Hello all,
we held a "vélo vélo" in Montreal in September witht eh aim of regrouping the 9 different community projects that are going on here. There was a lot of enthusiasm at the conference and, as a follow-up, we are organizing ourselves in order to better share ressources, organize a yearly conference and figure out ways to help new start-ups. So we'll be having another meeting in September again next year. We've grown our focus into Québec, rather than just Montréal.
We will definiteyl be heading down in force to T.O. in August, as this meeting brings our activiteis into a much bigger focus.
More bike bikes = more shops and better shops.
A big bike bike every year is also a great idea for those who can make it as it allows us all to see what others are doing.
happy holidays and happy winter riding!
richard Vélogik - Montréal
 I would agree that having 80 or 90 (was it that many?) folks from all over the southeast who are passionate about bicycles and bike collectives will be a really good thing for Louisville. That's why I chimed in and said something about being against having the BigBike!Bike! in Minneapolis - there is already what, almost a 5% bike mode share going on there. Not to diss places that have some of the highest bike mode shares, they're probably better places to organize a large conference out of, but there are places where biking is relatively in it's infancy (Louisville has less than a 1% mode share) and a truly grassroots thing like this could really spark some conversation - if you have it in a place that is struggling.  Just some thoughts. Â
- Eli
rachael spiewak wrote: > Same description goes for the previous Southeast version (ATL, > 1/2009). It will only help. > > -rachael > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Carolyn Braunius <brauniusc@yahoo.com > <mailto:brauniusc@yahoo.com>> wrote: > > Hi Victor and all. :) > > We love BikeBike and plan on coming to Toronto for BIKEBIKE this > year by bike and hopefully with reinforcements from the northeast. > > Our thoughts behind bikebike NE was we knew there were a lot of > small shops or shops that are trying to get off the ground who > would love to get some of that special bike bike feeling, but > couldn't make it to Minneapolis and might not be able to swing the > big trip to Toronto. > > They also might not know about the special magic of bikebike and > can come to a meeting and get a little dose of the magic, before > falling inlove with the international event. > > We also wanted to create a stage to address some of the specific > bike culture challenges we face in the north east. We love all of > those cities that have bike paths and bike racks, and let kids > ride their bikes to school, and we want to have a space where we > can make a plan to help bring some of those really wonderful > things to places where we don't quite have that yet. > > We also like to hang out with y'all and promise to do our best to > throw a good party :) > > Cheers, > Carolyn > > www.troybikerescue.org <http://www.troybikerescue.org%3E%C3%82%C2%A0 > > "When shall we live if not now?" - M.F.K. Fisher > > > --- On *Sat, 12/12/09, mylifeinthenow@gmail.com > <mailto:mylifeinthenow@gmail.com> /<mylifeinthenow@gmail.com > </*?'mailto:mylifeinthenow@gmail.com>>/* wrote: > > > From: mylifeinthenow@gmail.com > <mailto:mylifeinthenow@gmail.com> <mylifeinthenow@gmail.com > <mailto:mylifeinthenow@gmail.com>> > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] 4 BikeBikes. > To: thethinktank@bikecollectives.org > <mailto:thethinktank@bikecollectives.org> > Date: Saturday, December 12, 2009, 5:03 PM > > Bike! Bike! NE is still going on in Apri as a warm up for May > is Bike Month! > > -----Original Message----- > Date: Saturday, December 12, 2009 7:56:48 pm > To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank@bikecollectives.org > <http://mc/compose?to=thethinktank@bikecollectives.org%3E%3E%C3%82%C2%A0 > From: "N.O.Bike Project" <nolabikeproject@gmail.com > <http://mc/compose?to=nolabikeproject@gmail.com%3E%3E%C3%82%C2%A0 > Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] 4 BikeBikes. > > My bad, there are 4. Hmmm. > > winter.snowy.rose@gmail.com > <http://mc/compose?to=winter.snowy.rose@gmail.com%3E; wrote: > > What about the eastern one about new York area in April or may? > > Is that still on? > > > > Chloé > > Sent from my BlackBerry device on the Rogers Wireless Network > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "N.O.Bike Project" <nolabikeproject@gmail.com > <http://mc/compose?to=nolabikeproject@gmail.com%3E%3E%C3%82%C2%A0 > > Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:39:55 > > To: The Think Tank<thethinktank@bikecollectives.org > <http://mc/compose?to=thethinktank@bikecollectives.org%3E%3E%C3%82%C2%A0 > > Subject: [TheThinkTank] 3 BikeBikes. > > > > Hey y'all. > > > > In response to the query about a running tally. There are 3 > BikeBike!'s > > that I know of. Louisville and Boulder in the spring (on the > same > > weekend-March20) and Toronto in the summer. > > > > Personally I think regional bikebikes are a great idea. My > only concern > > is that there may be a lower turnout at the big annual > event. I guess > > we'll see what happens. > > > > -Victor. > > _______________________________________________ > > Thethinktank mailing list > > Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org > <http://mc/compose?to=Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org%3E%C3%82%C2%A0 > > To unsubscribe, send a blank email to TheThi > > _______________________________________________ > Thethinktank mailing list > Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org > <http://mc/compose?to=Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org%3E%C3%82%C2%A0 > To unsubscribe, send a blank email to > TheThinkTank-leave@bikecollectives.org > <http://mc/compose?to=TheThinkTank-leave@bikecollectives.org%3E%C3%82%C2%A0 > To manage your subscription, plase visit: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o... > > > _______________________________________________ > Thethinktank mailing list > Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org > <mailto:Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org> > To unsubscribe, send a blank email to > TheThinkTank-leave@bikecollectives.org > <mailto:TheThinkTank-leave@bikecollectives.org> > To manage your subscription, plase visit: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o... > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Thethinktank mailing list > Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org > To unsubscribe, send a blank email to TheThinkTank-leave@bikecollectives.org > To manage your subscription, plase visit: > http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o... >  _______________________________________________ Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe, send a blank email to TheThinkTank-leave@bikecollectives.org To manage your subscription, plase visit: http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
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