Kyle

Please don't shoot me as I am not a bike cooperative, I am part of a bike (For free) sharing network. We too operate on the same zero sum gain as a bike coop, only we don't give our bikes away, we operate them as a bike sharing operation at no cost to the community and consumer. Our bikes are donated, and volunteers maintain them, and local organizations and businesses provide space for the racks and the like for our "bike stations". If any of these 700 bikes might be still available, and not under water in Florida, we'd be very interested in learning more and arranging transportation for them.

Thank you,

Matt Matthew Fenichel Farmington Valley Free Bike Share mfen651@aol.com 860.716.1156

-----Original Message----- From: Kyle Wagenschutz kyle@peopleforbikes.org To: thethinktank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Sent: Mon, Sep 25, 2017 2:18 pm Subject: [TheThinkTank] Used Bikes Available - Panhandle of Florida

Hey folks,

Recently, I received a request from a bike rental operator located in the panhandle of Florida looking for a new home each year for their used bicycle fleet. It was described to me that about 700 bikes are available for free on an annual basis - the owner only wants the bikes to be picked up from their location. As described to me, the bikes are in working condition and have about one season of rental wear and tear on them. Currently, the owner is taking the bikes to the scrapyard as they are replaced.

If anyone has any interest, please feel free to send me a note and I’ll connect you directly with the owner of the bike tour company.

Best,

Kyle Wagenschutz Director of Local Innovation

PeopleForBikes P.O. Box 2359 / Boulder, CO 80306 EMAIL: kyle@peopleforbikes.org MOBILE: 303.886.8288 PeopleForBikes.org BigJumpProject.org

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Meant the below note to go just to Kyle, sorry bout that.

So I'll take this opportunity to ask a question of the list:

We've tried many different checkout/rental/share programs, such as:

free roaming bikes, free with deposit, $1/day rental

We'd like to go bigger, with a large fleet, to meet the huge demand, yet not necessarily follow the models of the bigger cities with smartphones and credit cards.

If anyone has a favorite, library like checkout system that can work for a city of 100,000, please send info. Thanks.

Bob Giordano wrote: Hello Kyle,

Free Cycles Missoula is very interested in these cycles. We are ready to launch a community bike share program and we were planning to go the grant/foundation route to set up a fleet of 400 bikes. We bought our 28k building and 2 acre property last year and can now expand/grow programs.

Thanks and let me know a next step. We'd obviously have to work out shipping.. we do have some contacts in the trucking and rail industry

-- Bob Giordano, Director Free Cycles Missoula Shop: 732 S. 1st St. West, ph. 541.7284 10AM-6PM Tues-Sat, www.freecycles.org Missoula Institute for Sustainable Transportation mist@strans.org, 406.830.7676

Kyle Wagenschutz wrote: Hey folks,

Recently, I received a request from a bike rental operator located in the panhandle of Florida looking for a new home each year for their used bicycle fleet. It was described to me that about 700 bikes are available for free on an annual basis - the owner only wants the bikes to be picked up from their location. As described to me, the bikes are in working condition and have about one season of rental wear and tear on them. Currently, the owner is taking the bikes to the scrapyard as they are replaced.

If anyone has any interest, please feel free to send me a note and I’ll connect you directly with the owner of the bike tour company.

Best,

Kyle Wagenschutz Director of Local Innovation

PeopleForBikes P.O. Box 2359 / Boulder, CO 80306 EMAIL: kyle@peopleforbikes.org mailto:kyle@peopleforbikes.org MOBILE: 303.886.8288 PeopleForBikes.org http://peopleforbikes.org/BigJumpProject.org http://www.bigjumpproject.org/

Kyle, If they would like to donate those bikes to a 501-C3 we at Recycle Bikes for Kids would love to have them. Ron King, Founder Recycle Bikes for Kids No. Little Rock, AR 501-952-4681

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On Sep 25, 2017, at 7:25 PM, Bob Giordano mist@strans.org wrote:

Hello Kyle,

Free Cycles Missoula is very interested in these cycles. We are ready to launch a community bike share program and we were planning to go the grant/foundation route to set up a fleet of 400 bikes. We bought our 28k building and 2 acre property last year and can now expand/grow programs.

