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The Ogden Bicycle Collective is Hiring a Head Mechanic
by Danielle Fry 02 Jan '18

02 Jan '18

Hello all, Please spread the word that the Ogden Bicycle Collective (Ogden, Utah) is hiring a Head Mechanic. The position is year-round with a lot of potential. Pay is $12-14 DOE. Details here! <https://bicyclecollective.org/ogden-news/item/657-obc-is-hiring-a-head-mech…> Cheers, -- Danielle Fry Director Ogden Bicycle Collective 936 28th Street Ogden, UT 84403 801-997-0336

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Happy New Year Everyone!
by cyclista＠inventati.org 31 Dec '17

31 Dec '17

We all do such wonderful and important work, and I'd like to wish very one of you the best for the new year. Here's to able spirits, exciting work, good times, and profound development for every one of us and our projects in 2018!!!! Ride On! ~cyclista Nicholas :)

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Job Opporutnity:Education/Outreach Coordinator
by Andy Fry 29 Dec '17

29 Dec '17

*Send resumes or questions to andy(a)cycleproject.org <andy(a)cycleproject.org>* *Job Description *- Education, Outreach, and Advocacy Coordinator Time Commitment: 20 hours/week, three-month probationary period Compensation: $13.75 hourly Reports to: President, Board of Directors *Responsibilities*: The Education, Outreach and Advocacy Coordinator will be responsible for overseeing all the activities happening at or near the Topeka Community Cycle Project, at 801 NE Poplar. This person’s responsibilities will include, but may not be limited to, BLAST support and enhancement, bicycle safety educator, public outreach coordinator and local advocate for bicycling access and infrastructure. Any responsibilities listed here may be delegated if an appropriate party is identified. *BLAST Support and Enhancemen*t- providing support to PE instructors in implementing BLAST curriculum and implementing trailer and bike fleet scheduling to maximize use and availability of BLAST resources to Topeka and Shawnee County. *Bicycle Safety Educator*- providing educational programming and bicycle promotional events to spur bicycling activity by “interested, but concerned” potential bicycle riders; enhancing access and bicycle ridership in Topeka. *Public Outreach Coordinator*- providing educational and bicycle resources in remote and community hubs where there is interest in the community. Bringing bicycles and best safety practices to the neighborhoods of Topeka and Shawnee County through grassroots and community events and community locations. *Local Advocate-* participating in community discussions, committees on active transportation, bicycling and active wellness pursuits. Also reaching beyond traditional bicycle specific discussions and attending MTPO and other meetings and public forums to integrate bicycle perspectives into a larger transportation and city planning and development discussion . *Skills necessary*: -LCI certification: ability to complete League of American Bicyclists Traffic Skills and LCI Certification, as it’s offered, within 6 months. -Familiarity with current social media platforms and Microsoft Office and Adobe products -Comfort with speaking in front of groups and presenting new ideas in a group setting. -Coordinating and engaging volunteers, in addition to a willingness to help in seeking funds to keep the position and organization sustained on a perpetual basis. *Topeka Community Cycle Project, 801 NE Poplar St. Topeka KS 66606*

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Patron Bill of Rights (consider adopting)
by Angel York 24 Dec '17

24 Dec '17

This is a fantastic sign that illustrates excellent teaching practices, and many shops that don't have something similar would do well, in my opinion, to include something similar. As a patron of SPOKELAND, you have the right to the following - To pursue your own goals for your own bike - To be in control of the tools used on your bike - To always be asked before someone touches your bike - To ask & receive assistance from shop staff - To work on your bike in a SAFER SPACE [there is also a standard safer space agreement] - To be supported in your learning - To learn with staff

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What's New at Cycle-RE-Cycle
by Cycle-Re-Cycle 23 Dec '17

23 Dec '17

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Displaying Freewheel & Cassette Tools, spline tree and helm pix
by Bob Giordano 15 Dec '17

