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Fwd: What SPOKES is up to... Oakland Spokes Community Bike Lounge
by Brian Drayton 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Help Support SPOKES Community Bike Lounge. 465 9th street Oakland Ca A movement and a space creating a social and community bike space collectively supported by Community Bike Organizations *(CBO)* ** . As a Pop up , our goal is to be a campaign headquarters to highlight the contributions of CBO's in our area. We are currently crowd funding however our development of the fundraising plan needs the seeds of your support. <https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&… [View More]hosted_button_id=JFMWCU…> SPOKES has been operating in Richmond, CA for four years and has had Great success unveiling the hidden bike culture in Richmond. SPOKES has been stimulating economy and green mobility in the heart of Richmond’s Downtown renaissance, and creating the resources and space for a city of 259,000 people with no bike shop. SPOKES customers not only buy bikes and repair and maintain their bikes, but also congregate and cultivate a movement of healthy living and mobility. During this time, SPOKES notoriety and work has been recognized and the SPOKES model requested by communities in San Pablo, EL Cerrito, Berkeley, Oakland, San Leandro, Los Angeles, CA, Atlanta, GA, Minneapolis MI, and in Washington DC. ** *Unfortunately the Richmond SPOKESHOP Bike Shop & Lounge will not be able to renew it's lease after May 1, 2013 at Market square Mall. We are beginning a campaign to raise capitol to find another *permanent* home for spokes in Richmond, Ca. * *The Oakland SPOKES Community Bike Lounge is being established to be the * * campaign headquarters of SPOKES National and the focal point of a fund raising ** campaign to relocate and sustain the founding SPOKESHOP in Richmond, and to establish a fund ** for supporting SPOKES affiliated Community bike organizations nationally. * * * *We will be launching an IndieGogo crowd funder in about a week and need support in finishing touches and stock for the new place. It would be awesome to *receive* any amount from you as *colleagues* or from your networks in support. SOKES believes that united we can change the global fight to create peaceful productive mobile green Communities and *more so to* make bikes a reality for all our communities through supporting Community Bike Organizations. * * * *[image: Inline image 1]<https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JFMWCU…> * > Calling all community and community bike minded businesses and > organizations. > Oakland SPOKES is launching a hyper local/National Community Bike > Organization (CBO) Campaign and is setting up a community bike lounge in > partnership with Pop Up Hood Oakland to host “Bay Built Bikes” by East Bay > Area Community Bike Organizations (CBO) and, local mechanics/builders and > bike art vendors. > This Bike lounge will display and consign Bikes built by Bay Area > mechanics as part of the campaign Headquarters for SPOKES National’s > Community Bike Organization Project. Our goal is to collectively advocate > for earmarked City, State, and Federal Funding of our communities’ CBO > Projects. This lounge will have commuter accessories, and catered café > fixings from Awaken Cafe, Bicycle Coffee, Numi Tea, and Rock the Bike > smoothies in its cool Old > T > own Location > > 465 9th street Oakland > Ca > . We will be having daily opportunities for you as **members to reserve > space to do workshops, and host bike-related social events. > > Our soft opening will be held in conjunction with Oakland’s First Friday > on May 3rd 2013. Following that, our grand opening will take place in the > middle of the Bike to Work After Party and we will be hosting the official > Bike to work “After Party -After Party”. We plan to have DJ music by Abel > Dee and special guests and perhaps some Bike Flix to keep the pedals > turning. > > The lounge will have a map of the East Bay covering an entire wall as > focal accent. This map will have pushpins for all the CBO’s. Bike routes > will be marked out on the map in red and will begin from the SPOKES > Community