At bike bike this year there was a great workshop on doing a mechanic training course. I cannot remember the shop that did the workshop but they offered up their curriculum to anyone who wanted it. They took everyone's email but the documents never got emailed out. Anyone have them? Out remember who did the workshop?
Hi Justin, all, we weren't the shop in question, but at Salt Lake Bike Collective we teach a weekly mechanics class based out of the chapters of the park tool book, published here: http://www.bicyclecollective.org/en/programs/classes/368-2013-park-tool-scho...
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Justin Pogge oldfieldcycles@gmail.comwrote:
At bike bike this year there was a great workshop on doing a mechanic training course. I cannot remember the shop that did the workshop but they offered up their curriculum to anyone who wanted it. They took everyone's email but the documents never got emailed out. Anyone have them? Out remember who did the workshop?
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It was the coop in Ventura, CA
Enzo Loconte Board Secretary Bikerowave
On Dec 3, 2013, at 1:28 PM, David Eyer Davis davey@bicyclecollective.org wrote:
Hi Justin, all, we weren't the shop in question, but at Salt Lake Bike Collective we teach a weekly mechanics class based out of the chapters of the park tool book, published here: http://www.bicyclecollective.org/en/programs/classes/368-2013-park-tool-scho...
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Justin Pogge oldfieldcycles@gmail.com wrote:
At bike bike this year there was a great workshop on doing a mechanic training course. I cannot remember the shop that did the workshop but they offered up their curriculum to anyone who wanted it. They took everyone's email but the documents never got emailed out. Anyone have them? Out remember who did the workshop?
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Do you call a coop a shop?
Implies sales instead of recycled and commerce instead of community, imo
Fwiw: wasn't there but program lit should have that unless done uncon / crunchy granola whiteboard style 8:/
Haven't a clue what this gadget thought I typed, so TIA for understanding anyways...
On Dec 3, 2013, at 17:03, wormsign@gmail.com wrote:
It was the coop in Ventura, CA
Enzo Loconte Board Secretary Bikerowave
On Dec 3, 2013, at 1:28 PM, David Eyer Davis davey@bicyclecollective.org wrote:
Hi Justin, all, we weren't the shop in question, but at Salt Lake Bike Collective we teach a weekly mechanics class based out of the chapters of the park tool book, published here: http://www.bicyclecollective.org/en/programs/classes/368-2013-park-tool-scho...
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Justin Pogge oldfieldcycles@gmail.com wrote: At bike bike this year there was a great workshop on doing a mechanic training course. I cannot remember the shop that did the workshop but they offered up their curriculum to anyone who wanted it. They took everyone's email but the documents never got emailed out. Anyone have them? Out remember who did the workshop?
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Cooperative: Here in Minnesota (and in a lot of upper midwest states and I think a number of western states) Cooperative has a very specific legal term. It is something that is owned cooperatively by consumers, workers or producers. You can not be called a coop unless you met the legal definition and requirements (which I don't know and are very detailed). We have a lot of consumer grocery cooperatives in the Twin Cities--specializing in "whole foods." Most of rural MN and parts of the suburbs are served by consumer owned electric utility cooperatives. Producer cooperatives seem to have become very large; Land-0-Lakes is one. In California I believe Sunkist is another.
Worker owned cooperatives are less common. Two in my neighborhood are a cafe and one of the best retail bike shops in the Twin Cities-- The Hub Bicycle Cooperative.
To answer a question that may come up. A coop is NOT the same as a nonprofit. They are totally different animals.
.............. Sheldon Mains SPOKES Bike Walk Connect www.SpokesConnect.org www.fb.com/SpokesConnect
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Jerry danceswithcars@gmail.com wrote:
Do you call a coop a shop?
Implies sales instead of recycled and commerce instead of community, imo
Fwiw: wasn't there but program lit should have that unless done uncon / crunchy granola whiteboard style 8:/
Haven't a clue what this gadget thought I typed, so TIA for understanding anyways...
