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Re: [TheThinkTank] Washing Parts
by omar bhimji 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

we had a solvent tank for years, but no one felt very good about using it and so one day we got rid of it. no one misses that thing, and i swear the air quality in the back of the shop is better. rags, clean green or what have you, and a little elbow grease seems to do the trick. sidebar: i have a friend who throws his drive trains in the dishwasher at home once or twice a year. swears he always does a ghost load after the fact. omar ocb

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Washing Parts
by Jonathan Morrison 02 Nov '06

02 Nov '06

What does everyone else do to wash parts? We have a one 10 gallon parts washer full of industrial solvent and we go through Nitrile gloves like nobody else. It cleans great and fast, but that solvent smells, isn't good on the skin, and isn't fun to dispose of. We were thinking about getting an Aqueous Parts Washer, that heats up a Simple Green mixture. Has anyone had any experience with these? If you create dealer login on ParkTool.com (only takes a second) you can browse their shop products. The one we were looking at was the "APW-2 - Aqueous Parts Washer Floor Model" (http://www.parktool.com/images/products/productimages/spr_APW_2_200589_3476…) -- Sincerely, Jonathan Morrison Project Coordinator Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 www.slcbikecollective.org

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Dirty Shop Rags
by Jonathan Morrison 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

This is a 'which is worse' question... Do you clean your dirty shop rags, or bring them to the local hazardous waste facility just like old paint, oil, gasoline, etc.,...? Our shop rags are actually cut up t-shirts that were extra from a cycling event over a decade ago -- so we have plenty and they cost us nothing. But once they are dirty, they not only produce a fire hazard but a cleaning / disposal issue. The chemicals required to effectively clean rags aren't good for the water supply / sewers -- since we all live down stream. At the same time throwing something away (even properly) after one use seems like a waste too. What does everyone else do? -- Sincerely, Jonathan Morrison Project Coordinator Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 www.slcbikecollective.org

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Re: [TheThinkTank] thethinktank Digest, Vol 2, Issue 6
by Sara Guiffre 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

Early August would probably be best just considering most people don't have classes yet, so a lot more people would be able to participate. Sara Tallahassee, Florida Krank It Up! On 10/12/06, thethinktank-request(a)lists.bikecollectives.org < 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. dates for Bike Bike!- let us know now (Jessica McPherson) > 2. Re: dates for Bike Bike!- let us know now (BICAS) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 22:01:05 -0700 (PDT) > From: Jessica McPherson <jessica_mcp(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: [TheThinkTank] dates for Bike Bike!- let us know now > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Message-ID: <20061011050105.74064.qmail(a)web30409.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hello everyone, > > Since not very many people have responded, I thought > I'd send a friendly follow-up on my earlier request > for people to let those of us in Pittsburgh know > whether you prefer early August or some time in > September for Bike Bike 2007. Our collective will > meet this weekend to set the dates, so if you've got a > preference for any reason, speak up by Friday Oct 13! > > thanks, > Jessica > Free Ride!, Pittsburgh > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:53:43 -0700 (PDT) > From: BICAS <bicasunderground(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] dates for Bike Bike!- let us know now > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Message-ID: <20061011185343.29404.qmail(a)web36501.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > sometime in September (if that are the only two options left!) would be > best. Thanks! > > love, peace, and bicycle grease~ > your friends at B.I.C.A.S. > > http://www.bicas.org > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Jessica McPherson <jessica_mcp(a)yahoo.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 10:01:05 PM > Subject: [TheThinkTank] dates for Bike Bike!- let us know now > > > Hello everyone, > > Since not very many people have responded, I thought > I'd send a friendly follow-up on my earlier request > for people to let those of us in Pittsburgh know > whether you prefer early August or some time in > September for Bike Bike 2007. Our collective will > meet this weekend to set the dates, so if you've got a > preference for any reason, speak up by Friday Oct 13! > > thanks, > Jessica > Free Ride!, Pittsburgh > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > thethinktank mailing list > thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… > >

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Re: [TheThinkTank] dates for Bike Bike!- let us know now
by BICAS 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

sometime in September (if that are the only two options left!) would be best. Thanks! love, peace, and bicycle grease~ your friends at B.I.C.A.S. http://www.bicas.org ----- Original Message ---- From: Jessica McPherson <jessica_mcp(a)yahoo.com> To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 10:01:05 PM Subject: [TheThinkTank] dates for Bike Bike!- let us know now Hello everyone, Since not very many people have responded, I thought I'd send a friendly follow-up on my earlier request for people to let those of us in Pittsburgh know whether you prefer early August or some time in September for Bike Bike 2007. Our collective will meet this weekend to set the dates, so if you've got a preference for any reason, speak up by Friday Oct 13! thanks, Jessica Free Ride!, Pittsburgh __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ thethinktank mailing list thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.…