Bike Org Hub on the map along routes to each site pinned on the > map. This map will serve as a visual guide to patrons of where all our > shops are located in reference to each other the hub and their lives. The > SPOKESHOP community bike lounge will also provide your organization with a > space for exposure in Downtown Oakland where you can showcase your bikes, > bike art, bike jewelry and swag for sale. > > Each member shop or org will need to contribute their high quality logo > and a “Bay Built Bike” or bike product(s) to be part of the for sale > consignment exhibit. We will highlight your logo, branding and location > on a string of *banners in the lounge. Your product or bike will be > mounted on the wall or rack with a short bio of your organization and name > of the builder or artist behind the product. All sales will be tracked as > consignment and you will have the opportunity to refresh your line of > products as it sells. Our goal is to help our businesses or organization > further penetrate the bike movement and bike industry and send business as > well as awareness to the customers in your community. Through crowd funding > and a capital campaign, we intend to raise funds to advocate for bikes as > part of community economic development. > > In order to participate, we require you to be a **member of the Community > Bike Collective. > https://sites.google.com/a/richmondspokes.org/about/programs-1/cbc > > This successful model will serve as a hub of resources for cyclists in > East Bay by providing them with maps and quick commuter tips. > Increase your sales and impact while celebrating green mobility today. > Join us now! > https://sites.google.com/a/richmondspokes.org/about/programs-1/cbc > *To have a banner in the Oakland SPOKESHOP Community Bike Lounge we do > require a $25 fee and consigned product subject to our approval for our > gallery consignment space. > **There is no Membership fee for this inaugural group, as SPOKES wants to > encourage our founding member organizations to jump on the bandwagon and > participate on collective bargaining for funding and resources. > Inaugural members will have links to their business or organization on our > website member page and a placard in the shop. <https://sites.google.com/a/richmondspokes.org/about/programs-1/cbc> We're in the 465 9th street Oakland Ca space... Need to connect to everyone on details of this fantastic collective community bike pop up. Meeting Wednesday May 1 2013 at 7:00. Please Rsvp. > *Swag > / > Bikes > / > Music > / > Food > / > Workshops > / > Rides* - Soft Opening This First Friday. - Grand Opening...... May 9, 2013! *Anyone putting a bike in the gallery should send me a pix of your bike to be consigned: and full bio on your shop , the mechanic that built the bike , make Model and components and estimated sale price.* Looking for art and swag. We will talk about the consignment and collectively create the consignment contract on Wednesday. Bikes: We have Soft confirmations on Roll Up Bikes , Cosmic Cycles , Oakland SPOKES, and Rock the Bike. WHo's next...? Food: We have Soft confirmations on Bicycle Coffee, Numi Tea, Awaken Cafe, and James and the Giant Cupcake as food. NEED Linden BEER ADAM Art: We have Soft confirmations on Red Bike and Green, Zapinc, and Oaklandish on ART. Need some more art dedicated for Last week of May. Music: We have Soft confirmations on Music from Ross Aebldee Robinson Need some resident DJ gear.. and more dj:s for thursday Friday and Saturday Evenings. Workshops: We have Soft confirmations on workshops from Oakland SPokes, Binx Garage, Roll Up We need: proposals for workshops: by Tuesday evening. Come on SPOKELAND, Waterside WOrkshops, Cosmic Cycles, Bikes For Life - Speedy flat repair - Basic lube and tune - Wheel Truing - Deterring Bike Thieves - WHO WANT TO DO BIKE CHURCH: Three workshops in one Sunday mornings. Brian Drayton 510) 545-2243 brian@ <brian(a)richmondspokes.org>O aklandspokes.org http://www. <http://www.richmondspokes.org/>o aklandspokes.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why re-invent the wheel ...when you can tighten the spokes? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > [View Less]

