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Boise Bicycle Project Seeks Lead Mechanic
by Emily Summerhays 23 Aug '18

23 Aug '18

Boise Bicycle Project seeks a full time, lead mechanic in one of the most exciting bicycling communities in the country! Boise Bicycle Project Lead Mechanic BBP’s Mission The Boise Bicycle Project (BBP) is a nonprofit bicycle cooperative that promotes the personal, social, and environmental benefits of bicycling. It functions as a bicycle recycling center as well as an educational workspace in a diverse and non-threatening atmosphere. Through education and access to quality affordable bicycles, BBP strives to build a stronger bicycling community. The BBP Experience Community When you enter our doors, you have entered a place of community. Everyone is welcome to get their hands dirty, and all bikes belong. Connection Once inside, we will work together to connect you to where you need to go. By sharing tools, knowledge, and experiences in a cooperative space, we can learn from each other and remove barriers that block opportunities. Empowerment When you exit our doors you leave empowered with the resources and confidence to engage in other opportunities. Through pedal-power and people-power, we can build the community we want to live and ride in. Position Summary The Boise Bicycle Project seeks a Lead Mechanic to make bicycles, bicycle repair and bicycle education available to the entire community regardless of income. The Lead Mechanic works with the Shop Manager and team mechanics to reach impact goals in making SAFE, RELIABLE, SERVICEABLE, AFFORDABLE and FUN bicycles available to the community in need. Through staff education, leadership, and hands on DIY bicycle repair, the Lead Mechanic fosters an empowering environment where bikes are fixed and barriers are broken. Essential Job Responsibilities Leadership and Mechanic Education 30% - Manage Shop Floor during open hours when Shop Manager is not available - Collaborate with Shop Manager with hiring and onboarding of Bike Mechanics - Educate/train Bike Mechanics on Bike Sales and DIY standards - Assist fellow staff members with the bike repair problems they encounter - Create systems for mechanics, volunteers, and youth to continually grow mechanic skills. - Assist facilitators with service writing of incoming walk-ins and members DIY Repair and Shop User & Staff Experience 30% - Work with Walkins, Members, and Work Trade, setting standards for customer service - Maintain a positive empowering and educational shop experience for Staff, Members, Volunteers and Program Participants - Utilize 360-degree vision to offer coaching and support to team mechanics working with our customers Resource/Inventory Management 20% - Work with Shop Manager to manage bike repair/accessory related inventory, organization, and cleanliness of the shop - Support shop manager in placing bi-weekly inventory orders, assessing shop needs for new product offerings, process inventory upon delivery - Maintain work benches with appropriate functional tools for all shop users - Maintain systems that ensure donated quality affordable bike parts are available to customers, and new inventory compliments gaps customer/mechanic needs SAFE, RELIABLE, SERVICEABLE, AFFORDABLE and FUN bicycle Creation 20% - Biking Building for Quality Affordable Bikes program - Direct Bike Mechanics in maintaining a diverse assortment of quality affordable bicycles for programs and public Job Skills and Requirements: - You have a passion for teamwork, a black belt in communication, and an arsenal of interpersonal skills - You enjoy working with people from all walks of life, all backgrounds, and all ability levels. - You’ve been paid to wrench on a wide variety of bicycles for over 3 years - You’ve used the phrase “Steel is Real.” Rigid steel bikes will always have a soft spot in your heart. The simplicity of frictions shifters makes you warm and fuzzy. But those wonders from the past haven’t road blocked your brain for new technology. - You’ve got the skills to pay the bills and a passion to teach what you preach - You’ve spent a significant time volunteering with nonprofits or working on community projects - You love systems and organization, but embrace evolution and flexibility How to Apply: Please email the following to emily(a)boisebicycleproject.org - 1 example of working as a team to overcome a barrier - 1 examples of past volunteer history in community based organizations - 1 example of how bicycle repair has had an impact on your life - Cover Letter and Resume. This 40 hour/week job located in Boise Idaho. Weekend availability is required, and the BBP leadership team cooperates with a “Saturday Share” rolling schedule on a monthly basis, so that we can practice work/life balance while working together to support the shop needs. Leaders at BBP can expect to work 1-2 Saturdays each month depending on the shop schedule and scheduled time-off for team members. $14 - 15/hour (depending on experience) plus an employee benefits package that includes medical insurance, paid time off, and commuter incentives. We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. -- Emily Thompson Summerhays Director of Shop Operations Boise Bicycle Project 1027 S. Lusk Street Boise, Idaho 83702 208.429.6520 boisebicycleproject.org https://youtu.be/D-v5vS-03gk?t=8s

