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Bike!Bike! 2013

2013-10-15T16:00:08Z

Circleson: Linked to conference images and literature

=== '''Here is a very rough draft of the different workshops, please add your notes and edit the description.''' ===
== Communicating in difficult situations ==
Most of us frequently encounter situations in our shop which challenge our ability to communicate meaningfully and sometimes this can lead to conflict

== Worktrade: How to Sell a Bike for No Money ==
A presentation on how to run a successful Worktrade Program which is mutually beneficial for both patrons and the shop. Worktrade, as it functions

== basic bicycle maintenance ==
this workshop will cover basic bicycle repair skills and how to troubleshoot repair problems.

== When and How to Grow ==
Bike Farm has recently taken the leap of moving and growing. I'm wondering how other collectives who have grown deal with the changes.

== Safety Workshop and Discussion ==
For the first part of this workshop I will talk about how we promote safety on Aids/LifeCycle. With nearly 2500 bicyclist riding from San Francisco

== Plays Well with Others ==
Bike collectives subvert culture! Yet we too evolve.

== Earn-a-Bike alternatives with a case study in BBP's Easy Rider program ==
This year the Boise Bicycle Project initiated a pilot program to try to meet the demand for commuter bikes for people in situations of financial ha

== Introduction to the Sturmey-Archer AW Hub ==
Lots of old three speed bikes roll into our co-op needing attention and not ==

== Getting CHICKS ON BIKES ==
Bikes are for boys. Girls can't ride. Girls can't wrench. Girls are clueless. You're not wearing the right thing.

== Ghost Bikes and their impact on the community. ==
The very need for ghost bikes to exist is a terrible thing, yet they do. I lead the Ghost Bike collective on my hometown, Guadalajara, México.

== Bike Trains ==
Presentation on LA Bike Trains & introduction to the history & future of Bike Train projects.

== guerrilla art projects ==
Art is communication: and art is more than branding & logos.

== Where Have All the Women Gone?: Developing a Thriving Women's Collective ==
What motivates a group of women and women identified folks to get together and do something radical?

== Sew you wanna make a cycling cap? ==
Lets go over some really simple steps for you to get some DIY style on the top of your noggin!

== Intro to DIY Bike Touring ==
To demistify and democratize access to bike touring, a presentation of various DIY Bike Touring mechanics and techniques.

== Systems thinking workshop with a case study on volunteer/employee burnout ==
SummaryA workshop on systems thinking with a case study on volunteer/employee burnout and how we applied systems thinking at the Collective. Our fo

== European DIY bike culture ==
Ciemmona, Velorution, Bikewars, Criticona, Cyclocamp - what's going on in Europe?

== What do you do with Magna,etc? ==
A discussion about what to do with all the department store bikes that have several basic faults, lack of grease, planned obselescense of mechanica

== Hands-Off "Hands-On" Teaching ==
One of the struggles faced by those running (working or volunteering in) a Do-It Yourself mechanical space is finding the skills to explain HOW to

== More in depth(advanced) bicycle repair/maintenance ==
this workshop will focus on the more advanced bicycle repair and maintenance. bearing overhaul, wheel truing, frame/fork alignment issues, etc.

== Fostering further growth and co-operation among community bike projects. ==
In this panel discussion we'll discuss the ways that co-operation and mutual support between community bike projects has been effective and ways in

== Supporting Cities to Support Cycling ==
What should bike related organizations do to make it easy for local government to support it's mission and goals?

== When is being cool important? The role of hype & duty of substance in bike culture. ==
This will focus on: talking about when it's important to spend money on a bike, how organizations can present themselves best to their communities

== Ladies,Trans, Queer, Femme Programming - Creating a safe space in you bike project ==
A lot of bike shops are aggresive male dominated spaces.

== Teens and Tweens on bikes ==
This will be a guided discussion on how to empower teens and tweens to ride and maintain their own bikes. What attracts young people to biking?

== Mechanics, Guided Inquiry, and Language Acquisition for K-12 ==
Discussions and demonstrations on integrating bike mechanics in the classroom or other education-related settings.

== Centering Marginalized Communities in Bicycle Spaces ==
In mainstream cycling culture we're often inundated with images of white, adult, lean, male-bodied, hetero-normative people ridin

== RUBARB presents: Real Useful Basics About Recreational Bike & Youth Programming Story Circle ==
format: discussionRUBARB presents: Real Useful Basics About Recreational Bike & Youth Programming Story CircleJoin RUBARB staff to share storie

== Social Responsibility in Social Media ==
This roundtable discussion is an opportunity to share best practices to manage your website and social media sites.

== Grass Roots Fundraising- It Doesn't Have to be Scary ==
Does fundraising scare you? Do you hate “asking for money”? Aids/LifeCycle is the largest fundraising event in the country but we do not do it al

== Beyond Coercion: Talking Transmisogyny & Femmephobia ==
Beyond Coercion: Talking Transmisogyny & Femmephobia with Cordelia Nailong & Ace Falcor is an informal discussion of transmisogyny and femm

== Breaking the Stigmas of Bike Touring in Latin America ==

== Grant Funding For Community Bike Shops ==

== Shop Setup - Taming the Chaos ==
Community bike shops are often bustling with activity, filled with tools, bikes and parts. Things can quickly get out of control due to any number of reasons. This session focused on how we can set up our shop spaces to create welcoming spaces that serve our missions.

Here is the PDF 180MB http://communitycycles.org/scratch/Bike!Bike!2013.pdf

Presented by Rich Points from Community Cycles in Boulder Colorado.

== What is Bike!Bike!? ==
Is Bike!Bike! a conference, organization, festival, week-long party? Who runs Bike!Bike!? How do decisions get made?

== human powered machines ==
an introduction to the use of pedal power.

== How to hold a 14 week mechanical, teaching skills and diversity training class ==
Currently we offer the class mostly free to our volunteers in exchange for a certain commitment to volunteering.

