12 Dec
2012
12 Dec
'12
2:38 p.m.
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On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Ryan Sharpe <sharpe@sacbikekitchen.org>wrote:
> The Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen has something along these lines (revision
> of an old layout, so it's not exactly to scale or 100% accurate):
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1eC9ZNscgXyLJRsyNMXSgYzx_PmDDhDG5NowMGMxA4UA/edit
>
> The card catalogs are used for small parts -- picked them up at the UC
> Davis surplus store. Forks are stored under the truing table area; wheels
> are hung from the rafters.
>
> --Ryan
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Rich Points <director@communitycycles.org
> > wrote:
>
>> And some video of our shop in action last April
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8u4v4NVj08&feature=plcp
>>
>> OK, I'll stop posting stuff now.
>>
>> Ride On!
>> Rich
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Rich Points
>> <director@communitycycles.org> wrote:
>> > We also have some shots from around the shop in a facebook album.
>> >
>> >
>> https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151018588931605.482845.364723181604&type=3
>> >
>> > R
>> >
>> > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Rich Points
>> > <director@communitycycles.org> wrote:
>> >> Here is a quite walk through at Community Cycles from a couple of
>> >> months ago. You can see our work 5 work stations at around 50
>> >> seconds.
>> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E49tv9P5DfQ
>> >>
>> >> Not the best quality but it should give a decent overview of our shop.
>> >>
>> >> Rich
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 9:04 AM, summitcyclingcenter@yahoo.com
>> >> <summitcyclingcenter@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >>> Glad to see Sopo expand. I visited at the old location.
>> >>>
>> >>> Sent from my HTC EVO Design™ 4G from Boost Mobile
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> ----- Reply message -----
>> >>> From: "Bobby Brown" <bobby@sopobikes.org>
>> >>> To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org>
>> >>> Subject: [TheThinkTank] Floor plan/shop layout
>> >>> Date: Mon, Dec 10, 2012 13:38
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Hey Jeff,
>> >>>
>> >>> Sopo bikes moved to a new space back in the Spring and attached is a
>> layout
>> >>> one of our volunteers designed as a plan for our shop, each grid
>> square is
>> >>> 1'x1'. Our old shop was 300-400sq ft internal with most repairs
>> happening
>> >>> outside in a parking lot with bikes hanging from Park Tool mobile
>> stands.
>> >>> The new location is ~1100sq ft just for us with a 300sq ft bike
>> >>> shop/boutique attached to the front.
>> >>>
>> >>> We share our location with a local boutique bike shop, Woodward
>> Cyclery so
>> >>> the red space on the attached layout is where their display room is
>> and our
>> >>> shop is set up around the back 3/4 of the space. For your purposes,
>> you
>> >>> could consider their location to be about the size of a suitable
>> lounge with
>> >>> office space.
>> >>>
>> >>> We are lacking a little in storage but have put programs in place to
>> keep
>> >>> donation bikes moving in and out of our shop rather than stockpile and
>> >>> gather dust. 15-20 bikes is about the max that we can store without
>> getting
>> >>> cramped.
>> >>>
>> >>> The new shop has 4 repair booths with 8 repair stands; each booth
>> shares a
>> >>> set of common bike tools. We have a tube patching station so that
>> those
>> >>> repairs will not take up an entire stand as well as a wall for hub
>> >>> maintenance with cone wrenches, freewheel tools, chain whips, axle
>> vice,
>> >>> bench vice, etc. Having moved from a shop with a shared wall of
>> tools and
>> >>> several repair stands farther away, the repair times are much quicker
>> and
>> >>> easier with the new approach of having several shared walls of tools.
>> You
>> >>> have the tools for 90% of repair jobs within 4-5ft of your bike so our
>> >>> volunteers and patrons are able to focus their time on fixing their
>> bike
>> >>> rather than searching for tools. The truing stands are also on top of
>> >>> storage cabinets where we keep assorted construction materials,
>> tools, event
>> >>> supplies, etc.
>> >>>
>> >>> Shortly after building out the new space we had a Google Tour created
>> so you
>> >>> can click through the link below for a virtual tour of our new space.
>> We
>> >>> were really lucky to have a couple local photographers come out and
>> do this
>> >>> pro bono.
>> >>> http://bit.ly/SopoGoogleTour
>> >>>
>> >>> Hope this helps!
>> >>> Bobby
>> >>>
>> >>> On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Jeff Neven <j_neven@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Hi bike collectives,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> We are moving again into a larger and more unique space and we are
>> trying
>> >>>> to figure out layout.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I am curious if others have floor plans or shop layout drawings. We
>> are
>> >>>> trying to figure out how to include display space, repair space (6 -
>> 8
>> >>>> stands), lounge/hang-out space for building community, office, and
>> the usual
>> >>>> crazy amount of storage needed for donated bikes and new & used
>> parts. I am
>> >>>> really interested in ratios of how much space you allocate for each
>> of these
>> >>>> activities.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> If you have drawings, I would love to see them to get us dreaming.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Anybody included a coffee shop, book store or other third space? If
>> so,
>> >>>> how is that working with a bike collective?
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Jeff Neven
>> >>>> New Hope Community Bikes
>> >>>> Hamilton, Ontario
>> >>>>
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>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Bobby Brown
>> >>> Sopo Bicycle Cooperative
>> >>>
>> >>> Cell: 770 851 0965
>> >>> bobby@sopobikes.org
>> >>> http://www.sopobikes.org
>> >>>
>> >>> Hours:
>> >>> Tuesday 7pm - 10pm
>> >>> Wednesday 7pm - 10pm
>> >>> Thursday 7pm - 10pm
>> >>> Saturday 2pm - 6pm
>> >>>
>> >>>
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> --
>> >> Rich Points
>> >> http://communitycycles.org
>> >> Executive Director
>> >> (c)303-589-0597
>> >> (w)720-565-6019
>> >>
>> >> Community Cycles is Boulder's only bike shop dedicated to bike
>> commuting.
>> >> Find us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/CommunityCycles
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > --
>> > Rich Points
>> > http://communitycycles.org
>> > Executive Director
>> > (c)303-589-0597
>> > (w)720-565-6019
>> >
>> > Community Cycles is Boulder's only bike shop dedicated to bike
>> commuting.
>> > Find us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/CommunityCycles
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> --
>> Rich Points
>> http://communitycycles.org
>> Executive Director
>> (c)303-589-0597
>> (w)720-565-6019
>>
>> Community Cycles is Boulder's only bike shop dedicated to bike commuting.
>> Find us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/CommunityCycles
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