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Next Bike!Bike! Working Group Meeting Sun. Feb 2
by Darren Knox 22 Jan '14

22 Jan '14

Hey Bikey Peoples, The B!B! working group continues to articulate B!B!s identity however sprawling and ever evolving it is! Just a refresher: we do not consider ourselves a decision making body. We're just a group of folks that are invested in the conference and in the community bike shop world and want to do work to support and develop B!B!s amazingness. The Working Group is open to anyone who wants to give some input or do some work to help our network grow and flourish. *(Join the listserv here <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bikebike-working-group>) *Everyone is invited to participate in the listserv and regular meetings which will happen the 1st Sunday of every month. *Next Meeting: Feb 2nd @ 5pm CST* Google Event Here!<https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cu7rkps7a2vv8l5ndi4nghbfqq8?authkey=CJCJ…> At the last meeting we continued discussing the pros/cons of getting non-profit status, why Google apps will make sharing information from year to year much easier. Wanda is working on creating a survey for all B!B! folks that will allow us to get more opinions about what should be in our mission/values statements and help us write something which is all inclusive and describes why this conference is so important year after year. *Here are the notes from the last meeting:* https://docs.google.com/document/d/15axviZO1IYIrZzuQI_jCNU-b3HPjX0P_FHFVqBe… Thanks everyone! Please let us know if you have questions/concerns/comments/etc/etc/etc! Darren and the rest of the B!B! WG

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Wellington Wünderbike
by Jesse Doud 21 Jan '14

21 Jan '14

Howdy folks, Some of us at mechanical tempest have been building a fleet of loaner bikes for a spin off we're calling Wünderbike. We just launched a crown funding campaign for it. Im confident the welly community will fund this project, but just wanted to bump it to you lovely folks to check out what we're up to and the video: https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/1688 I'll know I'll dredge the heaps of knowledge that has come through this forum on bike lend projects once we get to the nitty gritty. Bike love from Aotearoa New Zealand, Jesse

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The Mechanic Exchange
by jalaparoy＠gmail.com 19 Jan '14

19 Jan '14

Darren Knox and other interested mechanics: As I wrote in a previous mail, we have the Rotary International program called “Rueda con Rotary ”Friendship Exchange” based on the use of bicycles as transportation and safe cycling as the theme. We want to start a month long exchange first in Xalapa perhaps this coming March and part of April with mechanics from the Boulder/Ft. Collins, Colorado area and a group from Xalapa to Boulder in late July and early August. Each group would have a Rotarian leader. Please contact me at my Skype “jalaparoy3” or jalaparoy(a)gmail.com ¡Que viva la bici! Roy “"El Gringo Jalapeño”

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Thethinktank Digest, Vol 89, Issue 19
by jalaparoy＠gmail.com 19 Jan '14