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Tips for Building a Bike Blender?
by Saint deRoche 14 Aug '18

14 Aug '18

Hi Aida, I've built a few. My family ran a little bike pedaled smoothy biz briefly. Sweetpedals.com I use a standard rack, with a front hub, connected to a roller skate wheel. I use Oster brand blenders, don't think that part matters but I got several from the 70's for cheap. The thing for us is that we needed to have multiple blender canister that fit the base. I'll try to attach some pictures. Let me know if I can answer any thing. Much love from Philly Ry

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Tips for Building a Bike Blender?
by Stuart Nottingham 14 Aug '18

14 Aug '18

Aida, I found this on one of my favorite "Maker" sites. I haven't built it, but judging from the comments it is workable. https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-create-a-human-powered-bike-blender…

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Re: [TheThinkTank] bike blender - Green Action Centre
by Ian Wassink 13 Aug '18

13 Aug '18

Contact Green Action Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They have a bike blender that is used for events to make smoothies and such. info(a)greenactioncentre.ca Ian Wassink The Greasy Chain Portage la Prairie, Manitoba ianwassink(a)gmail.com > On Aug 12, 2018, at 3:04 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. Tips for Building a Bike Blender? (Aida Mas Baghaie) > <mime-attachment> > _______________________________________________ > Thethinktank mailing list > Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.…

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Tips for Building a Bike Blender?
by Aida Mas Baghaie 12 Aug '18

12 Aug '18

Hey bike buds, So, it turns out people love bike blenders, and over the last couple weeks we've had a bunch of requests for them at the Mechanical Gardens. Have you made a bike blender? What worked and what didn't? We're looking to build something simple and functional, preferably with no/minimal welding. Any recommendations, instructions, and/or photos would be much appreciated! Thanks! aida P.S. We built the outdoor repair stand and are just adding some finishing touches. Once it's done, I'll make a folder with the photos y'all sent me and share it!

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OT: Milwaukee, where ya at?
by Josh Bisker 10 Aug '18

10 Aug '18

Who's in Milwaukee? I'm coming your way in a few weeks with a play and want to say hi. 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/>

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Shop repair stands
by Tigre Bici 08 Aug '18

08 Aug '18

Hello everyone. This email is for asking on reocmendations on repair stands. Since you have been uploading the DIY ones we have some odeas on doing some to move around but on the shop we have been using a portable plastic repair stand and we have decided on buying a shop one that might last longer and will make it easier to fix bikes (the plastic ones usually dont support heavy bikes and we have suffer some accidents with bike moving down the stand) Some time bak we looked at teh park tool deluxe stand and now that we might be able to purchase it we find out that the base is not included and that costs $300 more. So, any recomendations on a shop stand, not the plastic ones, that we can buy with $400 us dollars? Or have you made your own base to put the park tool stand that has worked? Thanks R.

