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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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We are in a blog!
by Yvonne Rucker 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

New of BikeVON is getting around. Please share the Opportunity Detroit <http://opportunitydetroit.com/blog/bikevon-putting-detroit-youth-fast-lane/> link. Help Detroit to embrace their kids' dreams to become a cyclist on the fast lane! Facebook it, tweeter it, flood social media with the news about the dreams of Detroit kids. Don't forget our GoFundMe <https://www.gofundme.com/bikevon> campaign. -- *Yvonne Rucker* *Executive Director/Founder * *248.225.0601* *bikevon14(a)gmail.com* <bikevon14(a)gmail.com> *Turning dreams into reality...one rider at a time!* Website: www.bikevon.org "LIKE" <https://www.facebook.com/bikevon> us on Facebook Donate: paypal bikevon14(a)gmail.com *Oakland Press Article* LINK: Detroit organization training young cyclist at Velodrome in Rochester Hills <http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20150819/detroit-organization-t…> Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxdYlQN3wwwB4WgIAkgW_A> *Mission: To increase cycling awareness, accessibility, affordability for the youth of color in Metro Detroit ages 11 – 18. To expose the youth to the elite sport of cycling while teaching them the core values of diversity and inclusion, a healthy lifestyle, and community service.* This electronic message and all attachments contain information from the BikeVON of Metropolitan Detroit and its related programs. The message and attachments may contain privileged, confidential information or otherwise be protected from disclosure. The information is intended to be for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended addressee(s), any disclosure, copy, distribution or use of the contents of this message is prohibited unless authorized by the BikeVON or the intended addressee.

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Giving Tuesday
by Yvonne Rucker 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

Please remember BikeVON today. Please take 5 minutes to meet Tyshawn <https://www.gofundme.com/bikevon> and Jackson. Jackson has the skills to go to cycling nationals and Tyshawn just loves the track. But they need your help. *Turning dreams into reality... one rider at a time!* If you have 20 minutes listen to the dreams of all the kids <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVIc7LIf3l8&feature=em-upload_owner>. -- *Yvonne Rucker* *Executive Director/Founder * *248.225.0601 <248.225.0601>* *bikevon14(a)gmail.com* <bikevon14(a)gmail.com> *Educate, Advocate, and Motivate Through Cycling * Website: www.bikevon.org "LIKE" <https://www.facebook.com/bikevon> us on Facebook Donate: paypal bikevon14(a)gmail.com *Oakland Press Article* LINK: Detroit organization training young cyclist at Velodrome in Rochester Hills <http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20150819/detroit-organization-t…> Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxdYlQN3wwwB4WgIAkgW_A> *Mission: To increase cycling awareness, accessibility, affordability for the youth of color in Metro Detroit ages 11 – 18. To expose the youth to the elite sport of cycling while teaching them the core values of diversity and inclusion, a healthy lifestyle, and community service.* This electronic message and all attachments contain information from the BikeVON of Metropolitan Detroit and its related programs. The message and attachments may contain privileged, confidential information or otherwise be protected from disclosure. The information is intended to be for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended addressee(s), any disclosure, copy, distribution or use of the contents of this message is prohibited unless authorized by the BikeVON or the intended addressee.

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Giving Tuesday
by Yvonne Rucker 22 Nov '15