On Dec 3, 2013, at 17:03, wormsign@gmail.com wrote:
It was the coop in Ventura, CA
Enzo Loconte Board Secretary Bikerowave
On Dec 3, 2013, at 1:28 PM, David Eyer Davis davey@bicyclecollective.org wrote:
Hi Justin, all, we weren't the shop in question, but at Salt Lake Bike Collective we teach a weekly mechanics class based out of the chapters of the park tool book, published here:
http://www.bicyclecollective.org/en/programs/classes/368-2013-park-tool-scho...
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Justin Pogge oldfieldcycles@gmail.comwrote:
At bike bike this year there was a great workshop on doing a mechanic training course. I cannot remember the shop that did the workshop but they offered up their curriculum to anyone who wanted it. They took everyone's email but the documents never got emailed out. Anyone have them? Out remember who did the workshop?
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And there is always the dilemma of legal terms vs. colloquialisms. IMHO there is a time and place for both. As someone who once struggled to learn a second language, the legal difference would have been lost on me in Japanese and I probably wouldn't have cared.
Many times I have tried in simple English to explain "We are not a regular bike shop." to a non-native English speaker who needed to get a bike fixed so they could get back and forth to work. A couple of times I've just gone ahead and done the work for them, labor "gratis". Probably opening myself up for a lawsuit, but such is the cost of a little bit of empathy.
Just my %.02
Ron
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:20 AM, sheldon mains sheldon@spokesconnect.orgwrote:
Cooperative: Here in Minnesota (and in a lot of upper midwest states and I think a number of western states) Cooperative has a very specific legal term. It is something that is owned cooperatively by consumers, workers or producers. You can not be called a coop unless you met the legal definition and requirements (which I don't know and are very detailed). We have a lot of consumer grocery cooperatives in the Twin Cities--specializing in "whole foods." Most of rural MN and parts of the suburbs are served by consumer owned electric utility cooperatives. Producer cooperatives seem to have become very large; Land-0-Lakes is one. In California I believe Sunkist is another.
Worker owned cooperatives are less common. Two in my neighborhood are a cafe and one of the best retail bike shops in the Twin Cities-- The Hub Bicycle Cooperative.
To answer a question that may come up. A coop is NOT the same as a nonprofit. They are totally different animals.
.............. Sheldon Mains SPOKES Bike Walk Connect www.SpokesConnect.org www.fb.com/SpokesConnect
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Jerry danceswithcars@gmail.com wrote:
Do you call a coop a shop?
Implies sales instead of recycled and commerce instead of community, imo
Fwiw: wasn't there but program lit should have that unless done uncon / crunchy granola whiteboard style 8:/
Haven't a clue what this gadget thought I typed, so TIA for understanding anyways...
On Dec 3, 2013, at 17:03, wormsign@gmail.com wrote:
It was the coop in Ventura, CA
Enzo Loconte Board Secretary Bikerowave
On Dec 3, 2013, at 1:28 PM, David Eyer Davis davey@bicyclecollective.org wrote:
Hi Justin, all, we weren't the shop in question, but at Salt Lake Bike Collective we teach a weekly mechanics class based out of the chapters of the park tool book, published here:
http://www.bicyclecollective.org/en/programs/classes/368-2013-park-tool-scho...
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Justin Pogge oldfieldcycles@gmail.comwrote:
At bike bike this year there was a great workshop on doing a mechanic training course. I cannot remember the shop that did the workshop but they offered up their curriculum to anyone who wanted it. They took everyone's email but the documents never got emailed out. Anyone have them? Out remember who did the workshop?
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I agree--there are a variety of words to explain what we do. However, I just wanted to help people avoid a legal problem one of our local community whole food stores got into. They had to change their name to Cooop until they got the offical OK to be a Coop.
.............. Sheldon Mains SPOKES Bike Walk Connect www.SpokesConnect.org www.fb.com/SpokesConnect
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Ron Kellis ron.kellis@velocitycoop.orgwrote:
And there is always the dilemma of legal terms vs. colloquialisms. IMHO there is a time and place for both. As someone who once struggled to learn a second language, the legal difference would have been lost on me in Japanese and I probably wouldn't have cared.
