check out this new little video produced by our college student intern... http://tbr.mirocommunity.org/video/76/troy-bike-rescue-documentary
What a fantastic piece of work!!!!
On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Andrew L breathingplanet@gmail.com wrote:
check out this new little video produced by our college student intern... http://tbr.mirocommunity.org/video/76/troy-bike-rescue-documentary
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Nice Work! Awesome!
On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Andrew L breathingplanet@gmail.com wrote:
check out this new little video produced by our college student intern... http://tbr.mirocommunity.org/video/76/troy-bike-rescue-documentary
fun to see, I like all the handpainted signs in your shop.
On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 7:04 PM, Rich Points director@communitycycles.orgwrote:
Nice Work! Awesome!
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check out this new little video produced by our college student intern... http://tbr.mirocommunity.org/video/76/troy-bike-rescue-documentary
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Awesome video as usual from Troy
Sent from my iPad
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TBR, You've come a LONG way since the days of fixing bikes out of the back of a van. I was impressed back then, I'm without words to describe what I see now!! Matt V. now in Utica
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Awesome video as usual from Troy
Sent from my iPad
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Hi bike collectives,
We are moving again into a larger and more unique space and we are trying to figure out layout.
I am curious if others have floor plans or shop layout drawings. We are trying to figure out how to include display space, repair space (6 - 8 stands), lounge/hang-out space for building community, office, and the usual crazy amount of storage needed for donated bikes and new & used parts. I am really interested in ratios of how much space you allocate for each of these activities.
If you have drawings, I would love to see them to get us dreaming.
Anybody included a coffee shop, book store or other third space? If so, how is that working with a bike collective?
Jeff NevenNew Hope Community BikesHamilton, Ontario
Hey Jeff,
Sopo bikes moved to a new space back in the Spring and attached is a layout one of our volunteers designed as a plan for our shop, each grid square is 1'x1'. Our old shop was 300-400sq ft internal with most repairs happening outside in a parking lot with bikes hanging from Park Tool mobile stands. The new location is ~1100sq ft just for us with a 300sq ft bike shop/boutique attached to the front.
We share our location with a local boutique bike shop, Woodward Cyclery so the red space on the attached layout is where their display room is and our shop is set up around the back 3/4 of the space. For your purposes, you could consider their location to be about the size of a suitable lounge with office space.
We are lacking a little in storage but have put programs in place to keep donation bikes moving in and out of our shop rather than stockpile and gather dust. 15-20 bikes is about the max that we can store without getting cramped.
The new shop has 4 repair booths with 8 repair stands; each booth shares a set of common bike tools. We have a tube patching station so that those repairs will not take up an entire stand as well as a wall for hub maintenance with cone wrenches, freewheel tools, chain whips, axle vice, bench vice, etc. Having moved from a shop with a shared wall of tools and several repair stands farther away, the repair times are much quicker and easier with the new approach of having several shared walls of tools. You have the tools for 90% of repair jobs within 4-5ft of your bike so our volunteers and patrons are able to focus their time on fixing their bike rather than searching for tools. The truing stands are also on top of storage cabinets where we keep assorted construction materials, tools, event supplies, etc.
Shortly after building out the new space we had a Google Tour created so you can click through the link below for a virtual tour of our new space. We were really lucky to have a couple local photographers come out and do this pro bono. http://bit.ly/SopoGoogleTour
Hope this helps! Bobby
On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Jeff Neven j_neven@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi bike collectives,
We are moving again into a larger and more unique space and we are trying to figure out layout.
I am curious if others have floor plans or shop layout drawings. We are trying to figure out how to include display space, repair space (6 - 8 stands), lounge/hang-out space for building community, office, and the usual crazy amount of storage needed for donated bikes and new & used parts. I am really interested in ratios of how much space you allocate for each of these activities.
If you have drawings, I would love to see them to get us dreaming.
Anybody included a coffee shop, book store or other third space? If so, how is that working with a bike collective?
Jeff Neven New Hope Community Bikes Hamilton, Ontario
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If anyone else is curious about creating a "Google Tour" for their shop:
https://maps.google.com/help/maps/businessphotos/
D.
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Bobby Brown bobby@sopobikes.org wrote:
Hey Jeff,
Sopo bikes moved to a new space back in the Spring and attached is a layout one of our volunteers designed as a plan for our shop, each grid square is 1'x1'. Our old shop was 300-400sq ft internal with most repairs happening outside in a parking lot with bikes hanging from Park Tool mobile stands. The new location is ~1100sq ft just for us with a 300sq ft bike shop/boutique attached to the front.
We share our location with a local boutique bike shop, Woodward Cyclery so the red space on the attached layout is where their display room is and our shop is set up around the back 3/4 of the space. For your purposes, you could consider their location to be about the size of a suitable lounge with office space.
We are lacking a little in storage but have put programs in place to keep donation bikes moving in and out of our shop rather than stockpile and gather dust. 15-20 bikes is about the max that we can store without getting cramped.