15 Dec '17

Attached are pix of the 'Spline Tree' and 'Helm' I spoke of in last email Bob Giordano wrote: All sounds good, the only new thing I'll add is a handy 'tool' we made: welded the FR1 freewheel remover to a small steel plate, then bolted the plate to a wall, right next to our truing stands and cone wrenches. Several times a day it's used: push the wheel onto the tool, spin counterclockwise and off comes the free wheel. our 1st one lasted 2 years til too stripped, then made another. Other than that, all other FW, Cassette and BB removers are on a spinning carousel we call the 'spline tree'. -- Bob Giordano Free Cycles Missoula Shop: 732 S. 1st St. West, ph. 541.7284 10AM-6PM Tues-Sat, www.freecycles.org Missoula Institute for Sustainable Transportation www.strans.org, mist(a)strans.org, 406.830.7676 > On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 1:31 AM, Josh Bisker <jbisker(a)gmail.com > <mailto:jbisker@gmail.com>> wrote: > Heyyo! I've been in co-ops where they have neat ways of displaying the > various freewheel and cassette tools, like on a board next to the hub types > they fit. Is YOUR shop one of these? (Or do you just have 'em jumbled > unhelpfully all together in a bin like we do?) Send a pic of what you got! > > tldr: show us your rad way of housing freewheel/cassette tools that makes it > easy for folks to find the right one. > > EXTRA CREDIT: same question re bottom bracket tools! > > xoxo > > Josh > > > Josh Bisker > 914-500-9890 <tel:(914)%20500-9890> > 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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Re: [TheThinkTank] An Easy One! Displaying Freewheel & Cassette Tools (Nicole Muratore)
by Nicole Muratore 13 Dec '17

