Up here in upstate NY, (Troy), this has been oft discussed in the past too.

we are at an exciting moment, where there has been a shop founded in Utica, NY and a founding group meeting in Schenectady NY, which we are supporting.
Along with Albany Bike Rescue, Troy Bike Rescue, and Bikeatoga in Saratoga Springs, we have a cluster of FIVE independent community bike spaces totally bikeable to and from one another.

we are:

 a weeks ride from Toronto

4 days ride to Boston

3 days ride to Montreal or Burlington

2 days ride to NYC

On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Josh Bisker <jbisker@gmail.com> wrote:

Sending along general sparkles to this: rad idea! NYC is severely coop-challenged at the moment but I can see a future where many of us would love to help make this happen

On Jan 18, 2014, at 9:25 AM, Ainsley Naylor <needleandthread@gmail.com> wrote:

We did talk about this when we had the workshop on International Cooperation (not sure what we called it), and were unsure as to the best forum or format to organize this. Long ago information regarding interest and ability to exchange or wwoof at each shop was being added to the Shockingly Large Spreadsheet that Josh had begun, but that format ended up being cumbersome and not totally accessible.

I agree that this needs to HAPPEN! and that we need a space where you can easily access info on who is willing to participate :)

ainsley.

On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 4:25 AM, Jesse Doud <jessedoud@gmail.com> wrote:

Rad rad rad idea. I don't think that'll work for us island folk :/

Jesse @ Mechanical Tempest, Wellington

On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 7:39 PM, Lauren Warbeck <lauren.warbeck@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey yall -

A few of us have been talking for years about developing a mechanic exchange between shops in and between Canada and the US, so that #1 broke ass bike mechanics can travel to sweet rad places for working vacays, and #2 so that we can learn about the intricacies of how other shops run and how we can make our own shops better.

Is this on anyone's radar?  Was this talked about in NOLA?  Did I miss a really obvious thread about it?

Cause if no one's working on this, maybe it'll be my baby this yearrrr...

Get at me if you want to collaborate/don't want to have to do any more work but are full of great ideas/think it would be rad so I know I'm not the only one still fantasizing about this.

<3 Lauren @ OCB Vancouver

 

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