Many times I have tried in simple English to explain "We are not a regular bike shop." to a non-native English speaker who needed to get a bike fixed so they could get back and forth to work. A couple of times I've just gone ahead and done the work for them, labor "gratis". Probably opening myself up for a lawsuit, but such is the cost of a little bit of empathy.
Just my %.02
Ron
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:20 AM, sheldon mains sheldon@spokesconnect.orgwrote:
Cooperative: Here in Minnesota (and in a lot of upper midwest states and I think a number of western states) Cooperative has a very specific legal term. It is something that is owned cooperatively by consumers, workers or producers. You can not be called a coop unless you met the legal definition and requirements (which I don't know and are very detailed). We have a lot of consumer grocery cooperatives in the Twin Cities--specializing in "whole foods." Most of rural MN and parts of the suburbs are served by consumer owned electric utility cooperatives. Producer cooperatives seem to have become very large; Land-0-Lakes is one. In California I believe Sunkist is another.
Worker owned cooperatives are less common. Two in my neighborhood are a cafe and one of the best retail bike shops in the Twin Cities-- The Hub Bicycle Cooperative.
To answer a question that may come up. A coop is NOT the same as a nonprofit. They are totally different animals.
.............. Sheldon Mains SPOKES Bike Walk Connect www.SpokesConnect.org www.fb.com/SpokesConnect
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Jerry danceswithcars@gmail.com wrote:
Do you call a coop a shop?
Implies sales instead of recycled and commerce instead of community, imo
Fwiw: wasn't there but program lit should have that unless done uncon / crunchy granola whiteboard style 8:/
Haven't a clue what this gadget thought I typed, so TIA for understanding anyways...
On Dec 3, 2013, at 17:03, wormsign@gmail.com wrote:
It was the coop in Ventura, CA
Enzo Loconte Board Secretary Bikerowave
On Dec 3, 2013, at 1:28 PM, David Eyer Davis < davey@bicyclecollective.org> wrote:
Hi Justin, all, we weren't the shop in question, but at Salt Lake Bike Collective we teach a weekly mechanics class based out of the chapters of the park tool book, published here:
http://www.bicyclecollective.org/en/programs/classes/368-2013-park-tool-scho...
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Justin Pogge oldfieldcycles@gmail.comwrote:
At bike bike this year there was a great workshop on doing a mechanic training course. I cannot remember the shop that did the workshop but they offered up their curriculum to anyone who wanted it. They took everyone's email but the documents never got emailed out. Anyone have them? Out remember who did the workshop?
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I think that the specificity of the term coop is really important. At a time when social and sharing economies are enjoying a powerful and totally rad resurgence its meaningful to link cooperatives to their true roots, especially here in Canada where coop history is so relevant to working class and immigrant communities. Only a coop is called a coop. And a coop can be a place but is also more conceptually about how a place is organized. That being said I've never associated the term "shop" with consumerism or conventional commerce in terms of bike shops, but rather thought of it as a place where the wirk of coops and enps and nps operate - "workshop,"a place where folks go to make cool shit and fix things. On 2013-12-05 2:24 PM, "sheldon mains" sheldon@spokesconnect.org wrote:
I agree--there are a variety of words to explain what we do. However, I just wanted to help people avoid a legal problem one of our local community whole food stores got into. They had to change their name to Cooop until they got the offical OK to be a Coop.
.............. Sheldon Mains SPOKES Bike Walk Connect www.SpokesConnect.org www.fb.com/SpokesConnect
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Ron Kellis ron.kellis@velocitycoop.orgwrote:
And there is always the dilemma of legal terms vs. colloquialisms. IMHO there is a time and place for both. As someone who once struggled to learn a second language, the legal difference would have been lost on me in Japanese and I probably wouldn't have cared.