13 Dec '17

In a corner of our shop we keep specialty or large tools on both a labeled board and in toolboxes. For patrons new to our shop or unfamiliar with the tools, volunteers usually grab the tools. Otherwise, we keep everything labeled and (hopefully) easy enough for folks to find. Pics attached! Cheers, Nicole Muratore Bike Saviours Collective, Inc. http://www.bikesaviours.org Admin / Volunteer Coordinator (602) 429-9369 On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 2:07 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. An Easy One! Displaying Freewheel & Cassette Tools (Josh Bisker) > 2. Re: An Easy One! Displaying Freewheel & Cassette Tools > (Ainsley Naylor) > 3. Re: An Easy One! Displaying Freewheel & Cassette Tools > (Gabriel Trainer) > 4. Re: An Easy One! Displaying Freewheel & Cassette Tools > (Jean-Fran?ois Caron) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Josh Bisker <jbisker(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 01:31:25 -0500 > Subject: [TheThinkTank] An Easy One! Displaying Freewheel & Cassette Tools > Heyyo! I've been in co-ops where they have neat ways of displaying the > various freewheel and cassette tools, like on a board next to the hub types > they fit. Is YOUR shop one of these? (Or do you just have 'em jumbled > unhelpfully all together in a bin like we do?) Send a pic of what you got! > > tldr: show us your rad way of housing freewheel/cassette tools that makes > it easy for folks to find the right one. > > EXTRA CREDIT: same question re *bottom bracket tools!* > > xoxo > > Josh > > > Josh Bisker > 914-500-9890 <(914)%20500-9890> > New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op <http://bikecoop.nyc/> > 596 Acres <http://596acres.org/> > Bindlestiff Family Cirkus <http://bindlestiff.org/> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ainsley Naylor <needleandthread(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 10:41:47 -0500 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] An Easy One! Displaying Freewheel & Cassette > Tools > Because these are the type of tools which are SMALL, important, easy to > break/strip, and not always cheap (hello, did you order a Maillard french > freewheel tool off of the internet because they are super hard to find???) > we DO keep ours in a closed bin on the table with our vices. > Bottom bracket tools are actually kept in our special tool area at the > front of the shop because if people can grab stuff they are more likely to > break it :( Hell even volunteer who do know how to use these tools properly > still abuse and break them. > > I guess generally we expect that volunteer will determine what tool is > required for a repair and retrieve and explain it, rather than people > figuring it out/finding it for themselves.... > > NOT THE ANSWER YOU WANTED SORRY JOSH!!!! > > Ainsley. > > On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 1:31 AM, Josh Bisker <jbisker(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Heyyo! I've been in co-ops where they have neat ways of displaying the >> various freewheel and cassette tools, like on a board next to the hub types >> they fit. Is YOUR shop one of these? (Or do you just have 'em jumbled >> unhelpfully all together in a bin like we do?) Send a pic of what you got! >> >> tldr: show us your rad way of housing freewheel/cassette tools that makes >> it easy for folks to find the right one. >> >> EXTRA CREDIT: same question re *bottom bracket tools!* >> >> xoxo >> >> Josh >> >> >> Josh Bisker >> 914-500-9890 <(914)%20500-9890> >> New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op <http://bikecoop.nyc/> >> 596 Acres <http://596acres.org/> >> Bindlestiff Family Cirkus <http://bindlestiff.org/> >> >> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> >> Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.o >> rg/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org >> >> >> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gabriel Trainer <getrainer(a)bikefarm.org> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 11:59:24 -0800 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] An Easy One! Displaying Freewheel & Cassette > Tools > At Bike Farm we have all of the freewheel and cassette tools laid out on a > magnetic strip so you can see the different shapes easily. Still a guess > and check method, but better than a bin of tools thrown together. > Gabriel > > On Dec 13, 2017 7:41 AM, "Ainsley Naylor" <needleandthread(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Because these are the type of tools which are SMALL, important, easy to >> break/strip, and not always cheap (hello, did you order a Maillard french >> freewheel tool off of the internet because they are super hard to find???) >> we DO keep ours in a closed bin on the table with our vices. >> Bottom bracket tools are actually kept in our special tool area at the >> front of the shop because if people can grab stuff they are more likely to >> break it :( Hell even volunteer who do know how to use these tools properly >> still abuse and break them. >> >> I guess generally we expect that volunteer will determine what tool is >> required for a repair and retrieve and explain it, rather than people >> figuring it out/finding it for themselves.... >> >> NOT THE ANSWER YOU WANTED SORRY JOSH!!!! >> >> Ainsley. >> >> On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 1:31 AM, Josh Bisker <jbisker(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Heyyo! I've been in co-ops where they have neat ways of displaying the >>> various freewheel and cassette tools, like on a board next to the hub types >>> they fit. Is YOUR shop one of these? (Or do you just have 'em jumbled >>> unhelpfully all together in a bin like we do?) Send a pic of what you got! >>> >>> tldr: show us your rad way of housing freewheel/cassette tools that >>> makes it easy for folks to find the right one. >>> >>> EXTRA CREDIT: same question re *bottom bracket tools!