== Nola to Angola Presentation ==
Nola to Angola is a mile bike ride fundraiser established to support a free bus service that provides rides for people in New Orleans to visit

== Bici-Networking: BikeBike NOLA 2013 ==

Presentation Style: Working Table Discussion

=== What we want ===

Exchange of ideas and experience

Cultural “competency”

Resources for language acquisition

Multilingual diagrams

Inspiration for horizontal models of organizing

Sharing design ideas

How to reach people who aren’t just like us

Maps to locate exchange possibilities

=== Obstacles ===

Language barriers

Regional differences

Border restrictions

Shipping restrictions

Legal regulations

=== How we do it? (Tools and Ideas) ===

Webinar

Translation

Dualingual.com

Focus on similarities, leave ego

Access to tools/products to be shared

Working Bikes/Paul – for info on shipping bikes

Operational Manuals

Bike-tour guide (facebook.com/pages/Raices-Roots-Ridas)

Bikes across the borders (Jan 3rd, Austin, Tx ?)

Village Bicycle Project

Bicycle for Humanity

Tech support – Godwin and BikeBike.org tech team

=== To Do List ===

Website specific to this networking

Map of collectives seeking volunteers/exchanges

Safety tips and honest warning

Contact list and assistance for immigration requirements for exchange

Invitation letters

Google group

Travel resources list

'''Check out the bici-congreso Oct.25th-27th in Morelia, Michoacan, MX. www.bicired.org'''

== Facilitation: A basic workshop for everyone ==
Have you ever been in a meeting that was supposedly "facilitated", but appeared to be a boxing match instead? Do you often bang your head against

== Intergenerational Community Building and Group Dynamics ==
Are you interested in taking your collective to the next level? Do you want your bike space to be more than just a shop? Are you located in a com

== Best Practices for attracting volunteers, keeping organized & motivated ==
The not-so-secret trick to growing and maintaining a vibrant healthy organization is keeping volunteers engaged and rewarded.

== bikebike.org ==
This presentation and discussion will contain some technical details but will be aimed at a general audience, most of the workshop will not focus on

== NOLA Social Ride: Social Cycling in the Crescent City ==
NOLA Social Ride will discuss it's organization, its intent and operation and how it came to be, including: - How it started-

== Conference Images and Literature ==
[https://www.dropbox.com/s/u28femz2y5jfa1m/attendee%20email.pdf Attendee Email]

[https://www.dropbox.com/s/b3zdpk863a778zm/BBinternationalpamphlet.pdf International Travel]

[https://www.dropbox.com/s/z4qg0sprjucho8w/BBpostcard2back.jpg?m Postcard-Back]

[https://www.dropbox.com/s/mvbif9vo9a06fml/BikeBike%20handbook.pdf?m Bike!Bike! Program]

[https://www.dropbox.com/s/ztl16zu4uaazykq/BikeBike%20handbookSpanish.pdf?m Bike!Bike! Spanish Program]

[https://www.dropbox.com/s/ccjeiisfjw0r8un/bikebike_b_4up.jpg?m Spokecard Back]

[https://www.dropbox.com/s/frnguv50tz8in4d/bikebike_f_4up.jpg Spokecard Front]

[https://www.dropbox.com/s/oyqpkb23efwgloz/BikeBikeInviteList.docx Invite List]

[https://www.dropbox.com/s/c0lhz6qdl9pchdj/brochure%20x2.jpg Brochure X]

[https://www.dropbox.com/s/eoqfxf8yujia2nr/posterLG.jpg?m Poster Large]

[https://www.dropbox.com/s/ouzg1eazl2st013/posterSM.jpg Poster Small]

[https://www.dropbox.com/s/5g4qbi9me3zlocm/wristband.png?m Wristband]

Plan B

2012-03-28T00:36:50Z

Circleson:

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| year_dissolved =

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| town = New Orleans
| state = Louisiana
| province =
| country = USA


| campus =


| language1 = English
| language2 =
| language3 =


| has-diy-shop = Yes
| has-pay-shop = no
| has-mobile-repair = no
| has-bike-sharing = no
| has-earn-a-bike = Yes
| has-bike-valet = no
| has-workshops = no
| has-courses = Yes
| has-group-rides = no
| has-bicycle-advocacy = no
| has-pedicab = no
| has-in-school-programs = no
| has-youth-summercamp = no
| has-youth-racing = no
| has-women-trans-hours = Yes


| mission-statement = The New Orleans Community Bike Project exists to promote the use of bicycles and other human-powered transportation; to assist all bicyclists in learning to maintain their vehicles; to provide a space for sharing community resources and fostering community education; and to promote the reuse of materials that might otherwise be thrown away.
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Plan B is a community-run bike project that functions as an open workspace for bicycle building and repair. The workspace makes an array of professional bike tools available for use to the public for free while volunteers offer free help and instruction in bike repair. The bike project makes donated parts available at low cost. Additionally, complete used bikes are also available at reasonable, fair-market prices. All of the proceeds from sales are used to keep the project running and allow us to offer free stand time, tool library use, and bike education programs to the general public.

There are plenty of reasons to ride bikes, particularly as a primary form of transportation: affordability, low emissions, reduced urban congestion. We believe having access to information and the equipment necessary for maintaining one’s own vehicle should be available in a community space. We are also strong believers in community-based education and the idea that people learn things from others in a variety of settings. We feel that operating a space where people can share what they know and learn what they don’t strengthens a community. Finally, we think it’s important to rescue useful bikes and parts from the trash and reuse them to counter the extreme wastefulness of industrialized nations.

== Contact Info ==

http://www.bikeproject.org/

nolabikeproject@gmail.com

511 Marigny St.

New Orleans, LA 70117
== History ==

Structure

Plan B, The New Orleans Community Bike Project began as a concept by a determined group of individuals in 2000. Plan B was conceptualized and still operates as a true worker’s collective, where decisions are made collectively and by consensus. The organization is comprised of a decision making body of board and collective members, who commit to certain responsibilities and maintain a required minimum of volunteer hours. Additionally, Plan B is staffed by regular and drop-in volunteers.

