Bike Co-ops
11-29-06, 09:41 PM
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Bike Co-ops
Have any of you had any experience using bike cooperatives for building/ maintaining your bike? I built my bike at the Bike Church here in Santa Cruz, and they were incredibly helpful, and I learned alot in the process. It's definatley a better option than dropping off a frame and parts at an LBS if you have the time. I would not have been able to build up the bike myself, due to my lack of tools and knowledge at the time. If you have a coop in your area, you should check it out and lend some support.
This thread can also serve as a list of coops. Here's two in Santa Cruz:
The Bike Church-https://www.santacruzhub.org/bikechurch.html
The UCSC Bike Coop-https://bikecoop.ucsc.edu/
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This thread can also serve as a list of coops. Here's two in Santa Cruz:
The Bike Church-https://www.santacruzhub.org/bikechurch.html
The UCSC Bike Coop-https://bikecoop.ucsc.edu/
discuss.
11-29-06, 10:10 PM
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Hey Pirate, do I know you? I'm a Bike Church kid, too (my name is Tim, FWIW).
11-29-06, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by DoshKel
Krank It Up in Tallahassee, Florida.
Everyone there basically changed my life.
Everyone there basically changed my life.
11-29-06, 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by DoshKel
Krank It Up in Tallahassee, Florida.
Everyone there basically changed my life.
Everyone there basically changed my life.
11-29-06, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by el twe
Hey Pirate, do I know you? I'm a Bike Church kid, too (my name is Tim, FWIW).
and to be on topic, here are some more random coops I found on google
Oberlin, Ohio-https://www.oberlin.edu/stuorg/bikecoop/
Portland, Oregon-https://www.bikeshop.pdx.edu/
Three Bike Kitchens:
San Fransisco-https://www.bikekitchen.org/
Los Angeles-https://www.bicyclekitchen.com/
Sacramento-https://www.sacbikekitchen.org
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11-29-06, 10:36 PM
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Yup. Black IRO Angus with an orange top tube pad. I just barely missed coming in DFL.
11-29-06, 10:50 PM
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I'm a mechanic at the Bike Library in New Brunswick, NJ. If it weren't for that place, I'd be a totally different kid right now.
11-29-06, 11:07 PM
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Learned my way around old clunkers and was inspired to start at a real shop. Shout out to Free Ride (https://www.freeridepgh.org/) in PGH and to Gerry Kraynick (https://www.dirtragmag.com/print/arti...egory=features) for telling me to go there!
11-30-06, 12:16 AM
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I'm one of the group that started and run Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen. www.sacbikekitchen.org
Nice to hear all these co-ops are doing well.
Nice to hear all these co-ops are doing well.
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I'm not one for fawning over bicycles, but I do believe that our bikes communicate with us, and what this bike is saying is, "You're an idiot." BikeSnobNYC
I'm not one for fawning over bicycles, but I do believe that our bikes communicate with us, and what this bike is saying is, "You're an idiot." BikeSnobNYC
11-30-06, 12:20 AM
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Working Bikes and West Town Bikes make up the yin and yang of co-ops in Chicago. Bloomington Community Bike Project is a good little co-op down in Hoosiertown, but they need more givers and less takers.
11-30-06, 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Cynikal
I'm one of the group that started and run Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen. www.sacbikekitchen.org
Nice to hear all these co-ops are doing well.
Nice to hear all these co-ops are doing well.
11-30-06, 08:09 AM
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Back Alley Bikes in Detroit MI is a huge part of the (small) cycling culture in Detroit. Great shop.
The Recyclery in Evanston, IL is relatively new and full of great people and a wonderful place to volunteer.
The Recyclery in Evanston, IL is relatively new and full of great people and a wonderful place to volunteer.
