Reusable Repair Checklist Tag
Hey All, We just spent some time and redid the tag we use to track repairs on a bike. I'm sure your shops are similar to ours in that many mechanics of varying skill levels will work on a single bike before it's distributed back to the world for use. This make it challenging to ensure a standard of quality on any given bike leaving the shop.
As we fleshed out the tag we realized that it could function loosely as a curriculum. For most mechanics, especially students we suggest starting at the top and working down the list. I've come to realize that no two mechanics will do things in the exact same way, everyone has their own style. We've been suggesting that folks do the first two items in order and then address the rest of the repairs at their discretion.
Of course we couldn't put everything on a half page so we had to make compromises. You'll notice as you get closer to the bottom of the tag the categories are a little more broad and don't get into the finer details. We're working on a final check list that will include finer details like checking bearing play, tire wear, fine tune derailleurs and brakes... The final checklist won't hang on the bike but it'll be around the shop and part of our training. Stay tuned for this.
We print these double sided, cut them in half and laminate them. We hang them on the handlebars and fill them out with a Sharpie. When the bike is done and gone we clean the Sharpie off with 90% rubbing alcohol and a rag. This allows us to use one tag over and over and over.
We've been using these tags for about 2 weeks now and it's been awesome. Communication between mechanics is much clearer and bikes are getting done faster. It's really helped orient Earn-A-Bike students to what needs to be done next on their bike.
Anyway if you think it's a good idea feel free to adapt it to your shops needs.
Nice!
Just sent this to our committee. I really like the prioritized nature and specificity of it. It's awesome to get volunteers to get in on fixing bikes to ride, but it's hard to control for quality when there are a lot of people in house.
Seems this list would help diminish rolling bikes to the streets, that aren't really ready to go.
Luke Box TheBrokeSpoke Lexington KY On Jul 29, 2013 1:20 PM, "director" director@communitycycles.org wrote:
Hey All, We just spent some time and redid the tag we use to track repairs on a bike. I'm sure your shops are similar to ours in that many mechanics of varying skill levels will work on a single bike before it's distributed back to the world for use. This make it challenging to ensure a standard of quality on any given bike leaving the shop.
As we fleshed out the tag we realized that it could function loosely as a curriculum. For most mechanics, especially students we suggest starting at the top and working down the list. I've come to realize that no two mechanics will do things in the exact same way, everyone has their own style. We've been suggesting that folks do the first two items in order and then address the rest of the repairs at their discretion.
Of course we couldn't put everything on a half page so we had to make compromises. You'll notice as you get closer to the bottom of the tag the categories are a little more broad and don't get into the finer details. We're working on a final check list that will include finer details like checking bearing play, tire wear, fine tune derailleurs and brakes... The final checklist won't hang on the bike but it'll be around the shop and part of our training. Stay tuned for this.
We print these double sided, cut them in half and laminate them. We hang them on the handlebars and fill them out with a Sharpie. When the bike is done and gone we clean the Sharpie off with 90% rubbing alcohol and a rag. This allows us to use one tag over and over and over.
We've been using these tags for about 2 weeks now and it's been awesome. Communication between mechanics is much clearer and bikes are getting done faster. It's really helped orient Earn-A-Bike students to what needs to be done next on their bike.
Anyway if you think it's a good idea feel free to adapt it to your shops needs.
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This is awesome! Could you send in the more detailled form that you were working on in this thread?
Many thanks
Claude Ferron La Cyclerie, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada Bike culture + Community workshop www.lacyclerie.ca
Since this thread goes back to 2013, and the "Service Tickets and Bike Tags" began in 2020, I added a permalink in the footer (at the very bottom of this message) so that subscribers can click on the link in the footer to visit HyperKitty to easily view the message and the corresponding thread. This will apply to future messages, too. I was thinking of adding a permalink to the footer, but now there is definitely a good reason for adding this feature.
Complete threads: Reusable Repair Checklist Tag -> https://lists.bikecollectives.org/hyperkitty/list/thethinktank@lists.bikecol... Service Tickets and Bike Tags -> https://lists.bikecollectives.org/hyperkitty/list/thethinktank@lists.bikecol...
-Jonathan
On 2023-04-28 11:12, Claude Ferron via TheThinkTank wrote:
This is awesome! Could you send in the more detailled form that you were working on in this thread?
Many thanks
Claude Ferron La Cyclerie, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada Bike culture + Community workshop www.lacyclerie.ca _______________________________________________ TheThinkTank mailing list -- thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org To unsubscribe send an email to thethinktank-leave@lists.bikecollectives.org
Here are a couple we use at Bikes Together...also laminated and marked with sharpie/erased with alcohol and hung with a hook made from bent spokes. We keep evolving them - trying to include more images so it's easier for visitors/customers to understand, and more descriptions so it's as easy as possible for people learning mechanics. Mac
As Is Bike Tags 2023 https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1jcV2fnepBBXGCRKsKR9bTQ9w4cOq1TbCqirHLsYCn3s/edit?usp=drive_web
Program Bike Tag Templates (front +back).docx https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-gwdngFYqarm4mmnR1psODenJX5p4aGv-TFhNXTwEDc/edit?usp=drive_web
On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 3:06 PM Jonathan Rosenbaum via TheThinkTank < thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote:
Since this thread goes back to 2013, and the "Service Tickets and Bike Tags" began in 2020, I added a permalink in the footer (at the very bottom of this message) so that subscribers can click on the link in the footer to visit HyperKitty to easily view the message and the corresponding thread. This will apply to future messages, too. I was thinking of adding a permalink to the footer, but now there is definitely a good reason for adding this feature.
Complete threads: Reusable Repair Checklist Tag ->
https://lists.bikecollectives.org/hyperkitty/list/thethinktank@lists.bikecol... Service Tickets and Bike Tags ->
https://lists.bikecollectives.org/hyperkitty/list/thethinktank@lists.bikecol...
-Jonathan
On 2023-04-28 11:12, Claude Ferron via TheThinkTank wrote:
This is awesome! Could you send in the more detailled form that you were working on in this thread?
Many thanks
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