I've been slowly uploading parts illustrations to the bike collectives wiki here:

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

I'd love to add translations, particularly Spanish, to the illustrations if anyone has those...

Another sign I've always found helpful is one with a reminder of which pedal and bottom bracket sides are reverse threaded. 


On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 2:05 PM, David Eyer Davis <davey@bicyclecollective.org> wrote:
Hey y'all! 
I'm Davey, I'm taking over for Mr. Jonathan Morrison here at the Bicycle Collective in Utah. I've been subscribed to the list for many-a-year and have enjoyed picking our collective brains here. I hope to meet many of you at Bike! Bike! this year and at Interbike as well. 

Does anyone know of a good resource that documents community bike shop interior signage? I personally recall seeing great signage at Bike Kitchen in San Francisco and at Community Cycle Center, but I'm sure we have a ton of good examples betwixt us. 

I'm specifically interested in upping our signage game in the following ways: 
1. An immediate sign with graphics of the different bicycle types and what they're typically used for, with details about how to size a bike for yourself. The intent would be to get a customer armed with the basics of bike purchasing without immediately taking too much attention from a volunteer. 
2. placemats beneath plexiglass on bench surfaces with standard mechanical repairs simplified. What mechanical tasks have you found to be aided by diagrams? which are useless to explain through pictures? 
3. Basic parts identification, the difference between a freewheel and a casette, the difference between one-piece, cotter pins and square-tapered cranks, threaded vs. threaded headsets, etc. 
4. other things that I haven't thought of but you have. 

I'd appreciate links to pictures, and would be happy to compile a page on the bike collectives wiki of our findings. 

Thanks,
David Eyer Davis
Executive Director
Bicycle Collective

The mission of the Bicycle Collective is to promote cycling as an effective and sustainable form of transportation and as a cornerstone of a cleaner, healthier, and safer society. The Collective provides refurbished bicycles and educational programs to the community, focusing on children and lower income households.


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