19 Jan '14

¡Hola, Tigre Bici! We are working on manuals in Spanish for “Ciclismo Seguro” which have parts on bike maintence as well as safe cycling. Feel free to contact me at jalaparoy(a)gmail.com or call me at my home 228-8120555. Looking forward to talking with you. ¡Que viva la bici! Roy “El Gringo Jalapeño! P.D. ¡Que padre estuvo Oaxaca y espero tener el gusto de verte aquí en Xalapa para unas buenas rodadas! De: thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecopllectives.org Enviado el: ‎domingo‎, ‎19‎ de ‎enero‎ de ‎2014 ‎07‎:‎19‎ ‎a. m. Para: thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org 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: Mechanic Exchange? (christopher(a)holisticcycles.com) 2. Re: Mechanic Exchange? (Tigre Bici) 3. Re: Mechanic Exchange? (christopher(a)holisticcycles.com) 4. Re: Mechanic Exchange? (Matthew VanSlyke) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 15:14:25 -0700 From: <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Mechanic Exchange? Message-ID: <20140118151425.f1111ec096c9d6bd7eddf37b01080912.19df62e7e0.wbe(a)email03.secureserver.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.bikecollectives.org/pipermail/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org…> ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 17:18:20 -0600 From: Tigre Bici <bici.uanl(a)gmail.com> To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Mechanic Exchange? Message-ID: <CADRKCOcsSgN_rTkQ8gyotQqKdbXN1P4P2ZUf4jo96HatyuF8Wg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hola Roy! We met in Oaxaca in the National Congress. I don't know if you are interested in creating manuals and/or books in spanish since almost every book/manual that we have access in Monterrey is written in english and takes some effort to understand them. We have the idea but not enough time to do it. On Saturday, January 18, 2014, <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> wrote: > I have educational materials you have never even dreamt of > > Christopher Wallace > Bicycle Guild/ Holistic Cycles > 140 Harrison St > Oak Park, IL. 60304 > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Mechanic Exchange? > From: Ainsley Naylor <needleandthread(a)gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', 'needleandthread(a)gmail.com');>> > Date: Sat, January 18, 2014 7:25 am > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org');> > > > > We did talk about this when we had the workshop on International > Cooperation (not sure what we called it), and were unsure as to the best > forum or format to organize this. Long ago information regarding interest > and ability to exchange or wwoof at each shop was being added to the > Shockingly Large Spreadsheet that Josh had begun, but that format ended up > being cumbersome and not totally accessible. > > I agree that this needs to HAPPEN! and that we need a space where you can > easily access info on who is willing to participate :) > ainsley. > > > On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 4:25 AM, Jesse Doud <jessedoud(a)gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'jessedoud(a)gmail.com');> > > wrote: > >> Rad rad rad idea. I don't think that'll work for us island folk :/ >> >> Jesse @ Mechanical Tempest, Wellington >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 7:39 PM, Lauren Warbeck <lauren.warbeck(a)gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'lauren.warbeck(a)gmail.com');> >> > wrote: >> >>> Hey yall - >>> >>> A few of us have been talking for years about developing a mechanic >>> exchange between shops in and between Canada and the US, so that #1 broke >>> ass bike mechanics can travel to sweet rad places for working vacays, and >>> #2 so that we can learn about the intricacies of how other shops run and >>> how we can make our own shops better. >>> >>> Is this on anyone's radar? Was this talked about in NOLA? Did I miss a >>> really obvious thread about it? >>> >>> Cause if no one's working on this, maybe it'll be my baby this yearrrr... >>> >>> Get at me if you want to collaborate/don't want to have to do any more >>> work but are full of great ideas/think it would be rad so I know I'm not >>> the only one still fantasizing about this. >>> >>> <3 Lauren @ OCB Vancouver >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >>> 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> >> >> > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > Unsubscribe from this list<http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o…> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.bikecollectives.org/pipermail/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org…> ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 22:01:21 -0700 From: <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Mechanic Exchange? Message-ID: <20140118220121.f1111ec096c9d6bd7eddf37b01080912.7024407a9f.wbe(a)email03.secureserver.