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Hiring! Cycles for Change in Minneapolis MN is hiring a Service/Sales Manager
by Anne Sombor 22 Feb '19

22 Feb '19

Hello from the snow, Cycles for Change in Minneapolis MN is hiring a Service/Sales Manager! The full job description and how to apply is here: http://www.minnesotanonprofits.org/job-details?id=164005 A little about us: The mission of Cycles for Change is to build a diverse and empowered community of bicyclists. Cycles for Change (C4C) offers many programs promoting bicycling in our communities including weekly Open Shop hours, adult Learn to Ride classes, and a Youth Apprenticeship job training and leadership development program. Thanks! Anne Sombor Operations Director Cycles for Change They/Them anne(a)cyclesforchange.org [image: Cycles for Change]

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Random question....
by Judith Feist 21 Feb '19

21 Feb '19

Ok, What are your go to projects for when you have large groups of people volunteer, BUT have NO mechanic experience? Asking for a friend... -- Judith C Feist Co Director, the Hub at Back Alley *"*Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root'"- Angela Davis "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle." -Gloria Steinem I think [the bicycle] has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world...It gives a woman a feeling of freedom and self-reliance.~Susan B. Anthony

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Fwd: Houston, anyone?
by Sterling Stone 21 Feb '19

21 Feb '19

Read below for an email from one of our rockstr volunteers and native to Houston. If anyone knows, its him! ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jonathan Stafford <jonathanrstafford(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 9:15 PM Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Houston, anyone? To: Sterling Stone <sterlingstone(a)gearinupbicycles.org> Hey man. So there's some good news and a lot of bad. First, Your best bet for used parts is to be in town for FRANKEN-BIKE which happens once a month and is more like a swap meet. Unfortunately, there isn't a co-op in Houston at all. At least not in the same vein of Gearin Up, Velocity or Phoenix. There is a "community focused" shop called 3RD WARD BIKE SHOP which sells used parts and bikes. But the prices arent all that great...but they arent set in stone either - so you might get lucky. When a friemd of mine was planning a tour he had some luck calling a few shops and asking if thwy had a used parts bin he could dig thru. None of them advertised it but a few let him. Try Bayou City Cycles, Sun and Ski Sports and Bike Barn. Best of luck... Jonathan R Stafford Native Houstonian, Proud Texan On Tue, Feb 19, 2019, 7:57 PM Sterling Stone < sterlingstone(a)gearinupbicycles.org wrote: > Thought you may want to provide some input for them > > Sterling > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Tigre Bici <bici.uanl(a)gmail.com> > Date: Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 6:32 PM > Subject: [TheThinkTank] Houston, anyone? > To: Think Tank Bike Collectives email list < > thethinktank(a)bikecollectives.org> > > > Hello everyone! > Does any of you is at Houston or knows any bike co-op at it? > We are travelling at the end of the month to Houston and we are looking on > buying bike parts that are difficult to find on Mexico to take bak home and > we will like it a lot to buy them form a local co-op. > So, let us know if you know some awesome proyect at H-Town to pass by and > buy some bicycle parts > > Saludos > > R. > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > > > -- > Sterling-A. Stone > Executive Director > Gearin' Up Bicycles > 314 Randolph Pl., NE > Washington, DC, 20002 > 202-780-5174 - Shop > 202-487-0179 - Cell > SterlingStone(a)gearinupbicycles.org > > > Find us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/GearinUpBicycles?ref=hl>, > Join us on Meetup > <http://www.meetup.com/Gearin-Up-Bicycles-Learn-to-fix-bikes-meet-cool-peopl…>, > and follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/GearinUpDC> > > *Support our good work through the Combined Federal Campaign!* > >

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Bilingual signage for parts organization
by Worcester Earn-a-Bike 20 Feb '19

20 Feb '19

Hi everyone, wanted to share our tool board labeled in Spanish. It's a cool conversation to have on here. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x9Lz98VhjcxzngytM3hgljy5O1uGPcri/view?usp=… With a grease stained heart, Patrick Goguen Shop Manager Worcester Earn-A-Bike From: Reno Bike Project Sent: Friday, February 15, 4:04 PM Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Bilingual signage for parts organization To: The Think Tank Thanks Audrey! These will work great. I'll distribute them once we have relabeled them. -Raymond PS. Chai Montgomery says hello! He says that you worked together at a bike shop in Donner Lake a few years back. What a small world! On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 10:41 AM Audrey Wiedemeier < audrey(a)bikelibrary.org<mailto:audrey@bikelibrary.org>> wrote: Raymond, You can use these if you want. A 12yr old named Celeste did them for us years ago. I would love to see your Spanish/English labels when you have them done. We should also work towards this. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HMgx04lHwin54cYzVDSI8Orn6q3Y3QKO/view?usp=… Peace & grease, Audrey Wiedemeier (She/her/hers) Iowa City Bike Library, Director 700 S. Dubuque St, Iowa City Hours: Sat. 10-3, Mon. 5-7, Tues. 6-8, Wed. 6-8, Thurs. 6-8, Fri. 4:30-6:30 BikeLibrary.org<http://BikeLibrary.org> C: (515) 450-1651 On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 11:50 AM Reno Bike Project < renobikeproject(a)gmail.com<mailto:renobikeproject@gmail.com>> wrote: hello from Reno, Think Tank. We are redoing our signage for our parts storage and organization. As an org, we have agreed that they should be in Spanish and English, as well as have photos if possible. Before I put in the work, I was figuring I could as if anybody here got a PDF/Word Doc of such a thing and be willing to share? Thanks in advance, -Raymond -- Reno Bike Project Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 10am-5pm Thursday, Friday 10am-6pm 216 E. Grove Street Reno, NV 89502 775-323-4488 Donate via Paypal<https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=D_qF6mTpg7zSdcNlEQVG-p-p4_ekx1PNlvSzjN…> | Follow us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/renobikeproject> | Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/renobikeproject/> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/renobikeproject> Please let us know if you would no longer like to receive emails. ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… -- Reno Bike Project Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 10am-5pm Thursday, Friday 10am-6pm 216 E. Grove Street Reno, NV 89502 775-323-4488 Donate via Paypal<https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=D_qF6mTpg7zSdcNlEQVG-p-p4_ekx1PNlvSzjN…> | Follow us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/renobikeproject> | Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/renobikeproject/> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/renobikeproject> Please let us know if you would no longer like to receive emails. With a grease stained heart, Patrick Goguen Shop Manager Worcester Earn-A-Bike

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The WRENCH in Winnipeg hiring admin assistant
by Geoff Heath 20 Feb '19

20 Feb '19

Hey bicycle friendlies We're hiring an admin assist here in Winnipeg, Canada. While bike repair and teaching skills aren't part of the job, they're always an asset, as is experience with community bike shops. And if anyone from afar were to apply and get hired we'd happily assist with helping you find housing and get ya settled. Heck, most folks can still afford buy a house in this town if ya wanted to go that route. 32 hr/wk, $18/hr with paid extended health benefits after 6 months. Application deadline March 12 at noon. See the posting here; http://thewrench.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/WRENCH-Administrat… Geoff Heath, Education Director The Winnipeg Repair Education N' Cycling Hub 1057 Logan Ave. Winnipeg, MB R3E 3N8 Treaty 1 Territory, Homeland of the Metis Nation http://www.thewrench.ca 204-296-3389

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Houston, anyone?
by Tigre Bici 19 Feb '19

19 Feb '19

Hello everyone! Does any of you is at Houston or knows any bike co-op at it? We are travelling at the end of the month to Houston and we are looking on buying bike parts that are difficult to find on Mexico to take bak home and we will like it a lot to buy them form a local co-op. So, let us know if you know some awesome proyect at H-Town to pass by and buy some bicycle parts Saludos R.

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Hiring Teaching Artist for Blackstone Bicycle Works to Create Pop-up Shop with Youths
by Matthew Searle 15 Feb '19

15 Feb '19

[image: Screen Shot 2019-02-14 at 1.41.29 PM.png] We are hiring a teaching artists for our Blackstone Bicycle Works youth education program in Chicago. They will facilitate artist collaborations with youths to make products for sale in a pop-up shop. Attached is the job ad and here <https://experimentalstation.org/jobs> is the link to it on our website. Can you please share this with anyone you think might be interested who is in Chicago? https://experimentalstation.org/jobs ______________ Matthew T. Searle Assistant Director Experimental Station 6100 S. Blackstone Ave. Chicago, IL 60637 USA matthew(a)experimentalstation.org office: 773.241.6044; alt: 773.270.2502 experimentalstation.org <http://www.experimentalstation.org>

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Bilingual signage for parts organization
by Reno Bike Project 15 Feb '19

15 Feb '19

hello from Reno, Think Tank. We are redoing our signage for our parts storage and organization. As an org, we have agreed that they should be in Spanish and English, as well as have photos if possible. Before I put in the work, I was figuring I could as if anybody here got a PDF/Word Doc of such a thing and be willing to share? Thanks in advance, -Raymond -- Reno Bike Project Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 10am-5pm Thursday, Friday 10am-6pm 216 E. Grove Street Reno, NV 89502 775-323-4488 Donate via Paypal <https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=D_qF6mTpg7zSdcNlEQVG-p-p4_ekx1PNlvSzjN…> | Follow us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/renobikeproject> | Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/renobikeproject/> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/renobikeproject> Please let us know if you would no longer like to receive emails.

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English/Spanish language part bins
by Ellen Willis-Conger (via Google Sheets) 14 Feb '19

14 Feb '19

I've shared an item with you: English/Spanish language part bins https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iORgTZSbbdlfYwIteZtKdWoUT3q-__Fs49u… It's not an attachment -- it's stored online. To open this item, just click the link above. SBBIKE has completed a list of English/Spanish parts and tools list. Happy to share. Que el mundo sea unido con solo una voz para la paz.

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Program Manager in Paradise!
by Ellen Willis-Conger 13 Feb '19

13 Feb '19

WHO WE ARE: The Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition (SBBIKE) is a countywide organization that promotes bicycling for safe transportation and recreation. Bici Centro, a project of SBBIKE, is a community DIY bicycle repair shop and education center, with the goal of facilitating skill share and increased reliability and safety for all Santa Barbara bicycle riders. There are three Bici Centro facilities—one in Downtown Santa Barbara, one at Santa Barbara City College, and one in Santa Maria. POSITION DESCRIPTION: Shop operations in the Santa Barbara shop is the primary emphasis of this role. It includes managing new inventory (purchasing, ordering, stocking, and counting); managing used inventory (donation receiving, processing, pricing, stocking of working sellable parts, and sorting recycle or non-usable parts); setting and maintaining both shop open hours and a staff schedule; training staff and volunteers in bicycle mechanics and shop procedures; and maintaining shop resources. -- Ellen Willis-Conger *Associate Director* Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition p: 805.845.8955 w: sbbike.org e: ellen(a)sbbike.org <https://www.facebook.com/sbbikes/> <https://www.instagram.com/sbbike.s/>

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Thethinktank Digest, Vol 149, Issue 9
by Eugene Cain 13 Feb '19

13 Feb '19

Does anyone have links to multilingual charts? I don't want to add to the labour of any folx who natively speak languages other than English but I feel so confident this work has already been done. (I'll check the wiki) In my area (northeast US) I'd guess the three most commonly needed non-english are Spanish, Mandarin and Arabic. I'd guess that italian and french are pretty easy to find, yeah? On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 4:04 PM < thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote: > Send Thethinktank mailing list submissions to > thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > thethinktank-owner(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Thethinktank digest..." > Today's Topics: > > 1. Bilingual signage for parts organization (Reno Bike Project) > 2. Re: Bilingual signage for parts organization (Audrey Wiedemeier) > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Reno Bike Project <renobikeproject(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 09:50:14 -0800 > Subject: [TheThinkTank] Bilingual signage for parts organization > hello from Reno, Think Tank. > > We are redoing our signage for our parts storage and organization. As an > org, we have agreed that they should be in Spanish and English, as well as > have photos if possible. Before I put in the work, I was figuring I could > as if anybody here got a PDF/Word Doc of such a thing and be willing to > share? > > Thanks in advance, > > -Raymond > -- > Reno Bike Project > Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 10am-5pm > Thursday, Friday 10am-6pm > 216 E. Grove Street > Reno, NV 89502 > 775-323-4488 > > Donate via Paypal > <https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=D_qF6mTpg7zSdcNlEQVG-p-p4_ekx1PNlvSzjN…> | Follow > us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/renobikeproject> | Instagram > <https://www.instagram.com/renobikeproject/> | Twitter > <https://twitter.com/renobikeproject> > > Please let us know if you would no longer like to receive emails. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Audrey Wiedemeier <audrey(a)bikelibrary.org> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:13:13 -0600 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Bilingual signage for parts organization > Raymond, > > You can use these if you want. A 12yr old named Celeste did them for us > years ago. > I would love to see your Spanish/English labels when you have them done. > We should also work towards this. > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HMgx04lHwin54cYzVDSI8Orn6q3Y3QKO/view?usp=… > > > Peace & grease, > > *Audrey Wiedemeier* (She/her/hers) > Iowa City Bike Library, Director > > 700 S. Dubuque St, Iowa City > *Hours: *Sat. 10-3, Mon. 5-7, Tues. 6-8, > Wed. 6-8, Thurs. 6-8, Fri. 4:30-6:30 > > BikeLibrary.org > C: (515) 450-1651 > > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 11:50 AM Reno Bike Project < > renobikeproject(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> hello from Reno, Think Tank. >> >> We are redoing our signage for our parts storage and organization. As an >> org, we have agreed that they should be in Spanish and English, as well as >> have photos if possible. Before I put in the work, I was figuring I could >> as if anybody here got a PDF/Word Doc of such a thing and be willing to >> share? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> -Raymond >> -- >> Reno Bike Project >> Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday 10am-5pm >> Thursday, Friday 10am-6pm >> 216 E. Grove Street >> Reno, NV 89502 >> 775-323-4488 >> >> Donate via Paypal >> <https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=D_qF6mTpg7zSdcNlEQVG-p-p4_ekx1PNlvSzjN…> | Follow >> us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/renobikeproject> | Instagram >> <https://www.instagram.com/renobikeproject/> | Twitter >> <https://twitter.com/renobikeproject> >> >> Please let us know if you would no longer like to receive emails. >> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> >> Unsubscribe from this list here: >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >> >> _______________________________________________ > Thethinktank mailing list > Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… > -- <sig> My names are either Eugene or Geena. Either name is fine. I am nonbinary. [learn more at wikipedia] <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nonbinary&redirect=no> My pronouns are they/them. [learn more at wikipedia] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they> I run ops at NBW and coordinate adult programming. My phone extension is 121. </sig>

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The BLK Bike Panel & Discussion @ Experimental Station (Chicago): honoring historic Black cyclists, highlighting Black-led Chicago cycling groups, and connecting cycling advocates
by Matthew Searle 13 Feb '19

13 Feb '19

[image: 2018-02-04_BLK+Bike+Panel-01.png] *The BLK Bike Panel & Discussion: honoring historic Black cyclists, highlighting Black-led Chicago cycling groups, and connecting cycling advocatesSaturday, February 23rd, 2-4PM Experimental Station, 6100 S. Blackstone Ave., Chicago, IL 60637* The BLK Bike Panel & Discussion is an event that is autonomously organized by a few cyclists on the Southside with the intention of getting black cyclists in a room to discuss collaborations, barriers that stunt our collective efforts to get more black people riding, and ways in which to overcome those obstacles. The event will honor Major Taylor with a short video screening and historian followed by a panel featuring *Bill Gaston* (Major Taylor Bike Club), *Sam Scipio* (Comrade Cycles), *Taryn Randle* (2wheelgods), *Michael ”Tekhen” Strode* (Red Bike & Green Chicago), and *Mulubwa Munkanta* (SRAM). Moderated by *Xia Xiang W*. This event is presented in association with Blackstone Bicycle Works and is being organized by Kahari Black. More info on our website, here <https://experimentalstation.squarespace.com/events/2019/2/23/the-blk-bike-p…> . Get in touch to be a part of next year's BLK Bike Panel. For more information, contact Matthew Searle, Assistant Director, at matthew (at) experimentalstation.org or 773.241.6044. ______________ Matthew T. Searle Assistant Director Experimental Station 6100 S. Blackstone Ave. Chicago, IL 60637 USA matthew(a)experimentalstation.org office: 773.241.6044; alt: 773.270.2502 experimentalstation.org <http://www.experimentalstation.org>

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Volunteers
by Judith Feist 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

Hi All! I just would like to inquire what types of levels of volunteers everyone has at their organizations? What is asked of each level of volunteer? What privileges are given to each level of volunteer? Greatly appreciated. Ride one. -- Judith C Feist Co Director, the Hub at Back Alley *"*Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root'"- Angela Davis "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle." -Gloria Steinem I think [the bicycle] has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world...It gives a woman a feeling of freedom and self-reliance.~Susan B. Anthony

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Insurance Aaaargh
by dave ellis 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

Hi all, I’ve reviewed the archive and done some digging and so far have come up empty. I would like to hear from folks who found a balance between reality and actuarial tables to secure insurance for your operation that didn’t break your bank. Our activities include fixing up and providing bikes to groups through partnerships like schools and civic orgs, providing instruction on fixing bikes, using volunteers to strip and sort, and selling a few bikes that are a bit more valuable. It’s the last item that seems to cause the heartburn, although not our focus or primary goal, just helps keep the rent paid. Apologies in advance if you’re tired of this topic, but feeling sidelined at the moment. Thanks! dave @ Queen City Wheel House in Helena, MT

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Youth Bike Summit
by Kim＠communitybikeworks.org 08 Feb '19

08 Feb '19

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Bike Life Movement
by Patrick Goguen 07 Feb '19

07 Feb '19

Hi bike folks, long time reader first time poster here. Wanted to share some cool stuff happening where I live, especially after whatever that spam was ( thanks Godwin). Worcester Earn-A-Bike is sending a crew of youth to the youth bike summit in a few weeks, and I wanted to share here a short doc that the youth will be screening, about the local bike life movement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlU7qgnGziA Directed by Andi Lipo & Jeremy Hartman Please note this Mini Doc was made with Love By: https://www.easternblocc.com/ About 508 Pedal Bikelife; 508 pedal BikeLife is an autonomously-organized group of youth cyclists aged 7-24. Often maligned by the press and certain sectors of the public, the youth have been actively trying to share their side of the story and change the negative perceptions about their activity. Although their slogan is "Bikes Up, Guns Down," they are often mis-identified and policed as if they were a gang with violent intentions. With a grease stained heart, Patrick Goguen Shop Manager Worcester Earn-A-Bike

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Re: [TheThinkTank] chris wallace from holistic cycles
by Heather Nugen 07 Feb '19

