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Bikes'N'Roses

2020-08-13T18:53:05Z

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https://www.bikesnroses.org/

Talk:Evergreen Bike Shop

2019-03-07T18:00:05Z

Eugene:

is this space defunct?--[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 10:00, 7 March 2019 (PST)

Talk:Evergreen Bike Shop

2019-03-07T17:59:52Z

Eugene: Created page with "is this space defunct?"

is this space defunct?

Neighborhood Bike Works

2019-02-28T18:27:28Z

Eugene:

{{
shop-info
| name = Neighborhood Bike Works
| logo = NBW_Logo.gif
| year_founded = 1999
| year_dissolved =
| email = info@neighborhoodbikeworks.org
| website = http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org
| town = Philadelphia
| state = PA
| country = United States

| language1 = English
| language2 =
| language3 =

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

| mission-statement = Neighborhood Bike Works inspires youth and strengthens Philadelphia communities by providing equitable access to bicycling and bike repair through education, recreation, leadership, and career building opportunities.
}}

[https://vimeo.com/242130931 a video about our organization! ]

'''Neighborhood Bike Works''' is a nonprofit educational organization in Philadelphia. NBW presently operates out of its headquarters located in the Mantua neighborhood of Philadelphia.

== History ==
Started in 1996 as Youth Cycle & Recycle, a program of The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, Neighborhood Bike Works incorporated as a non-profit in July 1999. It expanded to the Haddington neighborhood in 2002, and opened the North Philadelphia Neighborhood Shop in 2009. The North Philly shop was also its sales and service location, and operated a fully functioning repair shop. In 2010, the South Philadelphia satellite program opened a location on 5th Street between Lombard and South. Historically, it held programming at four Philadelphia sites, a satellite location in Norristown, PA, and in several public schools and community centers.

== Bike Valet ==
From the website:

" ''In addition to community participation and fundraising for our youth programs, we also provide valet bike parking as a means to employ select graduates of our programs. We are often contracted by other groups to do Valet Bike Parking for events that are expected to attract large numbers of cyclists. Frequently, we are able to employ a few youth for credit hours or a small hourly rate and a share of any tips collected.'' "

== Contact Info ==

Headquarters

3943 Lancaster Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-386-0316

==Bike Church==

Bike Church is a program at Neighborhood Bike Works.

During Bike Church Hours Adults have the opportunity to use repair stands and tools to fix their own bikes for free.

====Bike Church Hours====
Current as of December 2018
Tue & Thu 6:30PM - 9PM
Sat & Sun 12PM - 4PM
Wed *women and trans only* 6:30 - 9

See Also: [[Bike Church]]

====Bike Church Contact====
c/o Mel's Community Shop
3939 Lancaster Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-386-0316 x121
http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org/programs/adult-repair-co-op/
info@neighborhoodbikeworks.org

== Website ==

* http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org/
https://www.instagram.com/neighborhoodbikeworks/
* http://www.youtube.com/user/NeighborhdBikeWorks
* https://www.facebook.com/NBWPhilly/
* https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/3532547/
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhood_Bike_Works
* https://myspace.com/bikeworks

File:NBW Logo.gif

2019-02-28T18:24:08Z

Eugene: Eugene uploaded a new version of File:NBW Logo.gif

[[Category:Logos]]

Neighborhood Bike Works

2019-02-27T19:34:13Z

Eugene: /* Website */

{{
shop-info
| name = Neighborhood Bike Works
| logo = NBW_Logo.gif
| year_founded = 1999
| year_dissolved =
| email = info@neighborhoodbikeworks.org
| website = http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org
| town = Philadelphia
| state = PA
| country = United States

| 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 = yes
| has-workshops = yes
| has-courses = yes
| has-group-rides = yes
| has-bicycle-advocacy = yes
| has-pedicab = no
| has-in-school-programs = yes
| has-youth-summercamp = yes
| has-youth-racing = yes
| has-women-trans-hours = yes

| mission-statement = To increase opportunities for urban youth in underserved neighborhoods in greater Philadelphia by offering educational, recreational, and career-building opportunities through bicycling; to also promote cycling as a healthy, affordable, environment-friendly form of transportation.
}}

[https://vimeo.com/242130931 a video about our organization! ]

'''Neighborhood Bike Works''' is a nonprofit educational organization in Philadelphia that seeks to increase opportunities for urban youth in underserved neighborhoods in greater Philadelphia by offering educational, recreational, and career-building opportunities through bicycling; it also promotes cycling as a healthy, affordable, environment-friendly form of transportation. NBW presently operates out of its headquarters located in the Mantua neighborhood of Philadelphia.

== History ==
Started in 1996 as Youth Cycle & Recycle, a program of The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, Neighborhood Bike Works incorporated as a non-profit in July 1999. It expanded to the Haddington neighborhood in 2002, and opened the North Philadelphia Neighborhood Shop in 2009. The North Philly shop was also its sales and service location, and operated a fully functioning repair shop. In 2010, the South Philadelphia satellite program opened a location on 5th Street between Lombard and South. Historically, it held programming at four Philadelphia sites, a satellite location in Norristown, PA, and in several public schools and community centers.

