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Incentivizing regular shifts in volunteer run shops!
by Sarah FioRito 08 Aug '18

08 Aug '18

Hey Folks! We at Kickstand community Bike Shop in East Vancouver have had ongoing challenges with staying open for all our our regular shop hours because we sometimes do not have enough volunteers signed up to volunteer to facilitate our volunteer-run shop on a given day. Does anyone have strategies for encouraging volunteer commitment and regular shifts so that we can reliably open for our posted hours? Obviously, transitioning to having paid staff is one pathway, though there are probably many other alternatives that would meet our needs and encourage community participation in keeping the space open. Sarah

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Re Shop Repair stands
by Geoffrey Smart 06 Aug '18

06 Aug '18

We have bought several PRS 2.2 stands after having used first cheap chinese stands then portable Park Tool stands which we still use for events or when we have lots of volunteers. We also have a double headed Unior stand but this is not as well made as the PRS2.2 If you are not in a hurry look for a used PRS 2.2. We bought our first one on Gumtree which is our local version of craigslist. It was over 15 years old and the only sign of wear was on the rubber grips which are replaceable. PRS2.2 are basically volunteer proof as everything is heavy duty metal. We bought half inch plate and had the dealer bore and counter bore the holes by bringing in the stand as a template. This is important as one of the 4 holes is slightly off centre so that you get correct directional alignment if you are copying the original plates. Cost including drilling was around $100 US and the cost of labour in Australia is higher than the U.S. We like double headed stands as it allows experienced volunteers to continue with a project while also assisting a less experienced volunteer when they need advice. Geoff Smart Back2Bikes Port Melbourne

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thinking forward - travel - Bike!Bike! LA
by Fabian W. 04 Aug '18

04 Aug '18

Hello Again about the Travel Equity funding for Bike!Bike! LA. In the next couple of weeks we need to make decisions about the funding distribution of the Travel Equity funds. If your organization/shop/project is thinking of contributing please let us know what you may expect to raise, so we can take that into consideration. Since in most cases we will refund travelers once they get to LA we don’t need to have the money until then. And please continue to promote our crowd funding site (https://bikebike2018.raisely.com) among your friends, partners, and networks. Every dollar counts significantly for our Latin-American friends. Thank you for your patience and especially your contributions, _fabian http://pedaludico.org

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Has anyone read Bike Lanes are White Lanes
by jfcaron＠phas.ubc.ca 31 Jul '18

31 Jul '18

Has anyone read this academic work? http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/university-of-nebraska-press/9780803276789/ <http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/university-of-nebraska-press/9780803276789/> Would you recommend it for a bike co-op's library, or for a non-planning-scholar person to buy & read? Jean-François

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Bike!Bike! para todos.
by Fabian W. 31 Jul '18

31 Jul '18

Hi All Please help support participation in Bike!Bike! 2018 by groups from Mexico and Central/South America. We have a Travel Equity program to help fund the very expensive visa process and crazy expensive flight costs. There is a crowd funding site for this purpose: https://bikebike2018.raisely.com/ . Any amount you can contribute you be very helpful. We are also offering some cool gifts. Please help! Gracias, _fabian W.

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Re: [TheThinkTank] : Has anyone read Bike Lanes are White Lanes?
by Stuart Nottingham 30 Jul '18

30 Jul '18

I have. It's well worth reading if you're at all interested in equity in cycling. On Mon, Jul 30, 2018, 16:04 <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. Has anyone read Bike Lanes are White Lanes (jfcaron(a)phas.ubc.ca) > 2. Re: Has anyone read Bike Lanes are White Lanes (Tigre Bici) > 3. Re: Has anyone read Bike Lanes are White Lanes (Stephen Andruski) > 4. Re: Has anyone read Bike Lanes are White Lanes (Steve) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 10:55:03 -0500 > From: jfcaron(a)phas.ubc.ca > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: [TheThinkTank] Has anyone read Bike Lanes are White Lanes > Message-ID: <B49E0956-D49F-4229-B2F2-62B625175636(a)phas.ubc.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Has anyone read this academic work? > > http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/university-of-nebraska-press/9780803276789/ > < > http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/university-of-nebraska-press/9780803276789/ > > > > Would you recommend it for a bike co-op's library, or for a > non-planning-scholar person to buy & read? > > Jean-Fran?ois >

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Bike!Bike! registration
by Vincenzo loco 28 Jul '18

28 Jul '18

This is starting to feel like that new years party you hosted where you start to worry about ppl showing up :P Remember that if you are coming, register now! Also, please sign up to run a workshop ASAP! We want to get those in order soon so we can have a fun weekend planned! Once you have registered, go back to the main page and scroll down to where you can click on the view workshops and then new workshop button. The site will ask for your email to confirm that you are registered. Bike bike bike bike bike bike bike bike bike bikebike.org also plz remember that we have a fundraiser going on to help get folks into the US for B!B! https://bikebike2018.raisely.com/ aaaaand if you wanna help out with bike bike you can sign up to volunteer. *https://tinyurl.com/volunteerBB2018* <https://tinyurl.com/volunteerBB2018> -Enzomatic

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Re: [TheThinkTank] Thethinktank Digest, Vol 142, Issue 3
by Geoff Heath 25 Jul '18

