Mike,

Good timing for your question. A few years ago, we were given these bins by a local hospital that was replacing them with adjustable shelves. So that was a great help for our parts organization. But there are troubles with stocking the parts in the correct bin.

There is a great need to have a system that will make things easier to restock and find the correct part. We started yesterday with dumping them out and cleaning the bins inside and out. We also scrapped off all of the former labels on the front of the bins.

We are thinking about labels with a basic description and an image on a sticky label or maybe just paper with packing tape over the top.

Thanks for bring this up, Eric Pedal Mettle Erie

On Jan 21, 2020, at 1:42 PM, Bk Mk panamahvac@mail.com wrote: Hi all. To help keep the bike shop organized I have been working on a system of color coding parts. i.e.: Red for brake related parts Green for drivetrain Yellow for shifter/derailer etc.

The idea is to speed up finding parts as well as sorting out donations, etc.

Does anyone already have a system in place?

If there was/is a "standard" color scheme I would be good to go with an established one.

I have already started color coding tools with the color scheme on the sheldon brown website https://www.sheldonbrown.com/colorcode.html it is a great time-saver

Any thoughts/comments appreciated

Mike Bicis Disidentes TJ

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Hello Think Tank,

I like the color scheme idea too. It’s one more simple organizational step. We have been working hard at our parts bins and while it’s not quite done but this is where we’re at with this project today. Presently we have the labels and components wired to the bin compartment. Next will be the color coding.

There are numerous benefits to our efforts. The obvious one is for parts to be able to put away and found easily. The other part of this is educational. So we have the word description and the visual. All of this should help our youth and our community to prosper.

Eric Brozell BikeErie.org http://bikeerie.org/ Erie Recycle a Bicycle

On Jan 27, 2020, at 2:35 PM, Bk Mk panamahvac@mail.com wrote:

I will share the color scheme we've got with anyone interested. Any comments / suggestions are welcome

The plan is to use stickers and paint for drawers and bins. to make it easy to identify, find, and sort parts. It should make it easier for novice volunteers to get involved as well.

Here are the 9 color categories:

Red: Brakes (Levers, pads, cables, calipers, springs, small hardware) Yellow: Shifters, Derailers (cables, guides, hangers, small hardware) Green: Drivetrain (Bottom Bracket, Crank, Chain, Chain links, Cassette, Freewheel, related bearings) Orange: Wheels (Rims, tires, tubes, spokes, nipples, hubs, axles, related bearings) Grey: Frame and Fork Purple: Headset and Handlebars (stems, bearings, cups, headset cap, bar ends, grips, grip tape) Brown: Seats (seatpost, clamps, hardware) Pink: Pedals (clips, hardware for clipless) Blue: Lights and Accessories

Some parts may have a dual color scheme (like brake/shifter levers) that could be put in a two colored bin.

Compartiré la combinación de colores que hemos creado con cualquier persona interesada. Cualquier comentario / sugerencia es bienvenida El plan es usar estickers y pintura para cajones, papeleras, etiquetas para facilitar la identificación, búsqueda y clasificación de piezas. También debería facilitar la participación de voluntarios novatos.

Aquí están las 9 categorías de colores:

Rojo: frenos (palancas, zapatas, chicotes, pinzas, resortes, hardware pequeño) Amarillo: palancas de cambio, desviadores (chicotes, guías, patitas, hardware pequeño) Verde: transmisión (eje del centro, multiplicaccion, cadena, eslabones de cadena, cassette / rueda libre, baleros relacionados) Naranja: ruedas (llantas, camaras, rines, radios/rayos, tetinas, mazas, ejes, baleros relacionados) Gris: cuadro y tijera Púrpura: eje de direccion y manubrios (baleros, copas, potencia, extremos de barra, puños) Cafe: Asientos (poste, abrazaderas) Rosa: pedales (clips, hardware para clipless) Azul: luces y accesorios

Algunas partes pueden tener un esquema de dos colores (como las palancas de freno / cambios) que podrían colocarse en un contenedor de dos colores.

Mike Bicis Disidentes Tijuana

Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at 10:42 AM From: "Bk Mk" panamahvac@mail.com To: thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Subject: [TheThinkTank] Color Coding Bike parts Hi all. To help keep the bike shop organized I have been working on a system of color coding parts. i.e.: Red for brake related parts Green for drivetrain Yellow for shifter/derailer etc.

The idea is to speed up finding parts as well as sorting out donations, etc.

Does anyone already have a system in place?

If there was/is a "standard" color scheme I would be good to go with an established one.

I have already started color coding tools with the color scheme on the sheldon brown website https://www.sheldonbrown.com/ https://www.sheldonbrown.com/colorcode.html it is a great time-saver

Any thoughts/comments appreciated

Mike Bicis Disidentes TJ

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