The Beginning

A fundraiser in the form of a punk music show was held at The Ark (see below) and walls in the space started going up shortly thereafter. The early days of Plan B were marked by the commitment and vision of a small group of people that simply loved bikes. In 2003 Plan B was granted non-profit status and growth began in earnest. Classes were offered and a kid’s program commenced. In 2004, Plan B hosted the first Bike!Bike! Conference, an international gathering of community bike initiatives. Bike!Bike! has grown to be the primary mode of collaboration among hundreds of bike co-operatives and collectives and now hosts several conferences per year in different cities. Over the first few years, Plan B constantly grew and added services and shifts while being completely operated by volunteers.

Hurricane Katrina

After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, in partnership with Working Bikes in Chicago and others, Plan B distributed over 1000 bikes to New Orleanians that needed transportation and breathed bike culture and life back into the devastated neighborhoods of New Orleans. Volunteers staffed Plan B like never before in those days, and some of them actually lived at Plan B due to the scarcity of available housing immediately following the hurricane.

Illegal Shutdown

On March 9th, 2011, “Quality of Life” officers from the New Orleans Police Department’s 5th district visited the Ark, the building that Plan B was housed in, and effectively shut down all operations within the building citing a lack of permits. The visit was supposedly motivated by an “anonymous” complaint from a neighbor and had “absolutely nothing to do with The Krewe of Eris parade” that had made headlines a few nights previously. Unfortunately, no one within the city’s administration could inform Plan B exactly which permits were necessary to operate within the building legally. Furthermore, the official response from the NOPD’s 5th district commander at the time was, “We’re not sure what permits you need, but when we find out, we’ll let you know.”

Forced into having to operate without having a space, Plan B took to the streets. “Mobile Plan B” was launched, and for a month Plan B operated outdoors on the neutral ground (median) of an area with heavy bike use and at the New Orleans Free Market. Tools and supplies were made portable and operations continued despite lacking a physical address.

When questioned at a community meeting three weeks after the city’s shutdown, the officer’s claimed that “We knew that it wasn’t a non-profit because they were selling things there.” It became apparent at that meeting that the officers were not acting within the constricts of the municipal code and that they were not only misinformed, but ignorant as well. It was also discovered shortly thereafter that New Orleans police officers are not responsible for code enforcement and had been acting under their own interpretation of the law.

Plan B was contacted by high-ranking officials within the city government within three days of the meeting and was allowed to (quite legally) re-open shortly thereafter.

The Ark

The New Orleans Community Bike Project started in 2000 at 511 Marigny, a 90 year old brick former hosiery factory. 511 Marigny was a community space known as the Ark that over the years hosted a community lending library, an aerial troupe, an arts material recycling collective, as well as a performance space and was also home to hundreds of artists, musicians, and creative forces to be reckoned with. For over a decade the building was our home and we weren’t sure we could survive without being surrounded by such magic and amazing talent. Sadly and inevitably, the Ark was developed in 2011. While this would literally save the building, all of the wonder that had converged there became displaced.

The Move

We were fortunate to find a new space at 1024 Elysian Fields, a former Union Hall at the busy intersection of Elysian Fields and St. Claude Avenues. We hope to bring some of the diversity and community that was inherent at the Ark into our new space and we’ve got good company. The building currently houses the Lambda Center and BikeEasy, two great organizations that we love.
== Services Offered ==

Mondays 5-9 pm

Thursdays 4-8 pm

Fridays 5-8 pm (Ladies, Trans & Sissies Night)

Saturday 11 am-3 pm

Build a Bike - We currently have free build a bike classes on Tuesday and Wednesday nights from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. During the class, students will be given a bike to work on, and will receive much more direct interaction with a mechanic than they would during regular open shop hours. Students will learn how to overhaul every major section of the bicycle, and will have the option of purchasing their newly built bicycle at the end of a class. This is a 4 session series. Please reserve your place ahead of time.

File:NOCBPlogo.jpg

2012-03-28T00:34:44Z

Circleson:

Plan B

2012-03-28T00:31:42Z

Circleson:

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| year_founded = 2000

| year_dissolved =

| website = bikeproject.org
| town = New Orleans
| state = Louisiana
| province =
| country = USA


| campus =


| language1 = English
| language2 =
| language3 =


| has-diy-shop = Yes
| has-pay-shop = no
| has-mobile-repair = no
| has-bike-sharing = no
| has-earn-a-bike = Yes
| has-bike-valet = no
| has-workshops = no
| has-courses = Yes
| has-group-rides = no
| has-bicycle-advocacy = no
| has-pedicab = no
| has-in-school-programs = no
| has-youth-summercamp = no
| has-youth-racing = no
| has-women-trans-hours = Yes


| mission-statement = The New Orleans Community Bike Project exists to promote the use of bicycles and other human-powered transportation; to assist all bicyclists in learning to maintain their vehicles; to provide a space for sharing community resources and fostering community education; and to promote the reuse of materials that might otherwise be thrown away.
}}


Plan B is a community-run bike project that functions as an open workspace for bicycle building and repair. The workspace makes an array of professional bike tools available for use to the public for free while volunteers offer free help and instruction in bike repair. The bike project makes donated parts available at low cost. Additionally, complete used bikes are also available at reasonable, fair-market prices. All of the proceeds from sales are used to keep the project running and allow us to offer free stand time, tool library use, and bike education programs to the general public.