* >>> >>> xoxo >>> >>> Josh >>> >>> >>> Josh Bisker >>> 914-500-9890 <(914)%20500-9890> >>> New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op <http://bikecoop.nyc/> >>> 596 Acres <http://596acres.org/> >>> Bindlestiff Family Cirkus <http://bindlestiff.org/> >>> >>> ____________________________________ >>> >>> The ThinkTank mailing List >>> >>> Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.o >>> rg/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org >>> >>> >>> >> >> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> >> Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.o >> rg/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org >> >> >> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Jean-François Caron" <jfcaron3(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:54:38 -0600 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] An Easy One! Displaying Freewheel & Cassette > Tools > At the Bike Kitchen in Vancouver (from what I recall, having left over a > year ago), we only had the common Shimano-style freewheel and cassette > tools. The freewheel tool has a hole in it, so we just put it on a nail in > the wall, the cassette tool has a steel rod, so we stuck it in a hole in > the wall next to the aforementioned nail. > > Anything other than the standard Shimano-style tools, you had to ask a > mechanic to get it behind the counter. This is both because it's less > confusing for newbies who 99% have the Shimano style, but also because a > lot of the other styles are much easier to strip, e.g. the two-knotch > Suntour. > > Y'all know the trick about keeping the freewheel tool engaged with a nut > right? > > Jean-François > > On Dec 13, 2017, at 13:59 , Gabriel Trainer <getrainer(a)bikefarm.org> > wrote: > > At Bike Farm we have all of the freewheel and cassette tools laid out on a > magnetic strip so you can see the different shapes easily. Still a guess > and check method, but better than a bin of tools thrown together. > Gabriel > > On Dec 13, 2017 7:41 AM, "Ainsley Naylor" <needleandthread(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Because these are the type of tools which are SMALL, important, easy to >> break/strip, and not always cheap (hello, did you order a Maillard french >> freewheel tool off of the internet because they are super hard to find???) >> we DO keep ours in a closed bin on the table with our vices. >> Bottom bracket tools are actually kept in our special tool area at the >> front of the shop because if people can grab stuff they are more likely to >> break it :( Hell even volunteer who do know how to use these tools properly >> still abuse and break them. >> >> I guess generally we expect that volunteer will determine what tool is >> required for a repair and retrieve and explain it, rather than people >> figuring it out/finding it for themselves.... >> >> NOT THE ANSWER YOU WANTED SORRY JOSH!!!! >> >> Ainsley. >> >> On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 1:31 AM, Josh Bisker <jbisker(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Heyyo! I've been in co-ops where they have neat ways of displaying the >>> various freewheel and cassette tools, like on a board next to the hub types >>> they fit. Is YOUR shop one of these? (Or do you just have 'em jumbled >>> unhelpfully all together in a bin like we do?) Send a pic of what you got! >>> >>> tldr: show us your rad way of housing freewheel/cassette tools that >>> makes it easy for folks to find the right one. >>> >>> EXTRA CREDIT: same question re *bottom bracket tools!* >>> >>> xoxo >>> >>> Josh >>> >>> >>> Josh Bisker >>> 914-500-9890 <(914)%20500-9890> >>> New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op <http://bikecoop.nyc/> >>> 596 Acres <http://596acres.org/> >>> Bindlestiff Family Cirkus <http://bindlestiff.org/> >>> >>> ____________________________________ >>> >>> The ThinkTank mailing List >>> >>> Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.o >>> rg/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org >>> >>> >>> >> >> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> >> Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.o >> rg/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org >> >> >> ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives. > org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Thethinktank mailing list > Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank- > bikecollectives.org > >

