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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>>
>>
>>
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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
>
>
>
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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



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