22 Nov '15

Good morning, Giving Tuesday, December 1st, is fast approaching. Giving Tuesday is a global day dedicated to giving to charitable organizations. Please remember BikeVON. Contribute your weekly coffee budget and make that donation to our GoFundMe <https://www.gofundme.com/bikevon> account. BikeVON is raising money to buy transportation. We need your help. Forward this email to your friends and family. Please view our story at Detroit Youth Cycling at the International Velodrome at Bloomer Park <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3UsJAs-O50&feature=youtu.be>. Track cycling <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_cycling> is the Olympic cycling sport. A special build track, a velodrome <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velodrome> is used for the sport. The bends at International Velodrome are at a 45 degree angle and the straights are at a 15 degree angle. The riders feet are secured to the pedals. The bike does not have brakes and only one gear. If the rider stops pedaling he will fall. Only 2 African Americans have receive recognition in the sport. Major Talyor <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3UsJAs-O50&feature=youtu.be> in 1899 won the one mile track cycling championship. From a total of 168 races, he won first place in 117 and second place in 32. In 1984,Nelson Vails <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Vails> won the Olympic sliver medal and in 2009 was inducted in the cycling hall of fame. Your donation can help our youth to be the next champions. BikeVON is a 501c(3) non-profit. All donations are tax deductible. Use the links below to check out our Facebook and web page. -- *Yvonne Rucker* *Executive Director/Founder * *248.225.0601 <248.225.0601>* *bikevon14(a)gmail.com* <bikevon14(a)gmail.com> *Educate, Advocate, and Motivate Through Cycling * Website: www.bikevon.org "LIKE" <https://www.facebook.com/bikevon> us on Facebook Donate: paypal bikevon14(a)gmail.com *Oakland Press Article* LINK: Detroit organization training young cyclist at Velodrome in Rochester Hills <http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20150819/detroit-organization-t…> Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxdYlQN3wwwB4WgIAkgW_A> *Mission: To increase cycling awareness, accessibility, affordability for the youth of color in Metro Detroit ages 11 – 18. To expose the youth to the elite sport of cycling while teaching them the core values of diversity and inclusion, a healthy lifestyle, and community service.* This electronic message and all attachments contain information from the BikeVON of Metropolitan Detroit and its related programs. The message and attachments may contain privileged, confidential information or otherwise be protected from disclosure. The information is intended to be for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended addressee(s), any disclosure, copy, distribution or use of the contents of this message is prohibited unless authorized by the BikeVON or the intended addressee.

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BikeBike 2016
by Kevin Dwyer 20 Nov '15

20 Nov '15

Something to get you excited about Detroit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTlebiO3GuM -- Kevin Dwyer The Bicycle Collective SLC, UT IMPORTANT: This communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. It may contain information that is confidential and/or protected by the attorney-client or other applicable privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, or if you are not responsible for delivering this communication to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that the disclosure of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify me immediately by telephone at (801) 647-0797, and return the original message to me at the above address via email. Thank you.

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Daily Shop Report
by Tom Bilcze 19 Nov '15

19 Nov '15

All, Summit Cycling Center in Akron, Ohio is looking to capture information about our daily shop activities and visitors. One idea that is being discussed is a daily shop report. This would capture things like the number of members and visitors using the facility, what took place in terms of services, sales, volunteers working the shop, and comments. Has anyone created a simple one page document like this? If so, could you share? If not, what items would you like to see on a list like this? What would help the cooperative do a better job and understand the community and member needs? We will share our finished document when we are done. Thanks, Tom Bilcze, Secretary, Summit Cycling Center

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Park tool grants
by Tom Martin 12 Nov '15

12 Nov '15

You may be interested in this. http://www.parktool.com/blog/news/park-tool-launches-community-tool-grant-p… Happy vets day. Tom Martin ASPCC bike program coordinator Cascade Sent on the go. Please excuse brevity and typos.

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The next BIKeBike
by S. Ardrey 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

Where and When will the next BikeBike be held? "Smitty"Bicycle Ambassador & Instigatorwww.bikeconcord.org

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BikeVON fund raiser
by Yvonne Rucker 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

We had a GREAT summer! The League of Michigan Bicyclist has featured BikeVON on their homepage <http://www.lmb.org/>, created a youtube video and featured us in the fall issue of the Michigan Bicyclist Magazine. You can access all those links from the homepage. Oakland Press featured BileVON in a story. That link is at the bottom. The Clinton River Bicyclist Club made a generous donation so we can buy trainers for our 1st winter training. YEA! The attachment below Illustrates what a trainer is and how it fits on a bike. I received 5 new Specialized bikes. Three bikes with an average price of $848. From Pricewaterhouse Coopers <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PricewaterhouseCoopers> we received 91 bikes. The Matrix Community Center <http://www.matrixhumanservices.org/> has donated a room for the class and Madonna Rose, a certified spin instructor, has donated her services. YOU can HELP. We still need transportation. Please donate you your weekly coffee allowance to our GoFundMe <https://www.gofundme.com/bikevon> fund raiser or setup a recurring donation at paypal for bikevon14(a)gmail.com. It is that easy. -- *Yvonne Rucker* *Executive Director/Founder * *248.225.0601 <248.225.0601>* *bikevon14(a)gmail.com <bikevon14(a)gmail.com>* *Educate, Advocate, and Motivate Through Cycling * Website: www.bikevon.org "LIKE" <https://www.facebook.com/bikevon> us on Facebook Donate: paypal bikevon14(a)gmail.com *Oakland Press Article* LINK: Detroit organization training young cyclist at Velodrome in Rochester Hills <http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20150819/detroit-organization-t…> Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxdYlQN3wwwB4WgIAkgW_A> *Mission: To increase cycling awareness, accessibility, affordability for the youth of color in Metro Detroit ages 11 – 18. To expose the youth to the elite sport of cycling while teaching them the core values of diversity and inclusion, a healthy lifestyle, and community service.* This electronic message and all attachments contain information from the BikeVON of Metropolitan Detroit and its related programs. The message and attachments may contain privileged, confidential information or otherwise be protected from disclosure. The information is intended to be for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended addressee(s), any disclosure, copy, distribution or use of the contents of this message is prohibited unless authorized by the BikeVON or the intended addressee.

