for anyone who's not familiar, Bicycle Times is a great magazine. i'm not connected with them, and have only seen a few issues so far, and I don't want to speak for them, but each one i've seen definitely leans more towards the utitlity/commuter type cycling than competitive/racing scenes that the newsstands are filled with.

i would definitely recommend you check them out.

i, for one, am very excited that someone from their magazine is asking about "us" on this list.

/endorsement.

josh.

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 2:04 PM, sal.amandaz@verizon.net wrote:

Hello Everyone,

I am a freelance writer currently working with Bicycle Times Magazine ( http://www.bicycletimesmag.com/about_bicycleTimes) on an article featuring Community Bike shops. I thought I’d see if anyone here on thethinktank would have time to answer a few questions.

Here are some highlights covered in the article:

Define what makes a Community Bike shop

Look at the genesis of the Community Bike shop and its subsequent growth in cities around the world.

Discuss some of the challenges and rewards of running a shop and also look at how the presence of a local shop impacts the community beyond just the cyclist using the services.

If you are interested, reply to this email and I can send you the list of specific questions.

Thanks Everyone! Amanda

Amanda Zimmerman 118 Magnolia Dr Glenshaw, PA 15116

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Hello Amanda   Summit Cycling Center is community oriented, but we are organized as a cooperative.  There is a small difference.  However most of the objectives are the same.   I would be happy to respond to your questionaire.   Regards Angelo L. Coletta Mgr.

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Hello Everyone,  I am a freelance writer currently working with Bicycle Times Magazine (http://www.bicycletimesmag.com/about_bicycleTimes) on an article featuring Community Bike shops. I thought I’d see if anyone here on thethinktank would have time to answer a few questions. Here are some highlights covered in the article: Define what makes a Community Bike shop Look at the genesis of the Community Bike shop and its subsequent growth in cities around the world.

Discuss some of the challenges and rewards of running a shop and also look at how the presence of a local shop impacts the community beyond just the cyclist using the services.

If you are interested, reply to this email and I can send you the list of specific questions.   Thanks Everyone! Amanda Amanda Zimmerman 118 Magnolia Dr Glenshaw, PA 15116

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Amanda,

I have been working on the map at http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=21564019... a lot lately, and in doing so, I have visited a lot of websites. There is a list of more than a hundred community bike shops at http://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Community_Bicycle_Organi... and you can follow any of the links to those organizations - most of them describe what they think their community bike shop is about somewhere in their website. Just thought I'd offer that as a more comprehensive resource than this straw poll, which probably also has a lot of thoughtful commentary.

At the top of the second link is the wiki's definition of what it means to be a community bike shop (anyone can edit!).

I'll happily answer your list of questions.

Angel

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 1:04 PM, sal.amandaz@verizon.net wrote:

Hello Everyone,

I am a freelance writer currently working with Bicycle Times Magazine (http://www.bicycletimesmag.com/about_bicycleTimes) on an article featuring Community Bike shops. I thought I’d see if anyone here on thethinktank would have time to answer a few questions.

Here are some highlights covered in the article:

Define what makes a Community Bike shop

Look at the genesis of the Community Bike shop and its subsequent growth in cities around the world.

Discuss some of the challenges and rewards of running a shop and also look at how the presence of a local shop impacts the community beyond just the cyclist using the services.

If you are interested, reply to this email and I can send you the list of specific questions.

Thanks Everyone! Amanda

Amanda Zimmerman 118 Magnolia Dr Glenshaw, PA 15116

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