There are plenty of reasons to ride bikes, particularly as a primary form of transportation: affordability, low emissions, reduced urban congestion. We believe having access to information and the equipment necessary for maintaining one’s own vehicle should be available in a community space. We are also strong believers in community-based education and the idea that people learn things from others in a variety of settings. We feel that operating a space where people can share what they know and learn what they don’t strengthens a community. Finally, we think it’s important to rescue useful bikes and parts from the trash and reuse them to counter the extreme wastefulness of industrialized nations.

== Contact Info ==

http://www.bikeproject.org/

nolabikeproject@gmail.com

511 Marigny St.

New Orleans, LA 70117
== History ==

Structure

Plan B, The New Orleans Community Bike Project began as a concept by a determined group of individuals in 2000. Plan B was conceptualized and still operates as a true worker’s collective, where decisions are made collectively and by consensus. The organization is comprised of a decision making body of board and collective members, who commit to certain responsibilities and maintain a required minimum of volunteer hours. Additionally, Plan B is staffed by regular and drop-in volunteers.

The Beginning

A fundraiser in the form of a punk music show was held at The Ark (see below) and walls in the space started going up shortly thereafter. The early days of Plan B were marked by the commitment and vision of a small group of people that simply loved bikes. In 2003 Plan B was granted non-profit status and growth began in earnest. Classes were offered and a kid’s program commenced. In 2004, Plan B hosted the first Bike!Bike! Conference, an international gathering of community bike initiatives. Bike!Bike! has grown to be the primary mode of collaboration among hundreds of bike co-operatives and collectives and now hosts several conferences per year in different cities. Over the first few years, Plan B constantly grew and added services and shifts while being completely operated by volunteers.

Hurricane Katrina

After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, in partnership with Working Bikes in Chicago and others, Plan B distributed over 1000 bikes to New Orleanians that needed transportation and breathed bike culture and life back into the devastated neighborhoods of New Orleans. Volunteers staffed Plan B like never before in those days, and some of them actually lived at Plan B due to the scarcity of available housing immediately following the hurricane.

Illegal Shutdown

On March 9th, 2011, “Quality of Life” officers from the New Orleans Police Department’s 5th district visited the Ark, the building that Plan B was housed in, and effectively shut down all operations within the building citing a lack of permits. The visit was supposedly motivated by an “anonymous” complaint from a neighbor and had “absolutely nothing to do with The Krewe of Eris parade” that had made headlines a few nights previously. Unfortunately, no one within the city’s administration could inform Plan B exactly which permits were necessary to operate within the building legally. Furthermore, the official response from the NOPD’s 5th district commander at the time was, “We’re not sure what permits you need, but when we find out, we’ll let you know.”

Forced into having to operate without having a space, Plan B took to the streets. “Mobile Plan B” was launched, and for a month Plan B operated outdoors on the neutral ground (median) of an area with heavy bike use and at the New Orleans Free Market. Tools and supplies were made portable and operations continued despite lacking a physical address.

When questioned at a community meeting three weeks after the city’s shutdown, the officer’s claimed that “We knew that it wasn’t a non-profit because they were selling things there.” It became apparent at that meeting that the officers were not acting within the constricts of the municipal code and that they were not only misinformed, but ignorant as well. It was also discovered shortly thereafter that New Orleans police officers are not responsible for code enforcement and had been acting under their own interpretation of the law.

Plan B was contacted by high-ranking officials within the city government within three days of the meeting and was allowed to (quite legally) re-open shortly thereafter.

The Ark

The New Orleans Community Bike Project started in 2000 at 511 Marigny, a 90 year old brick former hosiery factory. 511 Marigny was a community space known as the Ark that over the years hosted a community lending library, an aerial troupe, an arts material recycling collective, as well as a performance space and was also home to hundreds of artists, musicians, and creative forces to be reckoned with. For over a decade the building was our home and we weren’t sure we could survive without being surrounded by such magic and amazing talent. Sadly and inevitably, the Ark was developed in 2011. While this would literally save the building, all of the wonder that had converged there became displaced.

The Move

We were fortunate to find a new space at 1024 Elysian Fields, a former Union Hall at the busy intersection of Elysian Fields and St. Claude Avenues. We hope to bring some of the diversity and community that was inherent at the Ark into our new space and we’ve got good company. The building currently houses the Lambda Center and BikeEasy, two great organizations that we love.
== Services Offered ==

Mondays 5-9 pm

Thursdays 4-8 pm

Fridays 5-8 pm (Ladies, Trans & Sissies Night)

Saturday 11 am-3 pm

Build a Bike - We currently have free build a bike classes on Tuesday and Wednesday nights from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. During the class, students will be given a bike to work on, and will receive much more direct interaction with a mechanic than they would during regular open shop hours. Students will learn how to overhaul every major section of the bicycle, and will have the option of purchasing their newly built bicycle at the end of a class. This is a 4 session series. Please reserve your place ahead of time.

Plan B

2012-03-28T00:29:55Z

Circleson:

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| year_founded = 2000

| year_dissolved =

| website = bikeproject.org
| town = New Orleans
| state = Louisiana
| province =
| country = USA


| campus =


| language1 = English
| language2 =
| language3 =


| has-diy-shop = Yes
| has-pay-shop = no
| has-mobile-repair = no
| has-bike-sharing = no
| has-earn-a-bike = Yes
| has-bike-valet = no
| has-workshops = no
| has-courses = Yes
| has-group-rides = no
| has-bicycle-advocacy = no
| has-pedicab = no
| has-in-school-programs = no
| has-youth-summercamp = no
| has-youth-racing = no
| has-women-trans-hours = Yes


| mission-statement = The New Orleans Community Bike Project exists to promote the use of bicycles and other human-powered transportation; to assist all bicyclists in learning to maintain their vehicles; to provide a space for sharing community resources and fostering community education; and to promote the reuse of materials that might otherwise be thrown away.
}}


Plan B is a community-run bike project that functions as an open workspace for bicycle building and repair. The workspace makes an array of professional bike tools available for use to the public for free while volunteers offer free help and instruction in bike repair. The bike project makes donated parts available at low cost. Additionally, complete used bikes are also available at reasonable, fair-market prices. All of the proceeds from sales are used to keep the project running and allow us to offer free stand time, tool library use, and bike education programs to the general public.