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.bikecollectives.org/pipermail/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org…> ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 08:15:10 -0500 From: Matthew VanSlyke <vanslyke.matthew(a)gmail.com> To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Mechanic Exchange? Message-ID: <CAEU716Q7j+5y-benqYeXQJPyvUz4etPnnHjZsB76Djj75rQdKQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sam, This is so true. It would be great to bring/send newly recruited mechanics to other shops so they could learn what the deal is. Like Andrew said, we in upstate NY have a good chance to do that and I would imagine other new shops would agree that this would help recruit and maintain mechanics. Matt Utica Bike Rescue On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Samuel <samuelchristianjensen(a)gmail.com>wrote: > It would be really cool if there was a way for coops that are just > starting up to participate, too. That way they could get experienced > mechanics from other shops to help give advice about shop set up, tools, > etc. > > Sam, Iowa City Bike Library > > Den 18-01-2014 10:13, Recycle skrev: > > Exciting idea. We are a young shop in Little Rock, Arkansas but we would > be open to hosting a mechanic for a week or so. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 18, 2014, at 9:24 AM, Andrew L <breathingplanet(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Up here in upstate NY, (Troy), this has been oft discussed in the past > too. > > we are at an exciting moment, where there has been a shop founded in > Utica, NY and a founding group meeting in Schenectady NY, which we are > supporting. > Along with Albany Bike Rescue, Troy Bike Rescue, and Bikeatoga in Saratoga > Springs, we have a cluster of FIVE independent community bike spaces > totally bikeable to and from one another. > > we are: > > a weeks ride from Toronto > > 4 days ride to Boston > > 3 days ride to Montreal or Burlington > > 2 days ride to NYC > > > On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Josh Bisker <jbisker(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sending along general sparkles to this: rad idea! NYC is severely >> coop-challenged at the moment but I can see a future where many of us would >> love to help make this happen >> >> On Jan 18, 2014, at 9:25 AM, Ainsley Naylor <needleandthread(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> We did talk about this when we had the workshop on International >> Cooperation (not sure what we called it), and were unsure as to the best >> forum or format to organize this. Long ago information regarding interest >> and ability to exchange or wwoof at each shop was being added to the >> Shockingly Large Spreadsheet that Josh had begun, but that format ended up >> being cumbersome and not totally accessible. >> >> I agree that this needs to HAPPEN! and that we need a space where you >> can easily access info on who is willing to participate :) >> ainsley. >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 4:25 AM, Jesse Doud <jessedoud(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Rad rad rad idea. I don't think that'll work for us island folk :/ >>> >>> Jesse @ Mechanical Tempest, Wellington >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 7:39 PM, Lauren Warbeck < >>> lauren.warbeck(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey yall - >>>> >>>> A few of us have been talking for years about developing a mechanic >>>> exchange between shops in and between Canada and the US, so that #1 broke >>>> ass bike mechanics can travel to sweet rad places for working vacays, and >>>> #2 so that we can learn about the intricacies of how other shops run and >>>> how we can make our own shops better. >>>> >>>> Is this on anyone's radar? Was this talked about in NOLA? Did I miss >>>> a really obvious thread about it? >>>> >>>> Cause if no one's working on this, maybe it'll be my baby this >>>> yearrrr... >>>> >>>> Get at me if you want to collaborate/don't want to have to do any more >>>> work but are full of great ideas/think it would be rad so I know I'm not >>>> the only one still fantasizing about this. >>>> >>>> <3 Lauren @ OCB Vancouver >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> 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> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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> >> >> > > > -- > ------__o > ----_`\<,_ > ---(_)/ (_) > andrew lynn 518-573-7947 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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…" <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> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Re: [TheThinkTank] Mechanic Exchange?
by christopher＠holisticcycles.com 19 Jan '14

