participan en el Think Tank, y es difícil conseguir que se unan nuevos, por lo que su alcance, impacto y valor son limitados (e incluso podrían estar disminuyendo). El nombre es una barrera que identificamos para la participación: "The Think Tank" es un nombre genérico y confuso para una lista de correo sobre colectivos de bicicletas, y es poco probable que los organizadores con tiempo y capacidad limitados interactúen con un recurso que no parece claramente relevante para sus necesidades y objetivos. Entonces: - ¿Podemos cambiar el nombre del Think Tank sin perder la acumulación de mensajes en la lista de correo? - ¿Quién está en condiciones de implementar realmente dicho cambio? - ¿Cuáles son los pasos prácticos para hacerlo y las consecuencias? - ¿Cuál sería un nombre mejor? "BikeCollectives" parece quizás la frase más fácil, y aunque está en inglés, imagino que es bastante accesible. "Bike Collectives Think Tank", aunque divertido, es bastante largo y probablemente menos accesible lingüísticamente para quienes no hablan inglés. - Y ya que estamos, ¿alguien sabe (o está interesado en) migrar el archivo y los usuarios del Think Tank de su antigua plataforma de listas de correo a una alternativa más moderna y fácil de usar, como groups.io o algo similar? Imagino que podría haber herramientas geniales, como incluso la traducción automática de mensajes. Bueno, ¿qué opinan? Josh / él / Brooklyn Josh Bisker | 914-500-9890 <http://voice.google.com/calls?a=nc,%2B19145009890>

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