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Incentivizing regular shifts in volunteer run shops!
by Sarah FioRito 08 Aug '18

08 Aug '18

Hey Folks! We at Kickstand community Bike Shop in East Vancouver have had ongoing challenges with staying open for all our our regular shop hours because we sometimes do not have enough volunteers signed up to volunteer to facilitate our volunteer-run shop on a given day. Does anyone have strategies for encouraging volunteer commitment and regular shifts so that we can reliably open for our posted hours? Obviously, transitioning to having paid staff is one pathway, though there are probably many other alternatives that would meet our needs and encourage community participation in keeping the space open. Sarah

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Re Shop Repair stands
by Geoffrey Smart 06 Aug '18

06 Aug '18

We have bought several PRS 2.2 stands after having used first cheap chinese stands then portable Park Tool stands which we still use for events or when we have lots of volunteers. We also have a double headed Unior stand but this is not as well made as the PRS2.2 If you are not in a hurry look for a used PRS 2.2. We bought our first one on Gumtree which is our local version of craigslist. It was over 15 years old and the only sign of wear was on the rubber grips which are replaceable. PRS2.2 are basically volunteer proof as everything is heavy duty metal. We bought half inch plate and had the dealer bore and counter bore the holes by bringing in the stand as a template. This is important as one of the 4 holes is slightly off centre so that you get correct directional alignment if you are copying the original plates. Cost including drilling was around $100 US and the cost of labour in Australia is higher than the U.S. We like double headed stands as it allows experienced volunteers to continue with a project while also assisting a less experienced volunteer when they need advice. Geoff Smart Back2Bikes Port Melbourne

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thinking forward - travel - Bike!Bike! LA
by Fabian W. 04 Aug '18

04 Aug '18

Hello Again about the Travel Equity funding for Bike!Bike! LA. In the next couple of weeks we need to make decisions about the funding distribution of the Travel Equity funds. If your organization/shop/project is thinking of contributing please let us know what you may expect to raise, so we can take that into consideration. Since in most cases we will refund travelers once they get to LA we don’t need to have the money until then. And please continue to promote our crowd funding site (https://bikebike2018.raisely.com) among your friends, partners, and networks. Every dollar counts significantly for our Latin-American friends. Thank you for your patience and especially your contributions, _fabian http://pedaludico.org

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Has anyone read Bike Lanes are White Lanes
by jfcaron＠phas.ubc.ca 01 Aug '18

01 Aug '18

Has anyone read this academic work? http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/university-of-nebraska-press/9780803276789/ <http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/university-of-nebraska-press/9780803276789/> Would you recommend it for a bike co-op's library, or for a non-planning-scholar person to buy & read? Jean-François

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Bike!Bike! para todos.
by Fabian W. 31 Jul '18

31 Jul '18

Hi All Please help support participation in Bike!Bike! 2018 by groups from Mexico and Central/South America. We have a Travel Equity program to help fund the very expensive visa process and crazy expensive flight costs. There is a crowd funding site for this purpose: https://bikebike2018.raisely.com/ . Any amount you can contribute you be very helpful. We are also offering some cool gifts. Please help! Gracias, _fabian W.

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Re: [TheThinkTank] : Has anyone read Bike Lanes are White Lanes?
by Stuart Nottingham 30 Jul '18

30 Jul '18

I have. It's well worth reading if you're at all interested in equity in cycling. On Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 16:04 <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. Has anyone read Bike Lanes are White Lanes (jfcaron(a)phas.ubc.ca) > 2. Re: Has anyone read Bike Lanes are White Lanes (Tigre Bici) > 3. Re: Has anyone read Bike Lanes are White Lanes (Stephen Andruski) > 4. Re: Has anyone read Bike Lanes are White Lanes (Steve) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 10:55:03 -0500 > From: jfcaron(a)phas.ubc.ca > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: [TheThinkTank] Has anyone read Bike Lanes are White Lanes > Message-ID: <B49E0956-D49F-4229-B2F2-62B625175636(a)phas.ubc.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Has anyone read this academic work? > > http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/university-of-nebraska-press/9780803276789/ > < > http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/university-of-nebraska-press/9780803276789/ > > > > Would you recommend it for a bike co-op's library, or for a > non-planning-scholar person to buy & read? > > Jean-Fran?ois >

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Bike!Bike! registration
by Vincenzo loco 29 Jul '18