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An Easy One! Displaying Freewheel & Cassette Tools
by Josh Bisker 13 Dec '17

13 Dec '17

Heyyo! I've been in co-ops where they have neat ways of displaying the various freewheel and cassette tools, like on a board next to the hub types they fit. Is YOUR shop one of these? (Or do you just have 'em jumbled unhelpfully all together in a bin like we do?) Send a pic of what you got! tldr: show us your rad way of housing freewheel/cassette tools that makes it easy for folks to find the right one. EXTRA CREDIT: same question re *bottom bracket tools!* xoxo 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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Re: [TheThinkTank] Thethinktank Digest, Vol 135, Issue 6
by Tegan Moss [B!KE] 13 Dec '17

13 Dec '17

On Dec 13, 2017 4:08 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. An Easy One! Displaying Freewheel & Cassette Tools (Josh Bisker) > 2. Re: An Easy One! Displaying Freewheel & Cassette Tools > (Ainsley Naylor) > 3. Re: An Easy One! Displaying Freewheel & Cassette Tools > (Gabriel Trainer) > 4. Re: An Easy One! Displaying Freewheel & Cassette Tools > (Jean-Fran?ois Caron) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Josh Bisker <jbisker(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 01:31:25 -0500 > Subject: [TheThinkTank] An Easy One! Displaying Freewheel & Cassette Tools > Heyyo! I've been in co-ops where they have neat ways of displaying the > various freewheel and cassette tools, like on a board next to the hub types > they fit. Is YOUR shop one of these? (Or do you just have 'em jumbled > unhelpfully all together in a bin like we do?) Send a pic of what you got! > > tldr: show us your rad way of housing freewheel/cassette tools that makes > it easy for folks to find the right one. > > EXTRA CREDIT: same question re *bottom bracket tools!* > > xoxo > > Josh > > > Josh Bisker > 914-500-9890 <(914)%20500-9890> > New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op <http://bikecoop.nyc/> > 596 Acres <http://596acres.org/> > Bindlestiff Family Cirkus <http://bindlestiff.org/> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ainsley Naylor <needleandthread(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 10:41:47 -0500 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] An Easy One! Displaying Freewheel & Cassette > Tools > Because these are the type of tools which are SMALL, important, easy to > break/strip, and not always cheap (hello, did you order a Maillard french > freewheel tool off of the internet because they are super hard to find???) > we DO keep ours in a closed bin on the table with our vices. > Bottom bracket tools are actually kept in our special tool area at the > front of the shop because if people can grab stuff they are more likely to > break it :( Hell even volunteer who do know how to use these tools properly > still abuse and break them. > > I guess generally we expect that volunteer will determine what tool is > required for a repair and retrieve and explain it, rather than people > figuring it out/finding it for themselves.... > > NOT THE ANSWER YOU WANTED SORRY JOSH!!!! > > Ainsley. > > On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 1:31 AM, Josh Bisker <jbisker(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Heyyo! I've been in co-ops where they have neat ways of displaying the >> various freewheel and cassette tools, like on a board next to the hub types >> they fit. Is YOUR shop one of these? (Or do you just have 'em jumbled >> unhelpfully all together in a bin like we do?) Send a pic of what you got! >> >> tldr: show us your rad way of housing freewheel/cassette tools that makes >> it easy for folks to find the right one. >> >> EXTRA CREDIT: same question re *bottom bracket tools!* >> >> xoxo >> >> Josh >> >> >> Josh Bisker >> 914-500-9890 <(914)%20500-9890> >> New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op <http://bikecoop.nyc/> >> 596 Acres <http://596acres.org/> >> Bindlestiff Family Cirkus <http://bindlestiff.org/> >> >> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> >> Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.o >> rg/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org >> >> >> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gabriel Trainer <getrainer(a)bikefarm.org> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 11:59:24 -0800 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] An Easy One! Displaying Freewheel & Cassette > Tools > At Bike Farm we have all of the freewheel and cassette tools laid out on a > magnetic strip so you can see the different shapes easily. Still a guess > and check method, but better than a bin of tools thrown together. > Gabriel > > On Dec 13, 2017 7:41 AM, "Ainsley Naylor" <needleandthread(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Because these are the type of tools which are SMALL, important, easy to >> break/strip, and not always cheap (hello, did you order a Maillard french >> freewheel tool off of the internet because they are super hard to find???) >> we DO keep ours in a closed bin on the table with our vices. >> Bottom bracket tools are actually kept in our special tool area at the >> front of the shop because if people can grab stuff they are more likely to >> break it :( Hell even volunteer who do know how to use these tools properly >> still abuse and break them. >> >> I guess generally we expect that volunteer will determine what tool is >> required for a repair and retrieve and explain it, rather than people >> figuring it out/finding it for themselves.... >> >> NOT THE ANSWER YOU WANTED SORRY JOSH!!!! >> >> Ainsley. >> >> On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 1:31 AM, Josh Bisker <jbisker(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Heyyo! I've been in co-ops where they have neat ways of displaying the >>> various freewheel and cassette tools, like on a board next to the hub types >>> they fit. Is YOUR shop one of these? (Or do you just have 'em jumbled >>> unhelpfully all together in a bin like we do?) Send a pic of what you got! >>> >>> tldr: show us your rad way of housing freewheel/cassette tools that >>> makes it easy for folks to find the right one. >>> >>> EXTRA CREDIT: same question re *bottom bracket tools!