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Quick survey for skool bike programs
by Thomas Martin 05 Nov '15

05 Nov '15

Hello all: Would you mind helping me get a baseline for what other bike programs are doing? I created a survey for bike programmers to fill out. https://docs.google.com/a/pcc.edu/forms/d/1uVx8TFJwSuygUOE9NbzvXUIB_37vxmYE… Thanks! Tom Martin Bike Program Coordinator Portland Community College- Cascade Cascade Alley Portland, OR 97217

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Slack channel
by Andrew Shooner 05 Nov '15

05 Nov '15

I was getting email from several different shops to discuss software. I want to be able to bring other folks into that conversation when they want to, so I created a general slack team for bike collectives: bikecollectives.slack.com If you want to discuss specific stuff without spamming the email list, let me know and I'll add you. This isn't intended to replace the good discussion on the email list; it's more just for immediate collaboration, etc. -Andy Broke Spoke

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Bike Collectives Wiki Appadmin
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 05 Nov '15

05 Nov '15

Who is the current application administrator for the Wiki? Please contact me. -Jonathan

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Bike-related calls for submissions
by Angel York 01 Nov '15

01 Nov '15

Thought this might interest some of y'all: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Eleanor Blue <eleanor.blue(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 12:45 PM Subject: [mcp-community] Calls for Submissions and other Microcosm news To: "mcp-community(a)googlegroups.com" <mcp-community(a)googlegroups.com> Hi Microcosm creators, We've got a couple of calls for submissions open for upcoming anthologies that I want to let you all know about, and also a few ongoing opportunities I want to remind you about. Feel free to share any of this freely! 1. If you want to try your hand at writing science fiction (only two criteria are that it involve bicycles and not be sexist), the deadline for the 4th Bikes in Space collection <http://microcosmpublishing.com/blogifesto/2015/07/call-for-submissions-bike…> was today...but I'm granting extensions through December 1st as needed. Let me know if you're thinking about writing something or want to toss ideas around. 2. If you've got something to say about bicycles and money and class (or even something only very thinly about that topic), I'm looking for reporting, how-tos, personal essays, art, and even fiction for the 2nd annual Journal of Bicycle Feminism <http://microcosmpublishing.com/blogifesto/2015/10/call-for-submissions-jour…>. (The first is out now as Cycletherapy <http://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/6156/>) 3. We are always looking for Music Scene History Series <http://microcosmpublishing.com/blogifesto/2012/12/introducing-the-scene-emp…> proposals (like the 33 1/3 book series, but focused on time + place rather than on a specific album). 4. Our current public call list <http://microcosmpublishing.com/faq#submit-manuscripts> for book submissions is for sewing, cats, dogs, bees, and parenting. 5. We are distributing zines <http://microcosmpublishing.com/faq#will-you-carry-my-zine> again. All of this aside, though, if we've already worked with you we'd love to find a way to keep it going and do future projects together. Get in touch any time to talk over ideas for future work. Oh yeah, and not a call for submissions, but we are Kickstarting all of the books that come out under my Elly Blue Publishing imprint...and the latest one is live! It's our first go at YA fiction—Emily June Street's exciting steampunky sports novel, The Velocipede Races <https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ellyblue/the-velocipede-races>. Check it out and please spread the word to anyone you know who likes this sort of reading. Thanks for doing what you do, Elly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Microcosm Authors and Artists" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mcp-community+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to mcp-community(a)googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mcp-community/CAP%3De01YWgAcY-rWD_vwpAv5p… <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mcp-community/CAP%3De01YWgAcY-rWD_vwpAv5p…> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

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CAUTION: parts storage, safety edition.
by Angel York 30 Oct '15

30 Oct '15

>From the minutes at my old bike collective, where they had been using double-wide filing cabinets as parts storage: - Large parts filing cabinet fell suddenly and catastrophically, *no injuries, *single most dangerous thing to happen in shop history, we are very fortunate. - *We CANNOT use double-wide cabinets ever again, *they are too potentially dangerous the way we use them. Beware of storing parts in any kind of drawers that could be top-heavy. After years of working just fine, they could spontaneously come crashing to the floor.

