Here in Ottawa (Canada), we (re-Cycles and Cycle Salvation) have closed our shop until further notice. Both orgs. will have staff in to work on donated bikes, but that’s it.

Mark Rehder - Coordinator re-Cycles Community Bike Shop http://re-cycles.ca

On Mar 16, 2020, at 6:45 PM, Edstewart emsco514@gmail.com wrote:

At the Elyria (Ohio) Bicycle Education Center we are keeping normal hours but limiting to one staff per shift and one customer inside at a time. All sanitation practices are as suggested by health agencies. Our group programming is on hiatus until who knows when.

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From: Cyclista Nicholas Sent: Monday, March 16, 2020 6:14 PM To: thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] the virus and community bike shops, essential services thought

We have a lot of old bike lock cables we've salvaged from old cut locks laying around. We'll be making a loop at each end and crimping them with flattened nuts, one end will be fastened to the bike rack outside the shop and the other will be attached to a pump. We have a lot of old floor pumps laying around and I expect to replace the pump a few times if they get stolen before giving up putting them out alltogether. I'm only putting one out because that's all I think we'll need, but I wonder if putting more out in this fashion might help reduce the perception of scarcity, i.e. a mentality that could encourage theft.

We're also using this method for tools, also ones we can stand to lose if they get stolen, but in the case of tools, old lock cables are either too short or not flexible enough, and so I went to the hardware store and bought 50ft of cable for about $20 total for the tools to be leashed with.

In all honesty, we've played with this idea for a long time before now and it's kind of cool to have an excuse to experiment with it.

~cyclista Nicholas

On 2020-03-16 21:39, carlyn.arteaga@bicas.org wrote:

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We just suspended all public services at BICAS in Tucson AZ today through the end of the month at least. :(

Does anyone have a brilliant design for a pump that can be left outside that is less likely to get stolen/mangled??

Sending best wishes out to all our community bikes buddies in these uncertain times.

~Car

Carlyn Arteaga

pronouns: they/them/theirs

Youth Program Coordinator

BICAS

2001 N. 7th Ave. | Tucson, AZ 85701 | Shop: 520-628-7950

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Through advocacy and bicycle salvage, our mission is to participate in affordable bicycle transportation, education, and creative recycling with our greater Tucson community.

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On Mar 15, 2020, at 8:19 PM, Cyclista Nicholas cyclista@inventati.org wrote:

Here's Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles decision/policy, posted last night.

For reference, April 13 is when public schools will be closed until here, and two of the projects mentioned below completed today and two others the day before. We have one project left, a father and daughter build project that is nearly done, but I doubt they will come in during this time. Also, we only have one or two volunteers and one person on staff (me) right now, though we were in the middle of hiring and new staff training for up to four people may be scheduled over this break, absent symptoms permitting. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases here currently is one, and this is a city with three higher education institutions, one of them being Cornell, so it's likely the actual current infections are higher.

"Hi everyone,

We're all shuffling our cards in an attempt to come up with best practices for moving forward through this pandemic, and RIBs is committed to doing its best to make choices that help.

Here are the changes Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles will be implementing from Sunday, March 15, to Wednesday, April 13 in response to these conditions:

• Open shop will be closed. This means we will not be allowing any use

of the space for public work on bikes Exceptions will be made for the two or three people whose projects here are currently in progress.

• We will retain our normal hours, but for retail and volunteering

only.

• Strict sanitary procedures will be enforced on the property and

posted throughout the premises.

• Open shop on Saturday will be replaced with a weekly group ride

(look for more details coming soon).

• Volunteer nights on Mondays are now closed.

• Some basic tools will be leashed to the racks outside the front of

the shop for people to work on their own bikes.

• We will reassess all measures for COVID-19 on an ongoing basis,

posting updates here and on the Tompkins County Human Services Listserv.

We greatly value all of our community and hope to resume open shop as soon as safety permits.

Please take care of yourselves."

~cyclista Nicholas

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On 2020-03-14 19:55, peter@BikeClarkCounty.org wrote: Free community volunteer delivery by car/bike for elderly/needy: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfAMZHbn6md19Tb28SM53ayFAQK02xJv1NX... https://bikeportland.org/2020/03/12/cycling-through-the-covid-19-outbreak-31...

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On Mar 13, 2020, at 11:38 AM, Bob Giordano mist@strans.org wrote: Just a quick thought on 'essential services': I think that community bicycle shops are essential for healthy, vibrant, socially just communities, in today's 'modern' age.... especially as a long term strategy to improve our cooperative systems. Community bicycle shops are likely not essential as far as absolute survival and in the context of remaining open during this pandemic. Hopefully we've all done enough community work to help people learn skills to work together and fix things, with our without a dedicated space. Just wanted to put this thought out there, as many shops are deciding how to move forward. Thanks, Bob Giordano, Free Cycles Missoula ____________________________________