07 Feb '19

Y'all this guy is just baiting you to make you feel bad and/or insecure. I don't know if he actually is a bike mechanic or not, but don't get caught up in this little "quiz" of his. He is literally only doing it to "getcha" and to make you feel like you don't know how to be a mechanic. He is rude and I do think we should block him from this list if he won't desist from this behavior as I find it highly unlikely whatever his bike project is fits the definition of a community bike project-- and yes, I am basing that evaluation largely on his attitude. I called him out but privately and he was v. inappropriate with me in that context as well. Chris: Your "lesson" is smarmy and unwelcome. I think you need to work on your presentation style if you think these issues are really important to "the industry" (ps: we aren't the industry). As it stands, your delivery is elitist, presumptive, displays a gross lack of understanding of what mechanics "need" (you never did ask that) and is really at odds with the values of this mailing list and community (open source, DIY, mutual aid, mutual respect). On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 6:09 AM < 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: Thethinktank Digest, Vol 149, Issue 4 (Robert Rands) > 2. Bike Life Movement (Patrick Goguen) > 3. Re: Bike Life Movement (Jesse Cooper) > 4. Re: Elevating the knowledge base, Would your programs > benefit? (Cyclista Nicholas) > 5. Re: Do I have this wrong? (Cyclista Nicholas) > 6. Re: Bike Life Movement (Cyclista Nicholas) > 7. Re: Bike Life Movement (Drew Anderson) > 8. Re: Bike Life Movement (Ainsley Naylor) > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Robert Rands <cheerfulharmony(a)yahoo.com> > To: <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2019 23:26:49 +0000 (UTC) > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Thethinktank Digest, Vol 149, Issue 4 > Saying a chain has "stretched" is a colloquialism meaning it is worn out > as that is how one measures its state of use. > > ~Robert > . > -------------------------------------------- > On Tue, 2/5/19, <thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote: > > Subject: Thethinktank Digest, Vol 149, Issue 4 > To: thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 4:04 PM > > 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: Elevating the knowledge > base, Would your programs > benefit? (christopher(a)holisticcycles.com) > 2. Re: Do I have this wrong? > (christopher(a)holisticcycles.com) > 3. Re: Elevating the knowledge > base, Would your programs > benefit? (christopher(a)holisticcycles.com) > 4. Free knowledge (christopher(a)holisticcycles.com) > 5. Re: Do I have this wrong? > (Jim Bledsoe) > 6. Socratic Moment (christopher(a)holisticcycles.com) > 7. Both Body and bike benefit > (christopher(a)holisticcycles.com) > 8. Trump and Science (christopher(a)holisticcycles.com) > 9. Re: Do I have this wrong? > (Katie Vogel) > 10. Re: Do I have this wrong? > (Godwin !) > 11. Re: Both Body and bike > benefit (Ainsley Naylor) > 12. Re: Do I have this wrong? > (Lauren Warbeck) > 13. Re: Elevating the knowledge > base, Would your programs > benefit? (Caleb > Evenson) > 14. Re: Do I have this wrong? > (Kevin Dwyer) > 15. Re: Do I have this wrong? > (Anibal Davila) > 16. Re: Do I have this wrong? > (Judith Feist) > 17. Re: Do I have this wrong? > (Jeffery Getten) > 18. Re: Do I have this wrong? > (Josh Bisker) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 14:16:22 -0700 > From: christopher(a)holisticcycles.com > To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Elevating > the knowledge base, Would your > programs benefit? > Message-ID: > < > 20190204141622.f1111ec096c9d6bd7eddf37b01080912.116eeff094.mailapi(a)email03.godaddy.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="utf-8" > > > > So, in the question of wheel truing, I > am wondering why you don't allow > for rims becoming deformed. As a > learned mechanic you know of the > procedures Barnett has for unbending a > rim, or you know how to replace > a rim or even sell a customer an > undamaged wheel to replace the > damaged one. Unless you promote > that a damage wheel will be just > as safe for the cyclist to use as one > that is not damaged. > As a mechanic: when you sign off that > the work is compleated your actions say that the > bike is up to standards and safe.A > court of law does not recognize ( as > safe as it can be) as a legal > defination. On your own bike you can work > on a bent wheel, On a customers bike, > you take on a world of liability > if you do not complete a repair to the > safest standard, The action of presenting > damaged product as safe can harm both > you and your business, > Your presentation implies that rims > maintain > perfection except in cases where spoke > tension temporarily interferes. > > In other words, it's obvious that > while some spokes may become loose > through repetitive stress, since the > web of spokes share a single load, > others will become tighter as the rim > deforms. Since little can be done > in the average shop to re-perfect the > bare rim once deformed, the > tighter spokes must maintain some > amount of increased tension to keep > this now-deformed rim true. > > I'm not going to present any test that > I've developed to "prove" this > process, I'm actually posting this > response because I find it kind of > offensive that you keep posting here > essentially as a salesperson. When > someone posts to a mailing list to > sell a product, to me that > constitutes cause to block that person > from the mailing list. > > If you want to freely share here > tutorials and techniques for everyone > to review and learn from, in the > interest of helping community bike > shops hone their skillsets to a higher > standard, I'd be the first to get > interested. As it is, you never post > detailed instructions, and quite > frankly a lot of the processes you > allude to are bizarrely out of scope > with what most of us do on a daily > basis. Do you ever tighten a bolt > too tightly or without enough clamping > force because you do not > measure torque? If a bolt broke or > slipped would you be liable? Do > you like feeling grind in your hubs or > see that your cones are pitted > in bikes with quick release levers but > seldom see cone damaged in bolt on hubs? > Do your daily commuter customers > complain that there brakes are rubbing and your > truing work only lasts for part of a > season and not years? > Do cyclist ever complain about a click > in the pedal area? Are these > the bizarrely out of scope ideas you > speak of? Your posts smell like bait. > They are bait, Designed to get you to > think. If you can not come up with an answer > then as a group you can either come up > with tests or 100% beliefs. The beliefs are > dark ages showing its head in 2019. No > one is lifted up in knowledge base or skill with belief. > My knowledge is for sale, only because > it has value, I also see that your community based > bicycle organizations have value. You > work hard and do great things, I have worked hard > and I make great materials. Your moneys > are tight and I am willing to greatly discount my > work to help make your programs more > profitable, improve quality, reduce liability, and > more. > Nicholas, if you see me as having no > value to this group, ban me! If you think I work for > free, > Bite me! I want to lift up > organizations that are open to improving the experience of > cyclist and their businesses. > > > I'm personally requesting that you > reconsider posting here. In this > particular case, you even tacked your > message onto a completely > unrelated thread. I mean, might be I'm > actually talking to a spam bot. > Ok I am a bot, you caught me > cyclista Nicholas > > > > On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com > wrote: > > I will ask a few questions and I > am seeking if you have tests to prove > > your answers. > > > > Does a quick release lever change > the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No > > is not important, how do you test > to verify your answer is important. > > How can this test be used to > reduce service time to 1/20 the time? > > > > What does facing do for the > customers ride experience? Nothing/ > > Something? The following answers > are guesses, beliefs, not science or > > engineering based: it should be > done, it is done at the factory, it > > does not need to be done, > eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist > > have it done. So what does it do? > how does it improve a cyclist ride > > experience? How do you verify > your answer? > > > > How do stainless steel spokes and > cables stretch once and then > > magically become harder and never > stretch again? If they do not > > stretch once, then how do they > get longer once? How do you verify your > > answer? > > > > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, how > do you verify your answer? > > > > How does a chain that can stretch > at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force > > get stretched on a bike frame > that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 > > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 Kg or > 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or > > 2000 Lbs of force into a chain to > stretch it? Without destroying their > > knees? How do you verify your > answer? > > Which leads to the question, How > does one type of shift lever make a > > chain function twice as long as > another type. How do you verify your > > answer? > > > > Why do mechanics tighten and > loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a > > wheel spokes get looser. Spokes > only need to be tightened to round, > > dish, tension, and true a wheel. > How can finite element analysis and > > computational fluid dynamics help > a mechanic work 36 times more > > efficiently? > > > > How can understanding the Sphere > Stacking Equation improve the > > hydraulic systems on a bicycle? > (Both hydraulic braking and suspension > > systems) and make cycling safer. > > > > How can a mechanic use a bench as > a tool to reduce service time 25% > > > > Would it help your school, your > students, bicycle businesses and > > cyclist; if your curriculum > included verifiable testing processes, > > efficient practices to reduce > procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale > > language to help cyclist > understand what a procedure does to improve > > their cycling experience to > improve sales? > > > > > > If any of this or all of this is > new to you and you would like to > > improve your training, feel free > to reach out and start a conversation > > telephone only. 773 -490 -0683 > Christopher O. Wallace . I am located > > in Chicago Illinois. > > > > PS > > Yes I have re-invented the wheel > three different ways, I am looking to > > improve the cycling industry and > I feel schools are the best way to do > > that! I look forward to hearing > from you. > > > > Sincerely > > Christopher O, Wallace > > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > 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: 2 > Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 14:24:53 -0700 > From: christopher(a)holisticcycles.com > To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have > this wrong? > Message-ID: > < > 20190204142453.f1111ec096c9d6bd7eddf37b01080912.c9f0c2d38e.mailapi(a)email03.godaddy.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="utf-8" > > May I have your best bike for free? or > even your best tune up? Or web page work, or social media, > or NFP wording? What are you willing to do to lift up my > business for free so that I can lift up yours? > For free I gave you ideas you had not > come up with yet. The idea of testing your processes to > prove that are the same as or different than you current > beliefs/ practices. You as a group can reinvent the > wheel or hold on to your beliefs. > You can lift me up and I will lift you > up. You can shut me down like a priests in the dark ages did > to people of science. I have no power over your actions. I > only have knowledge > --------- Original Message --------- > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? > From: "Kevin Dwyer" <kevidwyer(a)gmail.com> > Date: 2/4/19 1:32 pm > To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > > No, you have it wrong. The > knowledge has value, even more, because it is given freely. > That is the point of ThinkTank: sharing. If you don't want > to share freely, this is wrong place for you and you are > wasting our time. > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 1:09 PM > <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> > wrote: > Tell me if I am wrong. If you work on > a bike and make it better, that work has value. If I work on > a process and make it better, the knowledge has no value and > should be given away for free? > > When > someone posts to a mailing list to > sell a product, to me that > constitutes cause to block that person > from the mailing list. > > If you want to freely share here > tutorials and techniques for everyone > to review and learn from, in the > interest of helping community bike > shops hone their skillsets to a higher > standard, I'd be the first to get > interested. As it is, you never post > detailed instructions, and quite > frankly a lot of the processes you > allude to are bizarrely out of scope > with what most of us do on a daily > basis. Your posts smell like bait. > > I'm personally requesting that you > reconsider posting here. In this > particular case, you even tacked your > message onto a completely > unrelated thread. I mean, might be I'm > actually talking to a spam bot. > > cyclista Nicholas > > > > On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com > wrote: > > I will ask a few questions and I > am seeking if you have tests to prove > > your answers. > > > > Does a quick release lever change > the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No > > is not important, how do you test > to verify your answer is important. > > How can this test be used to > reduce service time to 1/20 the time? > > > > What does facing do for the > customers ride experience? Nothing/ > > Something? The following answers > are guesses, beliefs, not science or > > engineering based: it should be > done, it is done at the factory, it > > does not need to be done, > eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist > > have it done. So what does it do? > how does it improve a cyclist ride > > experience? How do you verify > your answer? > > > > How do stainless steel spokes and > cables stretch once and then > > magically become harder and never > stretch again? If they do not > > stretch once, then how do they > get longer once? How do you verify your > > answer? > > > > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, how > do you verify your answer? > > > > How does a chain that can stretch > at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force > > get stretched on a bike frame > that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 > > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 Kg or > 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or > > 2000 Lbs of force into a chain to > stretch it? Without destroying their > > knees? How do you verify your > answer? > > Which leads to the question, How > does one type of shift lever make a > > chain function twice as long as > another type. How do you verify your > > answer? > > > > Why do mechanics tighten and > loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a > > wheel spokes get looser. Spokes > only need to be tightened to round, > > dish, tension, and true a wheel. > How can finite element analysis and > > computational fluid dynamics help > a mechanic work 36 times more > > efficiently? > > > > How can understanding the Sphere > Stacking Equation improve the > > hydraulic systems on a bicycle? > (Both hydraulic braking and suspension > > systems) and make cycling safer. > > > > How can a mechanic use a bench as > a tool to reduce service time 25% > > > > Would it help your school, your > students, bicycle businesses and > > cyclist; if your curriculum > included verifiable testing processes, > > efficient practices to reduce > procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale > > language to help cyclist > understand what a procedure does to improve > > their cycling experience to > improve sales? > > > > > > If any of this or all of this is > new to you and you would like to > > improve your training, feel free > to reach out and start a conversation > > telephone only. 773 -490 -0683 > Christopher O. Wallace . I am located > > in Chicago Illinois. > > > > PS > > Yes I have re-invented the wheel > three different ways, I am looking to > > improve the cycling industry and > I feel schools are the best way to do > > that! I look forward to hearing > from you. > > > > Sincerely > > Christopher O, Wallace > > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > > > -- > Kevin Dwyer > Salt Lake City, UT > 801.647.0797 > > > > 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. 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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. > > > > > ____________________________________ > The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: > > 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: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 14:40:51 -0700 > From: christopher(a)holisticcycles.com > To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Elevating > the knowledge base, Would your > programs benefit? > Message-ID: > < > 20190204144051.f1111ec096c9d6bd7eddf37b01080912.0871adb936.mailapi(a)email03.godaddy.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="utf-8" > > It is funny you mention my friend > Sheldon, I was talking with him on the phone about some > of these subjects 6 days before he > died. He was sick for a long time, but he did not know he > was > going to die that soon. He loved his > opinions on all types of bike subjects, and was surprized > by the science and six sigma continuous > improvement process that was happening in bike > education. > > --------- Original Message --------- > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Elevating the knowledge base, > Would your programs benefit? > From: "Jean-François Caron" > <jfcaron3(a)gmail.com> > Date: 2/4/19 7:37 am > To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > > It reminded me of ShelBroCo April > Fool's pages. > e.g.: > https://www.sheldonbrown.com/power-wheel.html > > Jean-François > > On Feb 4, 2019, at 06:13 , > Dennis Wollersheim <dewoller(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > Thanks for that Nicholas. > Christopher's original post disturbed me, but as I am a > relative newbie, I did not want to call him out. You > did the right thing, in a very respectful fashion. > > Warmly > Dennis > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 7:32 PM > Cyclista Nicholas <cyclista(a)inventati.org> > wrote: > So, in the question of wheel truing, I > am wondering why you don't allow > for rims becoming deformed. Your > presentation implies that rims maintain > perfection except in cases where spoke > tension temporarily interferes. > > In other words, it's obvious that > while some spokes may become loose > through repetitive stress, since the > web of spokes share a single load, > others will become tighter as the rim > deforms. Since little can be done > in the average shop to re-perfect the > bare rim once deformed, the > tighter spokes must maintain some > amount of increased tension to keep > this now-deformed rim true. > > I'm not going to present any test that > I've developed to "prove" this > process, I'm actually posting this > response because I find it kind of > offensive that you keep posting here > essentially as a salesperson. When > someone posts to a mailing list to > sell a product, to me that > constitutes cause to block that person > from the mailing list. > > If you want to freely share here > tutorials and techniques for everyone > to review and learn from, in the > interest of helping community bike > shops hone their skillsets to a higher > standard, I'd be the first to get > interested. As it is, you never post > detailed instructions, and quite > frankly a lot of the processes you > allude to are bizarrely out of scope > with what most of us do on a daily > basis. Your posts smell like bait. > > I'm personally requesting that you > reconsider posting here. In this > particular case, you even tacked your > message onto a completely > unrelated thread. I mean, might be I'm > actually talking to a spam bot. > > cyclista Nicholas > > > > On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com > wrote: > > I will ask a few questions and I > am seeking if you have tests to prove > > your answers. > > > > Does a quick release lever change > the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No > > is not important, how do you test > to verify your answer is important. > > How can this test be used to > reduce service time to 1/20 the time? > > > > What does facing do for the > customers ride experience? Nothing/ > > Something? The following answers > are guesses, beliefs, not science or > > engineering based: it should be > done, it is done at the factory, it > > does not need to be done, > eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist > > have it done. So what does it do? > how does it improve a cyclist ride > > experience? How do you verify > your answer? > > > > How do stainless steel spokes and > cables stretch once and then > > magically become harder and never > stretch again? If they do not > > stretch once, then how do they > get longer once? How do you verify your > > answer? > > > > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, how > do you verify your answer? > > > > How does a chain that can stretch > at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force > > get stretched on a bike frame > that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 > > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 > Kg or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or > > 2000 Lbs of force into a chain to > stretch it? Without destroying their > > knees? How do you verify your > answer? > > Which leads to the question, How > does one type of shift lever make a > > chain function twice as long as > another type. How do you verify your > > answer? > > > > Why do mechanics tighten and > loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a > > wheel spokes get looser. Spokes > only need to be tightened to round, > > dish, tension, and true a wheel. > How can finite element analysis and > > computational fluid dynamics help > a mechanic work 36 times more > > efficiently? > > > > How can understanding the Sphere > Stacking Equation improve the > > hydraulic systems on a bicycle? > (Both hydraulic braking and suspension > > systems) and make cycling safer. > > > > How can a mechanic use a bench as > a tool to reduce service time 25% > > > > Would it help your school, your > students, bicycle businesses and > > cyclist; if your curriculum > included verifiable testing processes, > > efficient practices to reduce > procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale > > language to help cyclist > understand what a procedure does to improve > > their cycling experience to > improve sales? > > > > > > If any of this or all of this is > new to you and you would like to > > improve your training, feel free > to reach out and start a conversation > > telephone only. 773 -490 -0683 > Christopher O. Wallace . I am located > > in Chicago Illinois. > > > > PS > > Yes I have re-invented the wheel > three different ways, I am looking to > > improve the cycling industry and > I feel schools are the best way to do > > that! I look forward to hearing > from you. > > > > Sincerely > > Christopher O, Wallace > > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > > > -- > -- > ------------------------------------------- > Dennis Wollersheim > ------------------------------------------- > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > > > > ____________________________________ > The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: > > 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: 4 > Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 16:17:00 -0700 > From: christopher(a)holisticcycles.com > To: thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > Subject: [TheThinkTank] Free knowledge > Message-ID: > < > 20190204161700.f1111ec096c9d6bd7eddf37b01080912.cfeaa07637.mailapi(a)email03.godaddy.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="utf-8" > > > > All the points you raise have answers > in mechanical engineering and bicycle mechanics. > To pick one: the compression of a > closed quick release does change the adjustment of hub > bearings, easily demonstrated. Various techniques exist to > correct the hub bearings adjustment for this. Barnett > publishes a technique, a bit fussy, but it works. The > technique he demonstrated to me was flawed. I show him > the flaw in logic and he dismissed it. He put pressure on > the end of an axle on one side of a hub and pressure on the > lock nut on the other side of the hub. There is never any > pressure on the end of a skewered axle. The clamping force > is only on the lock nuts against the dropout surfaces. His > test had two variables instead of one. Does the axle > compress under quick release loads or do the threads flex. > One test will not answer two variables. Two test are needed > to test two variables. Yet only one test is valid. Since a > QR can never press against the end of an axle and still have > clamping force on a lock nut against the dropout, > pressing against the end of the axle test is inva > lid. John' s testing wanted to > find a specific amount that a hub could be adjusted from the > standard bench adjustment to the on the bike correction for > quick release forces. He came to realize that the variables > in axle materials and quick release materials and > construction were to great for a unified answer. I solved > for his issues and his beliefs dismissed my solution. > I demonstrated a perfect adjustment for the added load of a > quick release in less than 30 seconds. Once I did six > adjustment in 10 seconds. My special tools cost > $6 from a frame builder. Special tools do > exist, but unnecessary. Most mechanics learn in school or > from someone like me, People are asking me for free > instruction, is your knowledge free? if not why are you > advertising here also? and most develop their preferred > method. > > Chains don't stretch. At 2000 pound of > force chains do stretch, True: on a bike they only wear. > Cables do. At 550 pounds of force derailleur cables stretch, > but the plastic shift lever mount will fail at 200 pounds of > force, at 800 pounds of force brake cables stretch. sadly a > rim side wall brake surface will start to fail at 160 pounds > of force. Numbers don't lie and are verifiable. (Very > different structures.) > > Spokes remain elastic. Spoke elbows > deform from the original 90 degrees to the best pull angle, > effectively making spokes longer once. On aluminum hubs the > elbow indents the hub flange hole making the spoke > effectively longer once. Neither of these changes the > elastic properties of the spoke, but they do make the spoke > effectively longer once and drop the tension of the wheel, > allowing for greater tension ranges in spokes, creating > early fatigue and spoke failure. Also reducing the > efficiency of the wheel to accelerate as looser spokes need > to be tensioned by the force from the chain before they move > the cyclist forward, and the wheel has more side to > side movement with looser spokes making control and braking > less than optimal. > > May I suggest that these complete > thoughts are not currently put together cohesively by > engineering books which I have intensely studied, or bicycle > best practices knowledge bases. or by you. > > May I suggest familiarizing yourself > with current best practice (rather than the noise that gets > written on the web). > > I suggest Sharp for the basic > mechanical engineering My experiments with the wheel in both > practice and with finite element analysis and > computational fluid dynamic program ANAYS. have shown > insight intto the wheel and how to do wheel work 20 faster > for better result. and Barnett for current mechanic > best practice. As a BBI certified master tech, I can point > out many flaws to Barnett's best practices. From making > mechanics less profitable with slow procedures that are not > valid in their testing. To just plain bad science > understanding. > > Get back to me if you have questions > after having thoroughly understood those. > I am back, Now are you ready to learn? > or do you have any ideas of your own that are brilliant. I > am all ears > > On Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 1:24 PM > <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> > wrote: > Hi David, > What are you trying to build? I am not > trying to builds I am trying to understand what has been > built to improve efficiency of mechanics by up to 40 times > current speed. Helping mechanics earn a living wage. > Not a lot of CFD in the bike world. Do > you know this as fact or a belief that you hold strongly? > And after over a hundred years of > engineering, not a lot of need for FEA. In the 1880's to > 1890's there was amazing engineering, some material sciences > in the 1980's improved friction, ending of the cold war > brought advanced materials in the 80's and 90's Sadly > as a student of the root causes of problems I have found the > engineering in most bicycle systems is lost and strong held > beliefs are the replacement. > > A couple of examples: > A chain has a pull strength of 2000 > pounds before it stretches, If you wish to stretch a chain > put a car on your back and stand on one pedal. What is the > root of chain lengthening, What is the relationship between > side to side flex of a chain and shifting quality? Do all > new chains that measure the same length have the same side > flex? Is there a relationship between chain length and > flex. > A spoke is made of a magical metal that > stretches once and then becomes a harder metal and never > stretches again. A spoke can be tightened until it will pull > the nipple through the rim because the rim is not as strong > as pull force that can be applied by the spoke. So how do > rims stretch spokes to become looser in tension during the > first 30 days of riding? > Derailleur cables are anchored by a > threaded fastener on one end and on the other end sits in a > plastic seat in the shift lever. The derailleur cable has a > pull strength of 500 pounds of pull before it will stretch, > the plastic seat will fail before the cable will. How do > cables stretch one time then never stretch again when pulled > by a weaker plastic component? > > Does a quick release lever change the > adjustment of a hub? How do you isolate and test your > theory? How do you adjust the hub precisely for a > combination of a specific axle (mild steel, hardened steel, > Titanium, Aluminum, ) and a specific Quick Release material > (Steel, Aluminum, Titanium, with or with out plastic > components )? How do you precisely adjust a hub for QR > forces in less than 20 seconds? If engineering has been > done, then it should be easy to answer all these question by > looking in books, or on line, or from schools. > > Which acts like a fluid on the bicycle? > hydraulic brake fluid? a wheel rim? or a chain? A > little hint, Brake fluid when contain in a system acts as a > solid to transfer forces. Brake fluid outside of a system > acts like a fluid. > > If you would like to communicate on how > CFD with FEA can change the world of cycling I would love to > talk, If you believe engineers created cables that stretch > once, spokes that stretch once, chains that stretch with > human load of less than 2000 pounds, well I will not change > your strong belief system. > > > Christopher Wallace > 773 490 0683 > > > > Good morning, > Sorry, no. I once did some programming > for FEA and CNC but ages ago, and my IT friends wrangle > server farms, databases, and state IT departments. > > Take a look at Monster. > > > Also post a query on one of the CMU > boards or Pitt Craigslist. > > What are you trying to build? > Not a lot of CFD in the bike world. > And after over a hundred years of > engineering, not a lot of need for FEA. > > > > David > > On Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 11:14 AM > <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> > wrote: > Do you know anyone that is fluent in > Ansys? CFD FEA? or know where I could look for a person in > the field? > > Christopher Wallace > Holistic Cycles > 773 490 0683 > Oak Park, IL. 60304 > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] CiviCRM > From: David Zundel <davidzundel(a)gmail.com> > Date: Sat, October 15, 2016 6:38 pm > To: Jonathan Morrison <jonathan(a)bicyclecollective.org>, > The Think Tank > <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > > CiviCRM goes on a server (vps > recommended and affordable) > then accessed by a web page, fairly > easy. > Or you buy Civi hosting, but that > defeats some of the purpose of using Civi. > Civi has considerable power and > ability, can connect with ERP, etc > but not for IT novice. > Easy to install, configure, and > maintain if you have experience and comfort with Linux > servers, if not, not. > > You can certainly hire the Linux talent > in SLC, but dependence on outside IT service has > inconveniences. > > Email me directly if you want to get > into details on Civi. > > David > http://openwest.us > > > On Sat, Oct 15, 2016, 8:20 PM > Jonathan Morrison <jonathan(a)bicyclecollective.org> > wrote: > What staff resources does it require? > > On Sat, Oct 15, 2016, 7:19 PM > jack <jack(a)bikewalkwichita.org> > wrote: > We use Salesforce / Wordpress / > Mailchimp and have been pleased with what all we can do, for > free. > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: David Zundel > Date:10/15/2016 7:33 PM (GMT-06:00) > To: The Think Tank > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] CiviCRM > > CiviCRM recommended > David > > On Sat, Oct 15, 2016, 6:13 PM > Jonathan Morrison <jonathan(a)bicyclecollective.org> > wrote: > Has anyone been using (https://civicrm.org/) or would they recommend a > different software package? > > -Jonathan > > > ____________________________________ > > 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 > -------------- next part > -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/pipermail/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org… > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 15:57:21 -0800 > From: Jim Bledsoe <gamesbledsoe(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have > this wrong? > Message-ID: > > <CABSiP0NgM8vHT6Zy+7OE4hQS+c+s9Djywh97353FHFn22zPOXw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="utf-8" > > What we here at the thinktank are, is a > bunch of open source bicycle > advocates. > When one posts a long drawn out list of > questions with a pay me now gotcha > at the end it will tend to raise > hackles > "What does facing do for the > customers ride experience?" were you > meaning "pacing" or more > succinctly, maintaining a high cadence here? > > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 2:39 PM <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> > wrote: > > > Tell me if I am wrong. If you work > on a bike and make it better, that work > > has value. If I work on a process > and make it better, the knowledge has no > > value and should be given away for > free? > > > > > > When > > someone posts to a mailing list to > sell a product, to me that > > constitutes cause to block that > person from the mailing list. > > > > If you want to freely share here > tutorials and techniques for everyone > > to review and learn from, in the > interest of helping community bike > > shops hone their skillsets to a > higher standard, I'd be the first to get > > interested. As it is, you never > post detailed instructions, and quite > > frankly a lot of the processes you > allude to are bizarrely out of scope > > with what most of us do on a daily > basis. Your posts smell like bait. > > > > I'm personally requesting that you > reconsider posting here. In this > > particular case, you even tacked > your message onto a completely > > unrelated thread. I mean, might be > I'm actually talking to a spam bot. > > > > cyclista Nicholas > > > > > > > > On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com > wrote: > > > I will ask a few questions > and I am seeking if you have tests to prove > > > your answers. > > > > > > Does a quick release lever > change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No > > > is not important, how do you > test to verify your answer is important. > > > How can this test be used to > reduce service time to 1/20 the time? > > > > > > What does facing do for the > customers ride experience? Nothing/ > > > Something? The following > answers are guesses, beliefs, not science or > > > engineering based: it should > be done, it is done at the factory, it > > > does not need to be done, > eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist > > > have it done. So what does it > do? how does it improve a cyclist ride > > > experience? How do you verify > your answer? > > > > > > How do stainless steel spokes > and cables stretch once and then > > > magically become harder and > never stretch again? If they do not > > > stretch once, then how do > they get longer once? How do you verify your > > > answer? > > > > > > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, > how do you verify your answer? > > > > > > How does a chain that can > stretch at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force > > > get stretched on a bike frame > that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 > > > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 Kg > or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or > > > 2000 Lbs of force into a > chain to stretch it? Without destroying their > > > knees? How do you verify your > answer? > > > Which leads to the question, > How does one type of shift lever make a > > > chain function twice as long > as another type. How do you verify your > > > answer? > > > > > > Why do mechanics tighten and > loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a > > > wheel spokes get looser. > Spokes only need to be tightened to round, > > > dish, tension, and true a > wheel. How can finite element analysis and > > > computational fluid dynamics > help a mechanic work 36 times more > > > efficiently? > > > > > > How can understanding the > Sphere Stacking Equation improve the > > > hydraulic systems on a > bicycle? (Both hydraulic braking and suspension > > > systems) and make cycling > safer. > > > > > > How can a mechanic use a > bench as a tool to reduce service time 25% > > > > > > Would it help your school, > your students, bicycle businesses and > > > cyclist; if your curriculum > included verifiable testing processes, > > > efficient practices to reduce > procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale > > > language to help cyclist > understand what a procedure does to improve > > > their cycling experience to > improve sales? > > > > > > > > > If any of this or all of this > is new to you and you would like to > > > improve your training, feel > free to reach out and start a conversation > > > telephone only. 773 -490 > -0683 Christopher O. Wallace . I am located > > > in Chicago Illinois. > > > > > > PS > > > Yes I have re-invented the > wheel three different ways, I am looking to > > > improve the cycling industry > and I feel schools are the best way to do > > > that! I look forward to > hearing from you. > > > > > > Sincerely > > > Christopher O, Wallace > > > > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > > > Unsubscribe from this list > here: > > > > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > 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: 6 > Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 17:13:35 -0700 > From: christopher(a)holisticcycles.com > To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: [TheThinkTank] Socratic > Moment > Message-ID: > < > 20190204171335.f1111ec096c9d6bd7eddf37b01080912.5af1a39169.mailapi(a)email03.godaddy.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="utf-8" > > I did mean facing the Bottom Bracket > shell or the Stem, Head Tube, and Fork Crown race. > Does it make you faster? or Lighter? > Tighter tolerances? Wear things less? Make adjustments > better? Make adjustments stay longer? Make things last > longer? Make things parallel? Make things lock more > securely? > Why do professional racers do it, but > year round cyclist don't? What is the benefit of having it > done? > > Just because you have a tool, or know > of a procedure, do you know why it is a benefit to the > cyclist? Any procedure, part or accessory to a bike, > Socratic Moment: WHY is service or product of value to the > customer? > > If you do not know, then it is very > hard to sell the service or the product. Many tools and > serviced go unused because of our abilities to communicate > their value to the customer. > > --------- Original Message --------- > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? > From: "Jim Bledsoe" <gamesbledsoe(a)gmail.com> > Date: 2/4/19 4:57 pm > To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > > What we here at the thinktank are, is > a bunch of open source bicycle advocates. > When one posts a long drawn out list of > questions with a pay me now gotcha at the end it will tend > to raise hackles > "What does facing do for the > customers ride experience?" were you meaning > "pacing" or more succinctly, maintaining a high > cadence here? > > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 2:39 PM > <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> > wrote: > Tell me if I am wrong. If you work on > a bike and make it better, that work has value. If I work on > a process and make it better, the knowledge has no value and > should be given away for free? > > When > someone posts to a mailing list to > sell a product, to me that > constitutes cause to block that person > from the mailing list. > > If you want to freely share here > tutorials and techniques for everyone > to review and learn from, in the > interest of helping community bike > shops hone their skillsets to a higher > standard, I'd be the first to get > interested. As it is, you never post > detailed instructions, and quite > frankly a lot of the processes you > allude to are bizarrely out of scope > with what most of us do on a daily > basis. Your posts smell like bait. > > I'm personally requesting that you > reconsider posting here. In this > particular case, you even tacked your > message onto a completely > unrelated thread. I mean, might be I'm > actually talking to a spam bot. > > cyclista Nicholas > > > > On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com > wrote: > > I will ask a few questions and I > am seeking if you have tests to prove > > your answers. > > > > Does a quick release lever change > the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No > > is not important, how do you test > to verify your answer is important. > > How can this test be used to > reduce service time to 1/20 the time? > > > > What does facing do for the > customers ride experience? Nothing/ > > Something? The following answers > are guesses, beliefs, not science or > > engineering based: it should be > done, it is done at the factory, it > > does not need to be done, > eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist > > have it done. So what does it do? > how does it improve a cyclist ride > > experience? How do you verify > your answer? > > > > How do stainless steel spokes and > cables stretch once and then > > magically become harder and never > stretch again? If they do not > > stretch once, then how do they > get longer once? How do you verify your > > answer? > > > > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, how > do you verify your answer? > > > > How does a chain that can stretch > at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force > > get stretched on a bike frame > that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 > > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 Kg or > 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or > > 2000 Lbs of force into a chain to > stretch it? Without destroying their > > knees? How do you verify your > answer? > > Which leads to the question, How > does one type of shift lever make a > > chain function twice as long as > another type. How do you verify your > > answer? > > > > Why do mechanics tighten and > loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a > > wheel spokes get looser. Spokes > only need to be tightened to round, > > dish, tension, and true a wheel. > How can finite element analysis and > > computational fluid dynamics help > a mechanic work 36 times more > > efficiently? > > > > How can understanding the Sphere > Stacking Equation improve the > > hydraulic systems on a bicycle? > (Both hydraulic braking and suspension > > systems) and make cycling safer. > > > > How can a mechanic use a bench as > a tool to reduce service time 25% > > > > Would it help your school, your > students, bicycle businesses and > > cyclist; if your curriculum > included verifiable testing processes, > > efficient practices to reduce > procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale > > language to help cyclist > understand what a procedure does to improve > > their cycling experience to > improve sales? > > > > > > If any of this or all of this is > new to you and you would like to > > improve your training, feel free > to reach out and start a conversation > > telephone only. 773 -490 -0683 > Christopher O. Wallace . I am located > > in Chicago Illinois. > > > > PS > > Yes I have re-invented the wheel > three different ways, I am looking to > > improve the cycling industry and > I feel schools are the best way to do > > that! I look forward to hearing > from you. > > > > Sincerely > > Christopher O, Wallace > > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > ____________________________________ > The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: > > 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: 7 > Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 17:24:27 -0700 > From: christopher(a)holisticcycles.com > To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: [TheThinkTank] Both Body and > bike benefit > Message-ID: > < > 20190204172427.f1111ec096c9d6bd7eddf37b01080912.6d2a7ff7a2.mailapi(a)email03.godaddy.