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Community Bike Center at Sports Stadium?
by Jason Tanzman 27 Oct '15

27 Oct '15

Anyone have any experience with a community bike shop or bike center being developed as a part of, or connected to, a sports stadium? St. Paul recently approved - and provided property tax relief (but no direct subsudies) - the development of an 18,000 seat stadium in a mixed residential/commercial area of St. Paul. People are already talking about issues with parking and how to do bike/walk/transit promotion. I can't help but think that this would be a great opportunity to put in a bike center with retail, repair, and classes and programs. But I just haven't seen anything along these lines ever having been tried. Anyone know anything about it? Jason

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Please vote for cargo bicycles
by james bledsoe 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

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Posting to the Think Tank in English & Spanish // Publicar a Think Tank en Inglés y Español
by Lauren Warbeck 25 Oct '15

25 Oct '15

Hi Yall! An important thing that came up at Bike!Bike! Guadalajara is that it would be useful to post in more languages than English if you have the capacity to do so. Spanish for sure, but also....French? Portugese? ...? Not everyone who uses or wishes to use the Think Tank speaks English, but many Think Tank users speak English and Spanish and/or other languages. More languages = more inclusive! So please, translate your own posts if you can. And nothing is lost by trying your best, either. ----- [ Lo siento...Y pronto usted sabrá por qué ...] Hola a todos! El Bike!Bike! Guadalajara pasó una importante discusión. No todo el que quiere utilizar el Think Tank habla Inglés. Pero personas que utilizan el Think Tank hablan más idiomas aparte del Inglés. Si le es posible, traducir sus mensajes a otros idiomas. Todos podemos simplemente hacer todo lo posible. Más idiomas = más inclusivo! <3 <3 <3 Lauren

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Travel Equity for BikeBike
by erk magosh 17 Oct '15

17 Oct '15

Hey y'all, I have been throwing around ideas about travel equity after our trip to Mexico. For me a citizen of the US it was easy to get down there and was very affordable. I started thinking about why that was, and how it doesn't apply to everybody. Below is some suggestions that I have come up with. Most of these suggestions would really be up to the BikeBike hosts (Detroit in 2016), but the travel fund could be something we could start easily with donations. It is a rough draft and I'm looking for feedback (there has only been 5 minutes of feedback so far). Most of these ideas would take a bit of work, but I think it would be worth it to allow as many people to participate in BikeBike as possible. let me/us know what you think, erk BikeBike Travel Equity: Suggestions to Offset Inequitable Travel Cost and Barriers Summary: In an aim to make BikeBike more inclusive we should help address travel inequities. Travel can be much harder/more expensive depending on what side of some imaginary lines a person was born on or what system they have to live in. We should encourage those with privilege to help those with less. 1. Registration: registration fees should be very malleable. Folx that can pay more should be encouraged to support folx that cannot. a. For some participants the registration fee is very cheap for all the services provided, others it may be a large expense. 2. Travel funds should be created ahead of time to help folx with Visas/other travel expenses. a. Donations or excess registration fees could create these funds. b. Example of need: A Mexican Citizen needs to pay $300 USD just to apply for a visa to the USA. If they do not get approved they do not get the money back. For a US citizen with steady work this might not seem like a huge loss, but that works out to $5,100 MEX, which could be 3 or 4 times a person’s monthly housing cost. 3. 3 meals (and snacks) a day at BikeBike. a. Eatting out is by default expensive, but if you come from a country with an unfavorable currency exchange it is even more so. Even without that exchange, some people don’t have money to blow on a luxury like eating out. b. This creates a bit more work, visiting BikeBikers should be encouraged to help cook and take any other loads off the hosts. c. An alternative may be providing access to the kitchen when meals cannot be provided.

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Re: [TheThinkTank] What do you do with your dirty rags?
by Vernon Huffman 14 Oct '15

14 Oct '15

We take them to a laundromat, but what we want to do is build a rag washer. It starts with a hose from tap to roof, to the bottom of a solar batch water heater, made from an old water heater tank painted black and built into a triangular box with two sides and both ends insulated and reflective and the third side glass. From the top of the water heater an insulated hose runs to an old front loading clothes washer with the motor removed. It is driven by a stationary bike with a belt around the tireless wheel. The washer sits on a pallet over an old bathtub, into which it drains. The tub has been filled with sand topped with wood chips innoculated with oyster mushrooms, which will clean pollutants out of the water. A drip line runs from the drain hole to the nearby fruit and nut trees. That's the dream...