29 Jul '18

This is starting to feel like that new years party you hosted where you start to worry about ppl showing up :P Remember that if you are coming, register now! Also, please sign up to run a workshop ASAP! We want to get those in order soon so we can have a fun weekend planned! Once you have registered, go back to the main page and scroll down to where you can click on the view workshops and then new workshop button. The site will ask for your email to confirm that you are registered. Bike bike bike bike bike bike bike bike bike bikebike.org also plz remember that we have a fundraiser going on to help get folks into the US for B!B! https://bikebike2018.raisely.com/ aaaaand if you wanna help out with bike bike you can sign up to volunteer. *https://tinyurl.com/volunteerBB2018* <https://tinyurl.com/volunteerBB2018> -Enzomatic

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Thethinktank Digest, Vol 142, Issue 3
by Geoff Heath 26 Jul '18

26 Jul '18

This is a reply to Fabian's question re; Travel equity fundraising a while back. Winnipeg raised over $2000 last year for the travel equity fund through a series of monthly bike builds we did for the 4 months leading up to the B!B! conference. We figured that building & selling some bikes was a lot easier than organizing yet another fundraiser, so once a month The Wrench hosted a friday night beer (byob) pizza (paid for by The WRENCH) and wrenching night. We invited any and all mechanics who wanted to contribute to B!B! organizing in an easy, tangible way to come out and wrench on bikes for a few hours. Over 4 such nights we built and subsequently sold 20 bikes with all the proceeds going directly towards the bikebike travel equity fund. It was a really easy way to plug in folks from the extended mechanic community who wanted to contribute to organizing but not in a "sit in meetings" or "deal with piles of emails" sort of way. Winnipeg is blessed with a pretty good stock of donated/salvaged bikes in the summer, so this initiative didn't really "cost" The WRENCH aside from paying for any required consumables (cables, housing, lube) and some cheap pizza once a month. And if we build them, they tend to sell without too much effort. I'd recommend this method to any shops who might want to contribute to raising some $$$ for this important fund. That said, Winnipeg is laying low this summer, so don't expect another 2G coming from us! Sorry! Lookin forward to LA! Cheers, Geoff Geoff Heath, Education Director The Winnipeg Repair Education N' Cycling Hub 1057 Logan Ave. Winnipeg, MB R3E 3N8 Treaty 1 Territory, Homeland of the Metis Nation http://www.thewrench.ca 204-296-3389 On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 3:04 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.org > > 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. Bike!Bike! Los Angeles - Travel Equity (Fabian W.) > 2. Re: Bike Collective VS. Simply giving away bikes (DancesWithCars) > 3. Re: Bike Collective VS. Simply giving away bikes (Cycle-Re-Cycle) > 4. Re: Bike Collective VS. Simply giving away bikes (Bike Talk) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 21:39:13 -0400 > From: "Fabian W." <fabian(a)pedaludico.org> > To: "'The Think Tank'" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: [TheThinkTank] Bike!Bike! Los Angeles - Travel Equity > Message-ID: <00d801d41337$d0ee6380$72cb2a80$(a)pedaludico.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > I?m Fabian W. and I?m a member of the Bike!Bike! 2018 ? Los Angeles > organizing committee. One of my specific tasks is to promote and facilitate > participation in our event by Mexican, Central American and South American > bike groups. > > > > There are two main components to this effort: > > > > Promote the event among groups in those regions. > > I?m already reaching out to many across the region but if you know of any > specific ones I would really appreciate the contact information. > > > > Fundraise for our travel equity program. > > Participation by south-of-the-US Border groups is very difficult because of > the cost of visas and airfare. > > Jim Mayerstein from Mexico has shared with me some important background > information about travel equity funding in previous Bike!Bike! gatherings > starting with Detroit. Jim mentioned that a couple of the collectives from > Canada were able to do significant funding towards this (Bike Sauce from > Toronto and Our Community Bikes from Vancouver). > > The Los Angeles Bike!Bike! organizing committee is going to do as much > funding for this as possible but any contributions or ideas from the rest > of > the BikeCollectives community would be very appreciated. > > > > We have started a crowd funding site at: https://bikebike2018.raisely.com/ > . > Any contributions there would help give momentum to that effort. > > > > So, please if you have any ideas or have specific resources in relationship > to both the promotion of the event south-of-the-US Border or, more > importantly, in regards to funding our southern friends please contact me > at > fabian(a)ucla.edu <mailto:fabian@ucla.edu> > > > > Looking forward to meeting many of you in LA in September, > > > > _fabian > > Bike!Bike! 2018, Los Angeles, Organizing Committee > > Professor, Department of Film, Television and Digital Media, UCLA > > Director, PedaL?dico, Buenos Aires, Argentina ( <http://pedaludico.org> > http://pedaludico.org) > > Director, cheLA, Buenos Aires, Argentina (http://chela.org.ar) > > > > > >

