hey ross,
i'm going assume that your final question was in earnest. i'm also going to assume you know full well the answer is "none." (unless someone out there is somehow working on circle a's and bike systems strike bikes in their bike project.)
the world we live in is capitalist, therefore bikes are made by capitalists, therefore the bikes we have available to work on are bikes made by capitalists.
so, in all seriousness: what difference does it make?
-ben
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:22:06 -0400 From: "Recycle Bicycle of Harrisburg, Pa" recyclebicycle@verizon.net To: "The Think Tank" thethinktank@bikecollectives.org Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] experienced bike mechanics as volunteers - issues. Message-ID: 7CE02DFB260B456181784E9EB9DF3436@VALUED9133F4FA Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Ross from Recycle Bicycle Harrisburg, Pa
Reference below whether there's any ways to pay for revolutionary social change org's without funding from foundations, there is. Not some silver bullet magic answer,
Most of our core volunteers are retired and are being paid by that capitalistic system that seems to get bashed on this forum. I am awed when I see these gray/no hair guys/gals kneeling down and teaching inter city youth bike repair / safety / physics and pushing higher education. Please send more of those self motivated, financially secure, tool owning volunteers my way.
Then a question: What percentage of bikes that you work on come from a non-capitalistic factory?