19 Jan '14

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Mechanic Exchange?
by christopher＠holisticcycles.com 18 Jan '14

18 Jan '14

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Mechanic Exchange?
by jalaparoy＠gmail.com 18 Jan '14

18 Jan '14

Dear fellow Thinktankers: My name is Roy Dudley and I have lived in Xalapa, Veracruz México for the past 41 years, an active member of Rotary International for 30 years and an avid cyclists for 57 years. We have started a Rotary program called “Rueda con Rotary”(Ride with Rotary) where we promote the use of bicycles as transportation, especially with the community bike workshops and events like “Bicitón” where people donate their used bikes and parts. We would like to extend an invitation for volunteers who would like to come down for a month or more to help start and work with existing community bike workshops. This is a wonderful opportunity to get to know this incredible part of Mexico, the state of Veracruz. If you are interested, please contact me at… bicitoursxalapa3(a)gmail.com ¡Mil gracias! ¡Que viva la bici! Roy B. Dudley “El Gringo Jalapeño” Enviado desde Correo de Windows

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Youth Bike Summit - Program Announced
by Pasqualina Azzarello 18 Jan '14

18 Jan '14

Hi Everyone, The Youth Bike Summit is just four weeks away and we're expecting our biggest gathering yet. Take a look at this year's line-up! http://youthbikesummit.org/youth-bike-summit-2014/program/ Best, Pasqualina Youth Bike | Director *Youth Bike Summit @ The New School Feb 14-16, 2014* www.youthbikesummit.org | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Youth-Bike-Summit/230384430374509> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/youthbikesummit> | #YBS14 *Youth Bike transforms our local communities and strengthens our national movement by empowering bicycle leaders.*

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Cycles for Change (St. Paul, MN) is hiring
by Jason Tanzman 15 Jan '14

15 Jan '14

Hi everybody, Cycles for Change, in St. Paul, MN is hiring for two positions! The first position is a Retail and Service Manager position that will be in charge of managing C4C's retail operation, including our expansion to include a full slate of fee-for-service repairs. The second position is the Earn-a-Bike Coordinator, which will be in charge of directly implementing C4C's open shop and ear-a-bike programs. Both positions are full-time, year-round, with paid vacation and a wage of $12-15/hr. Position descriptions are viewable here<http://www.minnesotanonprofits.org/jobs?mode=search&categories=&areas=&job_…> . Feel free to email me with any questions! Jason -- Development and Communications Director 612-232-2737 (cell) 651-222-2080 (shop) www.cyclesforchange.org The mission of Cycles for Change is to be an open, accessible space to educate and empower people to use bicycles as transportation, helping to build a sustainable environment and community. Volunteer with us to help build a bicycling movement in the Twin Cities!

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Scholarships to National Bike Summit
by Adonia Lugo 12 Jan '14

12 Jan '14

Hey folks, My League overlords wanted me to tell you that the National Bicycle Dealers Association is offering 25 scholarships to the National Bike Summit, and the deadline to apply is coming up on January 15. You can apply here:http://bikeleague.org/content/summit-scholarships-nbda *Who's eligible to apply?* 1) You must be an owner or manager of a bike shop, co-op or collective 2) Your shop must be a member of NBDA (or in the process of becoming a member) 3) You must be a first-time attendee of the National Bike Summit A maybe important detail: If your co-op or shop isn't currently an NBDA member, you can still apply for the scholarship as long as you also get the NBDA membership process started. -- Adonia E. Lugo, Ph.D. Bicycle Anthropologist www.urbanadonia.com

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Bike corral policies
by sheldon mains 09 Jan '14

09 Jan '14

We're working with a large affordable housing building in our area (primarily East African residents) to get better bike storage. They've agreed to a secure, fenced area inside the enclosed part of their parking ramp. We need some sample policies--e.g. how to you control who has access to the corral, who gets to use it..... This should involve VERY little staff time. How do you avoid a large number of abandoned bikes after a year....Anyone have any sample policies we can share? .............. Sheldon Mains SPOKES Bike Walk Connect www.SpokesConnect.org www.fb.com/SpokesConnect

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Greetings
by Adonia Lugo 07 Jan '14

07 Jan '14

Hey all, I don't know if it's your custom to do an intro email, but here goes! I'm a bike anthropologist who is now the Equity Initiative Manager at the League of American Bicyclists. I've been involved in bikey stuff in Los Angeles, Seattle, and Portland, and I moved to D.C. for this job in November. My academic and activist projects focus on showing the impact grassroots energy can (and should) have on bike planning and policy, so I figured it was high time I joined this listserv. On that note, the League is currently gathering responses for its annual survey (link: http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e8keg6w9hoacdlzu/start). It's for members and non-members, and we're trying to get feedback from as wide a pool as possible. My apologies if you've already been getting this link from other people! It'd be great to get more bike collective voices heard at the League. Also, the Equity Advisory Council, the panel of experts building the League's Equity Initiative, is currently accepting applications for an open seat (link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/eac-nominee-form). The application closes this Friday. If you want to know more about my work or the equity stuff happening at the League, feel free to email me at this address or at adonia(a)bikeleague.org. Thanks! Adonia -- Adonia E. Lugo, Ph.D. Bicycle Anthropologist www.urbanadonia.com

