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Hi, Everyone.
A mini-Craig's List for bike shops sounds like a genius idea.
Sasha
On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:33:20 -0400 Jonathan Morrison jonathan@slcbikecollective.org wrote:
The current job posting on bikecollectives.org is actually an under utilized classifieds component, we would just need to add some more categories.
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 7:58 PM, veganboyjosh@gmail.com wrote:
I know a lot of the traffic we see in Community Cycles is pretty
specific
to Boulder. We can't keep cruiser type bikes in stock, while
other shops
can't give them away.
Would it be possible for there to be a place on the wiki or some
other
spot on the bcn.org site where shops could list things they're
looking
for, that other shops might be looking to get rid of? Granted,
we're all in
need of floor pumps and chain tools, but perhaps there's some
class of
parts of bike types that one shop gets that another shop needs.
It would be
nice to see that in one place.
I've got a road trip to IKEA in SLC soon, and I'd love to check
out the
bike shop while I'm there. It occurred to me that the van will
be empty on
the way there, so I could potentially load it up with stuff they
might need
that we have excess of...since we're driving anyway.
I don't know that a website feature like this would take much maintenance...I'm thinking it could serve three functions;
1>Those
parts/bikes that your shop is always needing, but cannot keep in stock--cruiser bikes for us--, 2>parts and bikes that you have
an excess of,
and/or wish to pass on...3>specific things you need that another
shop might
have, instead of going through QPB or the like. We had a bike
come in that
had a smashed derailleur, and needed a specific hanger, which
QPB didn't
even sell...granted, this type of thing would be a long shot,
but how many
of you would rather order a part like that from one another than
from the
big bike distros a lot of us use?
I guess I'm imagining a sort of mini-craigslist, for bike co-ops
to post
on.
Thoughts? Feedback?
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-- Sincerely,
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