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Rome, May 29th–May 31th 2013. Forum of bike recycling and community workshops
by Ciclofficine popolari Roma 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

FORUM OF BIKE RECYCLING AND COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS Three days of Bike Kitchen Forum (May 29th – 31st) in Rome We are glad to invite you to a Forum of bike recycling and community workshops which will take place in Rome, May 29th – May 31th 2013. Please confirm your participation at info(a)ciclofficinepopolari.it ------ After ten years of wrenches and ideas, we would like to reflect about the meaning and the evolution of today’s Bike Kitchens and Bike Communities, the sense of the reappropriation … [View More]of the common spaces and the importance of the knowledge exchange. We feel the need to think about our bike riding direction and about the meaning of our mechanical skills. Starting from these questions we decided to share these thoughts with others Bike Kitchens which have similar experiences and horizons, even though belonging to dissimilar metropolitan environments. Places where, for example, biking is already part of the means of transport and it’s regulated by laws and standard normative, or places in which Bike Kitchens are sponsored by public or private entities, or can be organized as non-profit entities. For all these reasons we thought to create a gathering between the Bike Kitchens and Critical Mass which will take place the preceding week to the 10th Ciemmona (May 29th, 30th, 31st). Therefore we decided to host a Cyclocamp (from the 24th of May 'till the 3rd of June) and a Bike Kitchen Forum, not only for greasing ourselves from head to feet but also for sharing thoughts, ideas, practices and knowledge. We are convinced that putting together all these Bike Kitchens, in their similarities and mainly differences, we will be able to bring a renewed conscience in our global thinking and local acting. In order to promote this discussion we thought that could be useful to concentrate it in the three first days before the Ciemmona (29th , 30th, 31st of May) in which will take place the Forum. The following program is our proposal, is open to possible changes and rearrangements, and it has to be developed together Day 1 – Wed May 29th, 2pm-6pm. THE BIKE KITCHENS AND THEIR PRACTICES. Presentation of our experiences and different battle fields. Recycling, do-it-yourself, convivial technologies. Day 2 – Thu May 30th , 2pm-6pm. PROJECTS AND TERRITORY. Presentations of our differences: bottom-up /institutional initiatives, non-profit/ money-free approach. What do we do besides repair/invent/built up bicycles? Which objects and technologies are more people oriented? Welding, carpentering, sawing, etc. Day 3 – Fri May 31st 2pm-5pm. THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY. The Bike Kitchen reality was born starting from common needs and develops through sharing practices and ideas. Are there any other pathways to share? Does it make sense to organize a European Bike Kitchen Network? Which would be its use and goals? Could we think about a yearly international meeting of the Bike Kitchens? Could we do it during the Ciemmona or the Summer Cyclocamps? Should it be Itinerant? We would like to invite to present your experiences through an English presentation (powerpoint or similar, suggested format pdf) to be delivered to the other Bike Kitchens. Suggested Template for the presentation: Who are you (the speaker)? (1 slide) Which reality do you represent? (1 slide) Your organization: where is located, opening hours, how many activists, ect. Modus operandi and users Past and future projects These presentations, together with a small report of the three Forum days, will constitute a document that we would like to put together in a small publication. For all the participants, the garden of the CSOA eXSnia will be available for your camping tents, your skills, your ideas, etc. The camp site is totally free and you have to collaborate in its organization and management. We are strictly anti-fascist, anti-sexist and anti-racist. Please do not join us if you do not recognize yourself in these fundamental values. Roman people’s Bike Kitchen Network The Cyclocamp: http://ciclofficinepopolari.it/en/iniziative/2013/cyclocamp-roma/ , http://cyclocamp.org The Forum: http://ciclofficinepopolari.it/en/iniziative/2013/forum-delle-ciclofficine/ The 10th Interplanetary Critical Mass (Ciemmona): http://ciemmona.org/en The location: http://exsnia.it/ciclofficina Please confirm your participation and talk a little bit with us about the subject and the structure: info(a)ciclofficinepopolari.it Book a space for your tent sending an email to: accommodation(a)ciemmona.org Do you need a bike? We’ll do what we can! Write to: bikesharing(a)ciemmona.org [View Less]

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Thoughts on new forum
by christopher＠holisticcycles.com 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

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501c3 filing
by greenbean246 Green 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

Hello Bike Co-Ops! The Lincoln Bike Kitchen is gathering corroborating information for our 501(c)3 filing. It would be most helpful to us if we could hear from other bike co-ops which have tax exempt status regarding what part of the IRS code you fall under. Being able to tell the IRS what kind of charity other bike co-ops have been designated will help them give us a designation more quickly. We appreciate any info any of you can give us. Thanks! B. J. GreenTreasurerLincoln Bike KitchenLincoln, NE

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Re: [TheThinkTank] 501c3 filing
by summitcyclingcenter＠yahoo.com 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

Wise move! We have encountered difficulty with our application. Proper language is key in your description. Sent from my HTC EVO Design™ 4G from Boost Mobile ----- Reply message ----- From: "greenbean246 Green" <greenbean246(a)hotmail.com> To: "Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Subject: [TheThinkTank] 501c3 filing Date: Thu, Apr 25, 2013 10:33 Hello Bike Co-Ops! The Lincoln Bike Kitchen is gathering corroborating information … [View More]