There are plenty of reasons to ride bikes, particularly as a primary form of transportation: affordability, low emissions, reduced urban congestion. We believe having access to information and the equipment necessary for maintaining one’s own vehicle should be available in a community space. We are also strong believers in community-based education and the idea that people learn things from others in a variety of settings. We feel that operating a space where people can share what they know and learn what they don’t strengthens a community. Finally, we think it’s important to rescue useful bikes and parts from the trash and reuse them to counter the extreme wastefulness of industrialized nations.

== Contact Info ==

http://www.bikeproject.org/

nolabikeproject@gmail.com

511 Marigny St.

New Orleans, LA 70117
== History ==

Structure

Plan B, The New Orleans Community Bike Project began as a concept by a determined group of individuals in 2000. Plan B was conceptualized and still operates as a true worker’s collective, where decisions are made collectively and by consensus. The organization is comprised of a decision making body of board and collective members, who commit to certain responsibilities and maintain a required minimum of volunteer hours. Additionally, Plan B is staffed by regular and drop-in volunteers.

The Beginning

A fundraiser in the form of a punk music show was held at The Ark (see below) and walls in the space started going up shortly thereafter. The early days of Plan B were marked by the commitment and vision of a small group of people that simply loved bikes. In 2003 Plan B was granted non-profit status and growth began in earnest. Classes were offered and a kid’s program commenced. In 2004, Plan B hosted the first Bike!Bike! Conference, an international gathering of community bike initiatives. Bike!Bike! has grown to be the primary mode of collaboration among hundreds of bike co-operatives and collectives and now hosts several conferences per year in different cities. Over the first few years, Plan B constantly grew and added services and shifts while being completely operated by volunteers.

Hurricane Katrina

After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, in partnership with Working Bikes in Chicago and others, Plan B distributed over 1000 bikes to New Orleanians that needed transportation and breathed bike culture and life back into the devastated neighborhoods of New Orleans. Volunteers staffed Plan B like never before in those days, and some of them actually lived at Plan B due to the scarcity of available housing immediately following the hurricane.

Illegal Shutdown

On March 9th, 2011, “Quality of Life” officers from the New Orleans Police Department’s 5th district visited the Ark, the building that Plan B was housed in, and effectively shut down all operations within the building citing a lack of permits. The visit was supposedly motivated by an “anonymous” complaint from a neighbor and had “absolutely nothing to do with The Krewe of Eris parade” that had made headlines a few nights previously. Unfortunately, no one within the city’s administration could inform Plan B exactly which permits were necessary to operate within the building legally. Furthermore, the official response from the NOPD’s 5th district commander at the time was, “We’re not sure what permits you need, but when we find out, we’ll let you know.”

Forced into having to operate without having a space, Plan B took to the streets. “Mobile Plan B” was launched, and for a month Plan B operated outdoors on the neutral ground (median) of an area with heavy bike use and at the New Orleans Free Market. Tools and supplies were made portable and operations continued despite lacking a physical address.

When questioned at a community meeting three weeks after the city’s shutdown, the officer’s claimed that “We knew that it wasn’t a non-profit because they were selling things there.” It became apparent at that meeting that the officers were not acting within the constricts of the municipal code and that they were not only misinformed, but ignorant as well. It was also discovered shortly thereafter that New Orleans police officers are not responsible for code enforcement and had been acting under their own interpretation of the law.

Plan B was contacted by high-ranking officials within the city government within three days of the meeting and was allowed to (quite legally) re-open shortly thereafter.

The Ark

The New Orleans Community Bike Project started in 2000 at 511 Marigny, a 90 year old brick former hosiery factory. 511 Marigny was a community space known as the Ark that over the years hosted a community lending library, an aerial troupe, an arts material recycling collective, as well as a performance space and was also home to hundreds of artists, musicians, and creative forces to be reckoned with. For over a decade the building was our home and we weren’t sure we could survive without being surrounded by such magic and amazing talent. Sadly and inevitably, the Ark was developed in 2011. While this would literally save the building, all of the wonder that had converged there became displaced.

The Move

We were fortunate to find a new space at 1024 Elysian Fields, a former Union Hall at the busy intersection of Elysian Fields and St. Claude Avenues. We hope to bring some of the diversity and community that was inherent at the Ark into our new space and we’ve got good company. The building currently houses the Lambda Center and BikeEasy, two great organizations that we love.
== Services Offered ==

Mondays 5-9 pm

Thursdays 4-8 pm

Fridays 5-8 pm (Ladies, Trans & Sissies Night)

Saturday 11 am-3 pm

Build a Bike - We currently have free build a bike classes on Tuesday and Wednesday nights from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. During the class, students will be given a bike to work on, and will receive much more direct interaction with a mechanic than they would during regular open shop hours. Students will learn how to overhaul every major section of the bicycle, and will have the option of purchasing their newly built bicycle at the end of a class. This is a 4 session series. Please reserve your place ahead of time.

Plan B

2012-03-28T00:29:01Z

Circleson:

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Plan B is a community-run bike project that functions as an open workspace for bicycle building and repair. The workspace makes an array of professional bike tools available for use to the public for free while volunteers offer free help and instruction in bike repair. The bike project makes donated parts available at low cost. Additionally, complete used bikes are also available at reasonable, fair-market prices. All of the proceeds from sales are used to keep the project running and allow us to offer free stand time, tool library use, and bike education programs to the general public.

There are plenty of reasons to ride bikes, particularly as a primary form of transportation: affordability, low emissions, reduced urban congestion. We believe having access to information and the equipment necessary for maintaining one’s own vehicle should be available in a community space. We are also strong believers in community-based education and the idea that people learn things from others in a variety of settings. We feel that operating a space where people can share what they know and learn what they don’t strengthens a community. Finally, we think it’s important to rescue useful bikes and parts from the trash and reuse them to counter the extreme wastefulness of industrialized nations.

