http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part_Storage
I have always loved Freeride's Wheel Sorter " http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Shop_Organization#Wheel_..." mainly because it attacks the problem from a different angle. Instead of asking, how can we best store X part? It addresses the bigger issue and asks, "given that not all volunteers / customers know what they are doing and WILL putt things back in the wrong spot, how can we make it faster/easier to determine the right size X part from an unsorted mass?" So what is the fastest most efficient way to measure a pile of spokes as opposed to one at a time using a blue ruler ( http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Spoke)?
Personally I think the best solution is to NOT store spokes for reuse -- instead save up for a spoke cutter and just buy a stock of 310mm spokes and cut them down as you need them. Bend the old spokes into loops and use them to hang tags off the handlebars.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Morrison Executive Director Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective 2312 S. West Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84115 w: 801-328-2453 c: 801-688-0183 f: 801-466-3856 www.slcbikecollective.org
The mission of the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective is to promote cycling as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and as a cornerstone of a cleaner, healthier, and safer society. The Bicycle Collective provides refurbished bicycles and educational programs to the community, focusing on children and lower income households.
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Kelly Martin kelly@bicyclekitchen.comwrote:
On Feb 14, 2011, at 4:40 PM, Clifford McCarten [B!KE] wrote:
Hey All, Does anyone have some innovative solutions to spoke sorting and storage? Our "tape them together and toss them in the filing cabinet" approach has always left a lot to be desired, compounded by the fact that we just inherited a spoke collection from a pro shop that closed a while ago. I'll take pictures, diagrams, and verbal descriptions! Thanks in a big way, Clifford B!KE: The Peterborough Community Bike Shop 400 Wolfe St, Peterborough ON communitybikeshop.org (705) 775-7227
On 14/02/2011 7:34 PM, Jon Braswell wrote:
absolutely not, people enter at there own risk, if you have to come up with a waiver, come up with it, or if you start paying out , your admiting guilt and sopo's little world is in for a lot of hurt, as smart and administratively correct as you guys are I cannot believe you have not thought of this one, no good deed goes unpunished, send them to Grady, You start paying, then prepare to really pay...we live in a mean world and you never get to really know someone till you meet them in court. be careful what you say and do. Hey man I love sopo, just wanted to give my 2 cents worth, later dudes!!!
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 4:57 PM, tito @ sopo bike co-op < tito@sopobikes.org> wrote:
we recently faced the issue of one of our core volunteers getting injured in the shop. when the time came to decide about a trip to the hospital it became apparent that the person did not have insurance and could not afford the trip. have other shops faced this situation? do you (the shop) pay for or help pay for medical expenses. the trip would have run anywhere form $300 to $1000. is there a limit that folks have decided on? is it a process of reimbursement? do any shops have insurance that cover such things? any input would be much appreciated.
tito @ SOPO Bikes 1270 Caroline St NE Ste D120-392 Atlanta, GA 30307
cell. 678.907.3892 work. 404.635.6367
www.sopobikes.org
Our mission is to create equitable access to cycling by providing affordable bicycle maintenance, services and education.
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Message: 1 Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:38:01 -0800 From: Angel York aniola@gmail.com To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] bike valet question Message-ID: AANLkTikz7u8NZVC1+-=WDdCvOSQ00FR5GYd2cs7Vx075@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
By SC, do you mean Santa Cruz? Are you the fellow I used to cover for so you could go get vegetables sometimes? I'm glad they're paying you now!
Here in Davis, bike valet parking happens, but rarely. The campus has some lightweight racks and the city has some heavy-duty racks, and they lend 'em out. Both the Davis Bike Collective and Davis Bicycles! have borrowed them, but it's kind of an ordeal so they only come out for big occasions.
I think of Bike Valet Parking as a way to get folks aware of various bike organizations.
Angel York I hail from the Davis (California) Bike Collective
On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 12:21 PM, kyle mckinley bicirider@gmail.com wrote:
hi, all, It's been a while since I posted to this list (though I lurk now and
then),
and I missed seeing everyone at the last bike!bike!, but I have a quick favor to ask:
I'm helping write an article about bike valet services (bike parking at events that draw too many bikes to simply lock up) and it occurred to
me
that there are probably lots of folks/ projects doing this as a form of outreach that I don't know about.
Here in SC it is most reliable at the farmer's market (where I
currently
get paid to do it -- oogle bikes, chat w/ cyclists, eat veges; pretty
rad).
I know that the San Francisco Bike Coalition does a lot of this on an event-to-event basis.
Other places that you know about? Particularly successful instances?
Anyone
combining parking with wrenching?
Reply on or off list.
warmly, kyle
-- If an Easyrider rides easy, then a bicirider rides bici
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