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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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
Consider building water thru radiator force air system.
Don't weld, etc without seeing frame builders list thread on stuff like that.
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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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