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keeping tools from disappearing
by Bob Giordano 22 Apr '13

22 Apr '13

All 12 of our work stations have basic tools. Everyone shares a chain tool, cable cutters and a crank puller though. For years, those tools would 'disappear' every few months. We did not want to have a sign-out system, so we chained a bike fork to the chain tool, a training wheel to the cable cutter and a big crank to the crank puller. These tools no longer go 'missing'. We also throw out the tops to the small chain oil bottles (3 bottles circulate), and the oil continues to flow now, and … [View More]

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New SF Cycling Forum
by Alaine Anhalt 22 Apr '13

22 Apr '13

Hello everyone! I just launched a new cycling forum for SF bike riders as part of a graphic design thesis. The website is still under construction but the forum is up and running. It's purpose it to create a resource for cyclists who have qualms about riding around the city because they think it's too hard or too dangerous. It's my hope that by offering solutions, people will choose to ride their bikes more! I would love for anyone with a moment to check it out and add some content. These … [View More]

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1304 Bikes Crowd-Funding Campaign
by 1304bikes 22 Apr '13

22 Apr '13

Please let me know if I'm off base for posting this here, but I just wanted to let everyone know the we here in Raleigh are trying to reopen our shop. We've been closed since our shop had to close due to zoning issues outside our control in 2009. Little traction was made in the last 4 years trying to secure a new space, but we have finally found one we think is ideal. It's 1500sqft of warehouse type space (with room to expand if needed) in downtown. However, we have little money and no … [View More]

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Bike!Bike! FB Site
by Tony DeFilippo 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Hi there, My name is Tony DeFilippo, I'm the social media manager for Velocity Co-Op in Alexandria, VA. I'd like to join your Bike!Bike! 2013 New Orleans group as our Velocity Coop FB account identity but when I go to do it I'm not seeing that there is a 'Like' available. Do I need to be invited? Thanks for the help, it looks like a cool event!! Tony On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 11:27 AM, John Patterson < john.patterson(a)velocitycoop.org> wrote: > Thanks, Tony, > > Per their … [View More]message below (which I should have included in my email), best > if you send them an email directly for us to join the group... > > Regards, John > > ___________________________ > John Patterson | Director | VéloCity Bicycle Co-op | 2111 Mt. Vernon Ave., > Alexandria, VA 22301 | velocitycoop.org | +1 703-835-0699 | Mobile: +1 > 703-608-3660 > > > *From: *Plan B <nolabikeproject(a)gmail.com> > *Subject: **Re: [TheThinkTank] List of mailing addresses for community > bike projects* > *Date: *April 16, 2013 11:36:22 AM EDT > *To: *The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > *Reply-To: *The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > > Hey there. > > Yes, probably. Mr. Morrison is a smart cookie! > > Also, we'd like to encourage people to join the Facebook group if they > have the capability. We'll also share the list on that page as well. > > https://www.facebook.com/groups/251742101526928/ > > Unfortunately, the bots and spammers have gotten pretty vicious trying to > join the FB group, so if you get rejected, please send me a message via > thinktank and I'll let you in. 99% of legit people will be accepted into the > group. We're hoping using this group as a primary source of info can keep > us from overloading the thinktank with minutae. > > Would it be helpful if the list were cut and pasted the invitation list to > The Think Tank (not an attachment) for people to peruse? We're trying to > gauge numbers and encourage early registration (which will be available > soon) as we feel that this event may be heavily attended. (We hope so!) > > Hope to see everyone in a few short months!!!! > > Victor Pizarro > Project Organizer > Plan B, The New Orleans Community Bike Project > > > > On Apr 18, 2013, at 11:23 AM, Tony DeFilippo wrote: > > Hi John, > > It doesn't look like there is an option to 'like' or 'join' under the > admin roll for Facebook, however I shared the group and highlighted it on > the Velocity Timeline. I'll look into it further this evening, there must > be a way. > > Tony > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Tony DeFilippo <tony(a)ad28.net> > Date: Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 11:16 AM > Subject: Re: Bike!Bike! FB Site > To: sheba farrin <sheba.farrin(a)velocitycoop.org> > > > Of course! > > > On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 11:12 AM, sheba farrin < > sheba.farrin(a)velocitycoop.org> wrote: > >> Tony, >> May I please hand this off to you? >> Thank you! >> :-) >> >> >> ----- >> Sheba Farrin >> Sciathan Productions >> Velocity CoOp >> ----- >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: John Patterson <john.patterson(a)velocitycoop.org> >> Date: Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 7:19 AM >> Subject: Bike!Bike! FB Site >> To: Sheba Farrin <sheba.farrin(a)velocitycoop.org> >> >> >> I am such a FB neophyte... I can't see how to "join" or "like" this >> group as VeloCity... Can you give it a go? >> >> https://www.facebook.com/groups/251742101526928/ >> >> Thanks! >> >> Best, John >> ___________________________ >> John Patterson | Director | VéloCity Bicycle Co-op | 2111 Mt. Vernon >> Ave., Alexandria, VA 22301 | velocitycoop.org | +1 703-835-0699 | >> Mobile: +1 703-608-3660 >> >> >> >> >> > > > [View Less]