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="utf-8" > > Pacing in a group is a nice community > experience. Maintaining a high Cadence is healthy for your > body and your bike. Higher pedal spin for the same velocity > increases heart rate, increasing blood flow and lubrication > to the joints, reduces the pressure in the leg joint > surfaces and the connective tissue, reducing wear on the > disks and allowing connective tissue to grow in strength at > a similar rate to the muscle tissue. The high cadence > reduces the load in the drive train, and places the load in > bigger cogs transferring the load across a greater surface > area and across more teeth reducing wear. > Benefiting both your body health and > your wallet in reduced repair cost. > > --------- Original Message --------- > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? > From: "Jim Bledsoe" <gamesbledsoe(a)gmail.com> > Date: 2/4/19 4:57 pm > To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > > What we here at the thinktank are, is > a bunch of open source bicycle advocates. > When one posts a long drawn out list of > questions with a pay me now gotcha at the end it will tend > to raise hackles > "What does facing do for the > customers ride experience?" were you meaning > "pacing" or more succinctly, maintaining a high > cadence here? > > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 2:39 PM > <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> > wrote: > Tell me if I am wrong. If you work on > a bike and make it better, that work has value. If I work on > a process and make it better, the knowledge has no value and > should be given away for free? > > When > someone posts to a mailing list to > sell a product, to me that > constitutes cause to block that person > from the mailing list. > > If you want to freely share here > tutorials and techniques for everyone > to review and learn from, in the > interest of helping community bike > shops hone their skillsets to a higher > standard, I'd be the first to get > interested. As it is, you never post > detailed instructions, and quite > frankly a lot of the processes you > allude to are bizarrely out of scope > with what most of us do on a daily > basis. Your posts smell like bait. > > I'm personally requesting that you > reconsider posting here. In this > particular case, you even tacked your > message onto a completely > unrelated thread. I mean, might be I'm > actually talking to a spam bot. > > cyclista Nicholas > > > > On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com > wrote: > > I will ask a few questions and I > am seeking if you have tests to prove > > your answers. > > > > Does a quick release lever change > the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No > > is not important, how do you test > to verify your answer is important. > > How can this test be used to > reduce service time to 1/20 the time? > > > > What does facing do for the > customers ride experience? Nothing/ > > Something? The following answers > are guesses, beliefs, not science or > > engineering based: it should be > done, it is done at the factory, it > > does not need to be done, > eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist > > have it done. So what does it do? > how does it improve a cyclist ride > > experience? How do you verify > your answer? > > > > How do stainless steel spokes and > cables stretch once and then > > magically become harder and never > stretch again? If they do not > > stretch once, then how do they > get longer once? How do you verify your > > answer? > > > > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, how > do you verify your answer? > > > > How does a chain that can stretch > at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force > > get stretched on a bike frame > that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 > > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 Kg or > 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or > > 2000 Lbs of force into a chain to > stretch it? Without destroying their > > knees? How do you verify your > answer? > > Which leads to the question, How > does one type of shift lever make a > > chain function twice as long as > another type. How do you verify your > > answer? > > > > Why do mechanics tighten and > loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a > > wheel spokes get looser. Spokes > only need to be tightened to round, > > dish, tension, and true a wheel. > How can finite element analysis and > > computational fluid dynamics help > a mechanic work 36 times more > > efficiently? > > > > How can understanding the Sphere > Stacking Equation improve the > > hydraulic systems on a bicycle? > (Both hydraulic braking and suspension > > systems) and make cycling safer. > > > > How can a mechanic use a bench as > a tool to reduce service time 25% > > > > Would it help your school, your > students, bicycle businesses and > > cyclist; if your curriculum > included verifiable testing processes, > > efficient practices to reduce > procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale > > language to help cyclist > understand what a procedure does to improve > > their cycling experience to > improve sales? > > > > > > If any of this or all of this is > new to you and you would like to > > improve your training, feel free > to reach out and start a conversation > > telephone only. 773 -490 -0683 > Christopher O. Wallace . I am located > > in Chicago Illinois. > > > > PS > > Yes I have re-invented the wheel > three different ways, I am looking to > > improve the cycling industry and > I feel schools are the best way to do > > that! I look forward to hearing > from you. > > > > Sincerely > > Christopher O, Wallace > > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > ____________________________________ > The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: > > 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: 8 > Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 19:38:59 -0700 > From: christopher(a)holisticcycles.com > To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: [TheThinkTank] Trump and > Science > Message-ID: > < > 20190204193859.f1111ec096c9d6bd7eddf37b01080912.4964d2f6c7.mailapi(a)email03.godaddy.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="utf-8" > > It has been brought to my attention > that many of you do not like Trumps stance on science. Where > his opinion is more valid than Testable, peer reviewed, > repeatable science > At the same time when opinions about > the bicycle are faced with testable, peer reviewed, > repeatable science, the science is questioned by members of > this list. > > Your opinion matters, it is called a > hypothesis. Science proves or disproves hypothesis. > Once a hypothesis is turned into a test and proved or > disproved, then those with descending opinions > peer review the results, to confirm or > deny the results. If they are not happy they should > test their own hypothesis's and have them peer > reviewed. An opinion on the matter is called a guess. > > I am told your guesses, your opinions, > are to be honored and respected more than science based > testing. For that I apologize. > > Raise a glass to you. > > Christopher O Wallace > -------------- next part > -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/pipermail/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org… > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 22:46:30 -0500 > From: Katie Vogel <katharine.d.vogel(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have > this wrong? > Message-ID: > <CADGh=y4FqwcLrASXm2xSPicxgEu1_M87tLFzWM3dz1Vbf6yWhA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="utf-8" > > Is this person banned yet? Asking for a > friend. > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 22:24 <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> > wrote: > > > May I have your best bike for > free? or even your best tune up? Or web page > > work, or social media, or NFP > wording? What are you willing to do to lift > > up my business for free so that I > can lift up yours? > > For free I gave you ideas you had > not come up with yet. The idea of > > testing your processes to prove > that are the same as or different than you > > current beliefs/ practices. You as > a group can reinvent the > > wheel or hold on to your beliefs. > > You can lift me up and I will lift > you up. You can shut me down like a > > priests in the dark ages did to > people of science. I have no power over > > your actions. I only have > knowledge > > > > --------- Original Message > --------- > > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I > have this wrong? > > From: "Kevin Dwyer" <kevidwyer(a)gmail.com> > > Date: 2/4/19 1:32 pm > > To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > > > > No, you have it wrong. The > knowledge has value, even more, because it is > > given freely. That is the point of > ThinkTank: sharing. If you don't want to > > share freely, this is wrong place > for you and you are wasting our time. > > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 1:09 PM > <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> > wrote: > > > >> Tell me if I am wrong. If you > work on a bike and make it better, that > >> work has value. If I work on a > process and make it better, the knowledge > >> has no value and should be > given away for free? > >> > >> > >> When > >> someone posts to a mailing > list to sell a product, to me that > >> constitutes cause to block > that person from the mailing list. > >> > >> If you want to freely share > here tutorials and techniques for everyone > >> to review and learn from, in > the interest of helping community bike > >> shops hone their skillsets to > a higher standard, I'd be the first to get > >> interested. As it is, you > never post detailed instructions, and quite > >> frankly a lot of the processes > you allude to are bizarrely out of scope > >> with what most of us do on a > daily basis. Your posts smell like bait. > >> > >> I'm personally requesting that > you reconsider posting here. In this > >> particular case, you even > tacked your message onto a completely > >> unrelated thread. I mean, > might be I'm actually talking to a spam bot. > >> > >> cyclista Nicholas > >> > >> > >> > >> On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com > wrote: > >> > I will ask a few > questions and I am seeking if you have tests to prove > >> > your answers. > >> > > >> > Does a quick release > lever change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No > >> > is not important, how do > you test to verify your answer is important. > >> > How can this test be used > to reduce service time to 1/20 the time? > >> > > >> > What does facing do for > the customers ride experience? Nothing/ > >> > Something? The following > answers are guesses, beliefs, not science or > >> > engineering based: it > should be done, it is done at the factory, it > >> > does not need to be done, > eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist > >> > have it done. So what > does it do? how does it improve a cyclist ride > >> > experience? How do you > verify your answer? > >> > > >> > How do stainless steel > spokes and cables stretch once and then > >> > magically become harder > and never stretch again? If they do not > >> > stretch once, then how do > they get longer once? How do you verify your > >> > answer? > >> > > >> > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or > No, how do you verify your answer? > >> > > >> > How does a chain that can > stretch at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force > >> > get stretched on a bike > frame that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 > >> > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 > Kg or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or > >> > 2000 Lbs of force into a > chain to stretch it? Without destroying their > >> > knees? How do you verify > your answer? > >> > Which leads to the > question, How does one type of shift lever make a > >> > chain function twice as > long as another type. How do you verify your > >> > answer? > >> > > >> > Why do mechanics tighten > and loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a > >> > wheel spokes get looser. > Spokes only need to be tightened to round, > >> > dish, tension, and true a > wheel. How can finite element analysis and > >> > computational fluid > dynamics help a mechanic work 36 times more > >> > efficiently? > >> > > >> > How can understanding the > Sphere Stacking Equation improve the > >> > hydraulic systems on a > bicycle? (Both hydraulic braking and suspension > >> > systems) and make cycling > safer. > >> > > >> > How can a mechanic use a > bench as a tool to reduce service time 25% > >> > > >> > Would it help your > school, your students, bicycle businesses and > >> > cyclist; if your > curriculum included verifiable testing processes, > >> > efficient practices to > reduce procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale > >> > language to help cyclist > understand what a procedure does to improve > >> > their cycling experience > to improve sales? > >> > > >> > > >> > If any of this or all of > this is new to you and you would like to > >> > improve your training, > feel free to reach out and start a conversation > >> > telephone only. 773 -490 > -0683 Christopher O. Wallace . I am located > >> > in Chicago Illinois. > >> > > >> > PS > >> > Yes I have re-invented > the wheel three different ways, I am looking to > >> > improve the cycling > industry and I feel schools are the best way to do > >> > that! I look forward to > hearing from you. > >> > > >> > Sincerely > >> > Christopher O, Wallace > >> > > >> > > ____________________________________ > >> > > >> > The ThinkTank mailing > List > >> > > >> > Unsubscribe from this > list here: > >> > > >> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >> > ____________________________________ > >> > >> The ThinkTank mailing List > >> > >> Unsubscribe from this list > here: > >> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >> > >> > ____________________________________ > >> > >> The ThinkTank mailing List > >> > >> Unsubscribe from this list > here: > >> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >> > > > > > > -- > > Kevin Dwyer > > Salt Lake City, UT > > 801.647.0797 > > > > > > > > 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. > > > ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing > List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > 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: 10 > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2019 05:07:33 +0000 > From: Godwin ! <goodgodwin(a)hotmail.com> > To: Katie Vogel <katharine.d.vogel(a)gmail.com>, > The Think Tank > <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have > this wrong? > Message-ID: > < > BN7PR03MB4433B0C301ACE6FA191C5DBAD06E0(a)BN7PR03MB4433.namprd03.prod.outlook.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="us-ascii" > > Yes. I sent him an email asking him to > stop and apologize, he replied with more confusing insults > and continued to post gibberish to the TT so I removed and > blocked him. > > godwin > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Thethinktank <thethinktank-bounces(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > on behalf of Katie Vogel <katharine.d.vogel(a)gmail.com> > Sent: February 4, 2019 7:46 PM > To: The Think Tank > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have > this wrong? > > Is this person banned yet? Asking for a > friend. > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 22:24 <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com<mailto: > christopher(a)holisticcycles.com>> > wrote: > May I have your best bike for free? or > even your best tune up? Or web page work, or social media, > or NFP wording? What are you willing to do to lift up my > business for free so that I can lift up yours? > For free I gave you ideas you had not > come up with yet. The idea of testing your processes to > prove that are the same as or different than you current > beliefs/ practices. You as a group can reinvent the > wheel or hold on to your beliefs. > You can lift me up and I will lift you > up. You can shut me down like a priests in the dark ages did > to people of science. I have no power over your actions. I > only have knowledge > --------- Original Message --------- > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have > this wrong? > From: "Kevin Dwyer" <kevidwyer(a)gmail.com<mailto:kevidwyer@gmail.com>> > Date: 2/4/19 1:32 pm > To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org<mailto: > thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org>> > > No, you have it wrong. The knowledge > has value, even more, because it is given freely. That is > the point of ThinkTank: sharing. If you don't want to share > freely, this is wrong place for you and you are wasting our > time. > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 1:09 PM <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com<mailto: > christopher(a)holisticcycles.com>> > wrote: > Tell me if I am wrong. If you work on a > bike and make it better, that work has value. If I work on a > process and make it better, the knowledge has no value and > should be given away for free? > > When > someone posts to a mailing list to sell > a product, to me that > constitutes cause to block that person > from the mailing list. > > If you want to freely share here > tutorials and techniques for everyone > to review and learn from, in the > interest of helping community bike > shops hone their skillsets to a higher > standard, I'd be the first to get > interested. As it is, you never post > detailed instructions, and quite > frankly a lot of the processes you > allude to are bizarrely out of scope > with what most of us do on a daily > basis. Your posts smell like bait. > > I'm personally requesting that you > reconsider posting here. In this > particular case, you even tacked your > message onto a completely > unrelated thread. I mean, might be I'm > actually talking to a spam bot. > > cyclista Nicholas > > > > On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com<mailto: > christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> > wrote: > > I will ask a few questions and I > am seeking if you have tests to prove > > your answers. > > > > Does a quick release lever change > the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No > > is not important, how do you test > to verify your answer is important. > > How can this test be used to > reduce service time to 1/20 the time? > > > > What does facing do for the > customers ride experience? Nothing/ > > Something? The following answers > are guesses, beliefs, not science or > > engineering based: it should be > done, it is done at the factory, it > > does not need to be done, > eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist > > have it done. So what does it do? > how does it improve a cyclist ride > > experience? How do you verify your > answer? > > > > How do stainless steel spokes and > cables stretch once and then > > magically become harder and never > stretch again? If they do not > > stretch once, then how do they get > longer once? How do you verify your > > answer? > > > > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, how > do you verify your answer? > > > > How does a chain that can stretch > at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force > > get stretched on a bike frame that > can only support a 160 Kg or 350 > > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 Kg or > 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or > > 2000 Lbs of force into a chain to > stretch it? Without destroying their > > knees? How do you verify your > answer? > > Which leads to the question, How > does one type of shift lever make a > > chain function twice as long as > another type. How do you verify your > > answer? > > > > Why do mechanics tighten and > loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a > > wheel spokes get looser. Spokes > only need to be tightened to round, > > dish, tension, and true a wheel. > How can finite element analysis and > > computational fluid dynamics help > a mechanic work 36 times more > > efficiently? > > > > How can understanding the Sphere > Stacking Equation improve the > > hydraulic systems on a bicycle? > (Both hydraulic braking and suspension > > systems) and make cycling safer. > > > > How can a mechanic use a bench as > a tool to reduce service time 25% > > > > Would it help your school, your > students, bicycle businesses and > > cyclist; if your curriculum > included verifiable testing processes, > > efficient practices to reduce > procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale > > language to help cyclist > understand what a procedure does to improve > > their cycling experience to > improve sales? > > > > > > If any of this or all of this is > new to you and you would like to > > improve your training, feel free > to reach out and start a conversation > > telephone only. 773 -490 -0683 > Christopher O. Wallace . I am located > > in Chicago Illinois. > > > > PS > > Yes I have re-invented the wheel > three different ways, I am looking to > > improve the cycling industry and I > feel schools are the best way to do > > that! I look forward to hearing > from you. > > > > Sincerely > > Christopher O, Wallace > > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > > -- > Kevin Dwyer > Salt Lake City, UT > 801.647.0797 > > > > 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. > ____________________________________ > The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > 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: 11 > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2019 00:17:19 -0500 > From: Ainsley Naylor <needleandthread(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Both Body > and bike benefit > Message-ID: > > <CAEkJx+kG3OC_VpKR6ttgQQ+2JCoZNrKCq4UY_QdvCfPniYY+aA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="utf-8" > > Hey friend, do you have a question > about running a non-profit community > bike project? Or something to share to > that end? Because that is what this > list is for. > > Please refrain from long, tangential > diatribes. We are all keen to maintain > this useful, supportive community, but > this email exchange is leaving me > feeling frustrated and exhausted. > > Thank you! > Ainsley. > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 12:14 AM <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> > wrote: > > > Pacing in a group is a nice > community experience. Maintaining a high > > Cadence is healthy for your body > and your bike. Higher pedal spin for the > > same velocity increases heart > rate, increasing blood flow and lubrication > > to the joints, reduces the > pressure in the leg joint surfaces and the > > connective tissue, reducing wear > on the disks and allowing connective > > tissue to grow in strength at a > similar rate to the muscle tissue. The high > > cadence reduces the load in the > drive train, and places the load in bigger > > cogs transferring the load across > a greater surface area and across more > > teeth reducing wear. > > Benefiting both your body health > and your wallet in reduced repair cost. > > > > > > --------- Original Message > --------- > > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I > have this wrong? > > From: "Jim Bledsoe" <gamesbledsoe(a)gmail.com> > > Date: 2/4/19 4:57 pm > > To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > > > > What we here at the thinktank are, > is a bunch of open source bicycle > > advocates. > > When one posts a long drawn out > list of questions with a pay me now gotcha > > at the end it will tend to raise > hackles > > "What does facing do for > the customers ride experience?" were you > > meaning "pacing" or > more succinctly, maintaining a high cadence here? > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 2:39 PM > <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> > wrote: > > > >> Tell me if I am wrong. If you > work on a bike and make it better, that > >> work has value. If I work on a > process and make it better, the knowledge > >> has no value and should be > given away for free? > >> > >> > >> When > >> someone posts to a mailing > list to sell a product, to me that > >> constitutes cause to block > that person from the mailing list. > >> > >> If you want to freely share > here tutorials and techniques for everyone > >> to review and learn from, in > the interest of helping community bike > >> shops hone their skillsets to > a higher standard, I'd be the first to get > >> interested. As it is, you > never post detailed instructions, and quite > >> frankly a lot of the processes > you allude to are bizarrely out of scope > >> with what most of us do on a > daily basis. Your posts smell like bait. > >> > >> I'm personally requesting that > you reconsider posting here. In this > >> particular case, you even > tacked your message onto a completely > >> unrelated thread. I mean, > might be I'm actually talking to a spam bot. > >> > >> cyclista Nicholas > >> > >> > >> > >> On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com > wrote: > >> > I will ask a few > questions and I am seeking if you have tests to prove > >> > your answers. > >> > > >> > Does a quick release > lever change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No > >> > is not important, how do > you test to verify your answer is important. > >> > How can this test be used > to reduce service time to 1/20 the time? > >> > > >> > What does facing do for > the customers ride experience? Nothing/ > >> > Something? The following > answers are guesses, beliefs, not science or > >> > engineering based: it > should be done, it is done at the factory, it > >> > does not need to be done, > eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist > >> > have it done. So what > does it do? how does it improve a cyclist ride > >> > experience? How do you > verify your answer? > >> > > >> > How do stainless steel > spokes and cables stretch once and then > >> > magically become harder > and never stretch again? If they do not > >> > stretch once, then how do > they get longer once? How do you verify your > >> > answer? > >> > > >> > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or > No, how do you verify your answer? > >> > > >> > How does a chain that can > stretch at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force > >> > get stretched on a bike > frame that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 > >> > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 > Kg or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or > >> > 2000 Lbs of force into a > chain to stretch it? Without destroying their > >> > knees? How do you verify > your answer? > >> > Which leads to the > question, How does one type of shift lever make a > >> > chain function twice as > long as another type. How do you verify your > >> > answer? > >> > > >> > Why do mechanics tighten > and loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a > >> > wheel spokes get looser. > Spokes only need to be tightened to round, > >> > dish, tension, and true a > wheel. How can finite element analysis and > >> > computational fluid > dynamics help a mechanic work 36 times more > >> > efficiently? > >> > > >> > How can understanding the > Sphere Stacking Equation improve the > >> > hydraulic systems on a > bicycle? (Both hydraulic braking and suspension > >> > systems) and make cycling > safer. > >> > > >> > How can a mechanic use a > bench as a tool to reduce service time 25% > >> > > >> > Would it help your > school, your students, bicycle businesses and > >> > cyclist; if your > curriculum included verifiable testing processes, > >> > efficient practices to > reduce procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale > >> > language to help cyclist > understand what a procedure does to improve > >> > their cycling experience > to improve sales? > >> > > >> > > >> > If any of this or all of > this is new to you and you would like to > >> > improve your training, > feel free to reach out and start a conversation > >> > telephone only. 773 -490 > -0683 Christopher O. Wallace . I am located > >> > in Chicago Illinois. > >> > > >> > PS > >> > Yes I have re-invented > the wheel three different ways, I am looking to > >> > improve the cycling > industry and I feel schools are the best way to do > >> > that! I look forward to > hearing from you. > >> > > >> > Sincerely > >> > Christopher O, Wallace > >> > > >> > > ____________________________________ > >> > > >> > The ThinkTank mailing > List > >> > > >> > Unsubscribe from this > list here: > >> > > >> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >> > ____________________________________ > >> > >> The ThinkTank mailing List > >> > >> Unsubscribe from this list > here: > >> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >> > >> > ____________________________________ > >> > >> The ThinkTank mailing List > >> > >> Unsubscribe from this list > here: > >> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >> > > > ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing > List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > 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: 12 > Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 22:20:10 -0800 > From: Lauren Warbeck <lauren.warbeck(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have > this wrong? > Message-ID: > > <CAAr69eV2A024v+D8y53WCgqCgtKb0x34YR5ptLBZ0gRAFa3=Cg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="utf-8" > > Thank you for your continued work > Godwin ????????? > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019, 9:07 PM Godwin ! > <goodgodwin(a)hotmail.com > wrote: > > > Yes. I sent him an email asking > him to stop and apologize, he replied > > with more confusing insults and > continued to post gibberish to the TT so I > > removed and blocked him. > > > > godwin > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Thethinktank <thethinktank-bounces(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > on > > behalf of Katie Vogel <katharine.d.vogel(a)gmail.com> > > *Sent:* February 4, 2019 7:46 PM > > *To:* The Think Tank > > *Subject:* Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I > have this wrong? > > > > Is this person banned yet? Asking > for a friend. > > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 22:24 > <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> > wrote: > > > > May I have your best bike for > free? or even your best tune up? Or web page > > work, or social media, or NFP > wording? What are you willing to do to lift > > up my business for free so that I > can lift up yours? > > For free I gave you ideas you had > not come up with yet. The idea of > > testing your processes to prove > that are the same as or different than you > > current beliefs/ practices. You as > a group can reinvent the > > wheel or hold on to your beliefs. > > You can lift me up and I will lift > you up. You can shut me down like a > > priests in the dark ages did to > people of science. I have no power over > > your actions. I only have > knowledge > > > > --------- Original Message > --------- > > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I > have this wrong? > > From: "Kevin Dwyer" <kevidwyer(a)gmail.com> > > Date: 2/4/19 1:32 pm > > To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > > > > No, you have it wrong. The > knowledge has value, even more, because it is > > given freely. That is the point of > ThinkTank: sharing. If you don't want to > > share freely, this is wrong place > for you and you are wasting our time. > > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 1:09 PM > <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> > wrote: > > > > Tell me if I am wrong. If you work > on a bike and make it better, that work > > has value. If I work on a process > and make it better, the knowledge has no > > value and should be given away for > free? > > > > > > When > > someone posts to a mailing list to > sell a product, to me that > > constitutes cause to block that > person from the mailing list. > > > > If you want to freely share here > tutorials and techniques for everyone > > to review and learn from, in the > interest of helping community bike > > shops hone their skillsets to a > higher standard, I'd be the first to get > > interested. As it is, you never > post detailed instructions, and quite > > frankly a lot of the processes you > allude to are bizarrely out of scope > > with what most of us do on a daily > basis. Your posts smell like bait. > > > > I'm personally requesting that you > reconsider posting here. In this > > particular case, you even tacked > your message onto a completely > > unrelated thread. I mean, might be > I'm actually talking to a spam bot. > > > > cyclista Nicholas > > > > > > > > On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com > wrote: > > > I will ask a few questions > and I am seeking if you have tests to prove > > > your answers. > > > > > > Does a quick release lever > change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No > > > is not important, how do you > test to verify your answer is important. > > > How can this test be used to > reduce service time to 1/20 the time? > > > > > > What does facing do for the > customers ride experience? Nothing/ > > > Something? The following > answers are guesses, beliefs, not science or > > > engineering based: it should > be done, it is done at the factory, it > > > does not need to be done, > eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist > > > have it done. So what does it > do? how does it improve a cyclist ride > > > experience? How do you verify > your answer? > > > > > > How do stainless steel spokes > and cables stretch once and then > > > magically become harder and > never stretch again? If they do not > > > stretch once, then how do > they get longer once? How do you verify your > > > answer? > > > > > > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, > how do you verify your answer? > > > > > > How does a chain that can > stretch at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force > > > get stretched on a bike frame > that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 > > > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 Kg > or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or > > > 2000 Lbs of force into a > chain to stretch it? Without destroying their > > > knees? How do you verify your > answer? > > > Which leads to the question, > How does one type of shift lever make a > > > chain function twice as long > as another type. How do you verify your > > > answer? > > > > > > Why do mechanics tighten and > loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a > > > wheel spokes get looser. > Spokes only need to be tightened to round, > > > dish, tension, and true a > wheel. How can finite element analysis and > > > computational fluid dynamics > help a mechanic work 36 times more > > > efficiently? > > > > > > How can understanding the > Sphere Stacking Equation improve the > > > hydraulic systems on a > bicycle? (Both hydraulic braking and suspension > > > systems) and make cycling > safer. > > > > > > How can a mechanic use a > bench as a tool to reduce service time 25% > > > > > > Would it help your school, > your students, bicycle businesses and > > > cyclist; if your curriculum > included verifiable testing processes, > > > efficient practices to reduce > procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale > > > language to help cyclist > understand what a procedure does to improve > > > their cycling experience to > improve sales? > > > > > > > > > If any of this or all of this > is new to you and you would like to > > > improve your training, feel > free to reach out and start a conversation > > > telephone only. 773 -490 > -0683 Christopher O. Wallace . I am located > > > in Chicago Illinois. > > > > > > PS > > > Yes I have re-invented the > wheel three different ways, I am looking to > > > improve the cycling industry > and I feel schools are the best way to do > > > that! I look forward to > hearing from you. > > > > > > Sincerely > > > Christopher O, Wallace > > > > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > > > Unsubscribe from this list > here: > > > > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > > > > > > > -- > > Kevin Dwyer > > Salt Lake City, UT > > 801.647.0797 > > > > > > > > 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. > > > ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing > List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > 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: 13 > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2019 01:09:26 -0600 > From: Caleb Evenson <caevenson(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Elevating > the knowledge base, Would your > programs benefit? > Message-ID: > > <CADEf7dQ3ysqhfybLCLNCqBpSDB0iV=9VBsfQbL+eheMiEiQ+Dw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="utf-8" > > That's quite a narrow view on anxiety, > Christopher. Seems you have your own > faith. > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 1:04 AM <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> > wrote: > > > > > If you have an immense test > anxiety, then you should become a religious > > leader. Your beliefs will far > outweigh anything that's provable or > > measurable > > > > --------- Original Message > --------- > > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] > Elevating the knowledge base, Would your > > programs benefit? > > From: "Judith Feist" <judith(a)backalleybikes.org> > > Date: 2/3/19 5:41 pm > > To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > > > > What happens if you get immense > test anxiety? > > > > On Sunday, February 3, 2019, Ulick > O'Beirne <ulickobeirne(a)gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Hey Christopher > >> > >> Great questions and from a > training point of view they could be amazing > >> tests to have to hand. > >> > >> Have you compiled these ideas > into a resource- manual/ course/ etc? > >> > >> I'm based in Ireland. I teach > cycling in schools and to community groups. > >> I teach bike mechanics and > repair mainly to adults. With friends we hope to > >> open a community bike shop in > Clonakilty. > >> > >> Can you give more info on what > you're thinking? Format etc? > >> > >> Cheers. Take care, > >> > >> Ulick > >> > >> On Sun 3 Feb 2019 at 05:57, > <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> I will ask a few questions > and I am seeking if you have tests to prove > >>> your answers. > >>> > >>> Does a quick release lever > change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No is > >>> not important, how do you > test to verify your answer is important. > >>> How can this test be used > to reduce service time to 1/20 the time? > >>> > >>> What does facing do for > the customers ride experience? Nothing/ > >>> Something? The following > answers are guesses, beliefs, not science or > >>> engineering based: it > should be done, it is done at the factory, it does > >>> not need to be done, > eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist have it > >>> done. So what does it do? > how does it improve a cyclist ride experience? > >>> How do you verify your > answer? > >>> > >>> How do stainless steel > spokes and cables stretch once and then magically > >>> become harder and never > stretch again? If they do not stretch once, then > >>> how do they get longer > once? How do you verify your answer? > >>> > >>> Do Bolts stretch? Yes or > No, how do you verify your answer? > >>> > >>> How does a chain that can > stretch at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force get > >>> stretched on a bike frame > that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 lbs > >>> cyclist. How can a > 45 Kg or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or 2000 > Lbs of > >>> force into a chain to > stretch it? Without destroying their knees? How do > >>> you verify your answer? > >>> Which leads to the > question, How does one type of shift lever make a > >>> chain function twice as > long as another type. How do you verify your answer? > >>> > >>> Why do mechanics tighten > and loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a wheel > >>> spokes get looser. Spokes > only need to be tightened to round, dish, > >>> tension, and true a wheel. > How can finite element analysis and > >>> computational fluid > dynamics help a mechanic work 36 times more efficiently? > >>> > >>> How can understanding the > Sphere Stacking Equation improve the hydraulic > >>> systems on a bicycle? > (Both hydraulic braking and suspension systems) and > >>> make cycling safer. > >>> > >>> How can a mechanic use a > bench as a tool to reduce service time 25% > >>> > >>> Would it help your school, > your students, bicycle businesses and > >>> cyclist; if your > curriculum included verifiable testing processes, > >>> efficient practices to > reduce procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale > >>> language to help cyclist > understand what a procedure does to improve their > >>> cycling experience to > improve sales? > >>> > >>> > >>> If any of this or all of > this is new to you and you would like to > >>> improve your training, > feel free to reach out and start a conversation > >>> telephone only. 773 -490 > -0683 Christopher O. Wallace . I am located in > >>> Chicago Illinois. > >>> > >>> PS > >>> Yes I have re-invented the > wheel three different ways, I am looking to > >>> improve the cycling > industry and I feel schools are the best way to do > >>> that! I look forward to > hearing from you. > >>> > >>> Sincerely > >>> Christopher O, Wallace > >>> > ____________________________________ > >>> > >>> The ThinkTank mailing > List > >>> > >>> Unsubscribe from this list > here: > >>> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >>> > >> > > > > -- > > Judith C Feist > > Co Director, the Hub at Back > Alley > > > > > > *"*Radical simply means 'grasping > things at the root'"- Angela Davis > > > > "A woman without a man is like a > fish without a bicycle." -Gloria Steinem > > > > I think [the bicycle] has done > more to emancipate women than anything else > > in the world...It gives a woman a > feeling of freedom and > > self-reliance.