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Bike Works in Seattle is hiring a Program Coordinator
by Deb Salls 26 Jul '18

26 Jul '18

Please Spread the word Bike Works in SE Seattle's Columbia City neighborhood is hiring a Program Coordinator to help run our youth and adult programs. This role includes teaching bike repair classes, running bike rides and safety rodeos and maintaining outreach and redistribution of bikes to the community. Each day will be a blend of thiese tasks within a team, requiring collaboration and independnce. *This is an excellent opportunity for someone with shop level mechanic skills who has youth and adult mentoring/teaching experience.* Go to our website for more about this position and info on how to apply 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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Blackstone Bicycle Works is Hiring a Program Manager - Chicago's South Side youth education program and community bike shop
by Matthew Searle 25 Jul '18

25 Jul '18

Hello ThinkTank! We are hiring a Program Manager for Blackstone Bicycle Works. Please help us spread the word. We believe candidates could come from a wide variety of backgrounds and be successful in this role. See the attached job ad. More information can be found on our website here <https://experimentalstation.org/jobs>. Applications are due August 8th. See our most recent video about the program here <https://youtu.be/RACwu05L2UE>. Thanks, Matthew *Blackstone Bicycle Works *is committed to fostering a safe, holistic learning environment that empowers primarily youth of color from Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood and greater South Side community. Its collaborative model and staff engage 180 underserved youth annually in real world experiences such as bicycle repair, small business operation, and teaching roles, in order to break down barriers to future opportunities. The program combines STEM learning, mentoring, tutoring, and anti-violence work into one cohesive experience. Both a youth program and community bike shop, BBW is a program of Experimental Station, a nonprofit incubator of innovative educational and cultural programs, small business enterprises, and community initiatives. ______________ Matthew T. Searle Assistant Director Experimental Station 6100 S. Blackstone Ave. Chicago, IL 60637 USA matthew(a)experimentalstation.org office: 773.241.6044; alt: 773.270.2502 experimentalstation.org <http://www.experimentalstation.org>

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Creating a think tank
by Tigre Bici 23 Jul '18

23 Jul '18

Hello everyone! We are interested on see how the thinktank works and how to replicate it, does anyone knows? we are trying to setup something like the bike collectives think tank with the city feminist groups but using facebook or whatssap has proven very complicated so, if you know any way on forming a thinktank or other ways of mass communication with different groups that doesn't required to be all day in front of a screen and/or saturates your inbox will be awesome. Regards R.

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Organizing Small Parts Better
by Geoffrey Smart 23 Jul '18

23 Jul '18

For really small items such as bolts I like draws with the name of the bolt say M6 and a sample on the front and running the draws of each item down smallest to largest size so M$ down to M8 so volunteers get a fell after a while for the size they need. For larger parts such as brake blocks I like to see all the brake stuff or gear stuff together. We use the kind of removable boxes that clip on to a wall bracket with the name of the item on the box and on the wall where it goes. The advantage of these is that you can see in to the boxes when standing back and you can remove the box to sort item. I think if you have too many items to fit in a draw you need to cull the stuff in the worst condition or it just makes finding the good stuff harder. We get volunteers to do this with the more experienced helping the newer as a way of learning about the relative value of parts. Geoff Smart Back2Bikes Port Melbourne

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Bike Kitchen (Vancouver, Canada) looking to hire Senior Mechanic
by Bike Kitchen 21 Jul '18

21 Jul '18

Hello there, The Bike Kitchen in Vancouver, BC, Canada is looking to hire a Senior Mechanic for August Please pass along to your networks and if anyone is interested in applying they can send an email to admin(a)thebikekitchen.com Thanks! -alex The Bike Kitchen 1896 East Mall, Vancouver BC (604) 827-7333 www.thebikekitchen.com The Bike Kitchen is on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/UBCBikeKitchen/?fref=ts>!

