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Bike Collective Photos
by Godwin ! 24 Jan '16

24 Jan '16

Hey folks, I'm looking for some high quality photos of bike collectives to use on a redesign of bikecollectives.org. What I'm really looking for are some photos that accurately but positively represent what a bike collective is like, people working together with bikes. Some diversity, bikes, tools, and smiles would be nice. I'd like to put these images on the front page of the site so I need to know that the photographer, your organization, and the people in the photos consent to the images being displayed prominently. Knowing some info on the photographer and collective would be great so that I can give credit. Feel free to reply off-list to help reduce the amount coming into everyone's inboxes. Thanks!godwin PS: If you're curious about what's going on, I'm migrating our site from PHP to RoR and moving it to the same server as bikebike.org so that we can more easily translate bikecollectives.org and the two sites can share data (we can get the map working again!). Most of my time needs to be spent on bikebike for the next few months but afterwards I'd like to spend time getting the site translated and possibly adding new content and features. If you're interested in helping out with development, feel free to reach out to me and I'll do my best to help onboard you (keep in mind that I'm very bad at organizing a remote team).

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TEDx video summarizing big picture of what bike collectives are all about
by David Davis 17 Dec '15

17 Dec '15

Hi All! We were invited to give a TEDx talk to a broad audience here in SLC. We used it as an opportunity to illuminate the concept of bicycle collectives/co-ops in a way that focuses on what collectives do for people, not just bikes. Check it out here <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8MR8VdKbEg>, and feel free to use it whenever you need a flashy intro to the concept. I tired to keep it as universal as possible and mention early on that there are organizations like this around the world. The goal was to make it useful for your organizations, as well. Cheers! Feedback appreciated! -- -- David Eyer Davis Executive Director Bicycle Collective c: 801-230-6308 www.bicyclecollective.org The mission of the 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 Collective provides refurbished bicycles and educational programs to the community, focusing on children and lower income households.

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Tracking parts used by participants
by David Oliver 17 Dec '15

17 Dec '15

Hey, Currently at the bike co-op where I work and the other one where I volunteer we try to track what parts people are using on their bikes so that when they are done we're not forgetting to charge them for something. Both co-ops use clipboards with small "receipts" on them for participants/volunteers to write down what parts they've used. The clipboards stay at the front of the shop and are then handed to the person as they walk in. In what I would say is the vast majority of cases these clipboards either don't get used at all or people don't write down the parts on them as they get the parts. I don't think this actually results in that many parts not getting paid for because people are pretty honest when you ask them what parts they used or the volunteer helping them remembers. There are probably small parts like v-brake noodles that get missed though. The only alternative I've thought of so far is having something permanently attached to where the people are working on their bikes. Curious if other co-ops out there have a better system for tracking parts people have used on their bikes. Thanks, David

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Bikes Not Bombs Contact
by Reno Bikes 15 Dec '15

15 Dec '15

Is anyone from Bikes Not Bombs on here? Was doing some reading about your Youth Employment Program and had some questions? If so would you please contact me at noah(a)renobikeproject.com Thanks, Noah -- Wed-Fri 11am-6pm Sat 10am-4pm 541 E. 4th Street. Reno, NV 89512 775.323.4488 donate via paypal: http://www.renobikeproject.com/index.php/donate/ Follow us on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/renobikeproject/ Please let us know if you would like to unsubscribe to our email list.

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Southern California Community Bike Spaces
by Wm Dakota Callaschai 14 Dec '15

14 Dec '15

Hello sun loving warm folks! My name is Dakota and you may know of me being from the great Troy Bike Rescue in Troy NY. Well I left Troy to see the world of bikes. I'm on my way back to socal, running from the cold and would like to meet up, do some bike works, and hang out. https://m.facebook.com/cargoawaybikes/?ref=bookmarks This is one of the ways I'm working with to help us live a better way. Thank you for your time and consideration.

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It's that time of year!
by Angel York 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

Most of the readers of this listserv are in winter now, which means your community bike shops are, too. It's the slow season! Some of you may have reduced your hours for winter, fewer people show up with injured bikes, etc. With volunteer-run organizations (and mostly volunteer-run organizations) there's a fair bit of volunteer turnover. This means that the volunteers who are around this year may not know what the volunteers knew last year, or the year before. *Which means...* *It's time to let everyone at your local friendly bike collective know about this listserv! * Drop 'em an email and say "HEY! There's lots of amazing bike people on this listserv talking about COMMUNITY BIKE SHOPS, OMG how COOL is THAT, and they want you to know they're there!" And while you're at it, put an automatic reminder on your online calendar, and then tell everyone about the think tank next year, too! <3 Angel York

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Liability Waivers, Disclaimers, etc
by Johnny Fill 08 Dec '15

08 Dec '15

Hi everyone, We run drop-in DIY bike fixing workshops with volunteer support. These are open to the general public. I was wondering what, if anything, do other organisations who provide similar sessions do about liability waivers, disclaimers, etc? Thanks for any info, Johnny -- Johnny Fill Mechanical Administrator Broken Spoke Bike Co-op www.bsbcoop.org --

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Care Package Ideas
by Edward Kirkwood 05 Dec '15

05 Dec '15

Our shop has a lot of customers that are homeless or very close to it. We would like to put together a small care package that we would give out to some of our less fortunate customers. Internet searches turn up a lot of good ideas such as toiletries, socks, gloves, etc. Does anyone have any good ideas that are more bike specific? Thanks,AllenBroke Spoke Community Bike ShopLexington, KY

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Membership fees?
by LaBikery 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

Hello! Could you all send me some structures on how your membership fees work please? Ours is currently a $5 lifetime membership, and we're looking into other options and trying to weigh the pros and cons of yearly memberships! Thanks, Mallory at La Bikery :)

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Bike essentials to ship with bikes
by mike r 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

blockquote, div.yahoo_quoted { margin-left: 0 !important; border-left:1px #715FFA solid !important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; } Here in Albany, NY we have a 401C that is shipping 40 ft shipping containers with needed supplies to 3rd world countries around the world.They have said that they would like to include 5 or so refurbished Mountain Bikes in a container when they can. My thought is to send only 26 inch wheel bikes for standardization. Does anyone have suggestions on what should be included with a shipment of 5 bikes for sustainability?I'm thinking a few (#?) Tubes and Tires.A "good" pump (brand and model?).Patches and Glue (#?)Chain Lube (brand?)Thanks, Mike RozdolskiTroy Bike Rescue, Electric City Bike Rescue, and Mike the Bike Guy (freelance bike giver.).. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad

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