Hey folks- The League is *just getting started* in developing our equity initiative and pulled together a mini-report on "The New Majority: Pedaling Toward Equity." Would love to hear folks' feedback. Here's the link to the report: http://www.bikeleague.org/news/equity_report.pdf

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1. Need Bike Valet Racks? Has anyone here thought of doing Bike Valet?? Contact SPOKES.... (Brian Drayton)
2. Re: Need Bike Valet Racks? Has anyone here thought of doing Bike Valet?? Contact SPOKES.... (Reno Bikes)

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Message: 1 Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 11:12:58 -0700 From: Brian Drayton brian@oaklandspokes.org To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Subject: [TheThinkTank] Need Bike Valet Racks? Has anyone here thought of doing Bike Valet?? Contact SPOKES.... Message-ID: <CAL9cosbaVgUT1T3= yeJJm6Lhce5PcmVOKFo+WrWWBomJa-haAA@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Valet Bike Parking is like a coat check for your bike. Your organizaton can provide safe, free , event parking for many of the outdoor festivals in your area..

It is a fun way to be involved in the festivities of your cities events while promoting bicycling as an everyday means of transportation for everyone, and lowering the carbon foot print of each event , the city, and the planet. It is also an opportunity to work with your community spreading cycle frienly service and encouraging cycle culture .

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*"For Brian Drayton, bike parking is not just a convenience; it's a necessity, a mission, a movement in the making. Richmond Spokes, the organization he founded in early 2009, provides valet bicycle parking at about 25 small- to medium-size events throughout the Bay Area each year. But more impressive than that is his sheer ambition. "I want people to understand we can use bikes for everything, everyday," Drayton said. "There should be as many bike-parking facilities as there

are

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gas stations in the world."*

From: East Bay Express

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/a-bike-rack-on-every-corner/Content?oi...

****SPOKES can also prepare a Bike Valet SUrvival kit with instrucions best practices forms documents and strategies for marketing , deploying and monitizing your Bike Valet movement *

*NEW!!! * Spokes New Portable (Moved by Bikes)Racks are durable and compact and available to other community bike orgs through SPOKES.

*2013 SPOKES GETS NEW RACKS (Available Now)*

[image: 2013]< https://sites.google.com/a/richmondspokes.org/about/programs-1/programs/vale...

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*After three years of our basic steel conduit racks , SPOKES has found the rack that rocks for bike Valet. **By this spring SPOKES will have replaced all our old racks with the Moved by bikes portable racks.*

*SPOKES is also going to be Subsidizing these racks for other community bike organizations and bike coops to encourage the National Bike Movement in each SPOKES city. *

*To make an order inquiry fill out the form at the bottom of this page or click this link< https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dERkRGcxcGxNREh2ejFEemQ...

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dERkRGcxcGxNREh2ejFEemQ...

*Price List * *Racks are: < https://sites.google.com/a/richmondspokes.org/about/programs-1/programs/vale...

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• • *$190 Each MSRP for companies and individuals*
  • *$100-$160 for qualifying community members and community bike

  organizations & cycling clubs**

*Please fill out Rack Purchase inquiry below and let us know about your organization. *

For inquiries email: racks@richmondspokes.org or call the Shop at 510-545-2243

< https://sites.google.com/a/richmondspokes.org/about/programs-1/programs/vale...

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• The community Bike Collective is dedicated to providing technical

support and financial assistance to any community serving organization showing the will capacity and audience for Free Bike Valet services within their community.

For more information about CBC and how we areplanning to use collective purchasing capitol to create deeper econimic prosperity in the community bike culture. Please join us: *here:https://sites.google.com/a/richmondspokes.org/about/programs-1/cbc*

*CBC reserves the right to review applications and make delegations of subsidies and discounts under the strict criteria based on the factors set by our advisory and board of directors to make such delegations of the for mentioned subsidies to organizations contributing to our national Bike Valet Movement. *

Bike Rack Order Form

Open *Bike Rack Order Form*< https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?authuser=1&hl=en&key=0A...

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Brian Drayton Oakland SPOKES Community Bike Lounge 465 9th Street Oakland, Ca. 94607 510-545-2243 Brian@oaklandspokes.org

Oakland SPOKES loves it's Popup Home!!!   Support us with your words  in
extending our Popup Lease and  moving toward a long term /Permanant lease
 allowing us capitalize our community comittment.

Please lend us yout testimonial of support by filling out this petition of
support. (responders recieve  a 15% Discount card via email)

http://tinyurl.com/oaklandspokes

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