== Contact Info ==

http://www.bikeproject.org/

nolabikeproject@gmail.com

511 Marigny St.

New Orleans, LA 70117
== History ==

Structure

Plan B, The New Orleans Community Bike Project began as a concept by a determined group of individuals in 2000. Plan B was conceptualized and still operates as a true worker’s collective, where decisions are made collectively and by consensus. The organization is comprised of a decision making body of board and collective members, who commit to certain responsibilities and maintain a required minimum of volunteer hours. Additionally, Plan B is staffed by regular and drop-in volunteers.

The Beginning

A fundraiser in the form of a punk music show was held at The Ark (see below) and walls in the space started going up shortly thereafter. The early days of Plan B were marked by the commitment and vision of a small group of people that simply loved bikes. In 2003 Plan B was granted non-profit status and growth began in earnest. Classes were offered and a kid’s program commenced. In 2004, Plan B hosted the first Bike!Bike! Conference, an international gathering of community bike initiatives. Bike!Bike! has grown to be the primary mode of collaboration among hundreds of bike co-operatives and collectives and now hosts several conferences per year in different cities. Over the first few years, Plan B constantly grew and added services and shifts while being completely operated by volunteers.

Hurricane Katrina

After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, in partnership with Working Bikes in Chicago and others, Plan B distributed over 1000 bikes to New Orleanians that needed transportation and breathed bike culture and life back into the devastated neighborhoods of New Orleans. Volunteers staffed Plan B like never before in those days, and some of them actually lived at Plan B due to the scarcity of available housing immediately following the hurricane.

Illegal Shutdown

On March 9th, 2011, “Quality of Life” officers from the New Orleans Police Department’s 5th district visited the Ark, the building that Plan B was housed in, and effectively shut down all operations within the building citing a lack of permits. The visit was supposedly motivated by an “anonymous” complaint from a neighbor and had “absolutely nothing to do with The Krewe of Eris parade” that had made headlines a few nights previously. Unfortunately, no one within the city’s administration could inform Plan B exactly which permits were necessary to operate within the building legally. Furthermore, the official response from the NOPD’s 5th district commander at the time was, “We’re not sure what permits you need, but when we find out, we’ll let you know.”

Forced into having to operate without having a space, Plan B took to the streets. “Mobile Plan B” was launched, and for a month Plan B operated outdoors on the neutral ground (median) of an area with heavy bike use and at the New Orleans Free Market. Tools and supplies were made portable and operations continued despite lacking a physical address.

When questioned at a community meeting three weeks after the city’s shutdown, the officer’s claimed that “We knew that it wasn’t a non-profit because they were selling things there.” It became apparent at that meeting that the officers were not acting within the constricts of the municipal code and that they were not only misinformed, but ignorant as well. It was also discovered shortly thereafter that New Orleans police officers are not responsible for code enforcement and had been acting under their own interpretation of the law.

Plan B was contacted by high-ranking officials within the city government within three days of the meeting and was allowed to (quite legally) re-open shortly thereafter.

The Ark

The New Orleans Community Bike Project started in 2000 at 511 Marigny, a 90 year old brick former hosiery factory. 511 Marigny was a community space known as the Ark that over the years hosted a community lending library, an aerial troupe, an arts material recycling collective, as well as a performance space and was also home to hundreds of artists, musicians, and creative forces to be reckoned with. For over a decade the building was our home and we weren’t sure we could survive without being surrounded by such magic and amazing talent. Sadly and inevitably, the Ark was developed in 2011. While this would literally save the building, all of the wonder that had converged there became displaced.

The Move

We were fortunate to find a new space at 1024 Elysian Fields, a former Union Hall at the busy intersection of Elysian Fields and St. Claude Avenues. We hope to bring some of the diversity and community that was inherent at the Ark into our new space and we’ve got good company. The building currently houses the Lambda Center and BikeEasy, two great organizations that we love.
== Services Offered ==

Mondays 5-9 pm

Thursdays 4-8 pm

Fridays 5-8 pm (Ladies, Trans & Sissies Night)

Saturday 11 am-3 pm

Build a Bike - We currently have free build a bike classes on Tuesday and Wednesday nights from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. During the class, students will be given a bike to work on, and will receive much more direct interaction with a mechanic than they would during regular open shop hours. Students will learn how to overhaul every major section of the bicycle, and will have the option of purchasing their newly built bicycle at the end of a class. This is a 4 session series. Please reserve your place ahead of time.

Plan B

2012-03-28T00:13:21Z

Circleson:

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== About ==
Our Mission

The New Orleans Community Bike Project exists to promote the use of bicycles and other human-powered transportation; to assist all bicyclists in learning to maintain their vehicles; to provide a space for sharing community resources and fostering community education; and to promote the reuse of materials that might otherwise be thrown away.

What We Do

Plan B is a community-run bike project that functions as an open workspace for bicycle building and repair. The workspace makes an array of professional bike tools available for use to the public for free while volunteers offer free help and instruction in bike repair. The bike project makes donated parts available at low cost. Additionally, complete used bikes are also available at reasonable, fair-market prices. All of the proceeds from sales are used to keep the project running and allow us to offer free stand time, tool library use, and bike education programs to the general public.

Why We Do It

There are plenty of reasons to ride bikes, particularly as a primary form of transportation: affordability, low emissions, reduced urban congestion. We believe having access to information and the equipment necessary for maintaining one’s own vehicle should be available in a community space. We are also strong believers in community-based education and the idea that people learn things from others in a variety of settings. We feel that operating a space where people can share what they know and learn what they don’t strengthens a community. Finally, we think it’s important to rescue useful bikes and parts from the trash and reuse them to counter the extreme wastefulness of industrialized nations.

