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Today's Topics:

   1. Need Bike Valet Racks? Has anyone here thought of doing Bike
      Valet?? Contact SPOKES.... (Brian Drayton)
   2. Re: Need Bike Valet Racks? Has anyone here thought of doing
      Bike Valet?? Contact SPOKES.... (Reno Bikes)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 11:12:58 -0700
From: Brian Drayton <brian@oaklandspokes.org>
To: The Think Tank <thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org>
Subject: [TheThinkTank] Need Bike Valet Racks? Has anyone here thought
        of doing Bike Valet?? Contact SPOKES....
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Valet Bike Parking is like a coat check for your bike. Your organizaton
 can  provide safe, free , event parking for many of the outdoor festivals
in your area..


It is a fun way to be involved in the festivities of your cities events
while promoting bicycling as an everyday means of transportation for
everyone, and lowering the carbon foot print of each event , the city, and
the planet. It is also an opportunity to work with your  community
spreading cycle frienly service and encouraging cycle culture .


> *"For Brian Drayton, bike parking is not just a convenience; it's a
> necessity, a mission, a movement in the making. Richmond Spokes, the
> organization he founded in early 2009, provides valet bicycle parking at
> about 25 small- to medium-size events throughout the Bay Area each year.
> But more impressive than that is his sheer ambition.
> "I want people to understand we can use bikes for everything, everyday,"
> Drayton said. "There should be as many bike-parking facilities as there are
> gas stations in the world."*


From: East Bay Express
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/a-bike-rack-on-every-corner/Content?oid=3192058

*
*
****SPOKES can also prepare a Bike  Valet  SUrvival  kit with instrucions
 best practices   forms documents and  strategies for  marketing ,
deploying and  monitizing your Bike Valet  movement *


*NEW!!! * Spokes New Portable (Moved by Bikes)Racks are durable and compact
and available to other  community bike orgs through SPOKES.

  *2013 SPOKES GETS NEW RACKS  (Available Now)*
*
*
*
[image: 2013]<https://sites.google.com/a/richmondspokes.org/about/programs-1/programs/valet/the-vbp-racks/From%20Clipboard.gif?attredirects=0>

*
*After three years of our basic  steel conduit racks , SPOKES has found the
rack that  rocks  for bike Valet.   **By this spring  SPOKES will have
replaced all our old  racks with  the Moved by bikes portable racks.*
*
*
*SPOKES is also going to be Subsidizing these racks  for other community
bike organizations and bike coops  to encourage  the National Bike Movement
in each SPOKES city. *
*
*
*
*
*To make an order inquiry  fill out the form at the bottom of this page or
click this link<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dERkRGcxcGxNREh2ejFEemQxOFhCWmc6MQ#gid=0>
*
*
*
*
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dERkRGcxcGxNREh2ejFEemQxOFhCWmc6MQ#gid=0
*

*Price List *
*Racks are:
<https://sites.google.com/a/richmondspokes.org/about/programs-1/programs/valet/the-vbp-racks/p1050870.jpg?attredirects=0>
*

   - *$190 Each MSRP  for  companies and  individuals*
   - *$100-$160 for  qualifying  community members and community bike
   organizations & cycling clubs**

*
*
*Please fill out  Rack Purchase inquiry below and let us know about your
organization. *
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
For inquiries email:  racks@richmondspokes.org or call the Shop at
510-545-2243


<https://sites.google.com/a/richmondspokes.org/about/programs-1/programs/valet/the-vbp-racks/dsc04654sm.jpg?attredirects=0>
*  The community Bike Collective is dedicated to providing technical
support and financial assistance to any community serving organization
showing the will capacity and audience for Free Bike Valet services within
their community.

For more information about CBC  and how we areplanning to  use collective
purchasing capitol  to create  deeper econimic  prosperity in the community
bike  culture.  Please join us:
*here:https://sites.google.com/a/richmondspokes.org/about/programs-1/cbc*

*CBC reserves the right to review applications and make delegations of
subsidies and discounts under the strict criteria based on the factors set
by our advisory and board of directors to make such delegations of the for
mentioned subsidies to organizations contributing to our national Bike
Valet Movement. *

 Bike Rack Order Form

Open *Bike Rack Order
Form*<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?authuser=1&hl=en&key=0AoF6wNHBWzgXdERkRGcxcGxNREh2ejFEemQxOFhCWmc>

Brian Drayton
Oakland SPOKES Community Bike Lounge
465 9th Street
Oakland, Ca. 94607
510-545-2243
Brian@oaklandspokes.org

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oakland SPOKES loves it's Popup Home!!!   Support us with your words  in
extending our Popup Lease and  moving toward a long term /Permanant lease
 allowing us capitalize our community comittment.

Please lend us yout testimonial of support by filling out this petition of
support. (responders recieve  a 15% Discount card via email)

http://tinyurl.com/oaklandspokes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 11:37:38 -0700
From: Reno Bikes <renobikeproject@gmail.com>
To: The Think Tank <thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org>
Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Need Bike Valet Racks? Has anyone here
        thought of doing Bike Valet?? Contact SPOKES....
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We've been doing BV for about 6 years using a DYI system of canopy parts
and conduit.
http://www.canopiesbyfred.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_ID=36-
Part
F4 - 1 inch
And
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Allied-Tube-Conduit-1-in-x-10-ft-Electric-Metallic-Tube-Conduit-101568/100400409?N=bohlZ12kx#.UaZJr2TwJIg-
There are two wall thicknesses, make sure to get the thicker one. We
cut
the 10' in half for the legs and then string 10' sections together. (you
can also buy end pieces like what it pictured in the foreground of the
picture below, but not necessary)

It ends up looking like this.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/renobikeproject/6971200826/

Easy to break down and you can connect as many sections as you want.
Just an affordable option, not trying to undercut anyone.

