helmets, lights, locks, and other essential accessories
Hi, everyone.
For those who have distributor accounts, do you order and distribute helmets, lights, and locks? How does that work?
-rachael
Rachael,
We don't order helmets, but we do order locks (u-lock plus cable) and lights (planet bike blinky sets, and the step up from blinky) which are sold at 30-50% markup, offered to our free bike program applicants for cost + 10%, until we can get a sponsor to cover the cost. Through J & B Importers.
Our Department of Transportation gives us helmets which are given away free, with no tracking or oversight (we don't keep track of how many are distributed to whom and they don't seem to mind).
Not sure if that's what you're looking for but, hey! it's wednesday, cheers to all the thinktank,
Brian
Urban Bike Project of Wilmington -a 501(c)3 non-profit bike shop- 1908 N. Market Street (entrance is in the parking lot behind the building) Wilmington, DE 19802
Hours: Thursday 6:30-9:00 Saturday 1:00-4:00
Visit us online at http://urbanbikeproject.org
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 4:25 PM, rachael spiewak rachael@sopobikes.orgwrote:
Hi, everyone.
For those who have distributor accounts, do you order and distribute helmets, lights, and locks? How does that work?
-rachael
-- Sopo Bicycle Cooperative 404-425-9989 www.sopobikes.org
Hours of operation: Tues, Wed, & Thurs 7 pm - 10 pm Sat & Sun 2 pm - 6 pm
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Coatesville Community Bike Works gave away over 300 helmets at an event in July of last year, and haven't seen any in use since then. We're not doing it again. It reinforces the "gimme" mentality a lot of our citizens have.
-Doug
From: "Urban Bike Project Wilmington, DE" urbanbikeproject@gmail.com To: The Think Tank thethinktank@bikecollectives.org Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:26:30 AM Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] helmets, lights, locks, and other essential accessories
Rachael,
We don't order helmets, but we do order locks (u-lock plus cable) and lights (planet bike blinky sets, and the step up from blinky) which are sold at 30-50% markup, offered to our free bike program applicants for cost + 10%, until we can get a sponsor to cover the cost. Through J & B Importers.
Our Department of Transportation gives us helmets which are given away free, with no tracking or oversight (we don't keep track of how many are distributed to whom and they don't seem to mind).
Not sure if that's what you're looking for but, hey! it's wednesday, cheers to all the thinktank,
Brian
Urban Bike Project of Wilmington -a 501(c)3 non-profit bike shop- 1908 N. Market Street (entrance is in the parking lot behind the building) Wilmington, DE 19802
Hours: Thursday 6:30-9:00 Saturday 1:00-4:00
Visit us online at http://urbanbikeproject.org
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 4:25 PM, rachael spiewak rachael@sopobikes.org wrote:
Hi, everyone.
For those who have distributor accounts, do you order and distribute helmets, lights, and locks? How does that work?
-rachael
-- Sopo Bicycle Cooperative 404-425-9989 www.sopobikes.org
Hours of operation: Tues, Wed, & Thurs 7 pm - 10 pm Sat & Sun 2 pm - 6 pm
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i say charge more,
100% or more.
easy way to raise money for the org.
gots to pay bills
n
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Doug Franz hitrim@yahoo.com wrote:
Coatesville Community Bike Works gave away over 300 helmets at an event in July of last year, and haven't seen any in use since then. We're not doing it again. It reinforces the "gimme" mentality a lot of our citizens have.
-Doug
*From:* "Urban Bike Project Wilmington, DE" urbanbikeproject@gmail.com *To:* The Think Tank thethinktank@bikecollectives.org *Sent:* Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:26:30 AM *Subject:* Re: [TheThinkTank] helmets, lights, locks, and other essential accessories
Rachael,
We don't order helmets, but we do order locks (u-lock plus cable) and lights (planet bike blinky sets, and the step up from blinky) which are sold at 30-50% markup, offered to our free bike program applicants for cost + 10%, until we can get a sponsor to cover the cost. Through J & B Importers.
Our Department of Transportation gives us helmets which are given away free, with no tracking or oversight (we don't keep track of how many are distributed to whom and they don't seem to mind).
Not sure if that's what you're looking for but, hey! it's wednesday, cheers to all the thinktank,
Brian
Urban Bike Project of Wilmington -a 501(c)3 non-profit bike shop- 1908 N. Market Street (entrance is in the parking lot behind the building) Wilmington, DE 19802
Hours: Thursday 6:30-9:00 Saturday 1:00-4:00
Visit us online at http://urbanbikeproject.org
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 4:25 PM, rachael spiewak rachael@sopobikes.orgwrote:
Hi, everyone.
For those who have distributor accounts, do you order and distribute helmets, lights, and locks? How does that work?
-rachael
-- Sopo Bicycle Cooperative 404-425-9989 www.sopobikes.org
Hours of operation: Tues, Wed, & Thurs 7 pm - 10 pm Sat & Sun 2 pm - 6 pm
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