The new shop has 4 repair booths with 8 repair stands; each booth shares a set of common bike tools. We have a tube patching station so that those repairs will not take up an entire stand as well as a wall for hub maintenance with cone wrenches, freewheel tools, chain whips, axle vice, bench vice, etc. Having moved from a shop with a shared wall of tools and several repair stands farther away, the repair times are much quicker and easier with the new approach of having several shared walls of tools. You have the tools for 90% of repair jobs within 4-5ft of your bike so our volunteers and patrons are able to focus their time on fixing their bike rather than searching for tools. The truing stands are also on top of storage cabinets where we keep assorted construction materials, tools, event supplies, etc.
Shortly after building out the new space we had a Google Tour created so you can click through the link below for a virtual tour of our new space. We were really lucky to have a couple local photographers come out and do this pro bono. http://bit.ly/SopoGoogleTour
Hope this helps! Bobby
On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Jeff Neven j_neven@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi bike collectives,
We are moving again into a larger and more unique space and we are trying to figure out layout.
I am curious if others have floor plans or shop layout drawings. We are trying to figure out how to include display space, repair space (6 - 8 stands), lounge/hang-out space for building community, office, and the usual crazy amount of storage needed for donated bikes and new & used parts. I am really interested in ratios of how much space you allocate for each of these activities.
If you have drawings, I would love to see them to get us dreaming.
Anybody included a coffee shop, book store or other third space? If so, how is that working with a bike collective?
Jeff Neven New Hope Community Bikes Hamilton, Ontario
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Hours: Tuesday 7pm - 10pm Wednesday 7pm - 10pm Thursday 7pm - 10pm Saturday 2pm - 6pm
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Not a floor plan, but here's a panorama I took last night of Broke Spoke community bike shop in Lexington, KY.
(click the image to pan/zoom) https://plus.google.com/107503171886872960695/posts/dwnZGjSayba
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Dustin @ NBW - Philadelphia PA < dustin@neighborhoodbikeworks.org> wrote:
If anyone else is curious about creating a "Google Tour" for their shop:
https://maps.google.com/help/maps/businessphotos/
D.
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Bobby Brown bobby@sopobikes.org wrote:
Hey Jeff,
Sopo bikes moved to a new space back in the Spring and attached is a
layout
one of our volunteers designed as a plan for our shop, each grid square
is
1'x1'. Our old shop was 300-400sq ft internal with most repairs
happening
outside in a parking lot with bikes hanging from Park Tool mobile stands. The new location is ~1100sq ft just for us with a 300sq ft bike shop/boutique attached to the front.
We share our location with a local boutique bike shop, Woodward Cyclery
so
the red space on the attached layout is where their display room is and
our
shop is set up around the back 3/4 of the space. For your purposes, you could consider their location to be about the size of a suitable lounge
with
office space.
We are lacking a little in storage but have put programs in place to keep donation bikes moving in and out of our shop rather than stockpile and gather dust. 15-20 bikes is about the max that we can store without
getting
cramped.
The new shop has 4 repair booths with 8 repair stands; each booth shares
a
set of common bike tools. We have a tube patching station so that those repairs will not take up an entire stand as well as a wall for hub maintenance with cone wrenches, freewheel tools, chain whips, axle vice, bench vice, etc. Having moved from a shop with a shared wall of tools
and
several repair stands farther away, the repair times are much quicker and easier with the new approach of having several shared walls of tools.
You
have the tools for 90% of repair jobs within 4-5ft of your bike so our volunteers and patrons are able to focus their time on fixing their bike rather than searching for tools. The truing stands are also on top of storage cabinets where we keep assorted construction materials, tools,
event
supplies, etc.
Shortly after building out the new space we had a Google Tour created so
you
can click through the link below for a virtual tour of our new space. We were really lucky to have a couple local photographers come out and do
this
pro bono. http://bit.ly/SopoGoogleTour
Hope this helps! Bobby
On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Jeff Neven j_neven@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi bike collectives,
We are moving again into a larger and more unique space and we are
trying
to figure out layout.
I am curious if others have floor plans or shop layout drawings. We are trying to figure out how to include display space, repair space (6 - 8 stands), lounge/hang-out space for building community, office, and the
usual
crazy amount of storage needed for donated bikes and new & used parts.
I am
really interested in ratios of how much space you allocate for each of
these
activities.
If you have drawings, I would love to see them to get us dreaming.
Anybody included a coffee shop, book store or other third space? If so, how is that working with a bike collective?
Jeff Neven New Hope Community Bikes Hamilton, Ontario
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Cell: 770 851 0965 bobby@sopobikes.org http://www.sopobikes.org
Hours: Tuesday 7pm - 10pm Wednesday 7pm - 10pm Thursday 7pm - 10pm Saturday 2pm - 6pm
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Andrew, that's great work!
Doug Franz, President
Coatesville Community Bike Works
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From: thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org [mailto:thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org] On Behalf Of Andrew L Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2012 12:05 PM To: The Think Tank Subject: [TheThinkTank] short documentary video
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participants (11)
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Andrew L -
Andrew Shooner -
Bobby Brown -
Charlie Madden -
Davey Davis -
Doug Franz -
Dustin ＠ NBW - Philadelphia PA -
Jeff Neven -
Jon Sher -
Matthew VanSlyke -
Rich Points