Tips for basement (stairs!) youth bicycle program
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Hello from Baltimore Youth Kinetic Energy (BYKE)!
We are moving to a new and awesome location, but we’ll be in a basement. We might only be there for 1 year, so major renovations aren’t going to happen.
I have two main concerns:
Stairs(full flight, medium width)+ young people+bikes without brakes -a safe ramp? -has anyone tried building a kinetically powered platform elevator? -has anyone tried to build a track to secure a bicycle into and then let it fall with style? having some kind of slowing mechanism?
Ventilation codes -is that for the landlord to figure out? -regardless: were there any cheap and easy ways to increase ventilation?
Any other unpredictable lessons learned from those who have held DIY bike workshops in basements?
Thanks!
Chavi
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FYI
The St Louis http://www.bworks.org/ Bicycle Works group ( aka Bworks) has a cool electric powered way to put bikes on a hanging conveyor to move from floor to floor, I am sure it could be pedal powered with some ingenuity. I believe it was old industrial equipment that came with their awesome newly renovated building– if I remember correctly t looks kind of like what you would see at a dry cleaner or at a meat packing plant with hooks to attach things to it- it was awesome. I know I took pictures when I visited a few years ago but can’t find them in my current phone.
Deb
Deb Salls
Executive Director
206-695-2607
bikeworks.org
Building sustainable communities by educating youth and promoting bicycling
From: Thethinktank [mailto:thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org] On Behalf Of bykecollective Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 7:12 AM To: thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Subject: [TheThinkTank] Tips for basement (stairs!) youth bicycle program
Hello from Baltimore Youth Kinetic Energy (BYKE)!
We are moving to a new and awesome location, but we’ll be in a basement. We might only be there for 1 year, so major renovations aren’t going to happen.
I have two main concerns:
Stairs(full flight, medium width)+ young people+bikes without brakes
-a safe ramp? -has anyone tried building a kinetically powered platform elevator? -has anyone tried to build a track to secure a bicycle into and then let it fall with style? having some kind of slowing mechanism?
Ventilation codes
-is that for the landlord to figure out? -regardless: were there any cheap and easy ways to increase ventilation?
Any other unpredictable lessons learned from those who have held DIY bike workshops in basements?
Thanks!
Chavi
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On Jul 27, 2015 19:16, "Deb Salls" <deb@bikeworks.org> wrote:
> FYI
>
>
>
> The St Louis http://www.bworks.org/ Bicycle Works group ( aka Bworks)
> has a cool electric powered way to put bikes on a hanging conveyor to move
> from floor to floor, I am sure it could be pedal powered with some
> ingenuity. I believe it was old industrial equipment that came with their
> awesome newly renovated building– if I remember correctly t looks kind of
> like what you would see at a dry cleaner or at a meat packing plant with
> hooks to attach things to it- it was awesome. I know I took pictures when
> I visited a few years ago but can’t find them in my current phone.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Deb
>
>
>
>
>
> Deb Salls
>
> Executive Director
>
> 206-695-2607
>
> bikeworks.org
>
> Building sustainable communities by educating youth and promoting bicycling
>
>
>
> *From:* Thethinktank [mailto:
> thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org] *On Behalf Of *
> bykecollective
> *Sent:* Monday, July 27, 2015 7:12 AM
> *To:* thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org
> *Subject:* [TheThinkTank] Tips for basement (stairs!) youth bicycle
> program
>
>
>
> Hello from Baltimore Youth Kinetic Energy (BYKE)!
>
>
>
> We are moving to a new and awesome location, but we’ll be in a basement.
> We might only be there for 1 year, so major renovations aren’t going to
> happen.
>
>
>
> I have two main concerns:
>
>
>
> 1. Stairs(full flight, medium width)+ young people+bikes without brakes
>
> -a safe ramp?
>
> -has anyone tried building a kinetically powered platform
> elevator?
>
> -has anyone tried to build a track to secure a bicycle into
> and then let it fall with style? having some kind of slowing mechanism?
>
>
>
> 2. Ventilation codes
>
> -is that for the landlord to figure out?
>
> -regardless: were there any cheap and easy ways to increase
> ventilation?
>
>
>
> Any other unpredictable lessons learned from those who have held DIY bike
> workshops in basements?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Chavi
>
>
>
>
>
> https://www.facebook.com/BYKECollective
>
> https://twitter.com/BYKECollective
>
>
>
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