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alley cat and benefit party in atlanta, feb 24
by rachael spiewak 10 Jan '07

10 Jan '07

heya, kids. just wanted to extend an invitation to sopo bicycle cooperative's third annual broken hearts and bicycle parts alley cat and benefit party. saturday, feb 24. we promise a good time, food and booze, and hot bikes. we've got plenty of couches and futons for you to crash on. two wheels good, rachael

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Collaborative Shop Manual
by Jonathan Morrison 27 Dec '06

27 Dec '06

Peter Garver and the Ohio City Bicycle Co-op were kind enough to share their shop manual with the Bike Collective Network's Wiki. The hope is that EVERYONE will contribute to it and make it a comprehensive resource that we all can link our sites to. http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Shop_Manual -- Sincerely, Jonathan Morrison Project Coordinator Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective www.slcbikecollective.org

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Google Local - List your Collective for free.
by nichola* 15 Nov '06

15 Nov '06

wow. google maps found 9,337 matches for "bicycle collective"... http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=bicycle+collective&ie=UTF8&filter=0… > -------Original Message------- > From: Jonathan Morrison <jonathan(a)slcbikecollective.org> > Subject: [TheThinkTank] Google Local - List your Collective for free. > Sent: 14 Nov '06 15:22 > > Google Maps are popular, and they allow you to add your business (or > in our case non-profit) for free. When you do that people can just > type in your organization's name and find you and all your contact > info. > > For example here is the listing for the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective: > http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=salt+lake+city+bicycle+collective > > To add your Community Bike Shop use this link: > http://www.google.com/local/add?hl=en&gl=us

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Google Local - List your Collective for free.
by Jonathan Morrison 14 Nov '06

14 Nov '06

Google Maps are popular, and they allow you to add your business (or in our case non-profit) for free. When you do that people can just type in your organization's name and find you and all your contact info. For example here is the listing for the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=salt+lake+city+bicycle+collective To add your Community Bike Shop use this link: http://www.google.com/local/add?hl=en&gl=us -- Sincerely, Jonathan Morrison Project Coordinator Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 www.slcbikecollective.org

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Washing Parts
by omar bhimji 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

we had a solvent tank for years, but no one felt very good about using it and so one day we got rid of it. no one misses that thing, and i swear the air quality in the back of the shop is better. rags, clean green or what have you, and a little elbow grease seems to do the trick. sidebar: i have a friend who throws his drive trains in the dishwasher at home once or twice a year. swears he always does a ghost load after the fact. omar ocb

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Washing Parts
by Jonathan Morrison 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

What does everyone else do to wash parts? We have a one 10 gallon parts washer full of industrial solvent and we go through Nitrile gloves like nobody else. It cleans great and fast, but that solvent smells, isn't good on the skin, and isn't fun to dispose of. We were thinking about getting an Aqueous Parts Washer, that heats up a Simple Green mixture. Has anyone had any experience with these? If you create dealer login on ParkTool.com (only takes a second) you can browse their shop products. The one we were looking at was the "APW-2 - Aqueous Parts Washer Floor Model" (http://www.parktool.com/images/products/productimages/spr_APW_2_200589_3476…) -- Sincerely, Jonathan Morrison Project Coordinator Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 www.slcbikecollective.org

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Dirty Shop Rags
by Jonathan Morrison 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

This is a 'which is worse' question... Do you clean your dirty shop rags, or bring them to the local hazardous waste facility just like old paint, oil, gasoline, etc.,...? Our shop rags are actually cut up t-shirts that were extra from a cycling event over a decade ago -- so we have plenty and they cost us nothing. But once they are dirty, they not only produce a fire hazard but a cleaning / disposal issue. The chemicals required to effectively clean rags aren't good for the water supply / sewers -- since we all live down stream. At the same time throwing something away (even properly) after one use seems like a waste too. What does everyone else do? -- Sincerely, Jonathan Morrison Project Coordinator Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 www.slcbikecollective.org

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Re: [TheThinkTank] thethinktank Digest, Vol 2, Issue 6
by Sara Guiffre 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Early August would probably be best just considering most people don't have classes yet, so a lot more people would be able to participate. Sara Tallahassee, Florida Krank It Up! On 10/12/06, thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org < 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. dates for Bike Bike!- let us know now (Jessica McPherson) > 2. Re: dates for Bike Bike!- let us know now (BICAS) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 22:01:05 -0700 (PDT) > From: Jessica McPherson <jessica_mcp(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: [TheThinkTank] dates for Bike Bike!- let us know now > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Message-ID: <20061011050105.74064.qmail(a)web30409.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hello everyone, > > Since not very many people have responded, I thought > I'd send a friendly follow-up on my earlier request > for people to let those of us in Pittsburgh know > whether you prefer early August or some time in > September for Bike Bike 2007. Our collective will > meet this weekend to set the dates, so if you've got a > preference for any reason, speak up by Friday Oct 13! > > thanks, > Jessica > Free Ride!, Pittsburgh > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:53:43 -0700 (PDT) > From: BICAS <bicasunderground(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] dates for Bike Bike!- let us know now > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Message-ID: <20061011185343.29404.qmail(a)web36501.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > sometime in September (if that are the only two options left!) would be > best. Thanks! > > love, peace, and bicycle grease~ > your friends at B.I.C.A.S. > > http://www.bicas.org > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Jessica McPherson <jessica_mcp(a)yahoo.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 10:01:05 PM > Subject: [TheThinkTank] dates for Bike Bike!- let us know now > > > Hello everyone, > > Since not very many people have responded, I thought > I'd send a friendly follow-up on my earlier request > for people to let those of us in Pittsburgh know > whether you prefer early August or some time in > September for Bike Bike 2007. Our collective will > meet this weekend to set the dates, so if you've got a > preference for any reason, speak up by Friday Oct 13! > > thanks, > Jessica > Free Ride!, Pittsburgh > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > thethinktank mailing list > thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… > >

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Re: [TheThinkTank] dates for Bike Bike!- let us know now
by BICAS 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

sometime in September (if that are the only two options left!) would be best. Thanks! love, peace, and bicycle grease~ your friends at B.I.C.A.S. http://www.bicas.org ----- Original Message ---- From: Jessica McPherson <jessica_mcp(a)yahoo.com> To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 10:01:05 PM Subject: [TheThinkTank] dates for Bike Bike!- let us know now Hello everyone, Since not very many people have responded, I thought I'd send a friendly follow-up on my earlier request for people to let those of us in Pittsburgh know whether you prefer early August or some time in September for Bike Bike 2007. Our collective will meet this weekend to set the dates, so if you've got a preference for any reason, speak up by Friday Oct 13! thanks, Jessica Free Ride!, Pittsburgh __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ thethinktank mailing list thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.…

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Your Shop Photos
by Jonathan Morrison 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Everyone, Could all of you send me some photos of your shop layouts? Regardless if it is clean, or your ideal layout, I would like to see what the common aspects of everyone's shops are. Email them to: jonathan.morrison(a)gmail.com -- Sincerely, Jonathan Morrison Project Coordinator Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 www.slcbikecollective.org

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