~Susan B. Anthony > > > > > ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing > List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > 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: 14 > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2019 06:46:02 -0700 > From: Kevin Dwyer <kevidwyer(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have > this wrong? > Message-ID: > > <CADX0RX-L5ybGmiDGM=zuV16qbFtSOnYEpHSOpysDS6VVTFQhUA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="utf-8" > > That sucks but, many thanks, Godwin. > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 11:20 PM Lauren > Warbeck <lauren.warbeck(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Thank you for your continued work > Godwin ????????? > > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019, 9:07 PM > Godwin ! <goodgodwin(a)hotmail.com > wrote: > > > >> Yes. I sent him an email > asking him to stop and apologize, he replied > >> with more confusing insults > and continued to post gibberish to the TT so I > >> removed and blocked him. > >> > >> godwin > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------ > >> *From:* Thethinktank <thethinktank-bounces(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > on > >> behalf of Katie Vogel <katharine.d.vogel(a)gmail.com> > >> *Sent:* February 4, 2019 7:46 > PM > >> *To:* The Think Tank > >> *Subject:* Re: [TheThinkTank] > Do I have this wrong? > >> > >> Is this person banned yet? > Asking for a friend. > >> > >> On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 22:24 > <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> > wrote: > >> > >> May I have your best bike for > free? or even your best tune up? Or web > >> page work, or social media, or > NFP wording? What are you willing to do to > >> lift up my business for free > so that I can lift up yours? > >> For free I gave you ideas you > had not come up with yet. The idea of > >> testing your processes to > prove that are the same as or different than you > >> current beliefs/ practices. > You as a group can reinvent the > >> wheel or hold on to your > beliefs. > >> You can lift me up and I will > lift you up. You can shut me down like a > >> priests in the dark ages did > to people of science. I have no power over > >> your actions. I only have > knowledge > >> > >> --------- Original Message > --------- > >> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do > I have this wrong? > >> From: "Kevin Dwyer" <kevidwyer(a)gmail.com> > >> Date: 2/4/19 1:32 pm > >> To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > >> > >> No, you have it wrong. The > knowledge has value, even more, because it is > >> given freely. That is the > point of ThinkTank: sharing. If you don't want to > >> share freely, this is wrong > place for you and you are wasting our time. > >> > >> On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 1:09 PM > <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Tell me if I am wrong. If you > work on a bike and make it better, that > >> work has value. If I work on a > process and make it better, the knowledge > >> has no value and should be > given away for free? > >> > >> > >> When > >> someone posts to a mailing > list to sell a product, to me that > >> constitutes cause to block > that person from the mailing list. > >> > >> If you want to freely share > here tutorials and techniques for everyone > >> to review and learn from, in > the interest of helping community bike > >> shops hone their skillsets to > a higher standard, I'd be the first to get > >> interested. As it is, you > never post detailed instructions, and quite > >> frankly a lot of the processes > you allude to are bizarrely out of scope > >> with what most of us do on a > daily basis. Your posts smell like bait. > >> > >> I'm personally requesting that > you reconsider posting here. In this > >> particular case, you even > tacked your message onto a completely > >> unrelated thread. I mean, > might be I'm actually talking to a spam bot. > >> > >> cyclista Nicholas > >> > >> > >> > >> On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com > wrote: > >> > I will ask a few > questions and I am seeking if you have tests to prove > >> > your answers. > >> > > >> > Does a quick release > lever change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No > >> > is not important, how do > you test to verify your answer is important. > >> > How can this test be used > to reduce service time to 1/20 the time? > >> > > >> > What does facing do for > the customers ride experience? Nothing/ > >> > Something? The following > answers are guesses, beliefs, not science or > >> > engineering based: it > should be done, it is done at the factory, it > >> > does not need to be done, > eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist > >> > have it done. So what > does it do? how does it improve a cyclist ride > >> > experience? How do you > verify your answer? > >> > > >> > How do stainless steel > spokes and cables stretch once and then > >> > magically become harder > and never stretch again? If they do not > >> > stretch once, then how do > they get longer once? How do you verify your > >> > answer? > >> > > >> > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or > No, how do you verify your answer? > >> > > >> > How does a chain that can > stretch at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force > >> > get stretched on a bike > frame that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 > >> > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 > Kg or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or > >> > 2000 Lbs of force into a > chain to stretch it? Without destroying their > >> > knees? How do you verify > your answer? > >> > Which leads to the > question, How does one type of shift lever make a > >> > chain function twice as > long as another type. How do you verify your > >> > answer? > >> > > >> > Why do mechanics tighten > and loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a > >> > wheel spokes get looser. > Spokes only need to be tightened to round, > >> > dish, tension, and true a > wheel. How can finite element analysis and > >> > computational fluid > dynamics help a mechanic work 36 times more > >> > efficiently? > >> > > >> > How can understanding the > Sphere Stacking Equation improve the > >> > hydraulic systems on a > bicycle? (Both hydraulic braking and suspension > >> > systems) and make cycling > safer. > >> > > >> > How can a mechanic use a > bench as a tool to reduce service time 25% > >> > > >> > Would it help your > school, your students, bicycle businesses and > >> > cyclist; if your > curriculum included verifiable testing processes, > >> > efficient practices to > reduce procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale > >> > language to help cyclist > understand what a procedure does to improve > >> > their cycling experience > to improve sales? > >> > > >> > > >> > If any of this or all of > this is new to you and you would like to > >> > improve your training, > feel free to reach out and start a conversation > >> > telephone only. 773 -490 > -0683 Christopher O. Wallace . I am located > >> > in Chicago Illinois. > >> > > >> > PS > >> > Yes I have re-invented > the wheel three different ways, I am looking to > >> > improve the cycling > industry and I feel schools are the best way to do > >> > that! I look forward to > hearing from you. > >> > > >> > Sincerely > >> > Christopher O, Wallace > >> > > >> > > ____________________________________ > >> > > >> > The ThinkTank mailing > List > >> > > >> > Unsubscribe from this > list here: > >> > > >> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >> > ____________________________________ > >> > >> The ThinkTank mailing List > >> > >> Unsubscribe from this list > here: > >> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >> > >> > ____________________________________ > >> > >> The ThinkTank mailing List > >> > >> Unsubscribe from this list > here: > >> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Kevin Dwyer > >> Salt Lake City, UT > >> 801.647.0797 > >> > >> > >> > >> 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. > >> > ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing > List > >> Unsubscribe from this list > here: > >> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >> > >> > ____________________________________ > >> > >> The ThinkTank mailing List > >> > >> Unsubscribe from this list > here: > >> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >> > >> > ____________________________________ > >> > >> The ThinkTank mailing List > >> > >> Unsubscribe from this list > here: > >> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >> > >> > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > 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: 15 > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2019 09:13:01 -0500 > From: Anibal Davila <caffenated(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have > this wrong? > Message-ID: > <CALRn+6WGWNDnd-m316HJPkwJUtCmAu_EGagqP6Sq0yxLWYH4pA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="utf-8" > > Thanks Godwin > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2019, 8:46 AM Kevin > Dwyer <kevidwyer(a)gmail.com > wrote: > > > That sucks but, many thanks, > Godwin. > > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 11:20 PM > Lauren Warbeck <lauren.warbeck(a)gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Thank you for your continued > work Godwin ????????? > >> > >> On Mon, Feb 4, 2019, 9:07 PM > Godwin ! <goodgodwin(a)hotmail.com > wrote: > >> > >>> Yes. I sent him an email > asking him to stop and apologize, he replied > >>> with more confusing > insults and continued to post gibberish to the TT so I > >>> removed and blocked him. > >>> > >>> godwin > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > ------------------------------ > >>> *From:* Thethinktank > <thethinktank-bounces(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > >>> on behalf of Katie Vogel > <katharine.d.vogel(a)gmail.com> > >>> *Sent:* February 4, 2019 > 7:46 PM > >>> *To:* The Think Tank > >>> *Subject:* Re: > [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? > >>> > >>> Is this person banned yet? > Asking for a friend. > >>> > >>> On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at > 22:24 <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> May I have your best bike > for free? or even your best tune up? Or web > >>> page work, or social > media, or NFP wording? What are you willing to do to > >>> lift up my business for > free so that I can lift up yours? > >>> For free I gave you ideas > you had not come up with yet. The idea of > >>> testing your processes to > prove that are the same as or different than you > >>> current beliefs/ > practices. You as a group can reinvent the > >>> wheel or hold on to your > beliefs. > >>> You can lift me up and I > will lift you up. You can shut me down like a > >>> priests in the dark ages > did to people of science. I have no power over > >>> your actions. I only have > knowledge > >>> > >>> --------- Original Message > --------- > >>> Subject: Re: > [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? > >>> From: "Kevin Dwyer" <kevidwyer(a)gmail.com> > >>> Date: 2/4/19 1:32 pm > >>> To: "The Think Tank" > <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > >>> > >>> No, you have it wrong. The > knowledge has value, even more, because it is > >>> given freely. That is the > point of ThinkTank: sharing. If you don't want to > >>> share freely, this is > wrong place for you and you are wasting our time. > >>> > >>> On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at > 1:09 PM <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Tell me if I am wrong. If > you work on a bike and make it better, that > >>> work has value. If I work > on a process and make it better, the knowledge > >>> has no value and should be > given away for free? > >>> > >>> > >>> When > >>> someone posts to a mailing > list to sell a product, to me that > >>> constitutes cause to block > that person from the mailing list. > >>> > >>> If you want to freely > share here tutorials and techniques for everyone > >>> to review and learn from, > in the interest of helping community bike > >>> shops hone their skillsets > to a higher standard, I'd be the first to get > >>> interested. As it is, you > never post detailed instructions, and quite > >>> frankly a lot of the > processes you allude to are bizarrely out of scope > >>> with what most of us do on > a daily basis. Your posts smell like bait. > >>> > >>> I'm personally requesting > that you reconsider posting here. In this > >>> particular case, you even > tacked your message onto a completely > >>> unrelated thread. I mean, > might be I'm actually talking to a spam bot. > >>> > >>> cyclista Nicholas > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com > wrote: > >>> > I will ask a few > questions and I am seeking if you have tests to prove > >>> > your answers. > >>> > > >>> > Does a quick release > lever change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No > >>> > is not important, how > do you test to verify your answer is important. > >>> > How can this test be > used to reduce service time to 1/20 the time? > >>> > > >>> > What does facing do > for the customers ride experience? Nothing/ > >>> > Something? The > following answers are guesses, beliefs, not science or > >>> > engineering based: it > should be done, it is done at the factory, it > >>> > does not need to be > done, eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist > >>> > have it done. So what > does it do? how does it improve a cyclist ride > >>> > experience? How do > you verify your answer? > >>> > > >>> > How do stainless > steel spokes and cables stretch once and then > >>> > magically become > harder and never stretch again? If they do not > >>> > stretch once, then > how do they get longer once? How do you verify your > >>> > answer? > >>> > > >>> > Do Bolts stretch? Yes > or No, how do you verify your answer? > >>> > > >>> > How does a chain that > can stretch at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force > >>> > get stretched on a > bike frame that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 > >>> > lbs cyclist. How can > a 45 Kg or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or > >>> > 2000 Lbs of force > into a chain to stretch it? Without destroying their > >>> > knees? How do you > verify your answer? > >>> > Which leads to the > question, How does one type of shift lever make a > >>> > chain function twice > as long as another type. How do you verify your > >>> > answer? > >>> > > >>> > Why do mechanics > tighten and loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a > >>> > wheel spokes get > looser. Spokes only need to be tightened to round, > >>> > dish, tension, and > true a wheel. How can finite element analysis and > >>> > computational fluid > dynamics help a mechanic work 36 times more > >>> > efficiently? > >>> > > >>> > How can understanding > the Sphere Stacking Equation improve the > >>> > hydraulic systems on > a bicycle? (Both hydraulic braking and suspension > >>> > systems) and make > cycling safer. > >>> > > >>> > How can a mechanic > use a bench as a tool to reduce service time 25% > >>> > > >>> > Would it help your > school, your students, bicycle businesses and > >>> > cyclist; if your > curriculum included verifiable testing processes, > >>> > efficient practices > to reduce procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale > >>> > language to help > cyclist understand what a procedure does to improve > >>> > their cycling > experience to improve sales? > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > If any of this or all > of this is new to you and you would like to > >>> > improve your > training, feel free to reach out and start a conversation > >>> > telephone only. 773 > -490 -0683 Christopher O. Wallace . I am located > >>> > in Chicago Illinois. > >>> > > >>> > PS > >>> > Yes I have > re-invented the wheel three different ways, I am looking to > >>> > improve the cycling > industry and I feel schools are the best way to do > >>> > that! I look forward > to hearing from you. > >>> > > >>> > Sincerely > >>> > Christopher O, > Wallace > >>> > > >>> > > ____________________________________ > >>> > > >>> > The ThinkTank mailing > List > >>> > > >>> > Unsubscribe from this > list here: > >>> > > >>> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >>> > ____________________________________ > >>> > >>> The ThinkTank mailing > List > >>> > >>> Unsubscribe from this list > here: > >>> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >>> > >>> > ____________________________________ > >>> > >>> The ThinkTank mailing > List > >>> > >>> Unsubscribe from this list > here: > >>> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Kevin Dwyer > >>> Salt Lake City, UT > >>> 801.647.0797 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> 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. > >>> > ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing > List > >>> Unsubscribe from this list > here: > >>> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >>> > >>> > ____________________________________ > >>> > >>> The ThinkTank mailing > List > >>> > >>> Unsubscribe from this list > here: > >>> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >>> > >>> > ____________________________________ > >>> > >>> The ThinkTank mailing > List > >>> > >>> Unsubscribe from this list > here: > >>> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >>> > >>> > ____________________________________ > >> > >> The ThinkTank mailing List > >> > >> Unsubscribe from this list > here: > >> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >> > >> > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > 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: 16 > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2019 09:33:12 -0500 > From: Judith Feist <judith(a)backalleybikes.org> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have > this wrong? > Message-ID: > <CABQKaWuWqikWOoM6_LvJfjXBhOLgH6LFM0VwphhQ0L6Nj0CriQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="utf-8" > > Thank you Godwin. Greatly appreciated. > > -- > Judith C Feist > Co Director, the Hub at Back Alley > > > *"*Radical simply means 'grasping > things at the root'"- Angela Davis > > "A woman without a man is like a fish > without a bicycle." -Gloria Steinem > > I think [the bicycle] has done more to > emancipate women than anything else > in the world...It gives a woman a > feeling of freedom and > self-reliance.~Susan B. Anthony > -------------- next part > -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/pipermail/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org… > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 17 > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2019 09:59:08 -0500 > From: Jeffery Getten <jeff(a)backalleybikes.org> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have > this wrong? > Message-ID: > <CACy+GZZ5Oy2xoqw3jbiQfRi-PUb9XZt7Jk8Lx2Pw8kcXmeZTKw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="utf-8" > > Thank you Godwin, I'm new to the group > and was hoping this was not the > "norm". > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 9:24 AM Judith > Feist <judith(a)backalleybikes.org> > wrote: > > > Thank you Godwin. Greatly > appreciated. > > > > -- > > Judith C Feist > > Co Director, the Hub at Back > Alley > > > > > > *"*Radical simply means 'grasping > things at the root'"- Angela Davis > > > > "A woman without a man is like a > fish without a bicycle." -Gloria Steinem > > > > I think [the bicycle] has done > more to emancipate women than anything else > > in the world...It gives a woman a > feeling of freedom and > > self-reliance.~Susan B. Anthony > > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > > > > > -- > Jeffrey Getten > Co-Director > The Hub of Back Alley / Back Alley > Bikes > 3611 Cass Ave. > Detroit, MI 48201 > 313.833.0813 > -------------- next part > -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/pipermail/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org… > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 18 > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2019 10:16:20 -0500 > From: Josh Bisker <jbisker(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have > this wrong? > Message-ID: > <CAJFfK6nCw3Y=PhNJeMC9Ade2phzd8v8Y5j0HkHPWBcEWakjiVQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="utf-8" > > Excellent. Good episode, everyone. > B-list bad guy takes up an unexpected 20 > minutes of screen time, things get > really bad when he suddenly stumps for > Trump (?!), our heroes flounder, and > then Godwin comes to the rescue with a > deux-ex-machina fix and everything is > resolved with hugs and emoji. Good > television, would watch again. > > Josh Bisker > 914-500-9890 > New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op > <http://bikecoop.nyc/> > 596 Acres <http://596acres.org/> > Bindlestiff Family Cirkus <http://bindlestiff.org/> > > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 9:50 AM Jeffery > Getten <jeff(a)backalleybikes.org> > wrote: > > > Thank you Godwin, I'm new to the > group and was hoping this was not the > > "norm". > > > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 9:24 AM > Judith Feist <judith(a)backalleybikes.org> > > wrote: > > > >> Thank you Godwin. Greatly > appreciated. > >> > >> -- > >> Judith C Feist > >> Co Director, the Hub at Back > Alley > >> > >> > >> *"*Radical simply means > 'grasping things at the root'"- Angela Davis > >> > >> "A woman without a man is like > a fish without a bicycle." -Gloria Steinem > >> > >> I think [the bicycle] has done > more to emancipate women than anything > >> else in the world...It gives a > woman a feeling of freedom and > >> self-reliance.~Susan B. > Anthony > >> > ____________________________________ > >> > >> The ThinkTank mailing List > >> > >> Unsubscribe from this list > here: > >> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >> > >> > > > > -- > > Jeffrey Getten > > Co-Director > > The Hub of Back Alley / Back Alley > Bikes > > 3611 Cass Ave. > > Detroit, MI 48201 > > 313.833.0813 > > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > 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… > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Thethinktank mailing list > Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Thethinktank Digest, Vol 149, > Issue 4 > ******************************************** > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Patrick Goguen <info(a)worcesterearnabike.org> > To: "thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org" < > thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2019 21:00:20 -0500 > Subject: [TheThinkTank] Bike Life Movement > > Hi bike folks, long time reader first time poster here. Wanted to share > some cool stuff happening where I live, especially after whatever that spam > was ( thanks Godwin). Worcester Earn-A-Bike is sending a crew of youth to > the youth bike summit in a few weeks, and I wanted to share here a short > doc that the youth will be screening, about the local bike life movement. > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlU7qgnGziA > > > > Directed by Andi Lipo & Jeremy Hartman > > Please note this Mini Doc was made with Love By: > https://www.easternblocc.com/ > <https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.easternblocc.com%2F&v=…> > > About 508 Pedal Bikelife; 508 pedal BikeLife is an autonomously-organized > group of youth cyclists aged 7-24. Often maligned by the press and certain > sectors of the public, the youth have been actively trying to share their > side of the story and change the negative perceptions about their activity. > Although their slogan is "Bikes Up, Guns Down," they are often > mis-identified and policed as if they were a gang with violent intentions. > > > > With a grease stained heart, > > Patrick Goguen > > Shop Manager > > Worcester Earn-A-Bike > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jesse Cooper <jessecooper0(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2019 21:55:05 -0800 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Bike Life Movement > one of the most beautiful and poignant stories .. thanks for sharing. and > yeah, gonna tear up some. > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 6:00 PM Patrick Goguen <info(a)worcesterearnabike.org> > wrote: > >> Hi bike folks, long time reader first time poster here. Wanted to share >> some cool stuff happening where I live, especially after whatever that spam >> was ( thanks Godwin). Worcester Earn-A-Bike is sending a crew of youth to >> the youth bike summit in a few weeks, and I wanted to share here a short >> doc that the youth will be screening, about the local bike life movement. >> >> >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlU7qgnGziA >> >> >> >> Directed by Andi Lipo & Jeremy Hartman >> >> Please note this Mini Doc was made with Love By: >> https://www.easternblocc.com/ >> <https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.easternblocc.com%2F&v=…> >> >> About 508 Pedal Bikelife; 508 pedal BikeLife is an autonomously-organized >> group of youth cyclists aged 7-24. Often maligned by the press and certain >> sectors of the public, the youth have been actively trying to share their >> side of the story and change the negative perceptions about their activity. >> Although their slogan is "Bikes Up, Guns Down," they are often >> mis-identified and policed as if they were a gang with violent intentions. >> >> >> >> With a grease stained heart, >> >> Patrick Goguen >> >> Shop Manager >> >> Worcester Earn-A-Bike >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> >> Unsubscribe from this list here: >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >> >> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Cyclista Nicholas <cyclista(a)inventati.org> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: christopher(a)holisticcycles.com > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 06:48:05 +0000 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Elevating the knowledge base, Would your > programs benefit? > It is highly unlikely that any of us here are involved in manufacturing. > Relatively few of the organizations listed at bikecolectives.org even > repair bikes for customers. > > Most community bicycle shops assist the general public by either giving > away repaired bikes that they were donated for free, or by helping > people in their local communities learn or practice bike repair. Even > some of the larger operations I've visited (Portland, Philadelphia) seem > to operate for-profit repair and sales as peripheral functions. We are > not normal bike shops (LBS) for the most part, Christopher. > > I'm entirely interested in sophisticating my technique; at our shop we > strive to communicate correct (or relatively correct) techniques for > each process and even if the "perfect" method cannot be imparted for > whatever reason, it's always good to have that knowledge in my back > pocket to calibrate my general understanding of processes, materials, > and engineering. > > This being said, 90% of what we do involves helping a drunk homeless > person fix a flat tire or repack a wheel hub, or a ten year old and > their parent fix up an entire bike that's been sitting in their backyard > for two years when they have /exactly/ one hour to spend. Or > refurbishing the center pull caliper brakes on a college student's bike > they inherited from the previous tenant at their apartment, when that > college student has very limited interest in the process, being that > they are a freshman just having arrived in town from another country, or > they are nerve-wracked over finishing their thesis. Sometimes there are > gangs of neighborhood hoodlums who probably stolen some or all of the > bikes they've brought in, and barely care at all about anything other > than "make it go". Having a scientifically proven method for calculating > microscopic stretch in a stainless spoke is basically psychologically > and practically irrelevant to all of the above populations. And it is > irrelevant to our bottom line as an organization. We help people, we > provide a welcoming and safe space, and we triage worst case mechanical > scenarios. > > We on this list work with people as much as bikes, and you can't Six > Sigma social work because you can't Six Sigma human life. > > Also, I find it odd that as a frothing evangelist of precision > methodology, you can't seem to figure out how to properly reply inline, > create paragraphs, or orient yourself among a variety of threads. Those > are some pretty basic and important skills when interacting with a > mailing list. > > I don't disparage your salesmanship, and certainly if you have valuable > skills, you should be able to get compensation for employing them. But > we aren't your employers, and a mailing list is not an acceptable place > to sell anything. You might notice that you are the only one who ever > appears here to do so. If you want to verify that, you can search here: > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/pipermail/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org/ > > We all come here to maintain and develop community, to ask and answer > questions, and generally to share information. Please do > conversationally share tips and techniques here, if they're real someone > will benefit from such. Please don't, however, try to sell anything, > evangelize, or spread hyperbole. Nobody here has time for that. And a > gathering place for largely nonprofit programs is a terrible place to > sell things. Many of us have a hard time just keeping the heat bills > paid (if we even have heat at all). > > cyclista Nicholas > > > > On 2019-02-04 21:16, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com wrote: > > So, in the question of wheel truing, I am wondering why you don't allow > > for rims becoming deformed. As a learned mechanic you know of the > > procedures Barnett has for unbending a rim, or you know how to replace > > a rim or even sell a customer an undamaged wheel to replace the > > damaged one. Unless you promote that a damage wheel will be just > > as safe for the cyclist to use as one that is not damaged. > > As a mechanic: when you sign off that the work is compleated your > > actions say that the > > bike is up to standards and safe.A court of law does not recognize ( > > as > > safe as it can be) as a legal defination. On your own bike you can work > > on a bent wheel, On a customers bike, you take on a world of liability > > if you do not complete a repair to the safest standard, The action of > > presenting > > damaged product as safe can harm both you and your business, > > Your presentation implies that rims maintain > > perfection except in cases where spoke tension temporarily interferes. > > > > In other words, it's obvious that while some spokes may become loose > > through repetitive stress, since the web of spokes share a single > > load, > > others will become tighter as the rim deforms. Since little can be > > done > > in the average shop to re-perfect the bare rim once deformed, the > > tighter spokes must maintain some amount of increased tension to keep > > this now-deformed rim true. > > > > I'm not going to present any test that I've developed to "prove" this > > process, I'm actually posting this response because I find it kind of > > offensive that you keep posting here essentially as a salesperson. > > When > > someone posts to a mailing list to sell a product, to me that > > constitutes cause to block that person from the mailing list. > > > > If you want to freely share here tutorials and techniques for everyone > > to review and learn from, in the interest of helping community bike > > shops hone their skillsets to a higher standard, I'd be the first to > > get > > interested. As it is, you never post detailed instructions, and quite > > frankly a lot of the processes you allude to are bizarrely out of > > scope > > with what most of us do on a daily basis. Do you ever tighten a bolt > > too tightly or without enough clamping force because you do not > > measure torque? If a bolt broke or slipped would you be liable? Do > > you like feeling grind in your hubs or see that your cones are pitted > > in bikes with quick release levers but seldom see cone damaged in bolt > > on hubs? > > Do your daily commuter customers complain that there brakes are rubbing > > and your > > truing work only lasts for part of a season and not years? > > Do cyclist ever complain about a click in the pedal area? Are these > > the bizarrely out of scope ideas you speak of? Your posts smell > > like bait. > > They are bait, Designed to get you to think. If you can not come up > > with an answer > > then as a group you can either come up with tests or 100% beliefs. The > > beliefs are > > dark ages showing its head in 2019. No one is lifted up in knowledge > > base or skill with belief. > > My knowledge is for sale, only because it has value, I also see that > > your community based > > bicycle organizations have value. You work hard and do great things, I > > have worked hard > > and I make great materials. Your moneys are tight and I am willing to > > greatly discount my > > work to help make your programs more profitable, improve quality, > > reduce liability, and more. > > Nicholas, if you see me as having no value to this group, ban me! If > > you think I work for free, > > Bite me! I want to lift up organizations that are open to improving > > the experience of cyclist and their businesses. > > > > > > I'm personally requesting that you reconsider posting here. In this > > particular case, you even tacked your message onto a completely > > unrelated thread. I mean, might be I'm actually talking to a spam bot. > > Ok I am a bot, you caught me > > cyclista Nicholas > > > > > > > > On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com wrote: > > > I will ask a few questions and I am seeking if you have tests to > > prove > > > your answers. > > > > > > Does a quick release lever change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No > > > is not important, how do you test to verify your answer is > > important. > > > How can this test be used to reduce service time to 1/20 the time? > > > > > > What does facing do for the customers ride experience? Nothing/ > > > Something? The following answers are guesses, beliefs, not science > > or > > > engineering based: it should be done, it is done at the factory, it > > > does not need to be done, eliminates pedal click, professional > > cyclist > > > have it done. So what does it do? how does it improve a cyclist ride > > > experience? How do you verify your answer? > > > > > > How do stainless steel spokes and cables stretch once and then > > > magically become harder and never stretch again? If they do not > > > stretch once, then how do they get longer once? How do you verify > > your > > > answer? > > > > > > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, how do you verify your answer? > > > > > > How does a chain that can stretch at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force > > > get stretched on a bike frame that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 > > > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 Kg or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or > > > 2000 Lbs of force into a chain to stretch it? Without destroying > > their > > > knees? How do you verify your answer? > > > Which leads to the question, How does one type of shift lever make a > > > chain function twice as long as another type. How do you verify your > > > answer? > > > > > > Why do mechanics tighten and loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a > > > wheel spokes get looser. Spokes only need to be tightened to round, > > > dish, tension, and true a wheel. How can finite element analysis and > > > computational fluid dynamics help a mechanic work 36 times more > > > efficiently? > > > > > > How can understanding the Sphere Stacking Equation improve the > > > hydraulic systems on a bicycle? (Both hydraulic braking and > > suspension > > > systems) and make cycling safer. > > > > > > How can a mechanic use a bench as a tool to reduce service time 25% > > > > > > Would it help your school, your students, bicycle businesses and > > > cyclist; if your curriculum included verifiable testing processes, > > > efficient practices to reduce procedure time 25% to 50%, service > > sale > > > language to help cyclist understand what a procedure does to improve > > > their cycling experience to improve sales? > > > > > > > > > If any of this or all of this is new to you and you would like to > > > improve your training, feel free to reach out and start a > > conversation > > > telephone only. 773 -490 -0683 Christopher O. Wallace . I am located > > > in Chicago Illinois. > > > > > > PS > > > Yes I have re-invented the wheel three different ways, I am looking > > to > > > improve the cycling industry and I feel schools are the best way to > > do > > > that! I look forward to hearing from you. > > > > > > Sincerely > > > Christopher O, Wallace > > > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Cyclista Nicholas <cyclista(a)inventati.org> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: Josh Bisker <jbisker(a)gmail.com> > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 07:44:25 +0000 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? > Thanks Godwin! Sorry to everyone for perpetuating it and creating > another response, I hadn't read this thread yet. > > cyclista Nicholas > > > On 2019-02-05 15:16, Josh Bisker wrote: > > Excellent. Good episode, everyone. B-list bad guy takes up an > > unexpected 20 > > minutes of screen time, things get really bad when he suddenly stumps > > for > > Trump (?!), our heroes flounder, and then Godwin comes to the rescue > > with a > > deux-ex-machina fix and everything is resolved with hugs and emoji. > > Good > > television, would watch again. > > > > Josh Bisker > > 914-500-9890 > > New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op <http://bikecoop.nyc/> > > 596 Acres <http://596acres.org/> > > Bindlestiff Family Cirkus <http://bindlestiff.org/> > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 9:50 AM Jeffery Getten <jeff(a)backalleybikes.org> > > wrote: > > > >> Thank you Godwin, I'm new to the group and was hoping this was not the > >> "norm". > >> > >> On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 9:24 AM Judith Feist > >> <judith(a)backalleybikes.org> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Thank you Godwin. Greatly appreciated. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Judith C Feist > >>> Co Director, the Hub at Back Alley > >>> > >>> > >>> *"*Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root'"- Angela Davis > >>> > >>> "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle." -Gloria > >>> Steinem > >>> > >>> I think [the bicycle] has done more to emancipate women than anything > >>> else in the world...It gives a woman a feeling of freedom and > >>> self-reliance.~Susan B. Anthony > >>> ____________________________________ > >>> > >>> The ThinkTank mailing List > >>> > >>> Unsubscribe from this list here: > >>> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Jeffrey Getten > >> Co-Director > >> The Hub of Back Alley / Back Alley Bikes > >> 3611 Cass Ave. > >> Detroit, MI 48201 > >> 313.833.0813 > >> ____________________________________ > >> > >> The ThinkTank mailing List > >> > >> Unsubscribe from this list here: > >> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >> > >> > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Cyclista Nicholas <cyclista(a)inventati.org> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: Jesse Cooper <jessecooper0(a)gmail.com> > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 10:23:22 +0000 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Bike Life Movement > Welcome Patrick! Thanks for this, I loved it. > > We could use this in a film festival. Do you know if we can get a copy > of this for public screening? > > cyclista Nicholas > > > > On 2019-02-06 05:55, Jesse Cooper wrote: > > one of the most beautiful and poignant stories .. thanks for sharing. > > and > > yeah, gonna tear up some. > > > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 6:00 PM Patrick Goguen > > <info(a)worcesterearnabike.org> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi bike folks, long time reader first time poster here. Wanted to > >> share > >> some cool stuff happening where I live, especially after whatever that > >> spam > >> was ( thanks Godwin). Worcester Earn-A-Bike is sending a crew of youth > >> to > >> the youth bike summit in a few weeks, and I wanted to share here a > >> short > >> doc that the youth will be screening, about the local bike life > >> movement. > >> > >> > >> > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlU7qgnGziA > >> > >> > >> > >> Directed by Andi Lipo & Jeremy Hartman > >> > >> Please note this Mini Doc was made with Love By: > >> https://www.easternblocc.com/ > >> < > https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.easternblocc.com%2F&v=… > > > >> > >> About 508 Pedal Bikelife; 508 pedal BikeLife is an > >> autonomously-organized > >> group of youth cyclists aged 7-24. Often maligned by the press and > >> certain > >> sectors of the public, the youth have been actively trying to share > >> their > >> side of the story and change the negative perceptions about their > >> activity. > >> Although their slogan is "Bikes Up, Guns Down," they are often > >> mis-identified and policed as if they were a gang with violent > >> intentions. > >> > >> > >> > >> With a grease stained heart, > >> > >> Patrick Goguen > >> > >> Shop Manager > >> > >> Worcester Earn-A-Bike > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ____________________________________ > >> > >> The ThinkTank mailing List > >> > >> Unsubscribe from this list here: > >> > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > >> > >> > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Drew Anderson <drew.m.ande(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2019 09:50:33 -0600 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Bike Life Movement > Wonderful! Thanks for sharing! > > Drew > Bike Cave, Duluth, MN > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 8:19 PM Patrick Goguen <info(a)worcesterearnabike.org> > wrote: > >> Hi bike folks, long time reader first time poster here. Wanted to share >> some cool stuff happening where I live, especially after whatever that spam >> was ( thanks Godwin). Worcester Earn-A-Bike is sending a crew of youth to >> the youth bike summit in a few weeks, and I wanted to share here a short >> doc that the youth will be screening, about the local bike life movement. >> >> >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlU7qgnGziA >> >> >> >> Directed by Andi Lipo & Jeremy Hartman >> >> Please note this Mini Doc was made with Love By: >> https://www.easternblocc.com/ >> <https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.easternblocc.com%2F&v=…> >> >> About 508 Pedal Bikelife; 508 pedal BikeLife is an autonomously-organized >> group of youth cyclists aged 7-24. Often maligned by the press and certain >> sectors of the public, the youth have been actively trying to share their >> side of the story and change the negative perceptions about their activity. >> Although their slogan is "Bikes Up, Guns Down," they are often >> mis-identified and policed as if they were a gang with violent intentions. >> >> >> >> With a grease stained heart, >> >> Patrick Goguen >> >> Shop Manager >> >> Worcester Earn-A-Bike >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> >> Unsubscribe from this list here: >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >> >> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ainsley Naylor <needleandthread(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2019 11:25:51 -0500 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Bike Life Movement > I hope to meet you at the YBS Patrick! (I'm heading down with 3 youth from > the cycling scene in Toronto) > > :) > > Ainsley. > > On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 10:50 AM Drew Anderson <drew.m.ande(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Wonderful! Thanks for sharing! >> >> Drew >> Bike Cave, Duluth, MN >> >> On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 8:19 PM Patrick Goguen < >> info(a)worcesterearnabike.org> wrote: >> >>> Hi bike folks, long time reader first time poster here. Wanted to share >>> some cool stuff happening where I live, especially after whatever that spam >>> was ( thanks Godwin). Worcester Earn-A-Bike is sending a crew of youth to >>> the youth bike summit in a few weeks, and I wanted to share here a short >>> doc that the youth will be screening, about the local bike life movement. >>> >>> >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlU7qgnGziA >>> >>> >>> >>> Directed by Andi Lipo & Jeremy Hartman >>> >>> Please note this Mini Doc was made with Love By: >>> https://www.easternblocc.com/ >>> <https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.easternblocc.com%2F&v=…> >>> >>> About 508 Pedal Bikelife; 508 pedal BikeLife is an >>> autonomously-organized group of youth cyclists aged 7-24. Often maligned by >>> the press and certain sectors of the public, the youth have been actively >>> trying to share their side of the story and change the negative perceptions >>> about their activity. Although their slogan is "Bikes Up, Guns Down," they >>> are often mis-identified and policed as if they were a gang with violent >>> intentions. >>> >>> >>> >>> With a grease stained heart, >>> >>> Patrick Goguen >>> >>> Shop Manager >>> >>> Worcester Earn-A-Bike >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ____________________________________ >>> >>> The ThinkTank mailing List >>> >>> Unsubscribe from this list here: >>> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >>> >>> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> >> Unsubscribe from this list here: >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >> >> _______________________________________________ > Thethinktank mailing list > Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… > -- Heather Nugen She/Her 313-848-2102