25 Jul '18

This is a reply to Fabian's question re; Travel equity fundraising a while back. Winnipeg raised over $2000 last year for the travel equity fund through a series of monthly bike builds we did for the 4 months leading up to the B!B! conference. We figured that building & selling some bikes was a lot easier than organizing yet another fundraiser, so once a month The Wrench hosted a friday night beer (byob) pizza (paid for by The WRENCH) and wrenching night. We invited any and all mechanics who wanted to contribute to B!B! organizing in an easy, tangible way to come out and wrench on bikes for a few hours. Over 4 such nights we built and subsequently sold 20 bikes with all the proceeds going directly towards the bikebike travel equity fund. It was a really easy way to plug in folks from the extended mechanic community who wanted to contribute to organizing but not in a "sit in meetings" or "deal with piles of emails" sort of way. Winnipeg is blessed with a pretty good stock of donated/salvaged bikes in the summer, so this initiative didn't really "cost" The WRENCH aside from paying for any required consumables (cables, housing, lube) and some cheap pizza once a month. And if we build them, they tend to sell without too much effort. I'd recommend this method to any shops who might want to contribute to raising some $$$ for this important fund. That said, Winnipeg is laying low this summer, so don't expect another 2G coming from us! Sorry! Lookin forward to LA! Cheers, Geoff 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 On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 3:04 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.org > > 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. Bike!Bike! Los Angeles - Travel Equity (Fabian W.) > 2. Re: Bike Collective VS. Simply giving away bikes (DancesWithCars) > 3. Re: Bike Collective VS. Simply giving away bikes (Cycle-Re-Cycle) > 4. Re: Bike Collective VS. Simply giving away bikes (Bike Talk) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 21:39:13 -0400 > From: "Fabian W." <fabian(a)pedaludico.org> > To: "'The Think Tank'" <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Subject: [TheThinkTank] Bike!Bike! Los Angeles - Travel Equity > Message-ID: <00d801d41337$d0ee6380$72cb2a80$(a)pedaludico.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > I?m Fabian W. and I?m a member of the Bike!Bike! 2018 ? Los Angeles > organizing committee. One of my specific tasks is to promote and facilitate > participation in our event by Mexican, Central American and South American > bike groups. > > > > There are two main components to this effort: > > > > Promote the event among groups in those regions. > > I?m already reaching out to many across the region but if you know of any > specific ones I would really appreciate the contact information. > > > > Fundraise for our travel equity program. > > Participation by south-of-the-US Border groups is very difficult because of > the cost of visas and airfare. > > Jim Mayerstein from Mexico has shared with me some important background > information about travel equity funding in previous Bike!Bike! gatherings > starting with Detroit. Jim mentioned that a couple of the collectives from > Canada were able to do significant funding towards this (Bike Sauce from > Toronto and Our Community Bikes from Vancouver). > > The Los Angeles Bike!Bike! organizing committee is going to do as much > funding for this as possible but any contributions or ideas from the rest > of > the BikeCollectives community would be very appreciated. > > > > We have started a crowd funding site at: https://bikebike2018.raisely.com/ > . > Any contributions there would help give momentum to that effort. > > > > So, please if you have any ideas or have specific resources in relationship > to both the promotion of the event south-of-the-US Border or, more > importantly, in regards to funding our southern friends please contact me > at > fabian(a)ucla.edu <mailto:fabian@ucla.edu> > > > > Looking forward to meeting many of you in LA in September, > > > > _fabian > > Bike!Bike! 2018, Los Angeles, Organizing Committee > > Professor, Department of Film, Television and Digital Media, UCLA > > Director, PedaL?dico, Buenos Aires, Argentina ( <http://pedaludico.org> > http://pedaludico.org) > > Director, cheLA, Buenos Aires, Argentina (http://chela.org.ar) > > > > > >

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Bike Works in Seattle is hiring a Program Coordinator
by Deb Salls 25 Jul '18

25 Jul '18

Please Spread the word Bike Works in SE Seattle's Columbia City neighborhood is hiring a Program Coordinator to help run our youth and adult programs. This role includes teaching bike repair classes, running bike rides and safety rodeos and maintaining outreach and redistribution of bikes to the community. Each day will be a blend of thiese tasks within a team, requiring collaboration and independnce. *This is an excellent opportunity for someone with shop level mechanic skills who has youth and adult mentoring/teaching experience.* Go to our website for more about this position and info on how to apply https://bikeworks.org/about/job-opportunities/ Deb -- Deb Salls Executive Director 206-695-2607 bikeworks.org Bike Works promotes the bicycle as a vehicle for change to empower youth and build resilient communities.

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Blackstone Bicycle Works is Hiring a Program Manager - Chicago's South Side youth education program and community bike shop
by Matthew Searle 25 Jul '18

25 Jul '18

Hello ThinkTank! We are hiring a Program Manager for Blackstone Bicycle Works. Please help us spread the word. We believe candidates could come from a wide variety of backgrounds and be successful in this role. See the attached job ad. More information can be found on our website here <https://experimentalstation.org/jobs>. Applications are due August 8th. See our most recent video about the program here <https://youtu.be/RACwu05L2UE>. Thanks, Matthew *Blackstone Bicycle Works *is committed to fostering a safe, holistic learning environment that empowers primarily youth of color from Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood and greater South Side community. Its collaborative model and staff engage 180 underserved youth annually in real world experiences such as bicycle repair, small business operation, and teaching roles, in order to break down barriers to future opportunities. The program combines STEM learning, mentoring, tutoring, and anti-violence work into one cohesive experience. Both a youth program and community bike shop, BBW is a program of Experimental Station, a nonprofit incubator of innovative educational and cultural programs, small business enterprises, and community initiatives. ______________ 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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