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Your Shop Photos
by Jonathan Morrison 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Everyone, Could all of you send me some photos of your shop layouts? Regardless if it is clean, or your ideal layout, I would like to see what the common aspects of everyone's shops are. Email them to: jonathan.morrison(a)gmail.com -- Sincerely, Jonathan Morrison Project Coordinator Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 www.slcbikecollective.org

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Interbike & Bike!Bike!
by Jonathan Morrison 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Please don't schedule Bike!Bike! 2007 over Interbike. I went to Interbike for the first time this year, and while I do have to acknowledge the retail consumerism -- there was a beautiful underbelly of resources. I talked to key people at Park, Pedros, Bikes Belong and Planet Bike just to name a few. For anyone who uses tools and promotes commuting, you would be crazy NOT to go. Booths are free to non-profits, so the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective is going to try and set up a table next year -- maybe even do a seminar on community bike shops. But then I was thinking this should be a collaborative effort of all collectives -- we should go in numbers and demonstrate what a complimentary resource WE ARE to the retail industry. On other notes, aside from the below wholesale messenger bags, tools, and you-name-its, there was one of the largest Alley Cat races I have ever seen and Critical Mass on the strip. So if you go, ignore the crap and concentrate on the stuff that matters to you -- there is still plenty of that. -- Sincerely, Jonathan Morrison Project Coordinator Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 www.slcbikecollective.org On 10/5/06, andy(a)neighborhoodbikeworks.org <andy(a)neighborhoodbikeworks.org> wrote: > Dear Bovine, > > Don't recognize your alias so I don't know if I know you. If not, > greetings from Philadelphia. Thanks for the heads up... I was even > thinking of going to Interbike next year, but it is usually such a > miserable experience for me that I wasn't thinking of going that much... > (I hate conusmerism and Vegas in more or less equal amounts that seem to > offset the fact that there are bikes there, most of which don't have > electric motors) > > Is interbike a common destination for Bike-Bike atendees? If so, then > it's obviously a bad time. Thankfully, there's more than one weekend in > Sept; the first and second are not so good for us, but anything's better > than August over here. > > Regards, > > Andy > > > > > Late September is interbike > > > > > -- > Andy Dyson, Executive Director > Neighborhood Bike Works > 3916 Locust Walk, Philadelphia PA 19104 > www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org > (215) 386-0316 > > _______________________________________________ > thethinktank mailing list > thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.… >

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Re: [TheThinkTank] hi everyone..and dates for bike!bike! 2007
by andy＠neighborhoodbikeworks.org 05 Oct '06

05 Oct '06

Dear Bovine, Don't recognize your alias so I don't know if I know you. If not, greetings from Philadelphia. Thanks for the heads up... I was even thinking of going to Interbike next year, but it is usually such a miserable experience for me that I wasn't thinking of going that much... (I hate conusmerism and Vegas in more or less equal amounts that seem to offset the fact that there are bikes there, most of which don't have electric motors) Is interbike a common destination for Bike-Bike atendees? If so, then it's obviously a bad time. Thankfully, there's more than one weekend in Sept; the first and second are not so good for us, but anything's better than August over here. Regards, Andy > Late September is interbike > -- Andy Dyson, Executive Director Neighborhood Bike Works 3916 Locust Walk, Philadelphia PA 19104 www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org (215) 386-0316

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hi everyone..and dates for bike!bike! 2007
by Jessica McPherson 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Hello everyone, This is Jessica from Free Ride! in Pittsburgh. I recently joined the list, and have just been reading the archives trying to get caught up on where things are at. Great to see the site is up, and with a wiki too, very exciting! Also; here in Pittsburgh we have begun discussing the 2007 bike!bike! conference. We're trying to set dates now. September was mentioned during the discussion in Milwaukee. I'd like to take a poll of potential attendees to see whether early August or late September is preferred. Before I start combing through the BOOP and typing up all the addresses there, does anyone know if an electronic list of co-op email addresses exists? Also, I know many groups are on this list, so go ahead and respond to me regarding the date question if you have a preference. Finally, we'd like to get at least a basic page up on the 2007 conference under the Bike!Bike! section of the bikecollectives.org website. Who do I talk to about editing that section? Thanks! -Jessica jessica_mcp at yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Biggest issues
by Jonathan Morrison 26 Sep '06

26 Sep '06

What are the biggest issues you folks have? Keeping track of volunteer hours Tool Theft Core Volunteers being "hogs" Funding Space Usage -- Sincerely, Jonathan Morrison Project Coordinator Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 www.slcbikecollective.org

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