hey all, here is a not-so-hypothetical question. If you had to sort a lot of bicycles (I mean a lot, like a few thousand) how would you do it? The purpose would be to sort them in a user-friendly way, so that in the future you could find the bikes you need (i.e. bikes for a youth program, bikes to sell, bikes to strip) as easily as possible. The bikes will be staying in the same location for the most part which calls for a good sort and store method, although dispersal of the bikes to other spaces will also be easier if we sort them properly.
The best suggestion so far is to sort them by wheel size but these bikes don't have their wheels attached - what a headache - so I'm looking for other suggestions.
Thanks! Ainsley and the FUCKIGOR bicycle collective :)
Sort them into two line ups; one is the bikes that are worthy of repair - bikes that will get to the finish line of repair, the other line up of bikes to strip. Physically put them in separate areas. Actually don't strip the bad ones, that is extra time wasted. Just start repairing the ones that will be good. If you have more detailed interest, check out our website, www.Librarybikes.org , we have a book about all these details that can be downloaded. Bill
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 20:19:23 -0400 From: needleandthread@gmail.com To: thethinktank@bikecollectives.org Subject: [TheThinkTank] Sorting Bicycles
hey all, here is a not-so-hypothetical question. If you had to sort a lot of bicycles (I mean a lot, like a few thousand) how would you do it? The purpose would be to sort them in a user-friendly way, so that in the future you could find the bikes you need (i.e. bikes for a youth program, bikes to sell, bikes to strip) as easily as possible. The bikes will be staying in the same location for the most part which calls for a good sort and store method, although dispersal of the bikes to other spaces will also be easier if we sort them properly.
The best suggestion so far is to sort them by wheel size but these bikes don't have their wheels attached - what a headache - so I'm looking for other suggestions.
Thanks! Ainsley and the FUCKIGOR bicycle collective
:)
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a few questions
how much space do you have i find it much simpler to deal with whole bikes so put the wheels on where are the bikes going where did they come from how big is your labor supply how much time do you have
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From: Ainsley Naylor needleandthread@gmail.com Subject: [TheThinkTank] Sorting Bicycles To: "The Think Tank" thethinktank@bikecollectives.org Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 5:19 PM
hey all, here is a not-so-hypothetical question. If you had to sort a lot of bicycles (I mean a lot, like a few thousand) how would you do it? The purpose would be to sort them in a user-friendly way, so that in the future you could find the bikes you need (i.e. bikes for a youth program, bikes to sell, bikes to strip) as easily as possible. The bikes will be staying in the same location for the most part which calls for a good sort and store method, although dispersal of the bikes to other spaces will also be easier if we sort them properly.
The best suggestion so far is to sort them by wheel size but these bikes don't have their wheels attached - what a headache - so I'm looking for other suggestions.
Thanks! Ainsley and the FUCKIGOR bicycle collective
:)
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Or instead of sorting you could try color coded tags. Use a laser printer and print on colored index cards, you can do thousands for under $20. That way you can just tell people "find me a [color] tag" whereas each color might mean bikes for a youth program, bikes to sell, bikes to strip, etc.,...
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On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 9:53 PM, james bledsoe jamesbleds0e@yahoo.comwrote:
a few questions
how much space do you have i find it much simpler to deal with whole bikes so put the wheels on where are the bikes going where did they come from how big is your labor supply how much time do you have
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From: Ainsley Naylor needleandthread@gmail.com Subject: [TheThinkTank] Sorting Bicycles To: "The Think Tank" thethinktank@bikecollectives.org Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 5:19 PM
hey all, here is a not-so-hypothetical question. If you had to sort a lot of bicycles (I mean a lot, like a few thousand) how would you do it? The purpose would be to sort them in a user-friendly way, so that in the future you could find the bikes you need (i.e. bikes for a youth program, bikes to sell, bikes to strip) as easily as possible. The bikes will be staying in the same location for the most part which calls for a good sort and store method, although dispersal of the bikes to other spaces will also be easier if we sort them properly.
The best suggestion so far is to sort them by wheel size but these bikes don't have their wheels attached - what a headache - so I'm looking for other suggestions.
Thanks! Ainsley and the FUCKIGOR bicycle collective :)
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Add to that situation: a very hot, very dirty and badly lit warehouse. We're looking for the same suggestions! Thanks, Worcester Earn-A-Bike On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Ainsley Naylor needleandthread@gmail.comwrote:
hey all, here is a not-so-hypothetical question. If you had to sort a lot of bicycles (I mean a lot, like a few thousand) how would you do it? The purpose would be to sort them in a user-friendly way, so that in the future you could find the bikes you need (i.e. bikes for a youth program, bikes to sell, bikes to strip) as easily as possible. The bikes will be staying in the same location for the most part which calls for a good sort and store method, although dispersal of the bikes to other spaces will also be easier if we sort them properly.
The best suggestion so far is to sort them by wheel size but these bikes don't have their wheels attached - what a headache - so I'm looking for other suggestions.
Thanks! Ainsley and the FUCKIGOR bicycle collective :)
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Charlie - Check out the Go-go's basement. That's where we used to store stuff back in the early 2000s. Is Worcester EAB open to moving back to the MLK Center?
Jim - Milwaukee
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Add to that situation: a very hot, very dirty and badly lit warehouse. We're looking for the same suggestions! Thanks, Worcester Earn-A-Bike On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Ainsley Naylor <needleandthread@gmail.com
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hey all, here is a not-so-hypothetical question. If you had to sort a lot of bicycles (I mean a lot, like a few thousand) how would you do it? The purpose would be to sort them in a user-friendly way, so that in the future you could find the bikes you need (i.e. bikes for a youth program, bikes to sell, bikes to strip) as easily as possible. The bikes will be staying in the same location for the most part which calls for a good sort and store method, although dispersal of the bikes to other spaces will also be easier if we sort them properly.
The best suggestion so far is to sort them by wheel size but these bikes don't have their wheels attached - what a headache - so I'm looking for other suggestions.
Thanks! Ainsley and the FUCKIGOR bicycle collective :)
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thanks for all the responses. We are starting this at 8am tomorrow!
In response: The cops/city/province very stupidly removed the wheels from the bikes in order to store them (more efficiently???) so this mucks things up for us a bit. Yes, the idea of sorting by wheel-size is based on the fact that the wheel size essentially dictates the type/age of the bike.
We are dealing mostly with bikes that were put in storage in riding condition - these were being saved for the apocolypse by the world's most prolific bike thief! (B!ike you know who I mean) - so *triage* is not really what we are doing. we know that almost all of the bikes will be good to go with small repairs. Since the bikes will be used for several different purposes and eventually distributed amongst 4 of 5 community groups, we need for folks to be able to find the types of bikes they can use.
There are very few junk bikes for stripping. there are a lot of very old bikes and very expensive bikes. (one volunteer came out of there with a titanium road racing bike with full dura-ace componentry, having no clue what he had picked, which is one reason we need to get in there and sort things properly!).
Right now they are stored in a gymnasium as well as two shipping containers
We are indeed going with coloured tags. Our breakdown for tomorrow is thus: white - youth bikes (24" wheels) and small mountain bikes red - historical (old) and fancy (high end new/carbon/aluminum) blue - road bikes (dept store/mid-range, 27"/700c wheels) green - mountain bikes (dept store/mid-range, 26" wheels) pink - cruisers (coaster brake, single-speed, internal 3-speed, 5-speed, 26x13/8 and 27" wheels) yellow - junk to strip
I'll let you all know how it goes! There will be pictures too.
Ainsley.
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