Thanks and let me know a next step. We'd obviously have to work out shipping.. we do have some contacts in the trucking and rail industry

-- Bob Giordano, Director Free Cycles Missoula Shop: 732 S. 1st St. West, ph. 541.7284 10AM-6PM Tues-Sat, www.freecycles.org Missoula Institute for Sustainable Transportation mist@strans.org, 406.830.7676

Kyle Wagenschutz wrote: Hey folks,

Recently, I received a request from a bike rental operator located in the panhandle of Florida looking for a new home each year for their used bicycle fleet. It was described to me that about 700 bikes are available for free on an annual basis - the owner only wants the bikes to be picked up from their location. As described to me, the bikes are in working condition and have about one season of rental wear and tear on them. Currently, the owner is taking the bikes to the scrapyard as they are replaced.

If anyone has any interest, please feel free to send me a note and I’ll connect you directly with the owner of the bike tour company.

Best,

Kyle Wagenschutz Director of Local Innovation

PeopleForBikes P.O. Box 2359 / Boulder, CO 80306 EMAIL: kyle@peopleforbikes.org mailto:kyle@peopleforbikes.org MOBILE: 303.886.8288 PeopleForBikes.org http://peopleforbikes.org/BigJumpProject.org http://www.bigjumpproject.org/

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https://myturn.com/ is fantastic for this. It's software developed for people running tool libraries. We use it for our bicycle lending program at Bikechain here in Toronto. If you're a non-profit doing cool stuff they'll likely cut you a deal too.

On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 8:38 PM, Bob Giordano mist@strans.org wrote:

Meant the below note to go just to Kyle, sorry bout that.

So I'll take this opportunity to ask a question of the list:

We've tried many different checkout/rental/share programs, such as:

free roaming bikes, free with deposit, $1/day rental

We'd like to go bigger, with a large fleet, to meet the huge demand, yet not necessarily follow the models of the bigger cities with smartphones and credit cards.

If anyone has a favorite, library like checkout system that can work for a city of 100,000, please send info. Thanks.

Bob Giordano wrote: Hello Kyle,

Free Cycles Missoula is very interested in these cycles. We are ready to launch a community bike share program and we were planning to go the grant/foundation route to set up a fleet of 400 bikes. We bought our 28k building and 2 acre property last year and can now expand/grow programs.

Thanks and let me know a next step. We'd obviously have to work out shipping.. we do have some contacts in the trucking and rail industry

-- Bob Giordano, Director Free Cycles Missoula Shop: 732 S. 1st St. West, ph. 541.7284 10AM-6PM Tues-Sat, www.freecycles.org Missoula Institute for Sustainable Transportation mist@strans.org, 406.830.7676

Kyle Wagenschutz wrote: Hey folks,

Recently, I received a request from a bike rental operator located in the panhandle of Florida looking for a new home each year for their used bicycle fleet. It was described to me that about 700 bikes are available for free on an annual basis - the owner only wants the bikes to be picked up from their location. As described to me, the bikes are in working condition and have about one season of rental wear and tear on them. Currently, the owner is taking the bikes to the scrapyard as they are replaced.

If anyone has any interest, please feel free to send me a note and I’ll connect you directly with the owner of the bike tour company.

Best,

Kyle Wagenschutz Director of Local Innovation

PeopleForBikes P.O. Box 2359 / Boulder, CO 80306 EMAIL: kyle@peopleforbikes.org mailto:kyle@peopleforbikes.org MOBILE: 303.886.8288 PeopleForBikes.org http://peopleforbikes.org/BigJumpProject.org http://www.bigjumpproject.org/

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