Sounds like you just need volunteers besides you now.  Pick a regular night once a week, invite people over, and build a community [bike shop].  These links might help too...

http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Local_Bike_Store
http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Distributors

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Sincerely,

Jonathan Morrison
Project Coordinator
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

On 10/25/07, Austin Amos <conveyweigh@gmail.com> wrote:
My garage is full of bikes in different states of disrepair.
Most need tires and tubes, repairs, etc...
To the prior owner the cost of the needed repairs outweighed the value and they were discarded.
Outside of Walmart (China) where do you buy tubes / tires?
How do you prevent a carbon footprint on your consumables?
 
Austin Amos
 
 


 
On 10/25/07, Graham Stewart <graham.stewart@winply.ca > wrote:
At bikebike 2 yrs ago, someone made the comment that there should be a
bike-collective every eight blocks.  I'm inclined to agree. They should
be as common as gas stations.

The more critical type of support you may need is a sufficient number of
committed volunteers.

Graham at the bike-dump


Austin Amos wrote:

> Is there such a thing as a listing of Demographics available for Bike
> Collectives.
>
> I am trying to start one in a small city / rural area in West Virginia.
> I am trying to understand what characteristics I should focus my
> research on to tell if my are will support a bike collective.
>
> I look forward to reading your reply.
>
>
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Austin Amos
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