Many times I have tried in simple English to explain "We are not a regular bike shop." to a non-native English speaker who needed to get a bike fixed so they could get back and forth to work. A couple of times I've just gone ahead and done the work for them, labor "gratis". Probably opening myself up for a lawsuit, but such is the cost of a little bit of empathy.
Just my %.02
Ron
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:20 AM, sheldon mains <sheldon@spokesconnect.org
wrote:
Cooperative: Here in Minnesota (and in a lot of upper midwest states and I think a number of western states) Cooperative has a very specific legal term. It is something that is owned cooperatively by consumers, workers or producers. You can not be called a coop unless you met the legal definition and requirements (which I don't know and are very detailed). We have a lot of consumer grocery cooperatives in the Twin Cities--specializing in "whole foods." Most of rural MN and parts of the suburbs are served by consumer owned electric utility cooperatives. Producer cooperatives seem to have become very large; Land-0-Lakes is one. In California I believe Sunkist is another.
Worker owned cooperatives are less common. Two in my neighborhood are a cafe and one of the best retail bike shops in the Twin Cities-- The Hub Bicycle Cooperative.
To answer a question that may come up. A coop is NOT the same as a nonprofit. They are totally different animals.
.............. Sheldon Mains SPOKES Bike Walk Connect www.SpokesConnect.org www.fb.com/SpokesConnect
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Jerry danceswithcars@gmail.com wrote:
Do you call a coop a shop?
Implies sales instead of recycled and commerce instead of community, imo
Fwiw: wasn't there but program lit should have that unless done uncon / crunchy granola whiteboard style 8:/
Haven't a clue what this gadget thought I typed, so TIA for understanding anyways...
On Dec 3, 2013, at 17:03, wormsign@gmail.com wrote:
It was the coop in Ventura, CA
Enzo Loconte Board Secretary Bikerowave
On Dec 3, 2013, at 1:28 PM, David Eyer Davis < davey@bicyclecollective.org> wrote:
Hi Justin, all, we weren't the shop in question, but at Salt Lake Bike Collective we teach a weekly mechanics class based out of the chapters of the park tool book, published here:
http://www.bicyclecollective.org/en/programs/classes/368-2013-park-tool-scho...
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Justin Pogge oldfieldcycles@gmail.comwrote:
At bike bike this year there was a great workshop on doing a mechanic training course. I cannot remember the shop that did the workshop but they offered up their curriculum to anyone who wanted it. They took everyone's email but the documents never got emailed out. Anyone have them? Out remember who did the workshop?
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Oh. And I am dubious of approaches to our work that see providing free services to non-native English speakers to be empathetic. I don't mean to imply that there was any ill intention in that statement. I can relate to the experience of being unable to communicate with or explain our work with non-native English speakers, but I think one really exciting opportunity for providing relevant and appropriate programming is outreach to non - dominant communities. And often these communities are the folks who would benefit most from our services. How many shops actively provide multilingual programming? ..I feel a new thread coming on. On 2013-12-07 8:42 PM, "Lauren Warbeck" lauren.warbeck@gmail.com wrote:
I think that the specificity of the term coop is really important. At a time when social and sharing economies are enjoying a powerful and totally rad resurgence its meaningful to link cooperatives to their true roots, especially here in Canada where coop history is so relevant to working class and immigrant communities. Only a coop is called a coop. And a coop can be a place but is also more conceptually about how a place is organized. That being said I've never associated the term "shop" with consumerism or conventional commerce in terms of bike shops, but rather thought of it as a place where the wirk of coops and enps and nps operate - "workshop,"a place where folks go to make cool shit and fix things. On 2013-12-05 2:24 PM, "sheldon mains" sheldon@spokesconnect.org wrote:
I agree--there are a variety of words to explain what we do. However, I just wanted to help people avoid a legal problem one of our local community whole food stores got into. They had to change their name to Cooop until they got the offical OK to be a Coop.