== History ==

Structure

Plan B, The New Orleans Community Bike Project began as a concept by a determined group of individuals in 2000. Plan B was conceptualized and still operates as a true worker’s collective, where decisions are made collectively and by consensus. The organization is comprised of a decision making body of board and collective members, who commit to certain responsibilities and maintain a required minimum of volunteer hours. Additionally, Plan B is staffed by regular and drop-in volunteers.

The Beginning

A fundraiser in the form of a punk music show was held at The Ark (see below) and walls in the space started going up shortly thereafter. The early days of Plan B were marked by the commitment and vision of a small group of people that simply loved bikes. In 2003 Plan B was granted non-profit status and growth began in earnest. Classes were offered and a kid’s program commenced. In 2004, Plan B hosted the first Bike!Bike! Conference, an international gathering of community bike initiatives. Bike!Bike! has grown to be the primary mode of collaboration among hundreds of bike co-operatives and collectives and now hosts several conferences per year in different cities. Over the first few years, Plan B constantly grew and added services and shifts while being completely operated by volunteers.

Hurricane Katrina

After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, in partnership with Working Bikes in Chicago and others, Plan B distributed over 1000 bikes to New Orleanians that needed transportation and breathed bike culture and life back into the devastated neighborhoods of New Orleans. Volunteers staffed Plan B like never before in those days, and some of them actually lived at Plan B due to the scarcity of available housing immediately following the hurricane.

Illegal Shutdown

On March 9th, 2011, “Quality of Life” officers from the New Orleans Police Department’s 5th district visited the Ark, the building that Plan B was housed in, and effectively shut down all operations within the building citing a lack of permits. The visit was supposedly motivated by an “anonymous” complaint from a neighbor and had “absolutely nothing to do with The Krewe of Eris parade” that had made headlines a few nights previously. Unfortunately, no one within the city’s administration could inform Plan B exactly which permits were necessary to operate within the building legally. Furthermore, the official response from the NOPD’s 5th district commander at the time was, “We’re not sure what permits you need, but when we find out, we’ll let you know.”

Forced into having to operate without having a space, Plan B took to the streets. “Mobile Plan B” was launched, and for a month Plan B operated outdoors on the neutral ground (median) of an area with heavy bike use and at the New Orleans Free Market. Tools and supplies were made portable and operations continued despite lacking a physical address.

When questioned at a community meeting three weeks after the city’s shutdown, the officer’s claimed that “We knew that it wasn’t a non-profit because they were selling things there.” It became apparent at that meeting that the officers were not acting within the constricts of the municipal code and that they were not only misinformed, but ignorant as well. It was also discovered shortly thereafter that New Orleans police officers are not responsible for code enforcement and had been acting under their own interpretation of the law.

Plan B was contacted by high-ranking officials within the city government within three days of the meeting and was allowed to (quite legally) re-open shortly thereafter.

The Ark

The New Orleans Community Bike Project started in 2000 at 511 Marigny, a 90 year old brick former hosiery factory. 511 Marigny was a community space known as the Ark that over the years hosted a community lending library, an aerial troupe, an arts material recycling collective, as well as a performance space and was also home to hundreds of artists, musicians, and creative forces to be reckoned with. For over a decade the building was our home and we weren’t sure we could survive without being surrounded by such magic and amazing talent. Sadly and inevitably, the Ark was developed in 2011. While this would literally save the building, all of the wonder that had converged there became displaced.

The Move

We were fortunate to find a new space at 1024 Elysian Fields, a former Union Hall at the busy intersection of Elysian Fields and St. Claude Avenues. We hope to bring some of the diversity and community that was inherent at the Ark into our new space and we’ve got good company. The building currently houses the Lambda Center and BikeEasy, two great organizations that we love.

== Website & Contact ==

http://www.bikeproject.org/

nolabikeproject@gmail.com

511 Marigny St.

New Orleans, LA 70117

== Shop Hours ==
Mondays 5-9 pm

Thursdays 4-8 pm

Fridays 5-8 pm (Ladies, Trans & Sissies Night)

Saturday 11 am-3 pm

== Programs ==
Build a Bike - We currently have free build a bike classes on Tuesday and Wednesday nights from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. During the class, students will be given a bike to work on, and will receive much more direct interaction with a mechanic than they would during regular open shop hours. Students will learn how to overhaul every major section of the bicycle, and will have the option of purchasing their newly built bicycle at the end of a class. This is a 4 session series. Please reserve your place ahead of time.

[[Category:Louisiana Community Bicycle Organizations]]

Plan B

2012-03-28T00:11:05Z

Circleson:

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== About ==
Our Mission
The New Orleans Community Bike Project exists to promote the use of bicycles and other human-powered transportation; to assist all bicyclists in learning to maintain their vehicles; to provide a space for sharing community resources and fostering community education; and to promote the reuse of materials that might otherwise be thrown away.

What We Do
Plan B is a community-run bike project that functions as an open workspace for bicycle building and repair. The workspace makes an array of professional bike tools available for use to the public for free while volunteers offer free help and instruction in bike repair. The bike project makes donated parts available at low cost. Additionally, complete used bikes are also available at reasonable, fair-market prices. All of the proceeds from sales are used to keep the project running and allow us to offer free stand time, tool library use, and bike education programs to the general public.

Why We Do It
There are plenty of reasons to ride bikes, particularly as a primary form of transportation: affordability, low emissions, reduced urban congestion. We believe having access to information and the equipment necessary for maintaining one’s own vehicle should be available in a community space. We are also strong believers in community-based education and the idea that people learn things from others in a variety of settings. We feel that operating a space where people can share what they know and learn what they don’t strengthens a community. Finally, we think it’s important to rescue useful bikes and parts from the trash and reuse them to counter the extreme wastefulness of industrialized nations.