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Income Verification for EAB
by corvallisbikes 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Not personally a fan of income verification because it creates an us & them atmosphere. We all pull together and everybody gives a little more than she gets. We only give bikes or parts as incentives for volunteering, without means testing. That said, I think the standard most charities use around here is food stamps. If you qualify for them, you qualify for all sorts of freebies, but not enough to actually live comfortably. -Vernon *Corvallis Bicycle Collective* www.CorvallisBikes.org &… [View More]

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Income Verification for EAB
by director 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Hey All, So we've received a federal grant for our EAB program. As part of this we're required to income verify participants. Are any of you doing income verification for any of your programs? If so do you have best practices? Pitfalls to look out for? Any advice is appreciated. Ride On! -- -- Rich Points http://communitycycles.org Executive Director (c)303-589-0597 (w)720-565-6019 Community Cycles is Boulder's only bike shop dedicated to bike commuting. Find us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/CommunityCycles

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Opportunity for Free Planet Bike Gear!
by Mike Samuelson 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

Hi Think Tank, *The Alliance for Biking & Walking is happy to announce that we are again partnering with Planet Bike to donate Planet Bike merchandise to community bike shops across the continent. Woo hoo! * Planet Bike has more than $5,000 worth of refurbished merchandise that they need to clear to make room in their warehouse. With their commitment to advocacy, Planet Bike is excited to offer these refurbished products free of charge to up to ten community bike shops who are … [View More]

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Cyclocamp Rome 24th May - 2nd June
by Ciclofficine popolari Roma 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

