Bikes Not Bombs is still posting the manual here:

http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/EarnABike

Note this just above the download links:

"We make our training manual available for people wanting to run youth
bicycle programs in other places. This is the mechanics manual we use
to train the volunteers who will become assistant teachers in
Earn-A-Bike."

I'm guessing BNB won't get upset if we use their copyrighted manual to
teach adults as well as youth.

Dave Bourgeois
Bici Centro
Santa Barbara, CA
http://www.bicicentro.org/

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:50 PM, John Gatlin <johngatlin@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> Along the line of instructor sheets, I was able to obtain a copy of Bike Not
> Bombs' Instructor Training Manual before they took it off the web--
> the one they use in their Instructor Training Course. It is 13 chapters, all
> in .pdf, and very well put together with clear language (the copy I have is
> in english) and nice drawings. However, I'm not sure I feel comfortable in
> handing it out since they have stopped sharing it. Is a representative from
> Bike Not Bombs on this list? If so, would your organization feel comfortable
> if I submitted this to the wiki? If not, what do y'all think? In the
> interest of collaboration and team spirit I'd love to share it, but I
> definitely didn't develop this manual and it has a copyright clearly on each
> page.
>
> So, BNB, are you out there? Lemme know.
>
> Drew @ Back In The Saddle
> 512.573.0408
>
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Ryan Guzy <ryanguzy@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> We just started an advanced maintenance class at Bike Saviours in Tempe,
>> AZ. We're targeting people who are potential volunteers. The goal is to show
>> the general principles so that they can work on any bike they come across,
>> and also so that they can begin to teach others. The class will get them
>> exposed to all of the maintenance aspects, and we envision them working as
>> assistant mechanics during our shop hours to gain experience after the class
>> session is over.
>> We wrote some instructor sheets over the past few months and have been
>> teaching off of them. Right now I have them on Google Docs and I plan on
>> putting them on the Wiki. I'd like to gather material and make handouts to
>> go with each class too. Right now we're just using the same sheet as a
>> handout even though it is kind of dense.
>> I have also been talking to Christine at Bici Centro about working on
>> a curriculum together. She is working on some good material for a basic
>> class. I've also seen other material out there that has good diagrams that
>> are free to use.
>> I think if we can gather interested people to collaborate online we can
>> put out some really good material that we can all use.
>> --Ryan
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Boson Au <boson.au@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi everyone, Boson from Baltimore, MD's Velocipede Bike Project...
>>>
>>> First of all, @ bike!bike! the education-related workshops were the one
>>> that inspired/interested me the most.  We got back and the first thing I
>>> want to kick-start was our clinic program which had be suspended due to a
>>> multitude of reasons... anyways...
>>>
>>> so we're about to reinstate our bike clinic series (previously we had one
>>> person do ALL the teaching and she's about to leave out of town for 3 months
>>> so we've decided that we're going to try to have a group of educators rotate
>>> classes) and I'm interested in any organizations that hold regular
>>> classes...  This isn't exactly a youth program but more like a general
>>> public thing.  We do have a curriculum, but I'm kind of interested in other
>>> project's solutions.  If any project has their own curriculum set up and
>>> want to trade/compare notes that'd be so awesome.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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