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Your opinion please....
by Ellen Willis-Conger 06 Feb '19

06 Feb '19

Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition has 3 different sites/shops. We are going to upgrade our POS system to work better with our Quickbooks online in order to make life easier and more accurate for all! Do you have experience with how the following POS systems interface with Quickbooks? Please share your opinion and experience with support !! 1) Primaseller 2) Shopkeep 3) Lightspeed Thank you!! Ellen -- Ellen Willis-Conger *Associate Director* Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition p: 805.845.8955 w: sbbike.org e: ellen(a)sbbike.org <https://www.facebook.com/sbbikes/> <https://www.instagram.com/sbbike.s/>

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Thethinktank Digest, Vol 149, Issue 4
by Robert Rands 05 Feb '19

05 Feb '19

Saying a chain has "stretched" is a colloquialism meaning it is worn out as that is how one measures its state of use. ~Robert . -------------------------------------------- On Tue, 2/5/19, <thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote: Subject: Thethinktank Digest, Vol 149, Issue 4 To: thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 4:04 PM 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: Elevating the knowledge base, Would your programs benefit? (christopher(a)holisticcycles.com) 2. Re: Do I have this wrong? (christopher(a)holisticcycles.com) 3. Re: Elevating the knowledge base, Would your programs benefit? (christopher(a)holisticcycles.com) 4. Free knowledge (christopher(a)holisticcycles.com) 5. Re: Do I have this wrong? (Jim Bledsoe) 6. Socratic Moment (christopher(a)holisticcycles.com) 7. Both Body and bike benefit (christopher(a)holisticcycles.com) 8. Trump and Science (christopher(a)holisticcycles.com) 9. Re: Do I have this wrong? (Katie Vogel) 10. Re: Do I have this wrong? (Godwin !) 11. Re: Both Body and bike benefit (Ainsley Naylor) 12. Re: Do I have this wrong? (Lauren Warbeck) 13. Re: Elevating the knowledge base, Would your programs benefit? (Caleb Evenson) 14. Re: Do I have this wrong? (Kevin Dwyer) 15. Re: Do I have this wrong? (Anibal Davila) 16. Re: Do I have this wrong? (Judith Feist) 17. Re: Do I have this wrong? (Jeffery Getten) 18. Re: Do I have this wrong? (Josh Bisker) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 14:16:22 -0700 From: christopher(a)holisticcycles.com To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Elevating the knowledge base, Would your programs benefit? Message-ID: <20190204141622.f1111ec096c9d6bd7eddf37b01080912.116eeff094.mailapi(a)email03.godaddy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" So, in the question of wheel truing, I am wondering why you don't allow for rims becoming deformed. As a learned mechanic you know of the procedures Barnett has for unbending a rim, or you know how to replace a rim or even sell a customer an undamaged wheel to replace the damaged one. Unless you promote that a damage wheel will be just as safe for the cyclist to use as one that is not damaged. As a mechanic: when you sign off that the work is compleated your actions say that the bike is up to standards and safe.A court of law does not recognize ( as safe as it can be) as a legal defination. On your own bike you can work on a bent wheel, On a customers bike, you take on a world of liability if you do not complete a repair to the safest standard, The action of presenting damaged product as safe can harm both you and your business, Your presentation implies that rims maintain perfection except in cases where spoke tension temporarily interferes. In other words, it's obvious that while some spokes may become loose through repetitive stress, since the web of spokes share a single load, others will become tighter as the rim deforms. Since little can be done in the average shop to re-perfect the bare rim once deformed, the tighter spokes must maintain some amount of increased tension to keep this now-deformed rim true. I'm not going to present any test that I've developed to "prove" this process, I'm actually posting this response because I find it kind of offensive that you keep posting here essentially as a salesperson. When someone posts to a mailing list to sell a product, to me that constitutes cause to block that person from the mailing list. If you want to freely share here tutorials and techniques for everyone to review and learn from, in the interest of helping community bike shops hone their skillsets to a higher standard, I'd be the first to get interested. As it is, you never post detailed instructions, and quite frankly a lot of the processes you allude to are bizarrely out of scope with what most of us do on a daily basis. Do you ever tighten a bolt too tightly or without enough clamping force because you do not measure torque? If a bolt broke or slipped would you be liable? Do you like feeling grind in your hubs or see that your cones are pitted in bikes with quick release levers but seldom see cone damaged in bolt on hubs? Do your daily commuter customers complain that there brakes are rubbing and your truing work only lasts for part of a season and not years? Do cyclist ever complain about a click in the pedal area? Are these the bizarrely out of scope ideas you speak of? Your posts smell like bait. They are bait, Designed to get you to think. If you can not come up with an answer then as a group you can either come up with tests or 100% beliefs. The beliefs are dark ages showing its head in 2019. No one is lifted up in knowledge base or skill with belief. My knowledge is for sale, only because it has value, I also see that your community based bicycle organizations have value. You work hard and do great things, I have worked hard and I make great materials. Your moneys are tight and I am willing to greatly discount my work to help make your programs more profitable, improve quality, reduce liability, and more. Nicholas, if you see me as having no value to this group, ban me! If you think I work for free, Bite me! I want to lift up organizations that are open to improving the experience of cyclist and their businesses. I'm personally requesting that you reconsider posting here. In this particular case, you even tacked your message onto a completely unrelated thread. I mean, might be I'm actually talking to a spam bot. Ok I am a bot, you caught me cyclista Nicholas On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com wrote: > I will ask a few questions and I am seeking if you have tests to prove > your answers. > > Does a quick release lever change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No > is not important, how do you test to verify your answer is important. > How can this test be used to reduce service time to 1/20 the time? > > What does facing do for the customers ride experience? Nothing/ > Something? The following answers are guesses, beliefs, not science or > engineering based: it should be done, it is done at the factory, it > does not need to be done, eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist > have it done. So what does it do? how does it improve a cyclist ride > experience? How do you verify your answer? > > How do stainless steel spokes and cables stretch once and then > magically become harder and never stretch again? If they do not > stretch once, then how do they get longer once? How do you verify your > answer? > > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, how do you verify your answer? > > How does a chain that can stretch at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force > get stretched on a bike frame that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 Kg or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or > 2000 Lbs of force into a chain to stretch it? Without destroying their > knees? How do you verify your answer? > Which leads to the question, How does one type of shift lever make a > chain function twice as long as another type. How do you verify your > answer? > > Why do mechanics tighten and loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a > wheel spokes get looser. Spokes only need to be tightened to round, > dish, tension, and true a wheel. How can finite element analysis and > computational fluid dynamics help a mechanic work 36 times more > efficiently? > > How can understanding the Sphere Stacking Equation improve the > hydraulic systems on a bicycle? (Both hydraulic braking and suspension > systems) and make cycling safer. > > How can a mechanic use a bench as a tool to reduce service time 25% > > Would it help your school, your students, bicycle businesses and > cyclist; if your curriculum included verifiable testing processes, > efficient practices to reduce procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale > language to help cyclist understand what a procedure does to improve > their cycling experience to improve sales? > > > If any of this or all of this is new to you and you would like to > improve your training, feel free to reach out and start a conversation > telephone only. 773 -490 -0683 Christopher O. Wallace . I am located > in Chicago Illinois. > > PS > Yes I have re-invented the wheel three different ways, I am looking to > improve the cycling industry and I feel schools are the best way to do > that! I look forward to hearing from you. > > Sincerely > Christopher O, Wallace > > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: 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: 2 Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 14:24:53 -0700 From: christopher(a)holisticcycles.com To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? Message-ID: <20190204142453.f1111ec096c9d6bd7eddf37b01080912.c9f0c2d38e.mailapi(a)email03.godaddy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" May I have your best bike for free? or even your best tune up? Or web page work, or social media, or NFP wording? What are you willing to do to lift up my business for free so that I can lift up yours? For free I gave you ideas you had not come up with yet. The idea of testing your processes to prove that are the same as or different than you current beliefs/ practices. You as a group can reinvent the wheel or hold on to your beliefs. You can lift me up and I will lift you up. You can shut me down like a priests in the dark ages did to people of science. I have no power over your actions. I only have knowledge --------- Original Message --------- Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? From: "Kevin Dwyer" <kevidwyer(a)gmail.com> Date: 2/4/19 1:32 pm To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> No, you have it wrong. The knowledge has value, even more, because it is given freely. That is the point of ThinkTank: sharing. If you don't want to share freely, this is wrong place for you and you are wasting our time. On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 1:09 PM <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> wrote: Tell me if I am wrong. If you work on a bike and make it better, that work has value. If I work on a process and make it better, the knowledge has no value and should be given away for free? When someone posts to a mailing list to sell a product, to me that constitutes cause to block that person from the mailing list. If you want to freely share here tutorials and techniques for everyone to review and learn from, in the interest of helping community bike shops hone their skillsets to a higher standard, I'd be the first to get interested. As it is, you never post detailed instructions, and quite frankly a lot of the processes you allude to are bizarrely out of scope with what most of us do on a daily basis. Your posts smell like bait. I'm personally requesting that you reconsider posting here. In this particular case, you even tacked your message onto a completely unrelated thread. I mean, might be I'm actually talking to a spam bot. cyclista Nicholas On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com wrote: > I will ask a few questions and I am seeking if you have tests to prove > your answers. > > Does a quick release lever change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No > is not important, how do you test to verify your answer is important. > How can this test be used to reduce service time to 1/20 the time? > > What does facing do for the customers ride experience? Nothing/ > Something? The following answers are guesses, beliefs, not science or > engineering based: it should be done, it is done at the factory, it > does not need to be done, eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist > have it done. So what does it do? how does it improve a cyclist ride > experience? How do you verify your answer? > > How do stainless steel spokes and cables stretch once and then > magically become harder and never stretch again? If they do not > stretch once, then how do they get longer once? How do you verify your > answer? > > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, how do you verify your answer? > > How does a chain that can stretch at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force > get stretched on a bike frame that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 Kg or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or > 2000 Lbs of force into a chain to stretch it? Without destroying their > knees? How do you verify your answer? > Which leads to the question, How does one type of shift lever make a > chain function twice as long as another type. How do you verify your > answer? > > Why do mechanics tighten and loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a > wheel spokes get looser. Spokes only need to be tightened to round, > dish, tension, and true a wheel. How can finite element analysis and > computational fluid dynamics help a mechanic work 36 times more > efficiently? > > How can understanding the Sphere Stacking Equation improve the > hydraulic systems on a bicycle? (Both hydraulic braking and suspension > systems) and make cycling safer. > > How can a mechanic use a bench as a tool to reduce service time 25% > > Would it help your school, your students, bicycle businesses and > cyclist; if your curriculum included verifiable testing processes, > efficient practices to reduce procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale > language to help cyclist understand what a procedure does to improve > their cycling experience to improve sales? > > > If any of this or all of this is new to you and you would like to > improve your training, feel free to reach out and start a conversation > telephone only. 773 -490 -0683 Christopher O. Wallace . I am located > in Chicago Illinois. > > PS > Yes I have re-invented the wheel three different ways, I am looking to > improve the cycling industry and I feel schools are the best way to do > that! I look forward to hearing from you. > > Sincerely > Christopher O, Wallace > > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… -- Kevin Dwyer Salt Lake City, UT 801.647.0797 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. ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: 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: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 14:40:51 -0700 From: christopher(a)holisticcycles.com To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Elevating the knowledge base, Would your programs benefit? Message-ID: <20190204144051.f1111ec096c9d6bd7eddf37b01080912.0871adb936.mailapi(a)email03.godaddy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" It is funny you mention my friend Sheldon, I was talking with him on the phone about some of these subjects 6 days before he died. He was sick for a long time, but he did not know he was going to die that soon. He loved his opinions on all types of bike subjects, and was surprized by the science and six sigma continuous improvement process that was happening in bike education. --------- Original Message --------- Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Elevating the knowledge base, Would your programs benefit? From: "Jean-François Caron" <jfcaron3(a)gmail.com> Date: 2/4/19 7:37 am To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> It reminded me of ShelBroCo April Fool's pages. e.g.: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/power-wheel.html Jean-François On Feb 4, 2019, at 06:13 , Dennis Wollersheim <dewoller(a)gmail.com> wrote: Thanks for that Nicholas. Christopher's original post disturbed me, but as I am a relative newbie, I did not want to call him out. You did the right thing, in a very respectful fashion. Warmly Dennis On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 7:32 PM Cyclista Nicholas <cyclista(a)inventati.org> wrote: So, in the question of wheel truing, I am wondering why you don't allow for rims becoming deformed. Your presentation implies that rims maintain perfection except in cases where spoke tension temporarily interferes. In other words, it's obvious that while some spokes may become loose through repetitive stress, since the web of spokes share a single load, others will become tighter as the rim deforms. Since little can be done in the average shop to re-perfect the bare rim once deformed, the tighter spokes must maintain some amount of increased tension to keep this now-deformed rim true. I'm not going to present any test that I've developed to "prove" this process, I'm actually posting this response because I find it kind of offensive that you keep posting here essentially as a salesperson. When someone posts to a mailing list to sell a product, to me that constitutes cause to block that person from the mailing list. If you want to freely share here tutorials and techniques for everyone to review and learn from, in the interest of helping community bike shops hone their skillsets to a higher standard, I'd be the first to get interested. As it is, you never post detailed instructions, and quite frankly a lot of the processes you allude to are bizarrely out of scope with what most of us do on a daily basis. Your posts smell like bait. I'm personally requesting that you reconsider posting here. In this particular case, you even tacked your message onto a completely unrelated thread. I mean, might be I'm actually talking to a spam bot. cyclista Nicholas On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com wrote: > I will ask a few questions and I am seeking if you have tests to prove > your answers. > > Does a quick release lever change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No > is not important, how do you test to verify your answer is important. > How can this test be used to reduce service time to 1/20 the time? > > What does facing do for the customers ride experience? Nothing/ > Something? The following answers are guesses, beliefs, not science or > engineering based: it should be done, it is done at the factory, it > does not need to be done, eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist > have it done. So what does it do? how does it improve a cyclist ride > experience? How do you verify your answer? > > How do stainless steel spokes and cables stretch once and then > magically become harder and never stretch again? If they do not > stretch once, then how do they get longer once? How do you verify your > answer? > > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, how do you verify your answer? > > How does a chain that can stretch at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force > get stretched on a bike frame that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 Kg or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or > 2000 Lbs of force into a chain to stretch it? Without destroying their > knees? How do you verify your answer? > Which leads to the question, How does one type of shift lever make a > chain function twice as long as another type. How do you verify your > answer? > > Why do mechanics tighten and loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a > wheel spokes get looser. Spokes only need to be tightened to round, > dish, tension, and true a wheel. How can finite element analysis and > computational fluid dynamics help a mechanic work 36 times more > efficiently? > > How can understanding the Sphere Stacking Equation improve the > hydraulic systems on a bicycle? (Both hydraulic braking and suspension > systems) and make cycling safer. > > How can a mechanic use a bench as a tool to reduce service time 25% > > Would it help your school, your students, bicycle businesses and > cyclist; if your curriculum included verifiable testing processes, > efficient practices to reduce procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale > language to help cyclist understand what a procedure does to improve > their cycling experience to improve sales? > > > If any of this or all of this is new to you and you would like to > improve your training, feel free to reach out and start a conversation > telephone only. 773 -490 -0683 Christopher O. Wallace . I am located > in Chicago Illinois. > > PS > Yes I have re-invented the wheel three different ways, I am looking to > improve the cycling industry and I feel schools are the best way to do > that! I look forward to hearing from you. > > Sincerely > Christopher O, Wallace > > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… -- -- ------------------------------------------- Dennis Wollersheim ------------------------------------------- ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: 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: 4 Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 16:17:00 -0700 From: christopher(a)holisticcycles.com To: thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org Subject: [TheThinkTank] Free knowledge Message-ID: <20190204161700.f1111ec096c9d6bd7eddf37b01080912.cfeaa07637.mailapi(a)email03.godaddy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" All the points you raise have answers in mechanical engineering and bicycle mechanics. To pick one: the compression of a closed quick release does change the adjustment of hub bearings, easily demonstrated. Various techniques exist to correct the hub bearings adjustment for this. Barnett publishes a technique, a bit fussy, but it works. The technique he demonstrated to me was flawed. I show him the flaw in logic and he dismissed it. He put pressure on the end of an axle on one side of a hub and pressure on the lock nut on the other side of the hub. There is never any pressure on the end of a skewered axle. The clamping force is only on the lock nuts against the dropout surfaces. His test had two variables instead of one. Does the axle compress under quick release loads or do the threads flex. One test will not answer two variables. Two test are needed to test two variables. Yet only one test is valid. Since a QR can never press against the end of an axle and still have clamping force on a lock nut against the dropout, pressing against the end of the axle test is inva lid. John' s testing wanted to find a specific amount that a hub could be adjusted from the standard bench adjustment to the on the bike correction for quick release forces. He came to realize that the variables in axle materials and quick release materials and construction were to great for a unified answer. I solved for his issues and his beliefs dismissed my solution. I demonstrated a perfect adjustment for the added load of a quick release in less than 30 seconds. Once I did six adjustment in 10 seconds. My special tools cost $6 from a frame builder. Special tools do exist, but unnecessary. Most mechanics learn in school or from someone like me, People are asking me for free instruction, is your knowledge free? if not why are you advertising here also? and most develop their preferred method. Chains don't stretch. At 2000 pound of force chains do stretch, True: on a bike they only wear. Cables do. At 550 pounds of force derailleur cables stretch, but the plastic shift lever mount will fail at 200 pounds of force, at 800 pounds of force brake cables stretch. sadly a rim side wall brake surface will start to fail at 160 pounds of force. Numbers don't lie and are verifiable. (Very different structures.) Spokes remain elastic. Spoke elbows deform from the original 90 degrees to the best pull angle, effectively making spokes longer once. On aluminum hubs the elbow indents the hub flange hole making the spoke effectively longer once. Neither of these changes the elastic properties of the spoke, but they do make the spoke effectively longer once and drop the tension of the wheel, allowing for greater tension ranges in spokes, creating early fatigue and spoke failure. Also reducing the efficiency of the wheel to accelerate as looser spokes need to be tensioned by the force from the chain before they move the cyclist forward, and the wheel has more side to side movement with looser spokes making control and braking less than optimal. May I suggest that these complete thoughts are not currently put together cohesively by engineering books which I have intensely studied, or bicycle best practices knowledge bases. or by you. May I suggest familiarizing yourself with current best practice (rather than the noise that gets written on the web). I suggest Sharp for the basic mechanical engineering My experiments with the wheel in both practice and with finite element analysis and computational fluid dynamic program ANAYS. have shown insight intto the wheel and how to do wheel work 20 faster for better result. and Barnett for current mechanic best practice. As a BBI certified master tech, I can point out many flaws to Barnett's best practices. From making mechanics less profitable with slow procedures that are not valid in their testing. To just plain bad science understanding. Get back to me if you have questions after having thoroughly understood those. I am back, Now are you ready to learn? or do you have any ideas of your own that are brilliant. I am all ears On Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 1:24 PM <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> wrote: Hi David, What are you trying to build? I am not trying to builds I am trying to understand what has been built to improve efficiency of mechanics by up to 40 times current speed. Helping mechanics earn a living wage. Not a lot of CFD in the bike world. Do you know this as fact or a belief that you hold strongly? And after over a hundred years of engineering, not a lot of need for FEA. In the 1880's to 1890's there was amazing engineering, some material sciences in the 1980's improved friction, ending of the cold war brought advanced materials in the 80's and 90's Sadly as a student of the root causes of problems I have found the engineering in most bicycle systems is lost and strong held beliefs are the replacement. A couple of examples: A chain has a pull strength of 2000 pounds before it stretches, If you wish to stretch a chain put a car on your back and stand on one pedal. What is the root of chain lengthening, What is the relationship between side to side flex of a chain and shifting quality? Do all new chains that measure the same length have the same side flex? Is there a relationship between chain length and flex. A spoke is made of a magical metal that stretches once and then becomes a harder metal and never stretches again. A spoke can be tightened until it will pull the nipple through the rim because the rim is not as strong as pull force that can be applied by the spoke. So how do rims stretch spokes to become looser in tension during the first 30 days of riding? Derailleur cables are anchored by a threaded fastener on one end and on the other end sits in a plastic seat in the shift lever. The derailleur cable has a pull strength of 500 pounds of pull before it will stretch, the plastic seat will fail before the cable will. How do cables stretch one time then never stretch again when pulled by a weaker plastic component? Does a quick release lever change the adjustment of a hub? How do you isolate and test your theory? How do you adjust the hub precisely for a combination of a specific axle (mild steel, hardened steel, Titanium, Aluminum, ) and a specific Quick Release material (Steel, Aluminum, Titanium, with or with out plastic components )? How do you precisely adjust a hub for QR forces in less than 20 seconds? If engineering has been done, then it should be easy to answer all these question by looking in books, or on line, or from schools. Which acts like a fluid on the bicycle? hydraulic brake fluid? a wheel rim? or a chain? A little hint, Brake fluid when contain in a system acts as a solid to transfer forces. Brake fluid outside of a system acts like a fluid. If you would like to communicate on how CFD with FEA can change the world of cycling I would love to talk, If you believe engineers created cables that stretch once, spokes that stretch once, chains that stretch with human load of less than 2000 pounds, well I will not change your strong belief system. Christopher Wallace 773 490 0683 Good morning, Sorry, no. I once did some programming for FEA and CNC but ages ago, and my IT friends wrangle server farms, databases, and state IT departments. Take a look at Monster. Also post a query on one of the CMU boards or Pitt Craigslist. What are you trying to build? Not a lot of CFD in the bike world. And after over a hundred years of engineering, not a lot of need for FEA. David On Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 11:14 AM <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> wrote: Do you know anyone that is fluent in Ansys? CFD FEA? or know where I could look for a person in the field? Christopher Wallace Holistic Cycles 773 490 0683 Oak Park, IL. 60304 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] CiviCRM From: David Zundel <davidzundel(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, October 15, 2016 6:38 pm To: Jonathan Morrison <jonathan(a)bicyclecollective.org>, The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> CiviCRM goes on a server (vps recommended and affordable) then accessed by a web page, fairly easy. Or you buy Civi hosting, but that defeats some of the purpose of using Civi. Civi has considerable power and ability, can connect with ERP, etc but not for IT novice. Easy to install, configure, and maintain if you have experience and comfort with Linux servers, if not, not. You can certainly hire the Linux talent in SLC, but dependence on outside IT service has inconveniences. Email me directly if you want to get into details on Civi. David http://openwest.us On Sat, Oct 15, 2016, 8:20 PM Jonathan Morrison <jonathan(a)bicyclecollective.org> wrote: What staff resources does it require? 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URL: <http://lists.bikecollectives.org/pipermail/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org…> ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 15:57:21 -0800 From: Jim Bledsoe <gamesbledsoe(a)gmail.com> To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? Message-ID: <CABSiP0NgM8vHT6Zy+7OE4hQS+c+s9Djywh97353FHFn22zPOXw(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" What we here at the thinktank are, is a bunch of open source bicycle advocates. When one posts a long drawn out list of questions with a pay me now gotcha at the end it will tend to raise hackles "What does facing do for the customers ride experience?" were you meaning "pacing" or more succinctly, maintaining a high cadence here? On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 2:39 PM <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> wrote: > Tell me if I am wrong. If you work on a bike and make it better, that work > has value. If I work on a process and make it better, the knowledge has no > value and should be given away for free? > > > When > someone posts to a mailing list to sell a product, to me that > constitutes cause to block that person from the mailing list. > > If you want to freely share here tutorials and techniques for everyone > to review and learn from, in the interest of helping community bike > shops hone their skillsets to a higher standard, I'd be the first to get > interested. As it is, you never post detailed instructions, and quite > frankly a lot of the processes you allude to are bizarrely out of scope > with what most of us do on a daily basis. Your posts smell like bait. > > I'm personally requesting that you reconsider posting here. In this > particular case, you even tacked your message onto a completely > unrelated thread. I mean, might be I'm actually talking to a spam bot. > > cyclista Nicholas > > > > On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com wrote: > > I will ask a few questions and I am seeking if you have tests to prove > > your answers. > > > > Does a quick release lever change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No > > is not important, how do you test to verify your answer is important. > > How can this test be used to reduce service time to 1/20 the time? > > > > What does facing do for the customers ride experience? Nothing/ > > Something? The following answers are guesses, beliefs, not science or > > engineering based: it should be done, it is done at the factory, it > > does not need to be done, eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist > > have it done. So what does it do? how does it improve a cyclist ride > > experience? How do you verify your answer? > > > > How do stainless steel spokes and cables stretch once and then > > magically become harder and never stretch again? If they do not > > stretch once, then how do they get longer once? How do you verify your > > answer? > > > > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, how do you verify your answer? > > > > How does a chain that can stretch at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force > > get stretched on a bike frame that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 > > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 Kg or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or > > 2000 Lbs of force into a chain to stretch it? Without destroying their > > knees? How do you verify your answer? > > Which leads to the question, How does one type of shift lever make a > > chain function twice as long as another type. How do you verify your > > answer? > > > > Why do mechanics tighten and loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a > > wheel spokes get looser. Spokes only need to be tightened to round, > > dish, tension, and true a wheel. How can finite element analysis and > > computational fluid dynamics help a mechanic work 36 times more > > efficiently? > > > > How can understanding the Sphere Stacking Equation improve the > > hydraulic systems on a bicycle? (Both hydraulic braking and suspension > > systems) and make cycling safer. > > > > How can a mechanic use a bench as a tool to reduce service time 25% > > > > Would it help your school, your students, bicycle businesses and > > cyclist; if your curriculum included verifiable testing processes, > > efficient practices to reduce procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale > > language to help cyclist understand what a procedure does to improve > > their cycling experience to improve sales? > > > > > > If any of this or all of this is new to you and you would like to > > improve your training, feel free to reach out and start a conversation > > telephone only. 773 -490 -0683 Christopher O. Wallace . I am located > > in Chicago Illinois. > > > > PS > > Yes I have re-invented the wheel three different ways, I am looking to > > improve the cycling industry and I feel schools are the best way to do > > that! I look forward to hearing from you. > > > > Sincerely > > Christopher O, Wallace > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > 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: 6 Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 17:13:35 -0700 From: christopher(a)holisticcycles.com To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Subject: [TheThinkTank] Socratic Moment Message-ID: <20190204171335.f1111ec096c9d6bd7eddf37b01080912.5af1a39169.mailapi(a)email03.godaddy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I did mean facing the Bottom Bracket shell or the Stem, Head Tube, and Fork Crown race. Does it make you faster? or Lighter? Tighter tolerances? Wear things less? Make adjustments better? Make adjustments stay longer? Make things last longer? Make things parallel? Make things lock more securely? Why do professional racers do it, but year round cyclist don't? What is the benefit of having it done? Just because you have a tool, or know of a procedure, do you know why it is a benefit to the cyclist? Any procedure, part or accessory to a bike, Socratic Moment: WHY is service or product of value to the customer? If you do not know, then it is very hard to sell the service or the product. Many tools and serviced go unused because of our abilities to communicate their value to the customer. --------- Original Message --------- Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? From: "Jim Bledsoe" <gamesbledsoe(a)gmail.com> Date: 2/4/19 4:57 pm To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> What we here at the thinktank are, is a bunch of open source bicycle advocates. When one posts a long drawn out list of questions with a pay me now gotcha at the end it will tend to raise hackles "What does facing do for the customers ride experience?" were you meaning "pacing" or more succinctly, maintaining a high cadence here? On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 2:39 PM <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> wrote: Tell me if I am wrong. If you work on a bike and make it better, that work has value. If I work on a process and make it better, the knowledge has no value and should be given away for free? When someone posts to a mailing list to sell a product, to me that constitutes cause to block that person from the mailing list. If you want to freely share here tutorials and techniques for everyone to review and learn from, in the interest of helping community bike shops hone their skillsets to a higher standard, I'd be the first to get interested. As it is, you never post detailed instructions, and quite frankly a lot of the processes you allude to are bizarrely out of scope with what most of us do on a daily basis. Your posts smell like bait. I'm personally requesting that you reconsider posting here. In this particular case, you even tacked your message onto a completely unrelated thread. I mean, might be I'm actually talking to a spam bot. cyclista Nicholas On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com wrote: > I will ask a few questions and I am seeking if you have tests to prove > your answers. > > Does a quick release lever change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No > is not important, how do you test to verify your answer is important. > How can this test be used to reduce service time to 1/20 the time? > > What does facing do for the customers ride experience? Nothing/ > Something? The following answers are guesses, beliefs, not science or > engineering based: it should be done, it is done at the factory, it > does not need to be done, eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist > have it done. So what does it do? how does it improve a cyclist ride > experience? How do you verify your answer? > > How do stainless steel spokes and cables stretch once and then > magically become harder and never stretch again? If they do not > stretch once, then how do they get longer once? How do you verify your > answer? > > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, how do you verify your answer? > > How does a chain that can stretch at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force > get stretched on a bike frame that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 Kg or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or > 2000 Lbs of force into a chain to stretch it? Without destroying their > knees? How do you verify your answer? > Which leads to the question, How does one type of shift lever make a > chain function twice as long as another type. How do you verify your > answer? > > Why do mechanics tighten and loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a > wheel spokes get looser. Spokes only need to be tightened to round, > dish, tension, and true a wheel. How can finite element analysis and > computational fluid dynamics help a mechanic work 36 times more > efficiently? > > How can understanding the Sphere Stacking Equation improve the > hydraulic systems on a bicycle? (Both hydraulic braking and suspension > systems) and make cycling safer. > > How can a mechanic use a bench as a tool to reduce service time 25% > > Would it help your school, your students, bicycle businesses and > cyclist; if your curriculum included verifiable testing processes, > efficient practices to reduce procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale > language to help cyclist understand what a procedure does to improve > their cycling experience to improve sales? > > > If any of this or all of this is new to you and you would like to > improve your training, feel free to reach out and start a conversation > telephone only. 773 -490 -0683 Christopher O. Wallace . I am located > in Chicago Illinois. > > PS > Yes I have re-invented the wheel three different ways, I am looking to > improve the cycling industry and I feel schools are the best way to do > that! I look forward to hearing from you. > > Sincerely > Christopher O, Wallace > > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: 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: 7 Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 17:24:27 -0700 From: christopher(a)holisticcycles.com To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Subject: [TheThinkTank] Both Body and bike benefit Message-ID: <20190204172427.f1111ec096c9d6bd7eddf37b01080912.6d2a7ff7a2.mailapi(a)email03.godaddy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Pacing in a group is a nice community experience. Maintaining a high Cadence is healthy for your body and your bike. Higher pedal spin for the same velocity increases heart rate, increasing blood flow and lubrication to the joints, reduces the pressure in the leg joint surfaces and the connective tissue, reducing wear on the disks and allowing connective tissue to grow in strength at a similar rate to the muscle tissue. The high cadence reduces the load in the drive train, and places the load in bigger cogs transferring the load across a greater surface area and across more teeth reducing wear. Benefiting both your body health and your wallet in reduced repair cost. --------- Original Message --------- Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? From: "Jim Bledsoe" <gamesbledsoe(a)gmail.com> Date: 2/4/19 4:57 pm To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> What we here at the thinktank are, is a bunch of open source bicycle advocates. When one posts a long drawn out list of questions with a pay me now gotcha at the end it will tend to raise hackles "What does facing do for the customers ride experience?" were you meaning "pacing" or more succinctly, maintaining a high cadence here? On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 2:39 PM <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> wrote: Tell me if I am wrong. If you work on a bike and make it better, that work has value. If I work on a process and make it better, the knowledge has no value and should be given away for free? When someone posts to a mailing list to sell a product, to me that constitutes cause to block that person from the mailing list. If you want to freely share here tutorials and techniques for everyone to review and learn from, in the interest of helping community bike shops hone their skillsets to a higher standard, I'd be the first to get interested. As it is, you never post detailed instructions, and quite frankly a lot of the processes you allude to are bizarrely out of scope with what most of us do on a daily basis. Your posts smell like bait. I'm personally requesting that you reconsider posting here. In this particular case, you even tacked your message onto a completely unrelated thread. I mean, might be I'm actually talking to a spam bot. cyclista Nicholas On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com wrote: > I will ask a few questions and I am seeking if you have tests to prove > your answers. > > Does a quick release lever change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No > is not important, how do you test to verify your answer is important. > How can this test be used to reduce service time to 1/20 the time? > > What does facing do for the customers ride experience? Nothing/ > Something? The following answers are guesses, beliefs, not science or > engineering based: it should be done, it is done at the factory, it > does not need to be done, eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist > have it done. So what does it do? how does it improve a cyclist ride > experience? How do you verify your answer? > > How do stainless steel spokes and cables stretch once and then > magically become harder and never stretch again? If they do not > stretch once, then how do they get longer once? How do you verify your > answer? > > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, how do you verify your answer? > > How does a chain that can stretch at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force > get stretched on a bike frame that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 Kg or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or > 2000 Lbs of force into a chain to stretch it? Without destroying their > knees? How do you verify your answer? > Which leads to the question, How does one type of shift lever make a > chain function twice as long as another type. How do you verify your > answer? > > Why do mechanics tighten and loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a > wheel spokes get looser. Spokes only need to be tightened to round, > dish, tension, and true a wheel. How can finite element analysis and > computational fluid dynamics help a mechanic work 36 times more > efficiently? > > How can understanding the Sphere Stacking Equation improve the > hydraulic systems on a bicycle? (Both hydraulic braking and suspension > systems) and make cycling safer. > > How can a mechanic use a bench as a tool to reduce service time 25% > > Would it help your school, your students, bicycle businesses and > cyclist; if your curriculum included verifiable testing processes, > efficient practices to reduce procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale > language to help cyclist understand what a procedure does to improve > their cycling experience to improve sales? > > > If any of this or all of this is new to you and you would like to > improve your training, feel free to reach out and start a conversation > telephone only. 773 -490 -0683 Christopher O. Wallace . I am located > in Chicago Illinois. > > PS > Yes I have re-invented the wheel three different ways, I am looking to > improve the cycling industry and I feel schools are the best way to do > that! I look forward to hearing from you. > > Sincerely > Christopher O, Wallace > > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Once a hypothesis is turned into a test and proved or disproved, then those with descending opinions peer review the results, to confirm or deny the results. If they are not happy they should test their own hypothesis's and have them peer reviewed. An opinion on the matter is called a guess. I am told your guesses, your opinions, are to be honored and respected more than science based testing. For that I apologize. Raise a glass to you. Christopher O Wallace -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.bikecollectives.org/pipermail/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org…> ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 22:46:30 -0500 From: Katie Vogel <katharine.d.vogel(a)gmail.com> To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? Message-ID: <CADGh=y4FqwcLrASXm2xSPicxgEu1_M87tLFzWM3dz1Vbf6yWhA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Is this person banned yet? Asking for a friend. On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 22:24 <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> wrote: > May I have your best bike for free? or even your best tune up? Or web page > work, or social media, or NFP wording? What are you willing to do to lift > up my business for free so that I can lift up yours? > For free I gave you ideas you had not come up with yet. The idea of > testing your processes to prove that are the same as or different than you > current beliefs/ practices. You as a group can reinvent the > wheel or hold on to your beliefs. > You can lift me up and I will lift you up. You can shut me down like a > priests in the dark ages did to people of science. I have no power over > your actions. I only have knowledge > > --------- Original Message --------- > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? > From: "Kevin Dwyer" <kevidwyer(a)gmail.com> > Date: 2/4/19 1:32 pm > To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > > No, you have it wrong. The knowledge has value, even more, because it is > given freely. That is the point of ThinkTank: sharing. If you don't want to > share freely, this is wrong place for you and you are wasting our time. > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 1:09 PM <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> wrote: > >> Tell me if I am wrong. If you work on a bike and make it better, that >> work has value. If I work on a process and make it better, the knowledge >> has no value and should be given away for free? >> >> >> When >> someone posts to a mailing list to sell a product, to me that >> constitutes cause to block that person from the mailing list. >> >> If you want to freely share here tutorials and techniques for everyone >> to review and learn from, in the interest of helping community bike >> shops hone their skillsets to a higher standard, I'd be the first to get >> interested. As it is, you never post detailed instructions, and quite >> frankly a lot of the processes you allude to are bizarrely out of scope >> with what most of us do on a daily basis. Your posts smell like bait. >> >> I'm personally requesting that you reconsider posting here. In this >> particular case, you even tacked your message onto a completely >> unrelated thread. I mean, might be I'm actually talking to a spam bot. >> >> cyclista Nicholas >> >> >> >> On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com wrote: >> > I will ask a few questions and I am seeking if you have tests to prove >> > your answers. >> > >> > Does a quick release lever change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No >> > is not important, how do you test to verify your answer is important. >> > How can this test be used to reduce service time to 1/20 the time? >> > >> > What does facing do for the customers ride experience? Nothing/ >> > Something? The following answers are guesses, beliefs, not science or >> > engineering based: it should be done, it is done at the factory, it >> > does not need to be done, eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist >> > have it done. So what does it do? how does it improve a cyclist ride >> > experience? How do you verify your answer? >> > >> > How do stainless steel spokes and cables stretch once and then >> > magically become harder and never stretch again? If they do not >> > stretch once, then how do they get longer once? How do you verify your >> > answer? >> > >> > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, how do you verify your answer? >> > >> > How does a chain that can stretch at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force >> > get stretched on a bike frame that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 >> > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 Kg or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or >> > 2000 Lbs of force into a chain to stretch it? Without destroying their >> > knees? How do you verify your answer? >> > Which leads to the question, How does one type of shift lever make a >> > chain function twice as long as another type. How do you verify your >> > answer? >> > >> > Why do mechanics tighten and loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a >> > wheel spokes get looser. Spokes only need to be tightened to round, >> > dish, tension, and true a wheel. How can finite element analysis and >> > computational fluid dynamics help a mechanic work 36 times more >> > efficiently? >> > >> > How can understanding the Sphere Stacking Equation improve the >> > hydraulic systems on a bicycle? (Both hydraulic braking and suspension >> > systems) and make cycling safer. >> > >> > How can a mechanic use a bench as a tool to reduce service time 25% >> > >> > Would it help your school, your students, bicycle businesses and >> > cyclist; if your curriculum included verifiable testing processes, >> > efficient practices to reduce procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale >> > language to help cyclist understand what a procedure does to improve >> > their cycling experience to improve sales? >> > >> > >> > If any of this or all of this is new to you and you would like to >> > improve your training, feel free to reach out and start a conversation >> > telephone only. 773 -490 -0683 Christopher O. Wallace . I am located >> > in Chicago Illinois. >> > >> > PS >> > Yes I have re-invented the wheel three different ways, I am looking to >> > improve the cycling industry and I feel schools are the best way to do >> > that! I look forward to hearing from you. >> > >> > Sincerely >> > Christopher O, Wallace >> > >> > ____________________________________ >> > >> > The ThinkTank mailing List >> > >> > Unsubscribe from this list here: >> > >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> >> Unsubscribe from this list here: >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >> >> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> >> Unsubscribe from this list here: >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >> > > > -- > Kevin Dwyer > Salt Lake City, UT > 801.647.0797 > > > > 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. 