beer and pizza<BR>get some tools <BR>find a corner<BR>and invite folks into <BR>eat the pizza you make <BR>they bring the beer and their bikes <BR>to work on<BR>do it once a week<BR>and before you know it <BR><BR>--- On Tue, 3/3/09, Wendy Monroe <<a ymailto="mailto:wendy.monroe@usermail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=wendy.monroe@usermail.com">wendy.monroe@usermail.com</a>> wrote:<BR><BR>> From: Wendy Monroe <<a ymailto="mailto:wendy.monroe@usermail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=wendy.monroe@usermail.com">wendy.monroe@usermail.com</a>><BR>> Subject: [TheThinkTank] Hello Think Tank! from Amsterdam Noord<BR>> To: "The Think Tank" <<a ymailto="mailto:thethinktank@bikecollectives.org" href="/mc/compose?to=thethinktank@bikecollectives.org">thethinktank@bikecollectives.org</a>><BR>> Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2009, 2:58 AM<BR>> Thanks to Jason Moore,I<BR>> have been enjoying y'all's<BR>> postings.. I worked at the Missing Link Bike<BR>> Collective in Berkeley, CA for 12 years (1978-90) and<BR>> am now here in Amsterdam, Netherlands.. trying to put a<BR>> community bike program together.<BR>> Here there is plenty of public money to spend...<BR>> but no one here has apparently ever heard of a<BR>> public bike program.. in the entire database of the Dutch<BR>> Bicycle Policy Organization (Fietsberaad)<BR>> there is ONE mention of an Earn-a-bike program.<BR>> I am busy right now, writing a proposal for a new<BR>> program in Amsterdam Noord... to get funding to start it,<BR>> and to house it in. I'll let you all know if the<BR>> program is a Go, as they say... and if any of you come to<BR>> the Netherlands, I invite you to please drop in.<BR>> I was just laughing over this Dutch bike<BR>> activist poster image I found in the current issue of Op<BR>> Eigen Kracht ( Under your own Power) magazine:<BR>> <BR>> Kind of darling, isn't it? I had to<BR>> reach for the bilingual dictionary on this one.. it appears<BR>> to be an anti-car message.<BR>> It means in Dutch: 'Suffocate in Your<BR>> Can!' <BR>> ( in your car, get it?) Not what you would<BR>> expect from the cute drawing of the little girl!<BR>> Anyway, I just thought I would say '<BR>> Hello!'<BR>> Sincerely,<BR>> Wendy Monroe<BR>> <BR>> Op Mar 3, 2009, om 11:25 AM heeft Jason Moore het<BR>> volgende geschreven:<BR>> Check out the Lose the<BR>> Training Wheels program. They are experts at this type<BR>> of thing.<BR>> <BR>> Also an interesting new product is coming out soon: The Gyrobike<BR>> <BR>> My recommended method for teaching people to ride bicycles<BR>> is this:<BR>> <BR>> 1. Remove the pedals of the bike and lower the seat such<BR>> that the rider's feet can easily touch the ground, this<BR>> way the rider can scoot around and get the feeling of the<BR>> bicycle's dynamics. If you use training wheels or<BR>> support the rider with your hand it doesn't allow the<BR>> person to feel how the bicycle actually handles.<BR>> 2. Once the rider is comfortable on the scooter, add the<BR>> pedals so they can try self propulsion.<BR>> <BR>> People learn very fast with this method.<BR>> <BR>> Jason Moore<BR>> <a href="http://mae.ucdavis.edu/~biosport/jkm/" target=_blank >http://mae.ucdavis.edu/~biosport/jkm/</a><BR>> moorebicycles<BR>> Bicycle<BR>> Dynamics<BR>> Lab,<BR>> TU Delft<BR>> Sports<BR>> Biomechanics<BR>> Lab,<BR>> UC Davis<BR>> Bike<BR>> Church Minister, Davis, CA<BR>> Netherlands office phone # : +31 15 278 6932<BR>> <BR>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 7:16 PM,<BR>> josh brown <<a ymailto="mailto:josh@communitycycles.org" href="/mc/compose?to=josh@communitycycles.org">josh@communitycycles.org</a>><BR>> wrote:<BR>> Howdy all.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> I'm wondering how/if any of you have worked with<BR>> populations or individuals with disabilities who come into<BR>> your shops or who approach your organization for help.