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Youth Bike Summit 2014
by Pasqualina Azzarello 07 Jan '14

07 Jan '14

Hi Everyone, Happy New Year! We're gearing up for the fourth annual Youth Bike Summit and we hope you'll join us! All the details are below. You can also check out our brand new *website <http://youthbikesummit.org/>* for updates and *register here <http://www.eventbrite.com/e/youth-bike-summit-2014-tickets-9161924563?aff=e…>* . *WHAT:* The 4th Annual National Youth Bike Summit *WHEN:* February 14-16, 2014 *WHERE:* The New School in New York, NY *PARTICIPATE: *Join us at the 4th Annual National Youth Bike Summit! The Youth Bike Summit is a three-day conference geared toward youth, bikes, education, advocacy, and leadership. Meet people from different disciplines, backgrounds, and ages to learn, network, and explore how bicycling can be a catalyst for positive social change! Check out *these photos <https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151444825112287.504822.62453932…>* from last year's event. *Last year we had nearly 400 youth and adults join us from 24 states and 6 countries and this year we're expecting even more -- Join us!* *KEYNOTE CAMPAIGN:* You can also participate by joining our *nationwide letter-writing campaign*<http://youthbikesummit.org/youth-bike-summit-2014/keynote-campaign/> to ask Michelle, Malia, and Sasha Obama to be the Keynote speakers of the Youth Bike Summit. More than 650 postcards and letters have already been sent and hundreds more are on their way. Add your voice! If you'd like to send a letter to support this effort, it can be sent directly to: Michelle, Malia, and Sasha Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 *FOR MORE INFORMATION:* Visit *www.youthbikesummit.org*<http://www.youthbikesummit.org/> You can also follow the Youth Bike Summit on *Facebook*<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Youth-Bike-Summit/230384430374509> and *Twitter <https://twitter.com/youthbikesummit>!* #YBS14 *FOR OUT OF TOWNERS:* All YBS participants are offered a discounted rate at Hostelling International. The promo code is YBS2014 and can be booked directly through *www.hinewyork.org* <http://www.hinewyork.org/>. The discounted rate gives the traveler an option for a $39 economy dorm, $42 standard dorm, or $44 for a premium dorm. These rates are all per person / per night. Thanks, Everyone! Please feel free to contact me with any questions. And thank you for helping to spread the word! Best, Pasqualina -- Youth Bike | Director *Youth Bike Summit @ The New School Feb 14-16, 2014* www.youthbikesummit.org | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Youth-Bike-Summit/230384430374509> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/youthbikesummit> | #YBS14 *Youth Bike transforms our local communities and strengthens our national movement by empowering bicycle leaders.*

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Portland Gear Hub: Part Time Shop Manager Position
by Andy Greif 07 Jan '14

07 Jan '14

Hi Folks, The Community Bicycle Center recently partnered with Camp Ketcha to open an outdoor gear and bicycle thrift store in the YMCA of Southern Maine in Portland, Maine. The purpose of this auxiliary business is to generate revenue to support the mission activities of each organization. We need a Shop Manager and the job description is attached. Please pass this job description along to anyone you believe has the necessary skills and interest for supporting our respective missions through leading the development and growth of this store and gear rental library. Please direct them to Brooke Burkett with any of their questions (bburkett(a)campketcha.org). Thanks so much for your anticipated help. Take care, Andy Greif Andy Greif, Executive Director Mailing: P.O. Box 783, Biddeford, ME 04005 Shop: 284 Hill Street, Biddeford Shop Phone: 207-282-9700 Cell Phone: 207-229-8199 Website: www.communitybike.net <http://www.communitybike.net/> "Providing Opportunities for Youth to Grow"