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Old Spokes Home in Burlington, VT is hiring! General Manager (full-time)
by Christine Hill 14 Oct '15

14 Oct '15

Come join us at The Old Spokes Home in Burlington, VT! We are seeking a General Manager for our mid-sized, full-service bike shop. In our 15 years of operation, we’ve become a unique and thriving retail sales and service business with a dedicated staff and community supporting it. Please read more about Old Spokes Home <http://www.oldspokeshome.com> to understand why this is an amazing opportunity for an entrepreneurial retail manager with a passion for bikes! Our ideal candidate possesses a Big Dummy load of bicycle industry know-how. They have experience in sales and service, in managing mechanic and sales staff, and in creating a retail customer experience nonpareil! This is a hands-on position with responsibility for sales, daily financial operations, scheduling, ordering and other requirements typical of a bike shop. We are also looking for someone who will ensure a healthy, cooperative, safe and equitable workplace for staff; maintain our solid reputation in the community; strategically operate the shop to facilitate long-term growth by improving services and growing the customer base while serving our existing clientele. Old Spokes Home is a socially-driven enterprise and gives back to the local community through its educational and social programs at sister shop Bike Recycle Vermont <http://bikerecyclevermont.org/>. While the Old Spokes Home General Manager needs to have a head for numbers and sales, it is equally important that they have a heart for everything that the bicycle represents. The General Manager will actively support the broader social mission and collaborate on these social programs. Be sure to check these programs out at bikerecyclevermont.or <http://www.bikerecyclevermont.org>g. *Requirements* · Knowledge of the bike industry including current advancements and trends · 3+ years in a managerial capacity at a retail and service business · Demonstrated leadership skills · Advanced mechanical abilities and knowledge *Desirable qualities and experience* - Experience with daily operations and the financial requirements of a sales and service retailer - Experience working in a socially responsible business or organization - Reverence for *all *bicycles, especially the recherché (used, vintage, antique, bike packing, fat bikes, etc.) *Hours / Schedule* This is a full time, year round position. However, as with most bike shops in our climate, OSH is very busy in spring/summer, slower in fall/winter. Busy times will most likely require weekend work and being at the store 6 days per week. Promotional events and attendance at trade shows will (very) occasionally require an out-of-town overnighter. *Learn more:* o “New Folks Buy Old Spokes,” Seven Days, Jan. 2015 <http://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/new-folks-buy-old-spokes/Content?oid=250…> o “Shop Owner Believes Bikes Change Lives,” Burlington Free Press, Sept. 2014 <http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/money/2014/09/04/shop-owner-bikes-…> o “Glenn Eames’ Old Spokes Home,” Bici AK, June 2014 <http://biciak.blogspot.com/2014/06/glenn-eames-old-spokes-home-in.html> *Old Spokes Home is an equal opportunity employer.* *To apply: **send your resume, cover letter, and at least 3 references to * *christine(a)bikerecyclevt.org* <christine(a)bikerecyclevt.org>*. Applications start being reviewed 10/16 and will be accepted until the position is filled.*

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What do you do with your dirty rags?
by dontito＠videotron.ca 12 Oct '15

12 Oct '15

We’re looking into the disposal problem for oily and greasy rags generated in bike shops. 1. I’d like to get an idea of the amount of this waste generated in different shops as a function of shop activity. 2. Where do your dirty rags go? 3. Some shops use commercial services that supply clean rags and collect and clean them after they’ve been used. If you’re familiar with this kind of service do you know the cost? Do you know what sort of cleaning treatment they use and what happens to that effluent? 4. Anybody found creative ways to detoxify this shop waste? Thanks! Donnie SantroVélo, Montréal

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Thethinktank Digest, Vol 109, Issue 6
by Tegan Moss 12 Oct '15