History

Structure
Plan B, The New Orleans Community Bike Project began as a concept by a determined group of individuals in 2000. Plan B was conceptualized and still operates as a true worker’s collective, where decisions are made collectively and by consensus. The organization is comprised of a decision making body of board and collective members, who commit to certain responsibilities and maintain a required minimum of volunteer hours. Additionally, Plan B is staffed by regular and drop-in volunteers.

The Beginning
A fundraiser in the form of a punk music show was held at The Ark (see below) and walls in the space started going up shortly thereafter. The early days of Plan B were marked by the commitment and vision of a small group of people that simply loved bikes. In 2003 Plan B was granted non-profit status and growth began in earnest. Classes were offered and a kid’s program commenced. In 2004, Plan B hosted the first Bike!Bike! Conference, an international gathering of community bike initiatives. Bike!Bike! has grown to be the primary mode of collaboration among hundreds of bike co-operatives and collectives and now hosts several conferences per year in different cities. Over the first few years, Plan B constantly grew and added services and shifts while being completely operated by volunteers.

Hurricane Katrina
After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, in partnership with Working Bikes in Chicago and others, Plan B distributed over 1000 bikes to New Orleanians that needed transportation and breathed bike culture and life back into the devastated neighborhoods of New Orleans. Volunteers staffed Plan B like never before in those days, and some of them actually lived at Plan B due to the scarcity of available housing immediately following the hurricane.

Illegal Shutdown
On March 9th, 2011, “Quality of Life” officers from the New Orleans Police Department’s 5th district visited the Ark, the building that Plan B was housed in, and effectively shut down all operations within the building citing a lack of permits. The visit was supposedly motivated by an “anonymous” complaint from a neighbor and had “absolutely nothing to do with The Krewe of Eris parade” that had made headlines a few nights previously. Unfortunately, no one within the city’s administration could inform Plan B exactly which permits were necessary to operate within the building legally. Furthermore, the official response from the NOPD’s 5th district commander at the time was, “We’re not sure what permits you need, but when we find out, we’ll let you know.”

Forced into having to operate without having a space, Plan B took to the streets. “Mobile Plan B” was launched, and for a month Plan B operated outdoors on the neutral ground (median) of an area with heavy bike use and at the New Orleans Free Market. Tools and supplies were made portable and operations continued despite lacking a physical address.

When questioned at a community meeting three weeks after the city’s shutdown, the officer’s claimed that “We knew that it wasn’t a non-profit because they were selling things there.” It became apparent at that meeting that the officers were not acting within the constricts of the municipal code and that they were not only misinformed, but ignorant as well. It was also discovered shortly thereafter that New Orleans police officers are not responsible for code enforcement and had been acting under their own interpretation of the law.

Plan B was contacted by high-ranking officials within the city government within three days of the meeting and was allowed to (quite legally) re-open shortly thereafter.

The Ark
The New Orleans Community Bike Project started in 2000 at 511 Marigny, a 90 year old brick former hosiery factory. 511 Marigny was a community space known as the Ark that over the years hosted a community lending library, an aerial troupe, an arts material recycling collective, as well as a performance space and was also home to hundreds of artists, musicians, and creative forces to be reckoned with. For over a decade the building was our home and we weren’t sure we could survive without being surrounded by such magic and amazing talent. Sadly and inevitably, the Ark was developed in 2011. While this would literally save the building, all of the wonder that had converged there became displaced.

The Move
We were fortunate to find a new space at 1024 Elysian Fields, a former Union Hall at the busy intersection of Elysian Fields and St. Claude Avenues. We hope to bring some of the diversity and community that was inherent at the Ark into our new space and we’ve got good company. The building currently houses the Lambda Center and BikeEasy, two great organizations that we love.

== Website & Contact ==

http://www.bikeproject.org/

nolabikeproject@gmail.com

511 Marigny St.

New Orleans, LA 70117

== Shop Hours ==
Mondays 5-9 pm

Thursdays 4-8 pm

Fridays 5-8 pm (Ladies, Trans & Sissies Night)

Saturday 11 am-3 pm

== Programs ==
Build a Bike - We currently have free build a bike classes on Tuesday and Wednesday nights from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. During the class, students will be given a bike to work on, and will receive much more direct interaction with a mechanic than they would during regular open shop hours. Students will learn how to overhaul every major section of the bicycle, and will have the option of purchasing their newly built bicycle at the end of a class. This is a 4 session series. Please reserve your place ahead of time.

[[Category:Louisiana Community Bicycle Organizations]]

Plan B

2011-08-06T18:34:35Z

Circleson:

== About ==
The New Orleans Community Bike Project (Plan B) is a community bike repair shop located in the Faubourg Marigny in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Bike Project hosts open shop hours several days a week that provide free shop space, free tool use, and free mechanical advice to the bicycling population of New Orleans. Plan B also sells used and new parts, used incomplete bikes, and used complete bikes.

== Website & Contact ==

http://www.bikeproject.org/

nolabikeproject@gmail.com

511 Marigny St.

New Orleans, LA 70117

== Shop Hours ==
Mondays 5-9 pm

Tuestdays 2-6 pm (Ladies & Trans Night)

Thursdays 4-8 pm

Saturday 2-6 pm

== Programs ==
Build a Bike - We currently have free build a bike classes every Tuesday and Wednesday nights from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. During the class, students will be given a bike to work on, and will receive much more direct interaction with a mechanic than they would during regular open shop hours. Students will learn how to overhaul every major section of the bicycle, and will have the option of purchasing their newly built bicycle at the end of a class. (Students take 2-4 classes to complete a bike on average) Please reserve your place ahead of time.

[[Category:Louisiana Community Bicycle Organizations]]

How to use a bike repair stand

2011-08-04T18:12:05Z

Circleson: uploaded printable instructions

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File:BikeProjectStandInstructions.png

2011-08-04T18:08:26Z

Circleson: How to use a bike repair stand

How to use a bike repair stand