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Bike!Bike! Monthly Meetings - Jan 5th @3pm PST - via google hangouts
by momoko saunders 04 Jan '14

04 Jan '14

Hi all, To keep conversations going post Bike!Bike! we are starting monthly online calls to discuss and work on various projects brought up at the conference. Our hope is to create proposals and present research at B!B! 2014. *Next Call: This Sunday! January 5th @3pm PST. The next will be February 2nd.* During this call, we plan to discuss pros and cons of organizing BB as a non-profit. A lot of opinions and questions were posed at the end of BB2013. Our hope is that people will feel inclined to listen in on this call and reopen that discussion. There is however a limited number of people who can be on the call. If you are keen to discuss these ideas further, we encourage you to join the working group via this link<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bikebike-working-group>. (The "working group" is a group of about 15 people who are committed to continuing BB conversations and assisting the hosting city in planning BB.) We have already had one conference call. *Previous Call on November 8th. Here are the meeting notes <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GYFUxuk9XHLfe4GmwtNEm11nJlkAdfraqZXyNkE…>. * In brief, we discussed how decisions are made for BB, concluding that all decisions had to be reached at the conference itself. The working group is not a deciding group but rather a discussion group. We defined "sufficient communication" as emailing the thinktank, the attendees of BB, and messaging the Facebook Group. We discuss the website and the issues with bikecollectives.org . And we decided upon the agenda and time for the next meeting, the pros and cons of non-profit status for BB. Despite our dedication to publishing all meeting notes and proposals to the bike collective network as a whole, joining the working group is the best way to stay in the loop. Please email with any questions, -Working Group peoples.

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U locks
by Mark Friis 27 Dec '13

27 Dec '13

We were wondering if any one has had luck getting "U" locks donated in bulk or have a good source for buying them. We want to get people to start using them instead of the cheap Walmart stuff. Also, we are opening our third Co op and the city asked for a business plan. Does anyone have a generic one for a bike co op? Thanks Mark Friis Executive Director, Inland Empire Biking Alliance PO Box 9266 Redlands, CA 92375 909-800-4322 *mfriis(a)iebikingalliance.org*<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/mfriis@iebikingalliance.org> <http://goog_1035360530>WWW.IEBIKE.ORG

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Pricing structures for tools & space?
by Bob Giordano 19 Dec '13

19 Dec '13

We do free use of shop stands, tools, advice/help and basic parts. It keeps it so simple, and people almost always throw something in the donation jar. People can also take a BikeWell class, volunteer 4 hours, and then build a bike with our help, or pay $20 to skip the vol time. We then have a whole other batch of bikes that takes more time or more money. We also have a batch of bikes that are basically money only- we cannot exist on time nor outside help alone (nor do we want to). I realize this will not work for all shops, but we are able to raise good money with events, small grants and so on, as people really like that we exist and help people in the way described above. We revisit this 'philosophy' at least twice a year, and have arrived on this 'formula' after nearly 20 years of trying just about everything. That said, we are always wondering about this topic and how it relates to fairness, the current economic system and building bike culture. -- Bob Giordano Free Cycles Missoula Shop: 732 S. 1st St. West, 541.7284 10AM-6PM Mon-Sat Missoula Institute for Sustainable Transportation www.strans.org, mist(a)strans.org, 406-880-6834 Lauren Warbeck wrote: > Here at Our Community Bikes in Vancouver, we're wanting to change our pricing structure for use of our tools and space. I'm interested to hear > what pricing systems other shops are stoked on and why. I know this has been discussed many times before, but lets get real: I don't remember and > I > didn't save them. So here we are again! > At present, we have a three-tiered system: > $6 to use our tools with no help > $12 to use our tools with help > $18 you stand there looking on blankly while we do it for you. > It's a flat hourly rate, all day every day. No caps. > This system doesn't actually reflect how we charge. No one gets the $18 treatment, even if they ask for it. We don't have the staff to do it, and > its not really what we like to do anyway. More often that not, when a service user comes up to pay after using our tools, we ask them > approximately how much time they worked alone, and how much time they had > help, and agree on some combination of the $6 & $12 rate. Now, I love qualitative analysis as much as the next community bike shop employee, but > even I can appreciate that this leaves big gaps in terms of assessing appropriate payment, making the money that keeps us afloat, and makes our > payment system ultimately unclear to our service users. > How does your shop charge for tools and space? How did you arrive at that > system? Does it present any barriers to meeting your service users' needs > or reflecting your shop's values?