* >>> >>> xoxo >>> >>> Josh >>> >>> >>> Josh Bisker >>> 914-500-9890 <(914)%20500-9890> >>> New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op <http://bikecoop.nyc/> >>> 596 Acres <http://596acres.org/> >>> Bindlestiff Family Cirkus <http://bindlestiff.org/> >>> >>> ____________________________________ >>> >>> The ThinkTank mailing List >>> >>> Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.o >>> rg/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org >>> >>> >>> >> >> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> >> Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.o >> rg/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org >> >> >> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Jean-François Caron" <jfcaron3(a)gmail.com> > To: The Think Tank <thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:54:38 -0600 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] An Easy One! Displaying Freewheel & Cassette > Tools > At the Bike Kitchen in Vancouver (from what I recall, having left over a > year ago), we only had the common Shimano-style freewheel and cassette > tools. The freewheel tool has a hole in it, so we just put it on a nail in > the wall, the cassette tool has a steel rod, so we stuck it in a hole in > the wall next to the aforementioned nail. > > Anything other than the standard Shimano-style tools, you had to ask a > mechanic to get it behind the counter. This is both because it's less > confusing for newbies who 99% have the Shimano style, but also because a > lot of the other styles are much easier to strip, e.g. the two-knotch > Suntour. > > Y'all know the trick about keeping the freewheel tool engaged with a nut > right? > > Jean-François > > On Dec 13, 2017, at 13:59 , Gabriel Trainer <getrainer(a)bikefarm.org> > wrote: > > At Bike Farm we have all of the freewheel and cassette tools laid out on a > magnetic strip so you can see the different shapes easily. Still a guess > and check method, but better than a bin of tools thrown together. > Gabriel > > On Dec 13, 2017 7:41 AM, "Ainsley Naylor" <needleandthread(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Because these are the type of tools which are SMALL, important, easy to >> break/strip, and not always cheap (hello, did you order a Maillard french >> freewheel tool off of the internet because they are super hard to find???) >> we DO keep ours in a closed bin on the table with our vices. >> Bottom bracket tools are actually kept in our special tool area at the >> front of the shop because if people can grab stuff they are more likely to >> break it :( Hell even volunteer who do know how to use these tools properly >> still abuse and break them. >> >> I guess generally we expect that volunteer will determine what tool is >> required for a repair and retrieve and explain it, rather than people >> figuring it out/finding it for themselves.... >> >> NOT THE ANSWER YOU WANTED SORRY JOSH!!!! >> >> Ainsley. >> >> On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 1:31 AM, Josh Bisker <jbisker(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Heyyo! I've been in co-ops where they have neat ways of displaying the >>> various freewheel and cassette tools, like on a board next to the hub types >>> they fit. Is YOUR shop one of these? (Or do you just have 'em jumbled >>> unhelpfully all together in a bin like we do?) Send a pic of what you got! >>> >>> tldr: show us your rad way of housing freewheel/cassette tools that >>> makes it easy for folks to find the right one. >>> >>> EXTRA CREDIT: same question re *bottom bracket tools!* >>> >>> xoxo >>> >>> Josh >>> >>> >>> Josh Bisker >>> 914-500-9890 <(914)%20500-9890> >>> New York Mechanical Gardens Bike Co-op <http://bikecoop.nyc/> >>> 596 Acres <http://596acres.org/> >>> Bindlestiff Family Cirkus <http://bindlestiff.org/> >>> >>> ____________________________________ >>> >>> The ThinkTank mailing List >>> >>> Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.o >>> rg/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org >>> >>> >>> >> >> ____________________________________ >> >> The ThinkTank mailing List >> >> Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives.o >> rg/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org >> >> >> ____________________________________ > > The ThinkTank mailing List > > Unsubscribe from this list here: http://lists.bikecollectives. > org/options.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Thethinktank mailing list > Thethinktank(a)lists.bikecollectives.org > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank- > bikecollectives.org > >

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Looking for HR and Compensation policies
by CZ Mike 12 Dec '17

12 Dec '17

Urban Bike Project of Wilmington, DE is growing and we need to get better policies in place for addressing HR and Compensation issues. As a member of the Board of Directors and an active volunteer I'm charged with developing some policies, procedures and guidelines for managing employees, including roles and responsibilities of Board members and the Executive Director. If anyone has documentation that you are willing to share to give me a leg-up, that would be great, TIA, Mike

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