12 Oct '15

B!KE never pays for rags. If you make it known to your members/users that you accept donations of old clothing/bedding/towels/tooth brushes, thoughtful grateful folks bring them by frequently! Some even pre-rip the rags down to a usable size. Ripping rags is an easy task for even the most-unskilled volunteer (its also pretty satisfying). We throw them all away in weekly garbage pickups, so they end up in a landfill. This seems much more practical than washing them. We create about 1 75L garbage bag full of garbage per week, this includes rags, tubes, broken saddles, broken plastic mounts, etc. I have looked into rag services and they all seem exorbitant and unnecessary. Especially because I do believe that the landfill is a more ecological place for the rags and grease to end up than in our water. Best, Tegan On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 4:16 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. Re: Slack channel > (Falls City Community BikeWorks Community BikeWorks) > 2. Re: What do you do with your dirty rags? (Michael Kirk) > 3. Re: What do you do with your dirty rags? (Jonathan Morrison) > 4. Re: What do you do with your dirty rags? (Angel York) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Falls City Community BikeWorks Community BikeWorks < > fccbikeworks(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 16:47:54 -0400 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Slack channel > > thank you. please add us! > On Oct 9, 2015 10:55 AM, "Andrew Shooner" <ashooner(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I was getting email from several different shops to discuss software. I >> want to be able to bring other folks into that conversation when they want >> to, so I created a general slack team for bike collectives: >> >> bikecollectives.slack.com >> >> If you want to discuss specific stuff without spamming the email list, >> let me know and I'll add you. This isn't intended to replace the good >> discussion on the email list; it's more just for immediate collaboration, >> etc. >> >> -Andy >> Broke Spoke >> >> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> <a href=" >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o…">Unsubscribe >> from this list</a> >> >> >> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Michael Kirk <michael.john.kirk(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 14:14:44 -0700 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] What do you do with your dirty rags? > Bicicocina in Los Angeles has been using Ameripride for our rag service > for years. It’s pretty convenient, but at about $35/wk (about $2000/year) > I’d say it’s more cash than it’s worth. The problem is the minimum orders. > We could easily do with once a month service, but they require us to have > once a week service. And frustratingly we were previously told they had a > $50/wk minimum and thus got some rugs, hand towels, and hand soap > delivered. Though more than half the time they “forget” the hand soap. > Somehow in our threatening to fire them, the lowered our minimum to > something like $35/wk and we no longer get the rugs. > > We approached one of our neighboring auto-shops to see if we could > piggy-back on their rag order but they thought it was a dumb idea and that > we should just buy our own. > > In response to this thread, I just looked into Cintas and they also have a > $35/wk minimum, and require at least weekly service. I’m not sure how many > rags that would be. > > My current preference would be to keep a small number of rags, use them > till their super dirty, then toss them. One idea for a rag source was to go > to a goodwill outlet and buy old t-shirt and towels by the pound. Of course > letting your clients know that you are a place that will accept their old > cloth donations could get you part of the way there. This would probably be > the most economical solution, but it does require some institutional energy > to stay on top of rag inventory, and make sure people are being mindful > about using new clean rags and throwing out old ones. > > M > > On Oct 9, 2015, at 12:16 PM, Tom Martin <thomas.martin6(a)pcc.edu> wrote: > > Our volume of repairs and fleet bikes does not make it necessary for a rag > service (which is very important- see previous threads on fires). > We use blue shop towels and put them in our non recyclable landfill bound > waste. > I am not aware of a method to reclaim or separate the grime, metal and > oils from disposable shop towels ( the cotton reinforced paper ones). > Towel or rag services do this I am assuming. What do they do with the > waste water? Do they treat the water? Glean the metal shavings that may be > suspended in the grime? Separate the oil from the dirt? Interesting things > to ponder but I wonder if it is something that is scalable down to a small > shop or household level. > > Tom Martin > ASPCC bike program coordinator > Cascade > Sent on the go. Please excuse brevity and typos. > > On Oct 9, 2015, at 12:10 PM, dontito(a)videotron.ca wrote: > > We’re looking into the disposal problem for oily and greasy rags generated > in bike shops. > 1. I’d like to get an idea of the amount of this waste generated in > different shops as a function of shop activity. > 2. Where do your dirty rags go? > 3. Some shops use commercial services that supply clean rags and > collect and clean them after they’ve been used. If you’re familiar with > this kind of service do you know the cost? Do you know what sort of > cleaning treatment they use and what happens to that effluent? > 4. Anybody found creative ways to detoxify this shop waste? > Thanks! > > Donnie > SantroVélo, Montréal > > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > <a href=" > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o…">Unsubscribe > from this list</a> > > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > <a href=" > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o…">Unsubscribe > from this list</a> > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jonathan Morrison <jonathan(a)bicyclecollective.org> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 16:25:33 -0600 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] What do you do with your dirty rags? > > It really depends on your area's environmental issues. You have to pick > your poison. > > If water pollution is the biggest concern, do not clean them or use a > service that cleans them. If air pollution is the biggest concern, do not > burn them or use a service that burns them. If soil pollution is the > biggest concern, do not throw them away. > > For salt lake city, Utah (a desert climate with inversion issues) I would > rank our importance in this order: > > 1) Air > 2) Water > 3) Soil/Earth > > So we throw them away and they sit at the local dump. If we wanted to go > the extra mile we would bring them to the hazardous waste facility at the > dump for special processing. But without really knowing what that entails > it could be worse. The time required to drive to the dump takes away time > from the activities defined by our mission statement. You also don't want > the fire hazard of a pile of oily rags sitting around. > On Oct 9, 2015 1:10 PM, <dontito(a)videotron.ca> wrote: > >> We’re looking into the disposal problem for oily and greasy rags >> generated in bike shops. >> >> 1. I’d like to get an idea of the amount of this waste generated in >> different shops as a function of shop activity. >> >> 2. Where do your dirty rags go? >> >> 3. Some shops use commercial services that supply clean rags and >> collect and clean them after they’ve been used. If you’re familiar >> with this kind of service do you know the cost? Do you know what sort of >> cleaning treatment they use and what happens to that effluent? >> >> 4. Anybody found creative ways to detoxify this shop waste? >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> Donnie >> >> SantroVélo, Montréal >> >> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> <a href=" >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o…">Unsubscribe >> from this list</a> >> >> >> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Angel York <aniola(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 17:04:23 -0700 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] What do you do with your dirty rags? > I like that framework for thinking about how to deal with rags, Jonathan! > > If I understand what you're saying correctly, your collective may be > breaking a law: > > Exempt generators cannot dispose of their hazardous waste in storm drains, > landfills and dumpsters. Federal, state and local laws prohibit these > actions since it may cause environmental and public health problems. The > landfills in Salt Lake County are prohibited from accepting hazardous or > liquid waste. Violators of these laws can face both civil and criminal > penalties. > Fortunately, it looks like there's a program for you! > http://slcohealth.org/programs/waterQualHazWaste/solidHazWaste/householdHaz… > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Jonathan Morrison < > jonathan(a)bicyclecollective.org> wrote: > >> It really depends on your area's environmental issues. You have to pick >> your poison. >> >> If water pollution is the biggest concern, do not clean them or use a >> service that cleans them. If air pollution is the biggest concern, do not >> burn them or use a service that burns them. If soil pollution is the >> biggest concern, do not throw them away. >> >> For salt lake city, Utah (a desert climate with inversion issues) I would >> rank our importance in this order: >> >> 1) Air >> 2) Water >> 3) Soil/Earth >> >> So we throw them away and they sit at the local dump. If we wanted to go >> the extra mile we would bring them to the hazardous waste facility at the >> dump for special processing. But without really knowing what that entails >> it could be worse. The time required to drive to the dump takes away time >> from the activities defined by our mission statement. You also don't want >> the fire hazard of a pile of oily rags sitting around. >> On Oct 9, 2015 1:10 PM, <dontito(a)videotron.ca> wrote: >> >>> We’re looking into the disposal problem for oily and greasy rags >>> generated in bike shops. >>> >>> 1. I’d like to get an idea of the amount of this waste generated in >>> different shops as a function of shop activity. >>> >>> 2. Where do your dirty rags go? >>> >>> 3. Some shops use commercial services that supply clean rags and >>> collect and clean them after they’ve been used. If you’re familiar >>> with this kind of service do you know the cost? Do you know what sort of >>> cleaning treatment they use and what happens to that effluent? >>> >>> 4. Anybody found creative ways to detoxify this shop waste? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> >>> >>> Donnie >>> >>> SantroVélo, Montréal >>> >>> ____________________________________ >>> >>> The ThinkTank mailing List >>> <a href=" >>> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o…">Unsubscribe >>> from this list</a> >>> >>> >>> >> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> <a href=" >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o…">Unsubscribe >> from this list</a> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Thethinktank mailing list > Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… > > -- -- B!KE: The Peterborough Community Bike Shop 336 Rubidge St, Peterborough ON (705) 775-7227 communitybikeshop.org