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On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 22:24 <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com<mailto:christopher@holisticcycles.com>> wrote: May I have your best bike for free? or even your best tune up? Or web page work, or social media, or NFP wording? What are you willing to do to lift up my business for free so that I can lift up yours? For free I gave you ideas you had not come up with yet. The idea of testing your processes to prove that are the same as or different than you current beliefs/ practices. You as a group can reinvent the wheel or hold on to your beliefs. You can lift me up and I will lift you up. You can shut me down like a priests in the dark ages did to people of science. I have no power over your actions. I only have knowledge --------- Original Message --------- Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? From: "Kevin Dwyer" <kevidwyer(a)gmail.com<mailto:kevidwyer@gmail.com>> Date: 2/4/19 1:32 pm To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org<mailto:thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org>> No, you have it wrong. The knowledge has value, even more, because it is given freely. That is the point of ThinkTank: sharing. If you don't want to share freely, this is wrong place for you and you are wasting our time. On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 1:09 PM <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com<mailto:christopher@holisticcycles.com>> wrote: Tell me if I am wrong. If you work on a bike and make it better, that work has value. If I work on a process and make it better, the knowledge has no value and should be given away for free? When someone posts to a mailing list to sell a product, to me that constitutes cause to block that person from the mailing list. If you want to freely share here tutorials and techniques for everyone to review and learn from, in the interest of helping community bike shops hone their skillsets to a higher standard, I'd be the first to get interested. As it is, you never post detailed instructions, and quite frankly a lot of the processes you allude to are bizarrely out of scope with what most of us do on a daily basis. Your posts smell like bait. I'm personally requesting that you reconsider posting here. In this particular case, you even tacked your message onto a completely unrelated thread. I mean, might be I'm actually talking to a spam bot. cyclista Nicholas On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com<mailto:christopher@holisticcycles.com> wrote: > I will ask a few questions and I am seeking if you have tests to prove > your answers. > > Does a quick release lever change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No > is not important, how do you test to verify your answer is important. > How can this test be used to reduce service time to 1/20 the time? > > What does facing do for the customers ride experience? Nothing/ > Something? The following answers are guesses, beliefs, not science or > engineering based: it should be done, it is done at the factory, it > does not need to be done, eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist > have it done. So what does it do? how does it improve a cyclist ride > experience? How do you verify your answer? > > How do stainless steel spokes and cables stretch once and then > magically become harder and never stretch again? If they do not > stretch once, then how do they get longer once? How do you verify your > answer? > > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, how do you verify your answer? > > How does a chain that can stretch at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force > get stretched on a bike frame that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 Kg or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or > 2000 Lbs of force into a chain to stretch it? Without destroying their > knees? How do you verify your answer? > Which leads to the question, How does one type of shift lever make a > chain function twice as long as another type. How do you verify your > answer? > > Why do mechanics tighten and loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a > wheel spokes get looser. Spokes only need to be tightened to round, > dish, tension, and true a wheel. How can finite element analysis and > computational fluid dynamics help a mechanic work 36 times more > efficiently? > > How can understanding the Sphere Stacking Equation improve the > hydraulic systems on a bicycle? (Both hydraulic braking and suspension > systems) and make cycling safer. > > How can a mechanic use a bench as a tool to reduce service time 25% > > Would it help your school, your students, bicycle businesses and > cyclist; if your curriculum included verifiable testing processes, > efficient practices to reduce procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale > language to help cyclist understand what a procedure does to improve > their cycling experience to improve sales? > > > If any of this or all of this is new to you and you would like to > improve your training, feel free to reach out and start a conversation > telephone only. 773 -490 -0683 Christopher O. Wallace . I am located > in Chicago Illinois. > > PS > Yes I have re-invented the wheel three different ways, I am looking to > improve the cycling industry and I feel schools are the best way to do > that! I look forward to hearing from you. > > Sincerely > Christopher O, Wallace > > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… -- Kevin Dwyer Salt Lake City, UT 801.647.0797 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. ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: 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: 11 Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2019 00:17:19 -0500 From: Ainsley Naylor <needleandthread(a)gmail.com> To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Both Body and bike benefit Message-ID: <CAEkJx+kG3OC_VpKR6ttgQQ+2JCoZNrKCq4UY_QdvCfPniYY+aA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hey friend, do you have a question about running a non-profit community bike project? Or something to share to that end? Because that is what this list is for. Please refrain from long, tangential diatribes. We are all keen to maintain this useful, supportive community, but this email exchange is leaving me feeling frustrated and exhausted. Thank you! Ainsley. On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 12:14 AM <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> wrote: > Pacing in a group is a nice community experience. Maintaining a high > Cadence is healthy for your body and your bike. Higher pedal spin for the > same velocity increases heart rate, increasing blood flow and lubrication > to the joints, reduces the pressure in the leg joint surfaces and the > connective tissue, reducing wear on the disks and allowing connective > tissue to grow in strength at a similar rate to the muscle tissue. The high > cadence reduces the load in the drive train, and places the load in bigger > cogs transferring the load across a greater surface area and across more > teeth reducing wear. > Benefiting both your body health and your wallet in reduced repair cost. > > > --------- Original Message --------- > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? > From: "Jim Bledsoe" <gamesbledsoe(a)gmail.com> > Date: 2/4/19 4:57 pm > To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > > What we here at the thinktank are, is a bunch of open source bicycle > advocates. > When one posts a long drawn out list of questions with a pay me now gotcha > at the end it will tend to raise hackles > "What does facing do for the customers ride experience?" were you > meaning "pacing" or more succinctly, maintaining a high cadence here? > > > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 2:39 PM <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> wrote: > >> Tell me if I am wrong. If you work on a bike and make it better, that >> work has value. If I work on a process and make it better, the knowledge >> has no value and should be given away for free? >> >> >> When >> someone posts to a mailing list to sell a product, to me that >> constitutes cause to block that person from the mailing list. >> >> If you want to freely share here tutorials and techniques for everyone >> to review and learn from, in the interest of helping community bike >> shops hone their skillsets to a higher standard, I'd be the first to get >> interested. As it is, you never post detailed instructions, and quite >> frankly a lot of the processes you allude to are bizarrely out of scope >> with what most of us do on a daily basis. Your posts smell like bait. >> >> I'm personally requesting that you reconsider posting here. In this >> particular case, you even tacked your message onto a completely >> unrelated thread. I mean, might be I'm actually talking to a spam bot. >> >> cyclista Nicholas >> >> >> >> On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com wrote: >> > I will ask a few questions and I am seeking if you have tests to prove >> > your answers. >> > >> > Does a quick release lever change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No >> > is not important, how do you test to verify your answer is important. >> > How can this test be used to reduce service time to 1/20 the time? >> > >> > What does facing do for the customers ride experience? Nothing/ >> > Something? The following answers are guesses, beliefs, not science or >> > engineering based: it should be done, it is done at the factory, it >> > does not need to be done, eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist >> > have it done. So what does it do? how does it improve a cyclist ride >> > experience? How do you verify your answer? >> > >> > How do stainless steel spokes and cables stretch once and then >> > magically become harder and never stretch again? If they do not >> > stretch once, then how do they get longer once? How do you verify your >> > answer? >> > >> > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, how do you verify your answer? >> > >> > How does a chain that can stretch at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force >> > get stretched on a bike frame that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 >> > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 Kg or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or >> > 2000 Lbs of force into a chain to stretch it? Without destroying their >> > knees? How do you verify your answer? >> > Which leads to the question, How does one type of shift lever make a >> > chain function twice as long as another type. How do you verify your >> > answer? >> > >> > Why do mechanics tighten and loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a >> > wheel spokes get looser. Spokes only need to be tightened to round, >> > dish, tension, and true a wheel. How can finite element analysis and >> > computational fluid dynamics help a mechanic work 36 times more >> > efficiently? >> > >> > How can understanding the Sphere Stacking Equation improve the >> > hydraulic systems on a bicycle? (Both hydraulic braking and suspension >> > systems) and make cycling safer. >> > >> > How can a mechanic use a bench as a tool to reduce service time 25% >> > >> > Would it help your school, your students, bicycle businesses and >> > cyclist; if your curriculum included verifiable testing processes, >> > efficient practices to reduce procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale >> > language to help cyclist understand what a procedure does to improve >> > their cycling experience to improve sales? >> > >> > >> > If any of this or all of this is new to you and you would like to >> > improve your training, feel free to reach out and start a conversation >> > telephone only. 773 -490 -0683 Christopher O. Wallace . I am located >> > in Chicago Illinois. >> > >> > PS >> > Yes I have re-invented the wheel three different ways, I am looking to >> > improve the cycling industry and I feel schools are the best way to do >> > that! I look forward to hearing from you. >> > >> > Sincerely >> > Christopher O, Wallace >> > >> > ____________________________________ >> > >> > The ThinkTank mailing List >> > >> > Unsubscribe from this list here: >> > >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> >> Unsubscribe from this list here: >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >> >> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> >> Unsubscribe from this list here: >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >> > ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > 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: 12 Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 22:20:10 -0800 From: Lauren Warbeck <lauren.warbeck(a)gmail.com> To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? Message-ID: <CAAr69eV2A024v+D8y53WCgqCgtKb0x34YR5ptLBZ0gRAFa3=Cg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Thank you for your continued work Godwin ????????? On Mon, Feb 4, 2019, 9:07 PM Godwin ! <goodgodwin(a)hotmail.com wrote: > Yes. I sent him an email asking him to stop and apologize, he replied > with more confusing insults and continued to post gibberish to the TT so I > removed and blocked him. > > godwin > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Thethinktank <thethinktank-bounces(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> on > behalf of Katie Vogel <katharine.d.vogel(a)gmail.com> > *Sent:* February 4, 2019 7:46 PM > *To:* The Think Tank > *Subject:* Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? > > Is this person banned yet? Asking for a friend. > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 22:24 <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> wrote: > > May I have your best bike for free? or even your best tune up? Or web page > work, or social media, or NFP wording? What are you willing to do to lift > up my business for free so that I can lift up yours? > For free I gave you ideas you had not come up with yet. The idea of > testing your processes to prove that are the same as or different than you > current beliefs/ practices. You as a group can reinvent the > wheel or hold on to your beliefs. > You can lift me up and I will lift you up. You can shut me down like a > priests in the dark ages did to people of science. I have no power over > your actions. I only have knowledge > > --------- Original Message --------- > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? > From: "Kevin Dwyer" <kevidwyer(a)gmail.com> > Date: 2/4/19 1:32 pm > To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > > No, you have it wrong. The knowledge has value, even more, because it is > given freely. That is the point of ThinkTank: sharing. If you don't want to > share freely, this is wrong place for you and you are wasting our time. > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 1:09 PM <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> wrote: > > Tell me if I am wrong. If you work on a bike and make it better, that work > has value. If I work on a process and make it better, the knowledge has no > value and should be given away for free? > > > When > someone posts to a mailing list to sell a product, to me that > constitutes cause to block that person from the mailing list. > > If you want to freely share here tutorials and techniques for everyone > to review and learn from, in the interest of helping community bike > shops hone their skillsets to a higher standard, I'd be the first to get > interested. As it is, you never post detailed instructions, and quite > frankly a lot of the processes you allude to are bizarrely out of scope > with what most of us do on a daily basis. Your posts smell like bait. > > I'm personally requesting that you reconsider posting here. In this > particular case, you even tacked your message onto a completely > unrelated thread. I mean, might be I'm actually talking to a spam bot. > > cyclista Nicholas > > > > On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com wrote: > > I will ask a few questions and I am seeking if you have tests to prove > > your answers. > > > > Does a quick release lever change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No > > is not important, how do you test to verify your answer is important. > > How can this test be used to reduce service time to 1/20 the time? > > > > What does facing do for the customers ride experience? Nothing/ > > Something? The following answers are guesses, beliefs, not science or > > engineering based: it should be done, it is done at the factory, it > > does not need to be done, eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist > > have it done. So what does it do? how does it improve a cyclist ride > > experience? How do you verify your answer? > > > > How do stainless steel spokes and cables stretch once and then > > magically become harder and never stretch again? If they do not > > stretch once, then how do they get longer once? How do you verify your > > answer? > > > > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, how do you verify your answer? > > > > How does a chain that can stretch at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force > > get stretched on a bike frame that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 > > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 Kg or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or > > 2000 Lbs of force into a chain to stretch it? Without destroying their > > knees? How do you verify your answer? > > Which leads to the question, How does one type of shift lever make a > > chain function twice as long as another type. How do you verify your > > answer? > > > > Why do mechanics tighten and loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a > > wheel spokes get looser. Spokes only need to be tightened to round, > > dish, tension, and true a wheel. How can finite element analysis and > > computational fluid dynamics help a mechanic work 36 times more > > efficiently? > > > > How can understanding the Sphere Stacking Equation improve the > > hydraulic systems on a bicycle? (Both hydraulic braking and suspension > > systems) and make cycling safer. > > > > How can a mechanic use a bench as a tool to reduce service time 25% > > > > Would it help your school, your students, bicycle businesses and > > cyclist; if your curriculum included verifiable testing processes, > > efficient practices to reduce procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale > > language to help cyclist understand what a procedure does to improve > > their cycling experience to improve sales? > > > > > > If any of this or all of this is new to you and you would like to > > improve your training, feel free to reach out and start a conversation > > telephone only. 773 -490 -0683 Christopher O. Wallace . I am located > > in Chicago Illinois. > > > > PS > > Yes I have re-invented the wheel three different ways, I am looking to > > improve the cycling industry and I feel schools are the best way to do > > that! I look forward to hearing from you. > > > > Sincerely > > Christopher O, Wallace > > > > ____________________________________ > > > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > > > -- > Kevin Dwyer > Salt Lake City, UT > 801.647.0797 > > > > 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. > ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > 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: 13 Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2019 01:09:26 -0600 From: Caleb Evenson <caevenson(a)gmail.com> To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Elevating the knowledge base, Would your programs benefit? Message-ID: <CADEf7dQ3ysqhfybLCLNCqBpSDB0iV=9VBsfQbL+eheMiEiQ+Dw(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" That's quite a narrow view on anxiety, Christopher. Seems you have your own faith. On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 1:04 AM <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> wrote: > > If you have an immense test anxiety, then you should become a religious > leader. Your beliefs will far outweigh anything that's provable or > measurable > > --------- Original Message --------- > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Elevating the knowledge base, Would your > programs benefit? > From: "Judith Feist" <judith(a)backalleybikes.org> > Date: 2/3/19 5:41 pm > To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > > What happens if you get immense test anxiety? > > On Sunday, February 3, 2019, Ulick O'Beirne <ulickobeirne(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hey Christopher >> >> Great questions and from a training point of view they could be amazing >> tests to have to hand. >> >> Have you compiled these ideas into a resource- manual/ course/ etc? >> >> I'm based in Ireland. I teach cycling in schools and to community groups. >> I teach bike mechanics and repair mainly to adults. With friends we hope to >> open a community bike shop in Clonakilty. >> >> Can you give more info on what you're thinking? Format etc? >> >> Cheers. Take care, >> >> Ulick >> >> On Sun 3 Feb 2019 at 05:57, <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> I will ask a few questions and I am seeking if you have tests to prove >>> your answers. >>> >>> Does a quick release lever change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No is >>> not important, how do you test to verify your answer is important. >>> How can this test be used to reduce service time to 1/20 the time? >>> >>> What does facing do for the customers ride experience? Nothing/ >>> Something? The following answers are guesses, beliefs, not science or >>> engineering based: it should be done, it is done at the factory, it does >>> not need to be done, eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist have it >>> done. So what does it do? how does it improve a cyclist ride experience? >>> How do you verify your answer? >>> >>> How do stainless steel spokes and cables stretch once and then magically >>> become harder and never stretch again? If they do not stretch once, then >>> how do they get longer once? How do you verify your answer? >>> >>> Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, how do you verify your answer? >>> >>> How does a chain that can stretch at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force get >>> stretched on a bike frame that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 lbs >>> cyclist. How can a 45 Kg or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or 2000 Lbs of >>> force into a chain to stretch it? Without destroying their knees? How do >>> you verify your answer? >>> Which leads to the question, How does one type of shift lever make a >>> chain function twice as long as another type. How do you verify your answer? >>> >>> Why do mechanics tighten and loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a wheel >>> spokes get looser. Spokes only need to be tightened to round, dish, >>> tension, and true a wheel. How can finite element analysis and >>> computational fluid dynamics help a mechanic work 36 times more efficiently? >>> >>> How can understanding the Sphere Stacking Equation improve the hydraulic >>> systems on a bicycle? (Both hydraulic braking and suspension systems) and >>> make cycling safer. >>> >>> How can a mechanic use a bench as a tool to reduce service time 25% >>> >>> Would it help your school, your students, bicycle businesses and >>> cyclist; if your curriculum included verifiable testing processes, >>> efficient practices to reduce procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale >>> language to help cyclist understand what a procedure does to improve their >>> cycling experience to improve sales? >>> >>> >>> If any of this or all of this is new to you and you would like to >>> improve your training, feel free to reach out and start a conversation >>> telephone only. 773 -490 -0683 Christopher O. Wallace . I am located in >>> Chicago Illinois. >>> >>> PS >>> Yes I have re-invented the wheel three different ways, I am looking to >>> improve the cycling industry and I feel schools are the best way to do >>> that! I look forward to hearing from you. >>> >>> Sincerely >>> Christopher O, Wallace >>> ____________________________________ >>> >>> The ThinkTank mailing List >>> >>> Unsubscribe from this list here: >>> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >>> >> > > -- > Judith C Feist > Co Director, the Hub at Back Alley > > > *"*Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root'"- Angela Davis > > "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle." -Gloria Steinem > > I think [the bicycle] has done more to emancipate women than anything else > in the world...It gives a woman a feeling of freedom and > self-reliance.~Susan B. Anthony > > ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > 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: 14 Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2019 06:46:02 -0700 From: Kevin Dwyer <kevidwyer(a)gmail.com> To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? Message-ID: <CADX0RX-L5ybGmiDGM=zuV16qbFtSOnYEpHSOpysDS6VVTFQhUA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" That sucks but, many thanks, Godwin. On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 11:20 PM Lauren Warbeck <lauren.warbeck(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you for your continued work Godwin ????????? > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2019, 9:07 PM Godwin ! <goodgodwin(a)hotmail.com wrote: > >> Yes. I sent him an email asking him to stop and apologize, he replied >> with more confusing insults and continued to post gibberish to the TT so I >> removed and blocked him. >> >> godwin >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Thethinktank <thethinktank-bounces(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> on >> behalf of Katie Vogel <katharine.d.vogel(a)gmail.com> >> *Sent:* February 4, 2019 7:46 PM >> *To:* The Think Tank >> *Subject:* Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? >> >> Is this person banned yet? Asking for a friend. >> >> On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 22:24 <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> wrote: >> >> May I have your best bike for free? or even your best tune up? Or web >> page work, or social media, or NFP wording? What are you willing to do to >> lift up my business for free so that I can lift up yours? >> For free I gave you ideas you had not come up with yet. The idea of >> testing your processes to prove that are the same as or different than you >> current beliefs/ practices. You as a group can reinvent the >> wheel or hold on to your beliefs. >> You can lift me up and I will lift you up. You can shut me down like a >> priests in the dark ages did to people of science. I have no power over >> your actions. I only have knowledge >> >> --------- Original Message --------- >> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? >> From: "Kevin Dwyer" <kevidwyer(a)gmail.com> >> Date: 2/4/19 1:32 pm >> To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> >> >> No, you have it wrong. The knowledge has value, even more, because it is >> given freely. That is the point of ThinkTank: sharing. If you don't want to >> share freely, this is wrong place for you and you are wasting our time. >> >> On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 1:09 PM <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> wrote: >> >> Tell me if I am wrong. If you work on a bike and make it better, that >> work has value. If I work on a process and make it better, the knowledge >> has no value and should be given away for free? >> >> >> When >> someone posts to a mailing list to sell a product, to me that >> constitutes cause to block that person from the mailing list. >> >> If you want to freely share here tutorials and techniques for everyone >> to review and learn from, in the interest of helping community bike >> shops hone their skillsets to a higher standard, I'd be the first to get >> interested. As it is, you never post detailed instructions, and quite >> frankly a lot of the processes you allude to are bizarrely out of scope >> with what most of us do on a daily basis. Your posts smell like bait. >> >> I'm personally requesting that you reconsider posting here. In this >> particular case, you even tacked your message onto a completely >> unrelated thread. I mean, might be I'm actually talking to a spam bot. >> >> cyclista Nicholas >> >> >> >> On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com wrote: >> > I will ask a few questions and I am seeking if you have tests to prove >> > your answers. >> > >> > Does a quick release lever change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No >> > is not important, how do you test to verify your answer is important. >> > How can this test be used to reduce service time to 1/20 the time? >> > >> > What does facing do for the customers ride experience? Nothing/ >> > Something? The following answers are guesses, beliefs, not science or >> > engineering based: it should be done, it is done at the factory, it >> > does not need to be done, eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist >> > have it done. So what does it do? how does it improve a cyclist ride >> > experience? How do you verify your answer? >> > >> > How do stainless steel spokes and cables stretch once and then >> > magically become harder and never stretch again? If they do not >> > stretch once, then how do they get longer once? How do you verify your >> > answer? >> > >> > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, how do you verify your answer? >> > >> > How does a chain that can stretch at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force >> > get stretched on a bike frame that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 >> > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 Kg or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or >> > 2000 Lbs of force into a chain to stretch it? Without destroying their >> > knees? How do you verify your answer? >> > Which leads to the question, How does one type of shift lever make a >> > chain function twice as long as another type. How do you verify your >> > answer? >> > >> > Why do mechanics tighten and loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a >> > wheel spokes get looser. Spokes only need to be tightened to round, >> > dish, tension, and true a wheel. How can finite element analysis and >> > computational fluid dynamics help a mechanic work 36 times more >> > efficiently? >> > >> > How can understanding the Sphere Stacking Equation improve the >> > hydraulic systems on a bicycle? (Both hydraulic braking and suspension >> > systems) and make cycling safer. >> > >> > How can a mechanic use a bench as a tool to reduce service time 25% >> > >> > Would it help your school, your students, bicycle businesses and >> > cyclist; if your curriculum included verifiable testing processes, >> > efficient practices to reduce procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale >> > language to help cyclist understand what a procedure does to improve >> > their cycling experience to improve sales? >> > >> > >> > If any of this or all of this is new to you and you would like to >> > improve your training, feel free to reach out and start a conversation >> > telephone only. 773 -490 -0683 Christopher O. Wallace . I am located >> > in Chicago Illinois. >> > >> > PS >> > Yes I have re-invented the wheel three different ways, I am looking to >> > improve the cycling industry and I feel schools are the best way to do >> > that! I look forward to hearing from you. >> > >> > Sincerely >> > Christopher O, Wallace >> > >> > ____________________________________ >> > >> > The ThinkTank mailing List >> > >> > Unsubscribe from this list here: >> > >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> >> Unsubscribe from this list here: >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >> >> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> >> Unsubscribe from this list here: >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >> >> >> >> -- >> Kevin Dwyer >> Salt Lake City, UT >> 801.647.0797 >> >> >> >> IMPORTANT: This communication is intended solely for the use of the >> individual or entity to which it is addressed. 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I sent him an email asking him to stop and apologize, he replied >>> with more confusing insults and continued to post gibberish to the TT so I >>> removed and blocked him. >>> >>> godwin >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* Thethinktank <thethinktank-bounces(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> >>> on behalf of Katie Vogel <katharine.d.vogel(a)gmail.com> >>> *Sent:* February 4, 2019 7:46 PM >>> *To:* The Think Tank >>> *Subject:* Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? >>> >>> Is this person banned yet? Asking for a friend. >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 22:24 <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> wrote: >>> >>> May I have your best bike for free? or even your best tune up? Or web >>> page work, or social media, or NFP wording? What are you willing to do to >>> lift up my business for free so that I can lift up yours? >>> For free I gave you ideas you had not come up with yet. The idea of >>> testing your processes to prove that are the same as or different than you >>> current beliefs/ practices. You as a group can reinvent the >>> wheel or hold on to your beliefs. >>> You can lift me up and I will lift you up. You can shut me down like a >>> priests in the dark ages did to people of science. I have no power over >>> your actions. I only have knowledge >>> >>> --------- Original Message --------- >>> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Do I have this wrong? >>> From: "Kevin Dwyer" <kevidwyer(a)gmail.com> >>> Date: 2/4/19 1:32 pm >>> To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> >>> >>> No, you have it wrong. The knowledge has value, even more, because it is >>> given freely. That is the point of ThinkTank: sharing. If you don't want to >>> share freely, this is wrong place for you and you are wasting our time. >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 1:09 PM <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> wrote: >>> >>> Tell me if I am wrong. If you work on a bike and make it better, that >>> work has value. If I work on a process and make it better, the knowledge >>> has no value and should be given away for free? >>> >>> >>> When >>> someone posts to a mailing list to sell a product, to me that >>> constitutes cause to block that person from the mailing list. >>> >>> If you want to freely share here tutorials and techniques for everyone >>> to review and learn from, in the interest of helping community bike >>> shops hone their skillsets to a higher standard, I'd be the first to get >>> interested. As it is, you never post detailed instructions, and quite >>> frankly a lot of the processes you allude to are bizarrely out of scope >>> with what most of us do on a daily basis. Your posts smell like bait. >>> >>> I'm personally requesting that you reconsider posting here. In this >>> particular case, you even tacked your message onto a completely >>> unrelated thread. I mean, might be I'm actually talking to a spam bot. >>> >>> cyclista Nicholas >>> >>> >>> >>> On 2019-02-03 05:57, christopher(a)holisticcycles.com wrote: >>> > I will ask a few questions and I am seeking if you have tests to prove >>> > your answers. >>> > >>> > Does a quick release lever change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No >>> > is not important, how do you test to verify your answer is important. >>> > How can this test be used to reduce service time to 1/20 the time? >>> > >>> > What does facing do for the customers ride experience? Nothing/ >>> > Something? The following answers are guesses, beliefs, not science or >>> > engineering based: it should be done, it is done at the factory, it >>> > does not need to be done, eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist >>> > have it done. So what does it do? how does it improve a cyclist ride >>> > experience? How do you verify your answer? >>> > >>> > How do stainless steel spokes and cables stretch once and then >>> > magically become harder and never stretch again? If they do not >>> > stretch once, then how do they get longer once? How do you verify your >>> > answer? >>> > >>> > Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, how do you verify your answer? >>> > >>> > How does a chain that can stretch at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force >>> > get stretched on a bike frame that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 >>> > lbs cyclist. How can a 45 Kg or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or >>> > 2000 Lbs of force into a chain to stretch it? Without destroying their >>> > knees? How do you verify your answer? >>> > Which leads to the question, How does one type of shift lever make a >>> > chain function twice as long as another type. How do you verify your >>> > answer? >>> > >>> > Why do mechanics tighten and loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a >>> > wheel spokes get looser. Spokes only need to be tightened to round, >>> > dish, tension, and true a wheel. How can finite element analysis and >>> > computational fluid dynamics help a mechanic work 36 times more >>> > efficiently? >>> > >>> > How can understanding the Sphere Stacking Equation improve the >>> > hydraulic systems on a bicycle? (Both hydraulic braking and suspension >>> > systems) and make cycling safer. >>> > >>> > How can a mechanic use a bench as a tool to reduce service time 25% >>> > >>> > Would it help your school, your students, bicycle businesses and >>> > cyclist; if your curriculum included verifiable testing processes, >>> > efficient practices to reduce procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale >>> > language to help cyclist understand what a procedure does to improve >>> > their cycling experience to improve sales? >>> > >>> > >>> > If any of this or all of this is new to you and you would like to >>> > improve your training, feel free to reach out and start a conversation >>> > telephone only. 773 -490 -0683 Christopher O. Wallace . I am located >>> > in Chicago Illinois. >>> > >>> > PS >>> > Yes I have re-invented the wheel three different ways, I am looking to >>> > improve the cycling industry and I feel schools are the best way to do >>> > that! I look forward to hearing from you. >>> > >>> > Sincerely >>> > Christopher O, Wallace >>> > >>> > ____________________________________ >>> > >>> > The ThinkTank mailing List >>> > >>> > Unsubscribe from this list here: >>> > >>> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >>> ____________________________________ >>> >>> The ThinkTank mailing List >>> >>> Unsubscribe from this list here: >>> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >>> >>> ____________________________________ >>> >>> The ThinkTank mailing List >>> >>> Unsubscribe from this list here: >>> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Kevin Dwyer >>> Salt Lake City, UT >>> 801.647.0797 >>> >>> >>> >>> 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. 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Greatly appreciated. > > -- > Judith C Feist > Co Director, the Hub at Back Alley > > > *"*Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root'"- Angela Davis > > "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle." -Gloria Steinem > > I think [the bicycle] has done more to emancipate women than anything else > in the world...It gives a woman a feeling of freedom and > self-reliance.~Susan B. Anthony > ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… > > -- Jeffrey Getten Co-Director The Hub of Back Alley / Back Alley Bikes 3611 Cass Ave. Detroit, MI 48201 313.833.0813 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Josh Bisker 914-500-9890 New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op <http://bikecoop.nyc/> 596 Acres <http://596acres.org/> Bindlestiff Family Cirkus <http://bindlestiff.org/> On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 9:50 AM Jeffery Getten <jeff(a)backalleybikes.org> wrote: > Thank you Godwin, I'm new to the group and was hoping this was not the > "norm". > > On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 9:24 AM Judith Feist <judith(a)backalleybikes.org> > wrote: > >> Thank you Godwin. Greatly appreciated. >> >> -- >> Judith C Feist >> Co Director, the Hub at Back Alley >> >> >> *"*Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root'"- Angela Davis >> >> "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle." -Gloria Steinem >> >> I think [the bicycle] has done more to emancipate women than anything >> else in the world...It gives a woman a feeling of freedom and >> self-reliance.~Susan B. 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"Does a quick release lever change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No is not important, how do you test to verify your answer is important." With most hubs (cup & cone) one should be careful of overtightening, not to "crank down", as that can "crush" the bearings. Old hubs "left loose" will benefit from a bit of overtightening, as per se each example. However, Mavic hubs (cartridge), that require a special tool, should be left with a little play (hub setting tempered by QR adjustment). This is garnered from the issued manual on adjustment for these hubs by the company. In practice, this has worked. ~robert (blackcatprowl) Robᵉʳᵗ -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 2/3/19, <thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote: Subject: Thethinktank Digest, Vol 149, Issue 2 To: thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org Date: Sunday, February 3, 2019, 4:04 PM 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: Your opinion please.... (christopher(a)holisticcycles.com) 2. Elevating the knowledge base, Would your programs benefit? (christopher(a)holisticcycles.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 22:55:07 -0700 From: christopher(a)holisticcycles.com To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Your opinion please.... Message-ID: <20190202225507.f1111ec096c9d6bd7eddf37b01080912.813800a36d.mailapi(a)email03.godaddy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" lightspeed was designed for bike shops --------- Original Message --------- Subject: [TheThinkTank] Your opinion please.... From: "Ellen Willis-Conger" <ellen(a)sbbike.org> Date: 1/30/19 5:23 pm To: thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition has 3 different sites/shops. We are going to upgrade our POS system to work better with our Quickbooks online in order to make life easier and more accurate for all! Do you have experience with how the following POS systems interface with Quickbooks? Please share your opinion and experience with support !! 1) Primaseller 2) Shopkeep 3) Lightspeed Thank you!! Ellen -- Ellen Willis-Conger Associate Director Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition p: 805.845.8955 w: sbbike.org e: ellen(a)sbbike.org ____________________________________ The ThinkTank mailing List Unsubscribe from this list here: 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: 2 Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2019 22:57:03 -0700 From: christopher(a)holisticcycles.com To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Subject: [TheThinkTank] Elevating the knowledge base, Would your programs benefit? Message-ID: <20190202225703.f1111ec096c9d6bd7eddf37b01080912.ad91ff304d.mailapi(a)email03.godaddy.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I will ask a few questions and I am seeking if you have tests to prove your answers. Does a quick release lever change the adjustment of a hub? Yes or No is not important, how do you test to verify your answer is important. How can this test be used to reduce service time to 1/20 the time? What does facing do for the customers ride experience? Nothing/ Something? The following answers are guesses, beliefs, not science or engineering based: it should be done, it is done at the factory, it does not need to be done, eliminates pedal click, professional cyclist have it done. So what does it do? how does it improve a cyclist ride experience? How do you verify your answer? How do stainless steel spokes and cables stretch once and then magically become harder and never stretch again? If they do not stretch once, then how do they get longer once? How do you verify your answer? Do Bolts stretch? Yes or No, how do you verify your answer? How does a chain that can stretch at 900 Kg or 2000 pounds of force get stretched on a bike frame that can only support a 160 Kg or 350 lbs cyclist. How can a 45 Kg or 100 pound cyclist put 900 Kg or 2000 Lbs of force into a chain to stretch it? Without destroying their knees? How do you verify your answer? Which leads to the question, How does one type of shift lever make a chain function twice as long as another type. How do you verify your answer? Why do mechanics tighten and loosen spokes? When a cyclist uses a wheel spokes get looser. Spokes only need to be tightened to round, dish, tension, and true a wheel. How can finite element analysis and computational fluid dynamics help a mechanic work 36 times more efficiently? How can understanding the Sphere Stacking Equation improve the hydraulic systems on a bicycle? (Both hydraulic braking and suspension systems) and make cycling safer. How can a mechanic use a bench as a tool to reduce service time 25% Would it help your school, your students, bicycle businesses and cyclist; if your curriculum included verifiable testing processes, efficient practices to reduce procedure time 25% to 50%, service sale language to help cyclist understand what a procedure does to improve their cycling experience to improve sales? If any of this or all of this is new to you and you would like to improve your training, feel free to reach out and start a conversation telephone only. 773 -490 -0683 Christopher O. Wallace . I am located in Chicago Illinois. PS Yes I have re-invented the wheel three different ways, I am looking to improve the cycling industry and I feel schools are the best way to do that! I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely Christopher O, Wallace -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Free knowledge
by christopher＠holisticcycles.com 04 Feb '19