.............. Sheldon Mains SPOKES Bike Walk Connect www.SpokesConnect.org www.fb.com/SpokesConnect
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Ron Kellis ron.kellis@velocitycoop.orgwrote:
And there is always the dilemma of legal terms vs. colloquialisms. IMHO there is a time and place for both. As someone who once struggled to learn a second language, the legal difference would have been lost on me in Japanese and I probably wouldn't have cared.
Many times I have tried in simple English to explain "We are not a regular bike shop." to a non-native English speaker who needed to get a bike fixed so they could get back and forth to work. A couple of times I've just gone ahead and done the work for them, labor "gratis". Probably opening myself up for a lawsuit, but such is the cost of a little bit of empathy.
Just my %.02
Ron
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:20 AM, sheldon mains < sheldon@spokesconnect.org> wrote:
Cooperative: Here in Minnesota (and in a lot of upper midwest states and I think a number of western states) Cooperative has a very specific legal term. It is something that is owned cooperatively by consumers, workers or producers. You can not be called a coop unless you met the legal definition and requirements (which I don't know and are very detailed). We have a lot of consumer grocery cooperatives in the Twin Cities--specializing in "whole foods." Most of rural MN and parts of the suburbs are served by consumer owned electric utility cooperatives. Producer cooperatives seem to have become very large; Land-0-Lakes is one. In California I believe Sunkist is another.
Worker owned cooperatives are less common. Two in my neighborhood are a cafe and one of the best retail bike shops in the Twin Cities-- The Hub Bicycle Cooperative.
To answer a question that may come up. A coop is NOT the same as a nonprofit. They are totally different animals.
.............. Sheldon Mains SPOKES Bike Walk Connect www.SpokesConnect.org www.fb.com/SpokesConnect
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Jerry danceswithcars@gmail.com wrote:
Do you call a coop a shop?
Implies sales instead of recycled and commerce instead of community, imo
Fwiw: wasn't there but program lit should have that unless done uncon / crunchy granola whiteboard style 8:/
Haven't a clue what this gadget thought I typed, so TIA for understanding anyways...
On Dec 3, 2013, at 17:03, wormsign@gmail.com wrote:
It was the coop in Ventura, CA
Enzo Loconte Board Secretary Bikerowave
On Dec 3, 2013, at 1:28 PM, David Eyer Davis < davey@bicyclecollective.org> wrote:
Hi Justin, all, we weren't the shop in question, but at Salt Lake Bike Collective we teach a weekly mechanics class based out of the chapters of the park tool book, published here:
http://www.bicyclecollective.org/en/programs/classes/368-2013-park-tool-scho...
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Justin Pogge <oldfieldcycles@gmail.com
wrote:
At bike bike this year there was a great workshop on doing a mechanic training course. I cannot remember the shop that did the workshop but they offered up their curriculum to anyone who wanted it. They took everyone's email but the documents never got emailed out. Anyone have them? Out remember who did the workshop?
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Justin, an unsolicited suggestion: Start off your volunteers who want to learn to turn wrenches with a basic maintenance course. Maintenance vs. major troubleshooting/repair. Follow up with lubricating wheel bearings. After that "On the Job Training" in the repair facility/coop, shop, what ever your local colloquialism is.
Emphasis on "Gee, I don't know. Let's see what Park or Bartlett's offers." as they learn. You can run a basic maintenance class over a 3 - 6 hr period with-in a month or even a single day.
Advantages
- Minimal of time investment for everyone so if the volunteer finds it
isn't for them, the coop hasn't lost a major time investment
- Shorter classes provide time to run more classes
- Option to teach basic maintenance classes and have the new volunteer
attend one or more
- Volunteers all have the same "base-line" with emphasis on maintenance,
not major repairs
- Under supervision volunteers can quickly start using what they have
learned
Disadvantages I'm sure others will think of many more disadvantages than I can.