CITIES ARE NOT FOR CARS! We are glad to invite you to a Cyclocamp, a Forum of bike recycling and community workshops and the 10th Interplanetary Critical Mass (Ciemmona), which will take place in Rome, May 24th – June 2nd 2013 Rome is a city where mobility is exclusively thought for cars. Few bicycles, little public transport, and lack of perception of the streets as a common good. Public spaces in Rome are seen and used as parking lots, while everything that doesn’t move in a car represents … [View More]an obstacle. Thanks to this adverse horizon, the daily use of a bicycle in Rome brings along an intrinsic subversive status. Biking fast in between tons of slow and smelly scrap metal naturally leads us to imagine a more equal, just and car-free future. Seen from a bike saddle, cars in our city seems like animals of a remote past. Thus, in 2002, Critical Mass was born in Rome followed by people’s Bike Kitchens. As soon as these two paths crossed, without any help from the State or the Municipality, the bicycles had exponentially multiplied and the urban biker appeared in the roman metropolitan landscape. After ten years of wrenches and ideas, we would like to reflect about the meaning and the evolution of today’s Bike Kitchens and Bike Communities, the sense of the reappropriation of the common spaces and the importance of the knowledge exchange. We feel the need to think about our bike riding direction and about the meaning of our mechanical skills. Starting from these questions we decided to share these thoughts with others Bike Kitchens which have similar experiences and horizons, even though belonging to dissimilar metropolitan environments. Places where, for example, biking is already part of the means of transport and it’s regulated by laws and standard normative, or places in which Bike Kitchens are sponsored by public or private entities, or can be organized as non-profit entities. For all these reasons we thought to create a gathering between the Bike Kitchens and Critical Mass which will take place the preceding week to the 10th Ciemmona (May 29th, 30th, 31st). Therefore we decided to host a Cyclocamp and a Bike Kitchen Forum, not only for greasing ourselves from head to feet but also for sharing thoughts, ideas, practices and knowledge. We are convinced that putting together all these Bike Kitchens, in their similarities and mainly differences, we will be able to bring a renewed conscience in our global thinking and local acting. In order to promote this discussion we thought that could be useful to concentrate it in the three first days before the Ciemmona (29th , 30th, 31st of May) in which will take place the Forum. We will pleased to see you partecipate from the 24th of May to the 2nd of June in a series of events: Cyclocamp, Forum of bike recycling and community workshops and the 10th interplanetary Ciemmona. For all the participants, the garden of the CSOA eXSnia will be available for your camping tents, your skills, your ideas, etc. The camp site is totally free and you have to collaborate in its organization and management. We are strictly anti-fascist, anti-sexist and anti-racist. Please do not join us if you do not recognize yourself in these fundamental values. Roman people’s Bike Kitchen Network The Cyclocamp: http://ciclofficinepopolari.it/en/iniziative/2013/cyclocamp-roma/ , http://cyclocamp.org The Forum: http://ciclofficinepopolari.it/en/iniziative/2013/forum-delle-ciclofficine/ The 10th Interplanetary Critical Mass (Ciemmona): http://ciemmona.org/en The location: http://exsnia.it/ciclofficina Please send a confirmation email to: info(a)ciclofficinepopolari.it Book a space for your tent sending an email to: accommodation(a)ciemmona.org Do you need a bike? We’ll do what we can! Write to: accomodation(a)ciemmona.org -- -------------------------------------------------------- www.ciclofficinepopolari.it orari e indirizzi http://www.ciclofficinepopolari.it/ciclofficine.html [View Less]

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List of mailing addresses for community bike projects
by Ryan Peterson 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

Hey thinktank, We'll be sending out invitations to this year's BikeBike within the next month or so, but before we do, I'd like to make sure we have as many correct mailing addresses as possible. I've attached the mailing list, and I'd love it if people could look through it and email me (ryan(a)bikeproject.org) with any corrections and/or additions to the list. Thanks!

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Book: Defying Poverty with Bicycles
by Matthew VanSlyke 13 Apr '13

13 Apr '13

ThinkTank: Has anyone read this book? I did stumble upon Bike Portland's 2/8 blog post<http://bikeportland.org/2013/02/08/new-book-defying-poverty-with-bicycles-8…>which gave an excellent review. http://www.onestreet.org/bicycle-programs/70-one-street-press

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Fwd: Fwd: The ULTIMATE program handbook!
by Angel York 12 Apr '13