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Pricing structures for tools & space?
by Lauren Warbeck 19 Dec '13

19 Dec '13

Hey folks! Here at Our Community Bikes in Vancouver, we're wanting to change our pricing structure for use of our tools and space. I'm interested to hear what pricing systems other shops are stoked on and why. I know this has been discussed many times before, but lets get real: I don't remember and I didn't save them. So here we are again! At present, we have a three-tiered system: $6 to use our tools with no help $12 to use our tools with help $18 you stand there looking on blankly while we do it for you. It's a flat hourly rate, all day every day. No caps. This system doesn't actually reflect how we charge. No one gets the $18 treatment, even if they ask for it. We don't have the staff to do it, and its not really what we like to do anyway. More often that not, when a service user comes up to pay after using our tools, we ask them approximately how much time they worked alone, and how much time they had help, and agree on some combination of the $6 & $12 rate. Now, I love qualitative analysis as much as the next community bike shop employee, but even I can appreciate that this leaves big gaps in terms of assessing appropriate payment, making the money that keeps us afloat, and makes our payment system ultimately unclear to our service users. How does your shop charge for tools and space? How did you arrive at that system? Does it present any barriers to meeting your service users' needs or reflecting your shop's values? Thanks pals! Lauren @ OCB

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18 Dec '13

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LeadsOnline experience
by Doug 15 Dec '13

15 Dec '13

Our local Police Dept has requested that we start logging the serial numbers of all bikes donated or dropped off after hours at our shop. LeadsOnline is a nation-wide database that law enforcement uses to track stolen property. I am very supportive of reducing bike theft, but I'm concerned about effectively training our volunteer staff on this new procedure. Can some of the other organizations share their experience with LeadsOnline or any best practices you have developed for streamlining the serial number logging process. Thanks, Doug Cutter Fort Collins Bike Co-op

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Thethinktank Digest, Vol 88, Issue 12
by mike r 09 Dec '13

09 Dec '13

Sorry, but I'm an engineer. Be careful in talking about CO vrs CO2. Both are in auto exhaust. CO is a component of air pollution. The EPE regulates CO at the tailpipe to around 3.4 to 4.4 g/mile, measured with the engine at an idle. Nearly all of the rest of the carbon going out the pipe is CO2. CO2 is the Greenhouse gas. When you burn gasoline or any hydrocarbon, almost all of the Carbon leaves as CO2, a small amount is CO, and a very small amount very small amount is HCO. All the carbon going into the fire comes back out as Carbon+something. There is a calculator at cotap.org for estimating CO2 based on MPG and miles driven. Good Luck ________________________________ From: "thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org" <thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> To: thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org Sent: Monday, December 9, 2013 2:19 PM Subject: Thethinktank Digest, Vol 88, Issue 12 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. Measuring carbon emission reduction or car use reduction (La Bikery) 2. Re: Measuring carbon emission reduction or car use reduction (Martin, Eric Vance) 3. Re: Measuring carbon emission reduction or car use reduction (james bledsoe) 4. Re: Measuring carbon emission reduction or car use reduction (Martin, Eric Vance) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 13:37:12 -0400 From: La Bikery <labikery(a)gmail.com> To: The Think Tank <Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Subject: [TheThinkTank] Measuring carbon emission reduction or car use reduction Message-ID: <CAFanTAEQ6+JPodTU_fAw_dg4YnNSjJNtt28Kj5Qm7f54vkgGng(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello Friends, We are in the process of applying for a grant and want to make a case that we contribute to a reduction in CO2 emissions and reduction in car use. Does anyone have experience or ideas about how we might be able to measure our impact on that specific issue? Cheers, Amanda -- *Coop?rative La Bikery Co-operative * *Centre de v?lo communautaire /Community Bicycle Centre* *120 boul. Assomption blvd, Moncton NB* *Jeudis: 17 h ? 20 h/Thursdays pm-8pm* *Samedis 11 h ? 14 h/Saturdays 11am-2pm* www.labikery.ca