I have a class syllabus, always in "Draft" as it always needs more detail and application of lesson's learned, I'm happy to share. Where it lacks detail please refer to the applicable Park or Bartlett's manual. It's a quick three hours, hands-on emphasis on removing/installing both wheels , tire/tube remove & re-install, patch a (shop) tube ("A"), and adjust their own front brake ("B"). Then "show and tell" on cable inspection & lubrication; chain inspection & lubrication ("C"); and a detailed explanation of friction vs. indexed shifters, derailleur high/low screw function, demonstration of their adjustment on one bike, inspection & lubrication ("D").
Students are encouraged to return to the coop for their first go-around on "C" & "D."
Any new volunteer who goes through this gets a good understanding of the parts of a bike, what they are supposed to do, safety (roll and stop), and starts building familiarity with basic hand tools if they don't possess one already.
Just my $.02
Ron
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 4:20 AM, Jerry danceswithcars@gmail.com wrote:
Do you call a coop a shop?
Implies sales instead of recycled and commerce instead of community, imo
Fwiw: wasn't there but program lit should have that unless done uncon / crunchy granola whiteboard style 8:/
Haven't a clue what this gadget thought I typed, so TIA for understanding anyways...
On Dec 3, 2013, at 17:03, wormsign@gmail.com wrote:
It was the coop in Ventura, CA
Enzo Loconte Board Secretary Bikerowave
On Dec 3, 2013, at 1:28 PM, David Eyer Davis davey@bicyclecollective.org wrote:
Hi Justin, all, we weren't the shop in question, but at Salt Lake Bike Collective we teach a weekly mechanics class based out of the chapters of the park tool book, published here:
http://www.bicyclecollective.org/en/programs/classes/368-2013-park-tool-scho...
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Justin Pogge oldfieldcycles@gmail.comwrote:
At bike bike this year there was a great workshop on doing a mechanic training course. I cannot remember the shop that did the workshop but they offered up their curriculum to anyone who wanted it. They took everyone's email but the documents never got emailed out. Anyone have them? Out remember who did the workshop?
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Good point. Among volunteers we refer colloquially to our facility as "the shop," but whenever addressing a member of the public who asks "what goes on here?" I call it an "all volunteer-run community bicycle garage where people can work on their bikes and learn how to work on their bikes."
There's no legal-formal term that accurately describes a category for us, probably because we emerged without a legal form.
We are not-for-profit by nature but not incorporated (housed legally in a non-profit fiscal agent), the issue of who we are or who speaks for us is very iffy.
It might be best said that the Bike Project (what we call ourselves) is what happens when people come together to work on and learn about working on their bikes.
In any case (and speaking as someone with book learnin' in organizational forms), most people don't really understand or care about the distinctions between mutual benefit corporations, not-for-profit corporations, or all-volunteer informal organizations.
They just want to know how they can either give or benefit or both.
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On Dec 5, 2013, at 4:20 AM, "Jerry" <danceswithcars@gmail.commailto:danceswithcars@gmail.com> wrote:
Do you call a coop a shop?
Implies sales instead of recycled and commerce instead of community, imo
Fwiw: wasn't there but program lit should have that unless done uncon / crunchy granola whiteboard style 8:/
Haven't a clue what this gadget thought I typed, so TIA for understanding anyways...
On Dec 3, 2013, at 17:03, wormsign@gmail.commailto:wormsign@gmail.com wrote:
It was the coop in Ventura, CA
Enzo Loconte Board Secretary Bikerowave
On Dec 3, 2013, at 1:28 PM, David Eyer Davis <davey@bicyclecollective.orgmailto:davey@bicyclecollective.org> wrote:
Hi Justin, all, we weren't the shop in question, but at Salt Lake Bike Collective we teach a weekly mechanics class based out of the chapters of the park tool book, published here: http://www.bicyclecollective.org/en/programs/classes/368-2013-park-tool-scho...
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Justin Pogge <oldfieldcycles@gmail.commailto:oldfieldcycles@gmail.com> wrote:
At bike bike this year there was a great workshop on doing a mechanic training course. I cannot remember the shop that did the workshop but they offered up their curriculum to anyone who wanted it. They took everyone's email but the documents never got emailed out. Anyone have them? Out remember who did the workshop?
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