12 Apr '13

Forwarded in case anyone else was still interested. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- I have nothing down on paper. We take advantage of school playground markers to do a couple of fun things, though. A series of parallel lines we use for the slow race. The idea is to have each bicyclist take a lane, everyone starts on "go" and the last person to go over the end line is the winner. This is for demonstrating basic bike control. We use adjacent double circles on playgrounds and … [View More]connect them for a figure-8 right of way activity. Connect the double circles with chalk to make a figure 8 with no lines in the x marking the center of the 8. Start with one bicyclist at the top and bottom of the 8, and they ride toward the center, communicating with each other on who goes first if they reach the x at the same time. The activity can be use for that and for teaching bike control and the "ghost rider" between each bicycle if you add more bicyclists. I'm assuming you already have the Oregon Bicycle Transportation Alliance's Safe Routes for Kids, a Bicycle Safety Program Curriculum, which has detailed instructions for teaching kids ~ 5th-6th grade age. It has some very good activities and lessons. Christal ------------------------------ *From:* Angel York <aniola(a)gmail.com> *To:* Got any educational (ie bike rodeo) handouts you could share with this person? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Chauncey Tudhope-Locklear" <chauncey(a)ptrecyclery.org> Date: Mar 30, 2013 10:23 AM Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Help: The ULTIMATE program handbook! To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Hey You guys, Awesome Resources! Thank you! Does anyone have a handbook/info for EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING? I'm really interested in any documents related to running bike rodeos, outreach clinics, bike camps, bike tours, etc. I'm also interested in any games/activities related to teaching people/kids about bike safety and bike love. For instance, have you ever played bicycle musical chairs? Stuff like that... On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 8:34 AM, director <director(a)communitycycles.org>wrote: Here is the Community Cycles volunteer handbook. It's also posted on the Wiki https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FcdJ9X7U3aLYS3o0SRoWylkLtrAhB3zFz04Ryqp… On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Jon Sher <jonathansher(a)charter.net> wrote: It won't open Sent from my iPad On Mar 29, 2013, at 11:26 AM, Paul Nagel <paul(a)thebicycletree.org> wrote: Here's our new volunteer handbook: http://www.thebicycletree.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/VolunteerHandbook1… -Paul The Bicycle Tree P.O. Box 11293 Santa Ana, CA 92711 http://www.thebicycletree.org info(a)thebicycletree.org ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:15:02 -0400 From: breathingplanet(a)gmail.com To: thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Help: The ULTIMATE program handbook! here's something related that we are just beginning to use! http://troybikerescue.org/files/OrientationZine.pdf On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Chauncey Tudhope-Locklear < chauncey(a)ptrecyclery.org> wrote: Hey there friendly people, I am in the process of putting together an internal program handbook that will provide any new instructors an outline/understanding of our programs. I'm looking for #1. Your general feedback of the table of contents #2. A copy of your organization's similar handbook #3. A list of additional fun games/activities that you think should be in this handbook. I'm looking to pack a dozen or so descriptions/illustrations of games and activities that instructors can use to teach classes. For instance, a bike scavenger hunt where you hide different bike/tools parts in a given area and they have to fine each one and do a certain task before they can move on to the next activity. Below is the table of contents-- * The ReCyclery Ultimate Program Handbook Table of contents-- 1. Overall mission and vision of The ReCyclery. 2. How programs serve our mission and vision. Program Values-- fun, safety, experiential, environmental stewardship, riding skills, 3. Program delivery philosophy (What is the ReCyclery way to teach cycling education? What is our method?) -Direct participation -fun games/activities that involve/use skills being taught 4. List of types of educational programs (safety and riding skills) and HOW TO DO IT! (Lesson Plans, activities, games, instructions, safety considerations) -2 hour workshops/classes -Day long classes -3-5 day long camp sessions (3-5 hours) -2-4 day bike trips -Series classes -unicycle -womens bike night -welding -DIY panniers class 5. Tricks of the trade for Instructors (other ideas, games, ropes course activities etc.) 6. Setting up and running programs (marketing, insurance, recruiting participants, registration, etc.)* * * * * -- Sincerely, Chauncey Tudhope-Locklear (Executive Director) The ReCyclery 1925 Blaine St. STE #500 Port Townsend, WA 98368 360-643-0734 (personal cell) www.ptrecyclery.org "Health and Sustainability through Bicycles" _______________________________________________ Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to TheThinkTank-leave(a)bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… -- ------__o ----_`\<,_ ---(_)/ (_) andrew lynn 518-573-7947 _______________________________________________ Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to TheThinkTank-leave(a)bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… _______________________________________________ Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to TheThinkTank-leave(a)bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… _______________________________________________ Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to TheThinkTank-leave(a)bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… -- -- Rich Points http://communitycycles.org Executive Director (c)303-589-0597 (w)720-565-6019 Community Cycles is Boulder's only bike shop dedicated to bike commuting. Find us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/CommunityCycles _______________________________________________ Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to TheThinkTank-leave(a)bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… -- Sincerely, Chauncey Tudhope-Locklear (Executive Director) The ReCyclery 1925 Blaine St. STE #500 Port Townsend, WA 98368 360-643-0734 (personal cell) 360-643-1755 (shop) www.ptrecyclery.org "Health and Sustainability through Bicycles" _______________________________________________ Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to TheThinkTank-leave(a)bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… [View Less]

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Re: [TheThinkTank] traffic light timing
by Vernon Huffman 07 Apr '13

07 Apr '13

I understand that Corvallis (Cycle City), OR, has recently agreed to slow the downtown grid of lights to 10 mph to accommodate bicycles. They're also considering a plan to incrementally increase car parking rates, to encourage more cycling. We already have the largest ride share in the USA. There is so much more we could do, but you've got to fight the asphalt lobby every step of the way. ________________________________ From: Ryan Kragerud Hey CA Think Tank members, What's the deal with … [View More]