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Measuring carbon emission reduction or car use reduction
by La Bikery 09 Dec '13

09 Dec '13

Hello Friends, We are in the process of applying for a grant and want to make a case that we contribute to a reduction in CO2 emissions and reduction in car use. Does anyone have experience or ideas about how we might be able to measure our impact on that specific issue? Cheers, Amanda -- *Coopérative La Bikery Co-operative * *Centre de vélo communautaire /Community Bicycle Centre* *120 boul. Assomption blvd, Moncton NB* *Jeudis: 17 h à 20 h/Thursdays pm-8pm* *Samedis 11 h à 14 h/Saturdays 11am-2pm* www.labikery.ca

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Charging for Earn A Bike?
by Andrew Magill 09 Dec '13

09 Dec '13

We in MPLS are considering charging (on a sliding fee scale) between 0 - $100 dollars for our 4 week Earn A bike class. Typically, once students complete the bike, they receive a new helmet, new set of good blinky bike lights and can volunteer to earn a basic U lock. Also, we often use some new parts or Earn A Bikes like tubes, brake pads, cables and housing and in some cases tires (when we don't have a used one of the proper size in adequate condition). We also have 2 or more paid staff leading the class. So we want to cover some portion of those costs so that we can continue to provide the program... Also, we are finding that there are folks interested in building/ earning a bike that maybe could afford to buy one or to pay the amount listed above or more for a four week, twelve hour class. We don't necessarily want to tell these folks they are not eligibile for the class or create a separate build a bike class for non-low income students. We have a goal of building community and want to bring people together from different backgrounds and of different income levels etc. Our classes are one place this can happen. We will work things out for anyone who couldn't afford this by reducing the fee, allowing folks to volunteer rather than paying etc. We do have a volunteer program where folks can earn shop credit for parts and frames. Any thoughts or suggestions about using sliding fee scales or amounts that other programs/shops charge for build a bike or Earn a Bike classes? Much appreciated! BRRR, it's cold here. Andrew -- Andrew Magill Lead Trainer/Mechanic *SPOKES Bike Walk Connect* 1915 E. 22nd Street MPLS, MN 55406 *andrew(a)spokesconnect.org <andrew(a)spokesconnect.org>612-206-3028* *spokesconnect.org <http://spokesconnect.org/>facebook.com/SpokesConnect <http://facebook.com/SpokesConnect>* You can donate to SPOKES or SNG any time. Just Visit http://givemn.razoo.com/story/Seward-Neighborhood-Group

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Mechanic training curriculum
by Justin Pogge 08 Dec '13

08 Dec '13

At bike bike this year there was a great workshop on doing a mechanic training course. I cannot remember the shop that did the workshop but they offered up their curriculum to anyone who wanted it. They took everyone's email but the documents never got emailed out. Anyone have them? Out remember who did the workshop?

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by Dax Burgos 05 Dec '13

05 Dec '13

Please do it. Thanx Sent from my iPad

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