<BR>> We've had this type of thing happen before, where<BR>> someone who has experienced head trauma, or has severe<BR>> balance issues is looking for an adult tricycle, but we<BR>> never seem to have any quality ones in the shop when<BR>> they're needed, and inexpensive but decent ones are in<BR>> the 6-8 hundred dollar range. <BR>> <BR>> I received the below email this morning, and while i<BR>> welcome the challenge and experience of getting a 10 year<BR>> old with CP and Autism on a bicycle, i'm a little<BR>> overwhelmed at the prospect. <BR>> <BR>> What kinds of experiences have you all had? I know Boulder<BR>> and Colorado both have some excellent non-profits that deal<BR>> with folks with disabilities, and I'll start making<BR>> phone calls to them, to see what types of things to be aware<BR>> of. I'm interested in your experiences as community bike<BR>> shop staff. <BR>> <BR>> If anyone reading this has some type of circumstance which<BR>> requires some sort of modification to their own bike to<BR>> accommodate balance, reflex, or a body that's different<BR>> than most of us have (ie, amputee, etc) issues, PLEASE get<BR>> in touch. I'm interested both in your experiences<BR>> personally as well as resources you've found to be<BR>> helpful or not so helpful. <BR>> <BR>> I've personally worked with folks with all kinds of<BR>> issues, just not in my work with bicycles...looking forward<BR>> to bringing those two worlds together...<BR>> <BR>> thanks!<BR>> <BR>> josh.<BR>> community cycles.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Hello, We have been<BR>> looking into your program for our son but I have a couple of<BR>> questions. Our son has Cerebral<BR>> Palsy and Autism, both are mild, however he has difficulty<BR>> in riding a two wheel bike as he has balance problems. <BR>> He is 10 yrs old, (11 in June) and has out grown bikes that<BR>> we can place "training wheels" on. We know<BR>> that there are stabilization wheels but not sure how to go<BR>> about working with them on multiple speed bikes.<BR>> Do you work with children with<BR>> disabilities? and Would you be able to help us in getting a<BR>> bicycle that would meet his needs? <BR>> He would dearly love to be able to ride a bike and we<BR>> are most happy to work with him and get him the proper set<BR>> up. Any help or information would be greatly<BR>> appreciated. You are welcome to call us at our home<BR>> phone or email. Your program sounds very exciting and<BR>> we look forward to hearing from you. <BR>> Thank you, Sue and Paul<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Thethinktank mailing list<BR>> <a ymailto="mailto:Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org" href="/mc/compose?to=Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org">Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org</a><BR>> To unsubscribe, send a blank email to <a ymailto="mailto:TheThinkTank-leave@bikecollectives.org" href="/mc/compose?to=TheThinkTank-leave@bikecollectives.org">TheThinkTank-leave@bikecollectives.org</a><BR>> To manage your subscription, plase visit:<BR>> <a href="http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org" target=_blank >http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org</a><BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Thethinktank mailing list<BR>> <a ymailto="mailto:Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org" href="/mc/compose?to=Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org">Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org</a><BR>> To unsubscribe, send a blank email to<BR>> <a ymailto="mailto:TheThinkTank-leave@bikecollectives.org" href="/mc/compose?to=TheThinkTank-leave@bikecollectives.org">TheThinkTank-leave@bikecollectives.org</a><BR>> To manage your subscription, plase visit:<BR>> <a href="http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org" target=_blank >http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org</a><BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -----Inline Attachment Follows-----<BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Thethinktank mailing list<BR>> <a ymailto="mailto:Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org" href="/mc/compose?to=Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org">Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org</a><BR>> To unsubscribe, send a blank email to <a ymailto="mailto:TheThinkTank-leave@bikecollectives.org" href="/mc/compose?to=TheThinkTank-leave@bikecollectives.org">TheThinkTank-leave@bikecollectives.org</a><BR>> To manage your subscription, plase visit:<BR>> <a href="http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org" target=_blank >http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org</a><BR>><BR></div>