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Re: [TheThinkTank] traffic light timing
by summitcyclingcenter＠yahoo.com 07 Apr '13

07 Apr '13

So true, Mark! Sent from my HTC EVO Design™ 4G from Boost Mobile ----- Reply message ----- From: "Mark Rehder" <mark(a)re-cycles.ca> To: "Vernon Huffman" <vernonhuffman(a)yahoo.com>, "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Subject: [TheThinkTank] traffic light timing Date: Sun, Apr 7, 2013 12:14 On 2013-04-06, at 10:52 PM, Vernon Huffman wrote: (snip)There is so much more we could do, but you've got to fight the asphalt lobby every step of the way. The … [View More]

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Help: The ULTIMATE program handbook!
by Vernon Huffman 07 Apr '13

07 Apr '13

Bike Rodeo Set up an obstacle course with road cones requiring relatively sharp cornering. A small up and down ramp adds some challenge. Have a competent cyclist check it to be sure its challenging, but not impossible. The goal is to ride through the course slowly. If you go too quickly you must start over. At some point in the course, each rider is to look over the left shoulder and tell how many fingers the person behind them is holding up. It's a good idea to let riders try the course … [View More]

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Research Assistance Request - Bikecollectives.org Think Tank
by J Stewart 06 Apr '13

06 Apr '13

Hello Think Tank - I am doing research on the use of bicycles, collectives, and group rides this semester at Tulane in New Orleans, the site of Bike!Bike! X. To complete my project I am collecting information from websites and email requests. Some of you may have seen my message previously, sent from jstewar6(a)tulane.edu. I am aiming to create a geographic analysis map or two, not dissimilar to yours on Google, that also includes the date of the founding of the organization. I plan to use … [View More]

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Thank you!
by America Recycled 06 Apr '13

06 Apr '13

We have reached our fundraising goal!! Thank you to everybody who donated and spread the project around. The outpouring of support we've received in the last couple of months has been such a surprise, and not only will we be able to focus on bringing you this film now, but we've also seen how many of you out there really care about what we're doing. The morale boost is just as valuable as the cash. As many of you know, the USA Projects web site has been experiencing crippling technical … [View More]

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How to Teach "Hands-off"
by Geoff Heath 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

I think I put this request out 6 months ago but I figure I'll try again; Anyone have notes from the Bikebike 2010 workshop "how to teach hands off"? I'm making a document on teaching in the bike shop and would love to know what happened in said workshop. Thanks! -- *Geoff Heath*, Mechanical Director The Winnipeg Repair Education N' Cycling Hub 1057 Logan Ave. Winnipeg, MB R3E 3N8 www.TheWrench.ca

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Revenue Statistics spreadsheet
by Matt VanSlyke 01 Apr '13

01 Apr '13

For those of you attending the Alliance conference call this afternoon, I wanted to remind you that there is a spreadsheet on the WiKi that details financial and revenue info for those shops that added theirs (thank you!). It is on the 'Organizational Models' page and the direct link is http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Revenue_Statistics Anyone can view the spreadsheet and also should be able to enter data. But if you have trouble with access send a request for permission. Matt VanSlyke

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Fwd: Fwd: The ULTIMATE program handbook!
by Angel York 01 Apr '13

01 Apr '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- I have nothing down on paper. We take advantage of school playground markers to do a couple of fun things, though. A series of parallel lines we use for the slow race. The idea is to have each bicyclist take a lane, everyone starts on "go" and the last person to go over the end line is the winner. This is for demonstrating basic bike control. We use adjacent double circles on playgrounds and connect them for a figure-8 right of way activity. Connect … [View More]

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America Recycled needs your help
by America Recycled 01 Apr '13

01 Apr '13

Hey there, We're in the final week of our fundraising campaign to produce a feature-length film about our two-year bicycle journey through radical subcultures of the American South, and we're just over 80% of the way to our goal. Thank you to the 87 supporters who have so far contributed to this project. By financing this project directly through our audience, we're able to retain complete creative control and bring you the story as we actually see it, rather than bow to the agenda of a studio … [View More]

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