Hi Rich,
I like the detail you gave to tire inspection, I was hoping to see that attention to detail in other areas
Wheel
    Spoke tension
    Round
    True
    Brake surface clean
Cables and housing
    frayed cable
    kinked 
    rusting
    cracked housing
    bent housing
    housing length
Bearings
    Too loose
    too tight
    indexed
    Dry/ rusted
    Lock nuts/rings tight

Just a few examples of light weight flushing out of other areas, Like where you did very well with tires


Christopher Wallace
Holistic Cycles
140 Harrison St
Oak Park, IL. 60304


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Reusable Repair Checklist Tag
From: director <director@communitycycles.org>
Date: Sat, August 03, 2013 6:16 am
To: The Think Tank <thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org>

Yeah we had to make compromises as to what we could put on this small sheet.  If you look again you'll see we do have cables, housing and wheels on there but it's not very detailed.  Our next steps include making some lesson plans, maybe some videos based on each line on the tag.  We're also putting together a final checklist that our skilled volunteers and staff mechanics can reference when signing off on a bike.

Ride On!
Rich

On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 6:46 AM, <christopher@holisticcycles.com> wrote:
I was looking at your check off list and saw a focus on tire condition, but not on wheels or cableing

Christopher Wallace
Holistic Cycles
140 Harrison St
Oak Park, IL. 60304


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Reusable Repair Checklist Tag
From: corvallisbikes <corvallisbikes@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, August 02, 2013 1:47 pm
To: The Think Tank <thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org>

We have not started using our new tags yet, but this is the general idea of the first run.  A few of us have spent the last month or so working and reworking the tags. 


On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 9:02 AM, summitcyclingcenter@yahoo.com <summitcyclingcenter@yahoo.com> wrote:
Great idea, Rich!

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From: "Luke Box" <lukebox@gmail.com>
To: "The Think Tank" <thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org>
Subject: [TheThinkTank] Reusable Repair Checklist Tag
Date: Mon, Jul 29, 2013 8:57 pm


Nice!
Just sent this to our committee. I really like the prioritized nature and specificity of it. It's awesome to get volunteers to get in on fixing bikes to ride, but it's hard to control for quality when there are a lot of people in house.
Seems this list would help diminish rolling bikes to the streets, that aren't really ready to go.
Luke Box
TheBrokeSpoke
Lexington KY
On Jul 29, 2013 1:20 PM, "director" <director@communitycycles.org> wrote:
Hey All,
We just spent some time and redid the tag we use to track repairs on a bike.  I'm sure your shops are similar to ours in that many mechanics of varying skill levels will work on a single bike before it's distributed back to the world for use.  This make it challenging to ensure a standard of quality on any given bike leaving the shop.

As we fleshed out the tag we realized that it could function loosely as a curriculum.  For most mechanics, especially students we suggest starting at the top and working down the list.  I've come to realize that no two mechanics will do things in the exact same way, everyone has their own style.  We've been suggesting that folks do the first two items in order and then address the rest of the repairs at their discretion.

Of course we couldn't put everything on a half page so we had to make compromises.  You'll notice as you get closer to the bottom of the tag the categories are a little more broad and don't get into the finer details.  We're working on a final check list that will include finer details like checking bearing play, tire wear, fine tune derailleurs and brakes...  The final checklist won't hang on the bike but it'll be around the shop and part of our training.  Stay tuned for this.

We print these double sided, cut them in half and laminate them.  We hang them on the handlebars and  fill them out with a Sharpie.  When the bike is done and gone we clean the Sharpie off with 90% rubbing alcohol and a rag.  This allows us to use one tag over and over and over.

We've been using these tags for about 2 weeks now and it's been awesome.  Communication between mechanics is much clearer and bikes are getting done faster.  It's really helped orient Earn-A-Bike students to what needs to be done next on their bike. 

Anyway if you think it's a good idea feel free to adapt it to your shops needs.


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