Re: [TheThinkTank] Thethinktank Digest, Vol 157, Issue 11

16 Oct 2019 · *Sunny Nestler*

      I have to agree. Discrimination in response is counterproductive and bicycle coöperatives are not simply so some can counter their personal or more general traumas on others. The schisms that are appearing in the bike community are hurting biking and communities. There is an arrogance unbecoming that is driving many away and hurting people of long-standing in the community. This goes for in general society as well. It is a cult that is dangerous and in the end will not achieve its goals. This happened in my coöperative where someone came in and try to take control and work her personal agenda to change the culture that had been in place for over a decade. People can all have their opinions and want to educate people and make changes for the better. Yet, the present tactics and strategies will in the end backfire. Revolutions oft fail because they become what they fought against.
~Robert Rands
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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:23:31 -0700
From: Sunny Nestler programs@bikecoop.ca
To: The Think Tank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org
Subject: Re: [TheThinkTank] Tire disposal
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Just to add to what JF said re the Bike Kitchen in Vancouver - we combine
tire loads with 2 other community bike shops in town and drive them to a
tire processor in a Modo (car share) pickup truck. We don't pay to recycle
them anymore, they just take them for free and throw them into a pile of
what is mostly semi truck tires. We do have to weigh in/out. They get
chipped on site and used for asphalt production (and probably other things
I don't know about!)
There used to be a second recycler in town and we had tried for several
years to combine tire runs with other bike shops but that never quite got
off the ground for a number of reasons.
Thinking about it makes me tired!
*Sunny Nestler*, *Programs Manager*
AMS Bike Co-op + Bike Kitchen
University of British Columbia
604-822-2453 | thebikekitchen.ca  http://thebikekitchen.ca|
@BikeKitchenUBC
On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 11:27 AM Tigre Bici bici.uanl@gmail.com wrote:
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Just to recommend a book that starts with car tire disposal in san diego
and ends with bicycles
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25690420-the-coyote-s-bicycle
On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 7:18 AM Eric Brozell eric@bikeerie.org wrote:
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Dear Think Tank Supporters,
There are things that can be done with used tires. This image was of an
old rack that we updated and made a little bit more secure.
To add to the recycling idea. We reuse inner tubes for tie wraps. The
wraps are used to tie matched parts together, tie parts onto a bike during
an extended repair process, and just an easy to use and reuse organizer
tool. I like these over the plastic tie wraps because I can untie them
without a tool to cut them off.
Eric Brozell
Bike Erie and Pedal Mettle Erie
On Oct 12, 2019, at 2:33 AM, DancesWithCars danceswithcars@gmail.com
wrote:
They make good bungee cords for hauling things on touring racks...
As shims, anti-twist, rub, etc for stuff on handlebars like camera,
light, etc mounts...
I've seen a co-op wrap handlebars with them..
Phoenix made bow ties out of some...
Just sayin,
get creative...
On Fri, Oct 11, 2019, 19:02 Jean-Fran?ois Caron jfcaron3@gmail.com
wrote:
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At the AMS Bike Co-op in Vancouver for a while we had to personally
deliver the tires to an industrial recycler in a really bike-unfriendly
part of town.  We would borrow the student society's pickup truck to do a
delivery a few times per year.  They charged by the ton.  IIRC we also
co-operated with other community bike shops to aggregate all our tires for
a single delivery.
Whether they take bicycle tires is really up to the individual
recyclers, you have to call and ask for specifics.  Unfortunately the
volumes are usually so low a lot of companies won't think it's worth the
hassle - even if you pay a fee.
At smaller shops where I've volunteered the tires just end up in the
trash.
Jean-Fran?ois
On 2019-10-11 12:22 p.m., Kristin Kinnamon wrote:
Our local Les Schwab tire store takes them as part of their  recycling
program.
Kristin Kinnamon
Sharing Wheels Community Bike Shop
On Fri, Oct 11, 2019, 8:46 AM breathingplanet . <
breathingplanet@gmail.com> wrote:
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what do you do with your no good tires (dry rot, worn out, etc) ?
Survey says.......
Thx!
Andrew
Troy Bike Rescue
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