The Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective has long had a program whereby volunteers earn shop credit for hours worked. This credit can be used to purchase a bike for fixing up (about $50/10hrs for a good basic steed) or for parts to keep one running. If a volunteer wants a better quality bike or better parts, they can save up. There are limits on the number of bikes and credits that can be earned per year.
Kevin SLC, UT
On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 1:45 PM breathingplanet breathingplanet@gmail.com wrote:
15 hours is too steep of an ask for most of our adult patrons. We've settled at an informal 6 hours and then they can pick out a bike to fix up. That means attending 2 open shop sessions and starting work on the bike on the third. I say informal because our tracking is poor. We really just want people coming back and project bikes moving.
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On Mar 21, 2019 1:36 PM, "Judith Feist" judith@backalleybikes.org wrote:
Holy Crud, that would be awesome info to share!
That is what I was thinking, too. 15 hours, you get a bike to fix, we help you fix it up.
On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 11:39 AM Jack Murphy jack@bikewalkwichita.org wrote:
Bike Walk Wichita's ReCycle program has an Earn a Bike program, 15 hours and you earn a bike of your own to fix up. We provide any parts or supplies, plus lights and u-lock. We have a whole price list of parts, marked in both hours and cash. Using Salesforce, we track volunteer hours and spent, so we know hours available to spend. "How many hours I got?" is a frequent question. Hoping to get a description of the program to share soon.
Jack Murphy On Mar 21, 2019, at 10:21 AM, Judith Feist judith@backalleybikes.org wrote:
Any workshops out there have Adult Earn-a-Bike programs? How are they run? Are they successful? Do they differ from your regular volunteers?
I'd like to get something started here and wanted feedback on other folks' programs.
At FMCBW we had a program where folks could buy a bike out right and then work on it during open shop times (if anything needed replacing that was included in the price), OR they could volunteer 15 hours (i think) and we'd get them a bike and help them fix it up (same thing, replacement parts where included, if needed).......We have a bunch of adult bikes and, depending on the shape they are in, we'll fix 'em and sell them at the Hub, or minor adjustments are done and we sell 'em cheap at our monthly garage sales...
Personally, anytime I see a full suspension out in the wild I want to leave a note on it that they could trade it in towards an Adult bike that we'd help them fix up....but that might be just me...
Also, Happy Spring all! I hope you're well!
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