04 Feb '19

All the points you raise have answers in mechanical engineering and bicycle mechanics. To pick one: the compression of a closed quick release does change the adjustment of hub bearings, easily demonstrated. Various techniques exist to correct the hub bearings adjustment for this. Barnett publishes a technique, a bit fussy, but it works. The technique he demonstrated to me was flawed. I show him the flaw in logic and he dismissed it. He put pressure on the end of an axle on one side of a hub and pressure on the lock nut on the other side of the hub. There is never any pressure on the end of a skewered axle. The clamping force is only on the lock nuts against the dropout surfaces. His test had two variables instead of one. Does the axle compress under quick release loads or do the threads flex. One test will not answer two variables. Two test are needed to test two variables. Yet only one test is valid. Since a QR can never press against the end of an axle and still have clamping force on a lock nut against the dropout, pressing against the end of the axle test is invalid. John' s testing wanted to find a specific amount that a hub could be adjusted from the standard bench adjustment to the on the bike correction for quick release forces. He came to realize that the variables in axle materials and quick release materials and construction were to great for a unified answer. I solved for his issues and his beliefs dismissed my solution. I demonstrated a perfect adjustment for the added load of a quick release in less than 30 seconds. Once I did six adjustment in 10 seconds. My special tools cost $6 from a frame builder. Special tools do exist, but unnecessary. Most mechanics learn in school or from someone like me, People are asking me for free instruction, is your knowledge free? if not why are you advertising here also? and most develop their preferred method. Chains don't stretch. At 2000 pound of force chains do stretch, True: on a bike they only wear. Cables do. At 550 pounds of force derailleur cables stretch, but the plastic shift lever mount will fail at 200 pounds of force, at 800 pounds of force brake cables stretch. sadly a rim side wall brake surface will start to fail at 160 pounds of force. Numbers don't lie and are verifiable. (Very different structures.) Spokes remain elastic. Spoke elbows deform from the original 90 degrees to the best pull angle, effectively making spokes longer once. On aluminum hubs the elbow indents the hub flange hole making the spoke effectively longer once. Neither of these changes the elastic properties of the spoke, but they do make the spoke effectively longer once and drop the tension of the wheel, allowing for greater tension ranges in spokes, creating early fatigue and spoke failure. Also reducing the efficiency of the wheel to accelerate as looser spokes need to be tensioned by the force from the chain before they move the cyclist forward, and the wheel has more side to side movement with looser spokes making control and braking less than optimal. May I suggest that these complete thoughts are not currently put together cohesively by engineering books which I have intensely studied, or bicycle best practices knowledge bases. or by you. May I suggest familiarizing yourself with current best practice (rather than the noise that gets written on the web). I suggest Sharp for the basic mechanical engineering My experiments with the wheel in both practice and with finite element analysis and computational fluid dynamic program ANAYS. have shown insight intto the wheel and how to do wheel work 20 faster for better result. and Barnett for current mechanic best practice. As a BBI certified master tech, I can point out many flaws to Barnett's best practices. From making mechanics less profitable with slow procedures that are not valid in their testing. To just plain bad science understanding. Get back to me if you have questions after having thoroughly understood those. I am back, Now are you ready to learn? or do you have any ideas of your own that are brilliant. I am all ears On Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 1:24 PM <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> wrote: Hi David, What are you trying to build? I am not trying to builds I am trying to understand what has been built to improve efficiency of mechanics by up to 40 times current speed. Helping mechanics earn a living wage. Not a lot of CFD in the bike world. Do you know this as fact or a belief that you hold strongly? And after over a hundred years of engineering, not a lot of need for FEA. In the 1880's to 1890's there was amazing engineering, some material sciences in the 1980's improved friction, ending of the cold war brought advanced materials in the 80's and 90's Sadly as a student of the root causes of problems I have found the engineering in most bicycle systems is lost and strong held beliefs are the replacement. A couple of examples: A chain has a pull strength of 2000 pounds before it stretches, If you wish to stretch a chain put a car on your back and stand on one pedal. What is the root of chain lengthening, What is the relationship between side to side flex of a chain and shifting quality? Do all new chains that measure the same length have the same side flex? Is there a relationship between chain length and flex. A spoke is made of a magical metal that stretches once and then becomes a harder metal and never stretches again. A spoke can be tightened until it will pull the nipple through the rim because the rim is not as strong as pull force that can be applied by the spoke. So how do rims stretch spokes to become looser in tension during the first 30 days of riding? Derailleur cables are anchored by a threaded fastener on one end and on the other end sits in a plastic seat in the shift lever. The derailleur cable has a pull strength of 500 pounds of pull before it will stretch, the plastic seat will fail before the cable will. How do cables stretch one time then never stretch again when pulled by a weaker plastic component? Does a quick release lever change the adjustment of a hub? How do you isolate and test your theory? How do you adjust the hub precisely for a combination of a specific axle (mild steel, hardened steel, Titanium, Aluminum, ) and a specific Quick Release material (Steel, Aluminum, Titanium, with or with out plastic components )? How do you precisely adjust a hub for QR forces in less than 20 seconds? If engineering has been done, then it should be easy to answer all these question by looking in books, or on line, or from schools. Which acts like a fluid on the bicycle? hydraulic brake fluid? a wheel rim? or a chain? A little hint, Brake fluid when contain in a system acts as a solid to transfer forces. Brake fluid outside of a system acts like a fluid. If you would like to communicate on how CFD with FEA can change the world of cycling I would love to talk, If you believe engineers created cables that stretch once, spokes that stretch once, chains that stretch with human load of less than 2000 pounds, well I will not change your strong belief system. Christopher Wallace 773 490 0683 Good morning, Sorry, no. I once did some programming for FEA and CNC but ages ago, and my IT friends wrangle server farms, databases, and state IT departments. Take a look at Monster. Also post a query on one of the CMU boards or Pitt Craigslist. What are you trying to build? Not a lot of CFD in the bike world. And after over a hundred years of engineering, not a lot of need for FEA. David On Sun, Oct 16, 2016, 11:14 AM <christopher(a)holisticcycles.com> wrote: Do you know anyone that is fluent in Ansys? CFD FEA? or know where I could look for a person in the field? Christopher Wallace Holistic Cycles 773 490 0683 Oak Park, IL. 60304 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] CiviCRM From: David Zundel <davidzundel(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, October 15, 2016 6:38 pm To: Jonathan Morrison <jonathan(a)bicyclecollective.org>, The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> CiviCRM goes on a server (vps recommended and affordable) then accessed by a web page, fairly easy. Or you buy Civi hosting, but that defeats some of the purpose of using Civi. Civi has considerable power and ability, can connect with ERP, etc but not for IT novice. Easy to install, configure, and maintain if you have experience and comfort with Linux servers, if not, not. You can certainly hire the Linux talent in SLC, but dependence on outside IT service has inconveniences. Email me directly if you want to get into details on Civi. David http://openwest.us On Sat, Oct 15, 2016, 8:20 PM Jonathan Morrison <jonathan(a)bicyclecollective.org> wrote: What staff resources does it require? On Sat, Oct 15, 2016, 7:19 PM jack <jack(a)bikewalkwichita.org> wrote: We use Salesforce / Wordpress / Mailchimp and have been pleased with what all we can do, for free. -------- Original message -------- From: David Zundel Date:10/15/2016 7:33 PM (GMT-06:00) To: The Think Tank Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] CiviCRM CiviCRM recommended David On Sat, Oct 15, 2016, 6:13 PM Jonathan Morrison <jonathan(a)bicyclecollective.org> wrote: Has anyone been using (https://civicrm.org/) or would they recommend a different software package? -Jonathan ____________________________________ 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

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Thethinktank Digest, Vol 148, Issue 16
by sharon earnhardt 01 Feb '19

01 Feb '19

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE ME!!!! I've asked nicely several times. I'm reporting the next post as spam. Sharon Earnhardt captainkellia(a)gmail.com On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 3:42 AM < 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. Your opinion please.... (Ellen Willis-Conger) > 2. Ogden Bicycle Collective is Hiring a Volunteer Coordinator > (Danielle Stiff) > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ellen Willis-Conger <ellen(a)sbbike.org> > To: thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 16:23:13 -0800 > Subject: [TheThinkTank] Your opinion please.... > Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition has 3 different sites/shops. > > We are going to upgrade our POS system to work better with our Quickbooks > online in order to make life easier and more accurate for all! > > Do you have experience with how the following POS systems interface with > Quickbooks? Please share your opinion and experience with support !! > > 1) Primaseller > 2) Shopkeep > 3) Lightspeed > > > Thank you!! > Ellen > -- > Ellen Willis-Conger > *Associate Director* > Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition > p: 805.845.8955 > w: sbbike.org e: ellen(a)sbbike.org > <https://www.facebook.com/sbbikes/> > <https://www.instagram.com/sbbike.s/> > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Danielle Stiff <danielle(a)bicyclecollective.org> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 17:38:39 -0700 > Subject: [TheThinkTank] Ogden Bicycle Collective is Hiring a Volunteer > Coordinator > Hi all, > > Our Volunteer Coordinator is off to grad school, so we're hiring a new > one! Here's a link > <https://bicyclecollective.org/ogden-news/item/784-obc-is-hiring-a-volunteer…> > to the job posting and on our website! > > Thanks! > > -- > Danielle Stiff > Director > Ogden Bicycle Collective > 936 28th Street > Ogden, UT 84403 > 801-997-0336 > _______________________________________________ > Thethinktank mailing list > Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… >

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Ogden Bicycle Collective is Hiring a Volunteer Coordinator
by Danielle Stiff 30 Jan '19

30 Jan '19

Hi all, Our Volunteer Coordinator is off to grad school, so we're hiring a new one! Here's a link <https://bicyclecollective.org/ogden-news/item/784-obc-is-hiring-a-volunteer…> to the job posting and on our website! Thanks! -- Danielle Stiff Director Ogden Bicycle Collective 936 28th Street Ogden, UT 84403 801-997-0336

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Bike wash
by Jennifer Shriver 28 Jan '19

28 Jan '19

Community Cycles is moving to a new permanent space (hooray!!) and we are updating a few of our processes along the way, including our bike wash. Has anyone looked into this issue? Concerned about 2 things: 1. Conserving water 2. Not putting grease and contaminants into the waste water Interested to hear ANY experience or thoughts y'all have. Thanks so much. Wishing you a beautiful, bicycle-filled day, Jennifer Marie Shriver Development Director 303-641-2749 w <http://www.communitycycles.org>ww.communitycycles.org <http://www.communitycycles.org>

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Thethinktank Digest, Vol 148, Issue 14
by Lawrence Mohammed 27 Jan '19

27 Jan '19

Great concept and strategy Bob, congrats! Warmest regards, *Lawrence Mohammed* Director & Head Mechanic Pro Bike Service C.I.C. *+44 (0)77 222 58587* *probikeservice.co.uk <https://probikeservice.co.uk>* *facebook.com/probikeservice <https://www.facebook.com/professionalbikeservice>* /[Location, NOT delivery address] Pro Bike Service C.I.C. Multi-Storey Car Park Lesney Avenue Olympic Park London E20 3BS / On 26/01/2019 21:04, thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org wrote: > Send Thethinktank mailing list submissions to > thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > thethinktank-owner(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Thethinktank digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: capital campaign in missoula, results (Judith Feist) > 2. capital campaign in missoula, results (mist(a)strans.org) > > _______________________________________________ > Thethinktank mailing list > Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.…

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capital campaign in missoula, results
by mist＠strans.org 27 Jan '19

27 Jan '19

Hi all, If any group is thinking of taking on a big capital campaign to buy their building and property, I'd be happy to talk about our experience here in Missoula over the last few years. The nutshell: our 4,000 sq ft community shop was for sale as part of a larger 2 acre property with a 28,000 sq ft building (lots of additions, annexes, offices, warehouse, etc). We went for it and succeeded in buying the whole thing, for 1.1 million dollars. It's in the heart of Missoula, on the trail system with great vistas to the mountains. We raised $200,000 in cash donations in 9 months, secured a $100,000 county loan (4% over 20 years) and had a local woman loan us the balance of 900k. We pay her $6,200/mo as the mortgage (6% over 25 years). A key component: we have secured enough renters to bring in $7,600/mo. That amount covers the local loan, the county loan, insurance and property tax (we gained tax exempt status on 85% of the property). We have like minded renters, from a mushroom grower to t-shirt shop to non profits renting the offices, a clay studio and so on. It has been a challenge, yet we feel very secure. We are growing bike programs, a venue space and we will likely take on the other spaces for more programs as we pay down the loan notes. The arrangement with the local person was a 'contract for deed', which gives us all the rights and responsibilities as property owner. Send me an email if you'd like to talk more. I do think this is a good model: buy a piece of property and rent out enough to cover the bulk of costs. -Bob Giordano, Free Cycles Missoula

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fundraising inquiry
by Judith Feist 25 Jan '19

25 Jan '19

Good Morning (almost afternoon), all! I have a question for any folks out there whose collective/workshop does large fundraisers/events where participants are asked to register either themselves or teams. We have been using crowdrise and had a number of complications with it this year. Are there any fundraising websites or apps out there that you would suggest? Just kinda getting things organized for next year... Thank you in advance. Greatly appreciated. -- Judith C Feist Co Director, the Hub at Back Alley *"*Radical simply means 'grasping things at the root'"- Angela Davis "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle." -Gloria Steinem I think [the bicycle] has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world...It gives a woman a feeling of freedom and self-reliance.~Susan B. Anthony

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Re. Fundraising Inquiry
by Geoffrey Smart 24 Jan '19

24 Jan '19

Try booking is popular in Australia for fundraisers and I know several organisations that have used it successfully for fundraisers. Works well but there is a fee to use. https://www.trybooking.com/ Regards Geoff Smart Back2Bikes Port Melbourne -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

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Boise Bicycle Project is hiring a Youth Programs Coordinator
by Emily Summerhays 24 Jan '19

24 Jan '19

Beautiful Boise is currently one of the most desirable places in the country to live; and our vibrant bike culture is stretching and growing! We are hiring a Youth Programs Coordinator. Applicants with professional bike mechanics experience and work experience with youth will have priority. Read the job description and requirements below or navigate here: https://www.boisebicycleproject.org/youth-coordinator *Our Mission* Boise Bicycle Project (BBP) is a community-oriented cooperative that promotes the personal, social and environmental benefits of bicycling. We function as a bicycle recycling center as well as an educational workspace in a diverse and non-threatening atmosphere. Through education and access to inexpensive bicycles we strive to build a stronger bicycling community. *We Believe:* Boise has the potential to become the "Bicycling Capital of America." We envision a community where everyone, regardless of income, can enjoy all of the empowering benefits of bicycling. We are doing our darnedest to help Boise reach that potential every day. *Our Youth Program:* The Boise Bicycle Project donates 500-700 bicycles to opportunity-youth every year. In 2015, BBP launched a new Youth Path of Opportunity Program (Y-POP) to make sure all youth ages 4-18 have the opportunity to enjoy all of the benefits a bicycle can provide. This program makes bicycles, bicycle repair, and bicycle safety education available to youth at no cost. *The Youth Programs Coordinator Position:* BBP is hiring a new Youth Programs Coordinator to maintain, grow, and develop the Y-POP program. Our dream candidate is someone who will engage and inspire youth to reach new levels of opportunity in the community and at BBP through bicycling. Above all else, the Youth Programs Coordinator must have a passion for teaching youth. Next comes a passion for the empowering benefits of bicycling. An effective Youth Programs Coordinator will create rewarding and purposeful opportunities for the youth to take part in BBP’s Y-POP program, while working with the rest of BBP’s staff to serve its mission. *Qualifications* - Strong Interpersonal skills, with the ability to work/teach a diverse youth population - Proficient bicycle mechanical skills are a definite plus, but not required - Bachelors Degree or higher, or Specialized Education/Vocational Certificate - Teaching experience - Strong verbal and written communication skills - Proven ability to initiate effective outside the box ideas/programs - Must be able to thrive in a team centered environment - Passion for bicycles as a tool for transportation and empowerment - Passion for and understanding of underserved populations *Job Duties and Responsibilities* *Youth Development* - Maintain and increase fulfilling opportunities for BBP’s Y-POP programs - Recruit and create opportunities for youth of all backgrounds - Provide clear and consistent opportunities for youth to grow their skills - Prepare jobs and tasks for daily youth activities - Develop innovative and sustainable training tactics to engage and educate youth *Program Enhancement* - Work with the Executive Director, Operations Manager, Lead Mechanic, Volunteer Coordinator, and the rest of BBP’s staff to provide valuable learning opportunities that enhance BBP’s other services - Direct BBP’s Youth Work-Trade Program (develop beneficial and educational tasks for work traders) - Establish a new Youth Earn-a-Bike program that’s inclusive of all youth (goal of at least 25 participants a year) - Help Facilitate annual Christmas Kids Bike Giveaway and monthly Kid B.A.S.H. safety classes - Schedule all youth activity programs and events *Outreach and Reporting* - Maintain a record keeping program and youth resource contact list - Create and distribute effective and educational materials to program participants - Complete Y-POP reports for The BBP Experience newsletter - Submit an annual Y-POP report covering total amounts of youth activities, hours and attendance, review of programs, and plans for future development. - Develop and maintain relationships with other youth organizations within the area. *Compensation* $12 - $14 salaried, based on a 5 day 35-40 hour workweek. Benefits include Health Insurance, Retirement Package, Commuter Support Program, Paid Vacation and Sick Leave *How to Apply* *Email your resume, cover letter (in your cover letter, please address how you identify with BBP’s mission statement), and three work related references with contact info to **emily(a)boisebicycleproject.org* <emily(a)boisebicycleproject.org>*. Position open until filled; applications received by January 25, 2019 will receive priority consideration.* -- Emily Thompson Summerhays Director of Operations Boise Bicycle Project 1027 S. Lusk Street Boise, Idaho 83702 208.429.6520 boisebicycleproject.org https://youtu.be/D-v5vS-03gk?t=8s