Feel free to holler if you need any help.

Noah


On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Brian Drayton <brian@oaklandspokes.org>wrote:

> Valet Bike Parking is like a coat check for your bike. Your organizaton
>  can  provide safe, free , event parking for many of the outdoor festivals
> in your area..
>
>
> It is a fun way to be involved in the festivities of your cities events
> while promoting bicycling as an everyday means of transportation for
> everyone, and lowering the carbon foot print of each event , the city, and
> the planet. It is also an opportunity to work with your  community
> spreading cycle frienly service and encouraging cycle culture .
>
>
>> *"For Brian Drayton, bike parking is not just a convenience; it's a
>> necessity, a mission, a movement in the making. Richmond Spokes, the
>> organization he founded in early 2009, provides valet bicycle parking at
>> about 25 small- to medium-size events throughout the Bay Area each year.
>> But more impressive than that is his sheer ambition.
>> "I want people to understand we can use bikes for everything, everyday,"
>> Drayton said. "There should be as many bike-parking facilities as there are
>> gas stations in the world."*
>
>
> From: East Bay Express
> http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/a-bike-rack-on-every-corner/Content?oid=3192058
>
> *
> *
> ****SPOKES can also prepare a Bike  Valet  SUrvival  kit with instrucions
>  best practices   forms documents and  strategies for  marketing ,
> deploying and  monitizing your Bike Valet  movement *
>
>
> *NEW!!! * Spokes New Portable (Moved by Bikes)Racks are durable and
> compact and available to other  community bike orgs through SPOKES.
>
>   *2013 SPOKES GETS NEW RACKS  (Available Now)*
> *
> *
> *
> [image: 2013]<https://sites.google.com/a/richmondspokes.org/about/programs-1/programs/valet/the-vbp-racks/From%20Clipboard.gif?attredirects=0>
>
> *
> *After three years of our basic  steel conduit racks , SPOKES has found
> the rack that  rocks  for bike Valet.   **By this spring  SPOKES will
> have replaced all our old  racks with  the Moved by bikes portable racks.*
> *
> *
> *SPOKES is also going to be Subsidizing these racks  for other community
> bike organizations and bike coops  to encourage  the National Bike Movement
> in each SPOKES city. *
> *
> *
> *
> *
> *To make an order inquiry  fill out the form at the bottom of this page
> or click this link<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dERkRGcxcGxNREh2ejFEemQxOFhCWmc6MQ#gid=0>
> *
> *
> *
> *
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dERkRGcxcGxNREh2ejFEemQxOFhCWmc6MQ#gid=0
> *
>
> *Price List *
> *Racks are:
> <https://sites.google.com/a/richmondspokes.org/about/programs-1/programs/valet/the-vbp-racks/p1050870.jpg?attredirects=0>
> *
>
>    - *$190 Each MSRP  for  companies and  individuals*
>    - *$100-$160 for  qualifying  community members and community bike
>    organizations & cycling clubs**
>
> *
> *
> *Please fill out  Rack Purchase inquiry below and let us know about your
> organization. *
> *
> *
> *
> *
> *
> *
> *
> *
> For inquiries email:  racks@richmondspokes.org or call the Shop at
> 510-545-2243
>
>
> <https://sites.google.com/a/richmondspokes.org/about/programs-1/programs/valet/the-vbp-racks/dsc04654sm.jpg?attredirects=0>
> *  The community Bike Collective is dedicated to providing technical
> support and financial assistance to any community serving organization
> showing the will capacity and audience for Free Bike Valet services within
> their community.
>
> For more information about CBC  and how we areplanning to  use collective
> purchasing capitol  to create  deeper econimic  prosperity in the community
> bike  culture.  Please join us:
> *here:https://sites.google.com/a/richmondspokes.org/about/programs-1/cbc*
>
> *CBC reserves the right to review applications and make delegations of
> subsidies and discounts under the strict criteria based on the factors set
> by our advisory and board of directors to make such delegations of the for
> mentioned subsidies to organizations contributing to our national Bike
> Valet Movement. *
>
>  Bike Rack Order Form
>
> Open *Bike Rack Order Form*<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?authuser=1&hl=en&key=0AoF6wNHBWzgXdERkRGcxcGxNREh2ejFEemQxOFhCWmc>
>
> Brian Drayton
> Oakland SPOKES Community Bike Lounge
> 465 9th Street
> Oakland, Ca. 94607
> 510-545-2243
> Brian@oaklandspokes.org
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Oakland SPOKES loves it's Popup Home!!!   Support us with your words  in
> extending our Popup Lease and  moving toward a long term /Permanant lease
>  allowing us capitalize our community comittment.
>
> Please lend us yout testimonial of support by filling out this petition of
> support. (responders recieve  a 15% Discount card via email)
>
> http://tinyurl.com/oaklandspokes
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> <https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JFMWCUS5QVQ2E>
>
>
>
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