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Welding discussion
by Ulick O'Beirne 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

Hi guys, I've been wondering about welding. I'm an ok welder. I can get the job done. I'm ok when things are set up for me in a class setting, but haven't worked outside that; and standing in big stores trying to figure out what gear to buy really confuses me. I do have access to sheds and experienced friends who would support me; and in my community setting if I was pretty confident with setting that up I'd probably get good support (especially if I was doing something that could benefit everyone). When I stared thinking about it, there's a million questions around welding set up I'd like to ask the ThinkTank. Do you think you could help me answer these? Questions I have: -Set up and materials needed, -Hardware- i.e. buildings, power input, flooring, etc -Preferences for different materials or machines -Experience- show and tell of really good bike shop welding; especially any frames anyone has built they're proud of All much appreciated guys! Ulick Ireland

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Organizing Small Parts Better
by Josh Bisker 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

Hey pals, what are your good ways of organizing the small parts in your shop? I don't mean "do you put them in little bitty parts drawers or bins," but more "if so, how do you organize those drawers or bins?" At the Mechanical Gardens, as the small parts get more *sorted *they also get less *organized*. It just becomes static: fifty teeny drawers of small parts or whatever means that people who don't know just what their part is called or looks like, or just where to look for it, are SOL. No bueno. Do you do something clever to head this off? Organize small parts by bike system, by commonly accessed parts versus parts-of-components (like jockey wheels, star nuts, or seatpost tops), or some other way? Someone who's worked on this, please help us. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox Josh 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/>

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Literature on womens+bikes
by Tigre Bici 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

Hello everyone! We have been doing some research on non-academic and academic literature on how there are different types on mobility inside cities and those differences are also, or should be, gendered (not into the idea of the binomial definition of gender but the majority of info we have found approaches that way) ans also on how perceptions/infrastructure mold the mobility patrons on women and men*. Not so surprising we have found the bast majority of urban plans, bike lanes and even bike "activism" all around the globe keeps repeating the no consideration/misogynist way to do-it, the no consideration on reproductive work (that not only women do, but in bast majority the do). Sooooo, I write this email for 2 reasons: 1-Ask, if you have any, for literature that approaches mobility with a "gender perspective" that can or cannot include this on the text but, you know that doesn't keep talking of men as the norm when creating new bus lanes or bike lanes etc. 2- If anyone wants to open a support/study/awesome group to discuss this things (will be awesome), let me know! Thanks And hopefully I will see a bunch of you in LA Abrazos R.

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Rags storage (new and used)
by Luis Fernandez 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

Hi all, Our rag storage situation could use some improvement at the Somerville Bike Kitchen in MA. Just wondering how folks are currently storing clean rags and then taking care of used rags? Is there some good, cheap, nifty way to store them so that they are easily available and take up the least amount of room and don't end up going everywhere? Really just looking for pictures or descriptions of how you folks are managing your rags... Maybe i'm over-thinking this and just a big bin works... but our space is small and we have limited floor space.. Thanks, Luis ps - I wanted to send a shout-out to the austin yellow bike project. When I was there a year or so ago, I attended one of their meetings and thought that their approach to making rags was pretty smart. At the start of the meeting, they hand out scissors and tshirts to the folks seated at the meeting and cut up rags while the meeting is going on - seemed a great way to multi-task.

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child protection policy
by Ulick O'Beirne 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

Anyone got a child protection policy that your organisation uses that they can share? Ulick

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