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Announcing the Passing of Darren Knox
by Josh Bisker 23 Jan '19

23 Jan '19

Our beloved friend Darren Knox passed away this weekend, finding peace after a long and painful battle against cancer. He was a deeply gentle, loving person with a generous spirit and a beautiful heart. His final conversation was with a childhood friend, to whom he said "I love this world," and "people are beautiful." He was 33. Darren died at his home in New Orleans surrounded by a close circle of loving friends and his parents. He had been fighting with the cancer for a couple years now, but had kept his struggle mostly private. His health declined sharply over the last few months; between spring and fall this year, he lost a huge amount of weight and energy, and his body started slowly failing as his cancer advanced. Although he had planned to come to Bike!Bike! in LA, a city he had once called home, he was no longer up to it when the time came. When we talked on the phone that weekend, he broke down crying, which was very rare for him. He said, "I'm usually so stoical about all of this ... but I just can't take it that I'm never going to make it to another BikeBike." Darren had dedicated his time and love to bike coops in New Orleans, Chicago, and Portland (and I believe other places too), and many of us knew him from Bike!Bike!; his first one was in 2013 in New Orleans (he moved to New Orleans after Bike!Bike! 2013, you know. He just stayed -- how about that?). Darren expressed to me passionately and often that Bike!Bike!, the community bike shop world, and all the people in our tribe have been among the most important parts of his life -- the things that have given him the greatest sense of purpose, belonging, comfort, and happiness. Our labor, our love, our camaraderie, our boldness and zest for life, our politics and commitment to gender equity, our do-it-together "yes we can" sensibility, and, more than anything, the warm, deep, wacky love we show each other as a community ... all these things kept his spirit burning brightly for the world around him, for his entire adult life. *Darren also had hopes for our community*: he strongly desired that we work more mindfully and expressly on confronting white supremacy. He actually led a workshop on this in Columbus in 2014 -- this is actually where I learned to understand the term white supremacy, if you can believe it. When I visited him in New Orleans last month, he told me that this is still his wish: that we work hard, as a community, towards making this struggle central to our movement. I hope his vision guides our futures. And I hope, as well, that in the midst of our sadness, we all feel glad that the movement we've built together so far became one of the most meaningful parts of the beautiful life that has just sailed away from us. There will be a memorial service for Darren in New Orleans on February 9th; you are all welcome. Check the Bike!Bike! Facebook group <https://www.facebook.com/groups/648758205249998/?ref=bookmarks> for details, housing arrangements, and so on. So, let us organize. There's talk afoot about ensuring that future BikeBike conferences work to include workshops on issues like "Moving Beyond Saviorism Towards Solidarity" -- the title of the one Darren facilitated in Columbus -- and other topics related to overcoming white supremacy. There's also been ideas floated about a monetary collection, possibly to fund an organization that Darren was passionate about, or to bring anti-racism teachings and actions into our own organizations. Please contribute your ideas in this thread and we'll see where we go. Please also feel free to contribute your memories and photos of Darren here. If you wish, we'll do what we can to convey these down to New Orleans on the 9th. "I Love This World" and "People Are Beautiful" are nice last words. Please carry them with you today. Josh Josh Bisker 914-500-9890 New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op <http://bikecoop.nyc/> 596 Acres <http://596acres.org/> Bindlestiff Family Cirkus <http://bindlestiff.org/>

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National Bike Summit
by Sylvie Baele 20 Jan '19

20 Jan '19

Hi folks, Is anyone going to the summit? Looking to split a room at the hotel. about $330/each. Sylvie

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Bike share / Dockless systems info
by Jim D. Mayerstein 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

Hi all! This is a little off-topic from bike collectives stuff but still in the bike spectrum of things, so here's what's up: Mexico City just installed the first technical board for bike share and dockless transportation systems infrastructure and operations management and I'm super stoked to be part of it. Right now we're trying to gather information from other systems around the world on what their regulations are specifically with the dockless bikes and scooters operators. Some of the questions we're trying to find answers for are: - What are the requirements for companies that offer these services to operate in your city? - Do companies have to pay some sort of right to operate in the city? If so, how much is it and how often do you do contract renewal? - Which are the penalties for companies who don't stick to the rules? - Do companies have to install infrastructure for their bikes? Given they are dockless, some sort of designated spaces or areas? - Do companies have to contribute to the bike infrastructure maintenance? If you or anyone you know have some info or is willing to chat at some point, let me know! Thanks everyone! Much love, -Jim Mayerstein

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Photos from Bike!Bike! 2015 Guadalajara
by Laura Borealis 16 Jan '19

16 Jan '19

Hey yall - I hate that I'm so late on this, but I figured it was about time. Here I present to you my photos from Bike!Bike! 2015 in Guadalajara plus the post ride to Tequila! <https://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraeliza/albums/72157659489974198> I spent a lot of sweet moments with our beloved Darren during this time, when our motto of the trip was "dormir es morir" (to sleep is to die!), 'cause we were just having a blast soaking up every single moment of being there with all of you! Thank you all for the love and support. 💕 Laura

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Public repair stations
by Tigre Bici 13 Jan '19

13 Jan '19

Hello! This email is to ask if any of your shops/collectives/cities have public repair stations and if so, what have been the experiences with them (good usages/theft/general opinions). Has anybody made their own repair station? advice? We have and extra tool kit that nobody is using so we are thinking on making one station and putting it outside the shop for general usage. We are a bit concerned about theft since the area gets really dark and lonely at night with some theft to houses and cars; so we are thinking on something that its fixated to the floor but tools are just available during daytime (to prevent theft) We found some info online on measures (attached), what do you think of this type of station? Abrazos R.

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Year's End
by Cyclista Nicholas 31 Dec '18

31 Dec '18

Best wishes to everyone for the new year!!!! I'm thankful for for all your thought, passion, and action this year. Stay safe tonight! 2019 needs you :) cyclista Nicholas Director Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles

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Volunteer Scheduling System?
by Audrey Wiedemeier 31 Dec '18

31 Dec '18

Greetings, Folks: Does anyone have advice/suggestions/insight into these or other volunteer scheduling systems? I am testing out: Freehub, Flipcause, When I Work <https://wheniwork.com/>, Volgistics, <https://www.volgistics.com/> and Freecyclerys rad spreadsheet. Right now we have no scheduling system, but rather operate with a "just show up at these times" system. Keyholders let me know when they can't be at their regularly scheduled program and then I cover. We have about 15 core volunteers (volunteer 4-6 time a month), and 15 active volunteers (they come once or twice a month). The main issue that I hope to resolve is volunteer retention and making all folks feel welcome to be a part of the organization. I realize there are many other benefits to implementing a scheduling system, as well as way to retain volunteers. Thank you in advance! Peace & grease, *Audrey Wiedemeier* (She/her/hers) Iowa City Bike Library, Director 700 S. Dubuque St, Iowa City *Hours: *Sat. 10-3, Mon. 5-7, Tues. 6-8, Wed. 6-8, Thurs. 6-8, Fri. 4:30-6:30 BikeLibrary.org C: (515) 450-1651

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how to peel a banana
by Sunny Nestler 20 Dec '18

20 Dec '18

Hey everyone, Can someone explain to me how you facilitated the peeling a banana segment of the "Hands Off Wrenching" workshop at the LA Bike!Bike! ? I didn't go to that workshop but it sounded really cool, and someone from my shop went and was describing it to me. I think I wanna use it in a workshop I'm leading but I want more info! Also thinking of incorporating a banana split follow up activity, because those are delicious! 🍌🍌🍌 sunny *Sunny Nestler*, *Programs Manager* AMS Bike Co-op University of British Columbia 604-822-2453 | bikecoop.ca | @ubcbike

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Re: [TheThinkTank] NorthEast Regional Bike!Bike! *Save the Date*
by Ainsley Naylor 17 Dec '18

17 Dec '18

The Victoria Day Holiday is scheduled to fall on the Monday proceeding May 24th, (Queen Victoria's birthday). In Canada it is widely referred to as "May Two-Four" no matter what date it falls on. Also, we drink a lot of beer ;) Ainsley. On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 7:51 AM Heather <technostoopid(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I'm confused. is it May 2-4 or 18-20? > > On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 12:45 PM Matthew Dickinson < > matthew.dickinson(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> FYI!!!! >> >> >> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone >> <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS> >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> On Monday, December 3, 2018, 3:26 PM, Ainsley Naylor < >> needleandthread(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> We are pleased to announce that Toronto has set the date for Bike!Bike! >> NorthEast!! >> >> We will be hosting all our regional friends over the 2019 Victoria Day >> long weekend: >> >> Saturday May 18 - Monday May 20 ("May 2-4") >> >> This will be an opportunity for folks from the Northeast U.S., Ontario, >> Quebec and the Canadian Atlantic provinces to gather and learn, engage and >> inspire each other! We are specifically hoping that this event gives folks >> the opportunity to attend who haven't been able to attend the annual B!B! >> conference. >> >> Stay tuned for invites and updates starting in January after we get our >> committees organized. Registration etc. will be facilitated through the >> bikebike.org website >> >> - Ainsley and the Toronto Gang. >> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> >> Unsubscribe from this list here: >> http://lists.bikecollectives.org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o… >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coordinators Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to thirdhandcoordinators+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to >> thirdhandcoordinators(a)googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thirdhandcoordinators/1839409565.1091815.… >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thirdhandcoordinators/1839409565.1091815.…> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >

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Help! Your Drop-in Attendance Numbers Plz!
by Josh Bisker 14 Dec '18

14 Dec '18

Heyyo! I've got to turn around a grant proposal for our DOT quick like lightning and they want projections for the # people whom we can serve given a couple proposed conditions. These programs will be new for us, however, so I don't have a good baseline from which to extrapolate numbers. But maybe you do! Can you tell me how many folks you think you serve given something like the following conditions (ballpark figures are fine): - Saturday open hours* - Sunday open hours** - Weekly pop-up repair somewhere - Weekly group ride - Weekly commuter bike train Thank you!!! * For us, the Saturday hours would probably be 10:30-2:30, but give me whatever data you've got that you think is relevant ** For us, the Sunday hours would probably be 4-8, but give me whatever data you've got that you think is relevant. Josh Bisker 914-500-9890 New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op <http://bikecoop.nyc/> 596 Acres <http://596acres.org/> Bindlestiff Family Cirkus <http://bindlestiff.org/>

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ED Search - Community Bicycle Center - Biddeford, Maine
by Andy Greif 07 Dec '18

07 Dec '18

Hi Think Tank Colleagues, The Community Bicycle Center(CBC) has recently begun searching for its next Executive Director. Please help get the word out by passing along the ED Search document below to your colleagues. Thanks! The CBC provides youth development experiences for kids in Biddeford, Maine and surrounding communities. The attached ED search document tells more about the CBC and check out www.communtybike.net <http://www.communtybike.net> . The CBC is thriving with effective programs during the out-of-school hours and collaborations with alternative education programs. The staff and volunteers are skilled mentors and committed to developing nurturing relationships with youth. The CBC home is newly renovated, mortgage free, and abuts a 140 acre municipal park. The CBC stands strong financially with dedicated donors/grantors, contracted programs, and endowment funds with the Maine Community Foundation. Take care, Andy Greif Founding ED (retired) 406 Valverde Commons Drive Taos, NM 87571 <mailto:andygreif60@gmail.com> andygreif60(a)gmail.com 207-229-8199 Live Edge Bowls by Andy Greif Website: <http://www.liveedgebowls.com/> www.liveedgebowls.com Email: liveedgebowls(a)gmail.com <mailto:liveedgebowls@gmail.com> EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SEARCH COMMUNITY BICYCLE CENTER The board of directors of the Community Bicycle Center (CBC) in Biddeford, Maine, seeks a dynamic leader who shares our belief that every child deserves a safe place to connect and grow during the critical non-school hours. The CBC provides youth enrichment opportunities for personal growth through outdoor and other unplugged activities, often on two wheels! The organization has deepened its impact substantially in recent years and is poised for continued growth. The board is seeking an effective manager and a visionary leader, someone who can spot and seize opportunities on the horizon while continuously peddling. Organizational Overview Founded as a volunteer-run program in 2001 and incorporated as a nonprofit in 2005, the CBC offers today eight distinct programs in addition to civic engagement opportunities and educational programming in partnership with the Biddeford School Department. With an emphasis on fun and a deep commitment to equity and open access, the center has created a vibrant community where young people are empowered and supported to be their most engaged, healthy, and confident selves. Our current programs provide a unique framework for youth development: • Open shop time: Through this core program, youth of all ages and backgrounds are encouraged to stay productively engaged after school by “dropping in” to the CBC’s daily open shop time where they can connect with volunteer adult mentors, staff, and peers through hands-on bike repair, board games, art projects, homework help, and exercising in the upstairs fitness space. • Trek2Connect: Geared toward meeting the aspirational and social-emotional health of young people, grades seven-to-graduation, this CBC program launched in August 2017 with one pilot cohort consisting of ten students. At full maturation in 2023, the program will engage six youth cohorts (60 students), 10+ dedicated program mentors, and two program managers. • STEM Bike Mechanics: Beyond collaborative school department programming (described below), the CBC leads a seasonal STEM Bike Mechanics program to make STEM education more effective, accessible, and fun. Through eight learning sessions, the program provides one-on-one support from volunteer mentors, educators, and field-active STEM professionals. • Mentoring: The CBC’s youth-centered and experiential programs are designed to promote formal and informal mentoring of young people, in addition to creating pathways for peer-to-peer mentoring. We focus on building trust and rapport through fun, hands-on, low-barrier activities. • Job Readiness: Young adults aged 12+ “earn and learn” in our Kids Bike Factory, building critical job skills by managing a youth-led bike repair business and earning a monthly educational stipend in the process. Through hands-on learning in a real-world context, we are teaching transferable job skills such as financial literacy, communication, and project management. 2 • Leadership Development: The CBC’s inclusive community environment means that kids from diverse backgrounds, ages, and abilities learn and grow side-by-side, developing empathy and appreciation for another’s similarities and differences. Opportunities abound for trained youth to guide, nurture and lead their less experienced peers. • Summer Camp: The CBC provides healthy lunches for youth and family members, and expanded programming to allow kids to connect with the trails, beaches, and natural features that make our state unique. The center owns six acres of green space for camping, exploring, and riding; and abuts 140 public acres and 22 miles of public trails In addition to our afterschool and summer programming, the CBC facilitates educational and service-learning activities four days a week during the school year through a codified collaboration with the Biddeford School Department. Our approach to youth development is based on developmental asset research and designed to develop critical life skills including resilience, problem-solving and goal-persistence. We are focused on long-term outcomes, taking a strengths-based approach to increasing the protective factors that promote positive social-emotional health and social well-being, and integrating youth in physical fitness, outdoor recreation and mind/body health in the process. A more comprehensive description of the CBC can be found on the website: www.communitybike.net. Priorities for the Future Guided by a recently completed strategic plan, the executive director will work with the board of directors, community stakeholders, and dedicated staff and volunteers to expand the CBC’s impact in Southern Maine, with a focus on the following strategic priorities: • Youth Development: Provide low-barrier, high-quality program activities that address the developmental needs of all youths aged 8-18. • Social Responsibility: Promote civic engagement and service learning among area youths. • STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math): Increase youth access to hands-on STEM learning experiences through CBC programs and provide opportunities of increasing complexity for youth to develop STEM competencies. • Job Readiness: Engage older youths in soft and technical job skills development opportunities through the Kids Bike Factory. • Healthy Living: Provide activities that engage youths in physical fitness, outdoor recreation, and mind/body health. • Sustainability: Develop the four components of organizational sustainability: people resources, partnerships and collaborations, communications, and resource development. Position Requirements Leading the CBC boldly into our next phase of development requires a broad set of attributes and skills. Responsibilities include budgeting and financial management, oversight of program development and implementation, fundraising, public relations and facilities management. We expect that the successful candidate will bring the following to our organization: • A passion for our mission and unwavering belief in the value of every child • Leadership experience in the realm of youth development • An entrepreneurial spirit 3 • Solid writing skills, comfort in public speaking, and demonstrated strength as a “good listener” • Cultural responsiveness and commitment to diversity and liberation • A track record of “relationship building” and readiness to engage in resource development • High energy, authenticity and good humor • Computer literacy in word processing and data and donor management software • Attention to detail and the ability to multitask and manage critical-path timelines • The highest level of recommendations from references, collaborative partners, and peers In addition to the expectations listed above, preference will be given to candidates who can also demonstrate the following: • A deep appreciation for the value and impact of volunteers and a track record of successfully working with volunteers to achieve shared goals • Demonstrated ability in developing organizational growth strategies • Nonprofit experience • Interest in outdoor recreation Compensation The compensation package includes a competitive salary commensurate with experience, and health and retirement benefits. This position reports directly to the board of directors. The successful candidate can expect a formal review after six months as well as an annual review. Nondiscrimination The CBC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, national origin, ancestry, public assistance, ethnic background, religion, marital status, economic class, age, disability or handicap (mental or physical), sex, creed, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression and any other legally protected characteristics in admission or participation in its programs, services and activities, or in employment. The CBC complies with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity and will take “affirmative action” measures to ensure the enforcement of its policies. To Apply Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to Starboard Leadership Consulting at the following address search1(a)starboardleadership.com. The cover letter and resume should contain detailed information concerning work experience, past successes, leadership experience and qualifications. Please be prepared to provide contact information for professional references upon request. Paper copies may be sent to Lisa Belyea, Starboard Leadership Consulting, 84 Harlow Street, Bangor, Maine, 04401, but electronic submission of materials is preferred. No phone inquiries, please. Review of applications will begin on January 2, 2019.

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extra bikes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! help!!!!!
by breathingplanet 07 Dec '18

07 Dec '18

hi all, Ive been mostly a lurker on this list in the past few years. but chiming in now because Troy Bike Rescue needs to unload a bunch of stock, and we hope the ThinkTank can help! This is a deep storage collection that has gone through several culls over the years, so there is not much in there that should be scrapped. We are at a point now where we are not able to penetrate the backlog because of limited volunteers and hours, and a continual income of donations..... it is cramping our style - literally. We are located in Troy, NY about 3 hours from Montreal and NYC and 4 hours from Boston, and Philly.... We want to give between 50 and 100 bikes to a good home where they will be refurbished and used. We would consider splitting the cost of a Uhaul or something if someone is interested. We are very open to suggestions of how to redistribute these. We want to help fledgling projects, but if a capitalist outfit can use them, we could work with that too. If an oversees distro project could use them, thats cool too. Just dont want to scrap them if at all possible, and we need to figure this out. Whadda Yall think(tank)?? Thanks for any feedback. PS. we also have a million wheels too. all aluminum (most steel has been culled). -- Andrew Lynn Certified Arborist Magai Arboriculture 518-573-7947

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ED Search - Community Bicycle Center - Biddeford, Maine
by Andy Greif 06 Dec '18

06 Dec '18

Hi Think Tank Colleagues, The Community Bicycle Center(CBC) has recently begun searching for its next Executive Director. Please help get the word out by passing along the attached ED Search document to your colleagues. Thanks! The CBC provides youth development experiences for kids in Biddeford, Maine and surrounding communities. The attached ED search document tells more about the CBC and check out www.communtybike.net <http://www.communtybike.net> . The CBC is thriving with effective programs during the out-of-school hours and collaborations with alternative education programs. The staff and volunteers are skilled mentors and committed to developing nurturing relationships with youth. The CBC home is newly renovated, mortgage free, and abuts a 140 acre municipal park. The CBC stands strong financially with dedicated donors/grantors, contracted programs, and endowment funds with the Maine Community Foundation. Take care, Andy Greif Founding ED (retired) 406 Valverde Commons Drive Taos, NM 87571 <mailto:andygreif60@gmail.com> andygreif60(a)gmail.com 207-229-8199 Live Edge Bowls by Andy Greif Website: <http://www.liveedgebowls.com/> www.liveedgebowls.com Email: liveedgebowls(a)gmail.com

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Working Bikes looking for a Volunteer Manager
by Trevor Clarke 04 Dec '18

04 Dec '18

Hi everyone, Working Bikes <https://www.workingbikes.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/2017AnnualReport_FI…>, based in Chicago, is looking for its first Volunteer Manager. We're looking for someone to keep our volunteer sessions inclusive and welcoming while passing on skills to the volunteers. We're also putting the new position in charge of our two local donation programs, the Cycle of Peace (for youth) and Cycle of Power (for adults), as the WB vols crank out the vast majority of our 1000 or so local donations each year. Please see the description below and feel free to reach out with any questions. Applications (cover letter and resume) should be directed to jobs(a)workingbikes.org. Cheers, Trevor www.workingbikes.org *Working Bikes – Volunteer Manager* Working Bikes is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that gives donated bicycles new life by redistributing them as tools of empowerment in local and global communities. Countless bicycles are discarded or sit unused in storage across the United States every year. But a bicycle is a vital tool when put to use. Bicycles can provide access to jobs, education, medical attention, and other resources—truly changing the life of an individual, their family, and their community. Since its founding in 1999, Working Bikes has recovered tens of thousands of discarded and donated bicycles from Chicago and the Midwest, and has redistributed more than 50,000 of them worldwide. Twenty years into its efforts, Working Bikes is more impactful than ever and excited to continue to grow its impact. Global Impact: Working Bikes ships thousands of bicycles each year to our partners in countries throughout Latin America and Africa, including El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Nicaragua, Uganda, Lesotho, Sierra Leone, South Africa, and Ghana. Local Impact: Working Bikes has two programs to donate bikes to individuals and partner organizations in Chicago. The Cycle of Power program provides bikes, locks, and helmets to adults in need of sustainable transportation. The Cycle of Peace program provides bikes to youth. Organizations of all sizes partner with Working Bikes to offer their clients access to bicycles, including organizations addressing homeless transition, refugee resettlement, veteran support, community health, youth empowerment, and government institutions. *Position Overview* The Working Bikes Volunteer Manager is responsible for the direction and management of volunteer programming at Working Bikes as well as the day-to-day management of the Cycle of Power/Cycle of Peace program. The position reports to the Working Bikes Executive Director. *Key Responsibilities* *Volunteer management* · Design the Working Bikes volunteer program for maximum refurbishing of bikes · Lead volunteer repair sessions, including instructing volunteers in bicycle mechanics · Coordinate with Working Bikes mechanics for skill building volunteer sessions · Onboard new volunteers, including registration, orientation, and skill set assessment to ensure appropriate volunteer opportunities for each volunteer · Track and analyze volunteer participation and attendance · Facilitate and support meetings of the Volunteer Committee, aka the Volunteer Kitchen Crew · Conduct outreach to attract new volunteers, including attending recruiting events · Design and maintain a group volunteer program that contributes to the overall Working Bikes goal of refurbishing bikes for donation and preparing bikes for overseas shipments · Work with other Working Bikes staff, including the Warehouse Manager, Community Engagement Manager, Bike Shop Manager, to identify and staff appropriate volunteer activities *Local Bike Donation Programs (Cycle of Power/Cycle of Peace)* · Receive and process applications for local bike donations, responding to inquiries and corresponding with applicants · Maintain local bike donation applicant list and calendar · Coordinate and ensure local bike donation request fulfillment · Keep organization stakeholders (staff, volunteers, and Board) abreast of donation needs and progress · Instill enthusiasm for the program *Brandon’s Bike shop and facilities upkeep* · Maintain a clean, organized and well-stocked shop space · Ensure general volunteer space, including kitchen, is clean and organized · Assist in maintaining organization in shipping dock and other spaces within the Working Bikes warehouse *Administrative * · Manage volunteer(a)workingbikes.org email account · Maintain volunteer software, including use of SalesForce and the MySQL Working Bikes volunteer database · Schedule and communicate with volunteer groups *Key Qualifications* · Excellent communication skills and an ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment populated with a diverse array of community members. · Motivated by a love of bicycles and service · Ability to shift gears quickly to ensure that the volunteer programming is robust and changing in accordance to the needs of volunteers and bicycle recipients alike. · Self-motivated, comfortable with ambiguity, and flexible. · Desire to grow with organization and provide leadership. · Critical thinker. Consistently identifies, gathers, and applies relevant information to one’s work. · Enthusiasm for the mission and work of Working Bikes and passion for making the world a better place. · Spanish speaking a plus. Working Bikes is an equal opportunity employer. Working Bikes does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, parental status, veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable laws. We encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply. Compensation is $15.50 - $18.50 per hour commensurate with expertise and previous experience. Our benefits package is comprehensive, including paid vacation and health insurance. If you’re interested in joining the WB team as its Volunteer Manager, please send your resume and a cover letter explaining your interest and qualifications to jobs(a)workingbikes.org. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis until the position is filled. The Volunteer Manager can get started as early as January 2nd, 2019.

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NorthEast Regional Bike!Bike! *Save the Date*
by Ainsley Naylor 03 Dec '18

03 Dec '18

We are pleased to announce that Toronto has set the date for Bike!Bike! NorthEast!! We will be hosting all our regional friends over the 2019 Victoria Day long weekend: Saturday May 18 - Monday May 20 ("May 2-4") This will be an opportunity for folks from the Northeast U.S., Ontario, Quebec and the Canadian Atlantic provinces to gather and learn, engage and inspire each other! We are specifically hoping that this event gives folks the opportunity to attend who haven't been able to attend the annual B!B! conference. Stay tuned for invites and updates starting in January after we get our committees organized. Registration etc. will be facilitated through the bikebike.org website - Ainsley and the Toronto Gang.

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Thethinktank Digest, Vol 146, Issue 16
by Lawrence Mohammed 30 Nov '18

30 Nov '18

seriously beautiful drawings and doc's Ron! nice one!! Warmest regards, *Lawrence Mohammed* Director & Head Mechanic Pro Bike Service C.I.C. *+44 (0)77 222 58587* *probikeservice.co.uk <https://probikeservice.co.uk>* *facebook.com/probikeservice <https://www.facebook.com/professionalbikeservice>* /[Location, NOT delivery address] Pro Bike Service C.I.C. Multi-Storey Car Park Lesney Avenue Olympic Park London E20 3BS / On 29/11/2018 21:04, thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org wrote: > Send Thethinktank mailing list submissions to > thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > thethinktank-owner(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Thethinktank digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Drawings / diagrams of bike assemblies (Ron Kellis) > 2. Re: Drawings / diagrams of bike assemblies (Luis Fernandez) > > _______________________________________________ > Thethinktank mailing list > Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.…

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Lightspeed contract
by Andrew Shaw-Kitch 29 Nov '18

29 Nov '18

Hey everybody! I work at a small bike nonprofit in Portland, Oregon and we have a contract with Lightspeed ($80/month )-: through July 2020. It was important to staffers at the time (as we were a more high-volume shop), but our goals are presently more geared toward other programs in the community, and our shop/school/hub is more bare bones. Anyhow, our case to terminate our contract was "escalated" but that didn't entail much beyond double-checking the contract. The person on the contract and the address are out of date for the current organization--does anyone have experience with Lightspeed or getting out of a contract after restructuring? Thanks for any insight, and for all the great conversations I've been eavesdropping on here :-) All the best, Andrew -- -- *Andrew Shaw-Kitch (He/Him)* *Program Director* *andrew(a)b4hpdx.org <andrewsk.b4hpdx(a)gmail.com>* *Because EVERYONE deserves a bike*

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Drawings / diagrams of bike assemblies
by Dennis Wollersheim 29 Nov '18

29 Nov '18

Hi All We are trying to create some single sheet learning materials for our punters (Aussie slang for bettors, which we have repurposed for people who come to fix their bikes). We often bemoan the lack of creative commons or public domain drawings / diagrams of various bicycle assemblies, for example, headset, wheel bearings, bottom bracket, brakes. Does anyone use such things, or know where to get them? We reckon that such drawings, on laminated sheets hanging around the work area, would give the punters something to look at while they are waiting for the volunteer mechanics. Thanks Dennis Wollersheim The bike shed, Melbourne Australia -- -- ------------------------------------------- Dennis Wollersheim -------------------------------------------

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Store front partnership for refurbished bike sales?
by Ian Wassink 27 Nov '18

27 Nov '18

Do any community bike shops have a partnership or agreement with another organization or store, such as a thrift store, to sell refurbished bikes? The Greasy Chain has a challenge of maintaining day time open hours, so we are exploring the option of having our refurbished shop bikes for sale at another store or location that is already open all day Mon-Fri, for example, that already has foot traffic, and thus potential for more sales. Regards, Ian Wassink Co-ordinator of The Greasy Chain Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada

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Thanksgiving
by Stuart Nottingham 21 Nov '18

21 Nov '18

As I prepare for celebrating tomorrow with my family, I just wanted to express my gratitude for this group. While I may not post here often, I always look forward to reading the ideas and suggestions found here. Thank you to all of you for providing such a useful service to those who might otherwise e deprived of the joy that a bicycle brings.

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CRM Recommendations
by Edward Kirkwood 20 Nov '18

20 Nov '18

All:At Broke Spoke we have been using a custom database application to keep up with volunteer hours, sweat equity bike and parts sales. It works reasonably well, but like most software that a single individual creates, customer support is only good as long as the volunteer that created it is still around. We are looking at other options like Salesforce for a CRM. Does anyone have any recommendations? Allen KirkwoodBroke Spoke Community Bike ShopLexington, KY

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