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Review of databases for a community bike center
by sheldon mains 11 Oct '15

11 Oct '15

A couple months ago I asked this email list for suggestions on databases to consider fo Cycles for Change in St. Paul and MInneapolis. I promised to provide a summary of the results. We ended up looking at almost 20 databases. In some cases this was just a review of the information available on-line. In some cases it included a call to the developer or talking with a current user (or both). We narrowed the large list down to four who we sent a Request for Information to. This was pretty detailed -- about 5 pages long. We then had formal demonstrations and discussions with two finalists. Keep in mind that the information in the list below is only our opinion. This opinion may be totally wrong. If anything looks interesting to you, PLEASE contact the company or organization directly. Also keep in mind that there are a variety of other databases out there designed for small community organizations. This is NOT a comprehensive list. Finally, keep in mind that the needs of one community bike center will likely be very different from every other community bike center. Cycles for Change has about 15 staff and includes Open Shop, Volunteer Night, Women Transgender, Femm Open Shop, Earn-a-Bike, Community Rides, Youth Apprentice Program, Youth Earn-a-Bike, Community Partners Bike Library, a Equity Council and a variety of one-evening to four-week classes. Also, Cycles for Change has no staff or volunteer technology manager/director/coordinator/help. ........................... *Databases considered for Cycles for Change* *Requirements summary:* An integrated database to: Track and report on volunteers, participants and donors; Manage single-day and multi-day classes; Manage the Community Partners Bike Library; Manage individual fundraising. Cycles for Change has no computer/network/database technical staff. *Considered:* · *CitySoft:* Seems to concentrate on donor management and fundraising activities. Appears more difficult to set-up · *Civic CRM:* Requires an internal techie who is comfortable coding (see also PowerBase below) · *ClientTrack* (via MACC CommonWealth): High-end Human Service organization client management system. Not communications management. Not Donor Management. Limited Volunteer Management. · *Community Bike Shop DB:* Volunteers and members only; community built/open source. Good at what it is designed to do. May need a person (on staff or volunteer or consultant) with basic database design skills to manage. · *EveryAction:* Similar to PowerBuilder (below) but with less functionality and more expensive. · *FreeHub: *Volunteers and members only; community built/open source. Good at what it is designed to do. May need a person (on staff or volunteer or consultant) with basic database design skills to manage. · *Frontstream* (was Giftworks): Online version is more expensive than other options. Mainly donor management. · *Little Green Light.* Reporting function seems quite limited. Aimed at very small organizations. Very basic system. No extras. · *MemberClicks: *Member and event only. Price equal to systems that do more. · *Raisers' Edge:* Way too expensive. Mainly fundraising. More complex FR than we need. · *NationBuilder *(used by Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition): Low cost. Designed originally as a political campaign database, expanded to the advocacy market. Very good donor and member management. Activity and event functions very limited. Social media integration is good. Volunteer management not included. · *Results Plus:* A comprehensive donor management database. Does not seem to have other functionality that C4C needs. Considered more research on this one. · *Trailblaizer:* Nonprofit product built on their political campaign base system. Seems to concentrate on political campaigns. Does not seem to include anything other than membership and donations. · *Wild Apricot:* Member and event only-- plus website. Price equal to others that do more. *Four “semi-finalists":* · *PowerBase *(Progressive Technology Project): Implantation of CivicCRM for community organizing. Ability to track and manage events and volunteers. Comprehensive CRM system. Hosting and tech support provided (for a fee) by Progressive Technology Project. Good and reasonable cost tech support. Allows tracking relationships of individuals to other organizations (needed for CPBL). This was one of the two finalists considered. · *SalesForce:* Very expensive set-up (realistically, set-up consulting starts at $8,000 to $10,000), needs internal tech staff or continuing consulting relationship. However, found a consultant who has implemented SalesForce for a community bike center. Consultant was sent a Request for Information. · *Salsa:* Integrated system with strong Donor Management and Client Relationship Management capabilities. Was sent a Request for Information. · *theDataBank:* Integrated system with strong Donor Management and Client Relationship Management capabilities. Appears to do almost everything C4C needs (volunteer management, event management, connecting individuals to organizational partners). This was one of two finalists. sheldon .............. Sheldon Mains Consultant for random stuff for Cycles for Change www.SpokesConnect.org www.fb.com/SpokesConnect Minneapolis, MN 612/618-7149 Three ways to donate to SPOKES: 1. Volunteer. 2. Donate repairable used bikes. 3. Financial donations always welcome. Check www.SpokesConnect.org for details.

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