== Bike Valet ==
From the website:

" ''In addition to community participation and fundraising for our youth programs, we also provide valet bike parking as a means to employ select graduates of our programs. We are often contracted by other groups to do Valet Bike Parking for events that are expected to attract large numbers of cyclists. Frequently, we are able to employ a few youth for credit hours or a small hourly rate and a share of any tips collected.'' "

== Contact Info ==

Headquarters

3943 Lancaster Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-386-0316

==Bike Church==

Bike Church is a program at Neighborhood Bike Works.

During Bike Church Hours Adults have the opportunity to use repair stands and tools to fix their own bikes for free.

====Bike Church Hours====
Current as of December 2018
Tue & Thu 6:30PM - 9PM
Sat & Sun 12PM - 4PM
Wed *women and trans only* 6:30 - 9

See Also: [[Bike Church]]

====Bike Church Contact====
c/o Mel's Community Shop
3939 Lancaster Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-386-0316 x121
http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org/programs/adult-repair-co-op/
info@neighborhoodbikeworks.org

== Website ==

* http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org/
https://www.instagram.com/neighborhoodbikeworks/
* http://www.youtube.com/user/NeighborhdBikeWorks
* https://www.facebook.com/NBWPhilly/
* https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/3532547/
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhood_Bike_Works
* https://myspace.com/bikeworks

Neighborhood Bike Works

2019-02-27T19:24:31Z

Eugene: /* Teaching Resources */ deleting

{{
shop-info
| name = Neighborhood Bike Works
| logo = NBW_Logo.gif
| year_founded = 1999
| year_dissolved =
| email = info@neighborhoodbikeworks.org
| website = http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org
| town = Philadelphia
| state = PA
| country = United States

| 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 = yes
| has-workshops = yes
| has-courses = yes
| has-group-rides = yes
| has-bicycle-advocacy = yes
| has-pedicab = no
| has-in-school-programs = yes
| has-youth-summercamp = yes
| has-youth-racing = yes
| has-women-trans-hours = yes

| mission-statement = To increase opportunities for urban youth in underserved neighborhoods in greater Philadelphia by offering educational, recreational, and career-building opportunities through bicycling; to also promote cycling as a healthy, affordable, environment-friendly form of transportation.
}}

[https://vimeo.com/242130931 a video about our organization! ]

'''Neighborhood Bike Works''' is a nonprofit educational organization in Philadelphia that seeks to increase opportunities for urban youth in underserved neighborhoods in greater Philadelphia by offering educational, recreational, and career-building opportunities through bicycling; it also promotes cycling as a healthy, affordable, environment-friendly form of transportation. NBW presently operates out of its headquarters located in the Mantua neighborhood of Philadelphia.

== History ==
Started in 1996 as Youth Cycle & Recycle, a program of The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, Neighborhood Bike Works incorporated as a non-profit in July 1999. It expanded to the Haddington neighborhood in 2002, and opened the North Philadelphia Neighborhood Shop in 2009. The North Philly shop was also its sales and service location, and operated a fully functioning repair shop. In 2010, the South Philadelphia satellite program opened a location on 5th Street between Lombard and South. Historically, it held programming at four Philadelphia sites, a satellite location in Norristown, PA, and in several public schools and community centers.

== Bike Valet ==
From the website:

" ''In addition to community participation and fundraising for our youth programs, we also provide valet bike parking as a means to employ select graduates of our programs. We are often contracted by other groups to do Valet Bike Parking for events that are expected to attract large numbers of cyclists. Frequently, we are able to employ a few youth for credit hours or a small hourly rate and a share of any tips collected.'' "

== Contact Info ==

Headquarters

3943 Lancaster Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-386-0316

==Bike Church==

Bike Church is a program at Neighborhood Bike Works.

During Bike Church Hours Adults have the opportunity to use repair stands and tools to fix their own bikes for free.

====Bike Church Hours====
Current as of December 2018
Tue & Thu 6:30PM - 9PM
Sat & Sun 12PM - 4PM
Wed *women and trans only* 6:30 - 9

See Also: [[Bike Church]]

====Bike Church Contact====
c/o Mel's Community Shop
3939 Lancaster Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-386-0316 x121
http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org/programs/adult-repair-co-op/
info@neighborhoodbikeworks.org

== Website ==

* http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org/
* http://www.youtube.com/user/NeighborhdBikeWorks
* https://www.facebook.com/NBWPhilly/
* https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/3532547/
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhood_Bike_Works
* https://myspace.com/bikeworks

Neighborhood Bike Works

2019-02-27T19:01:12Z

Eugene: /* History */

{{
shop-info
| name = Neighborhood Bike Works
| logo = NBW_Logo.gif
| year_founded = 1999
| year_dissolved =
| email = info@neighborhoodbikeworks.org
| website = http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org
| town = Philadelphia
| state = PA
| country = United States

| 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 = yes
| has-workshops = yes
| has-courses = yes
| has-group-rides = yes
| has-bicycle-advocacy = yes
| has-pedicab = no
| has-in-school-programs = yes
| has-youth-summercamp = yes
| has-youth-racing = yes
| has-women-trans-hours = yes

| mission-statement = To increase opportunities for urban youth in underserved neighborhoods in greater Philadelphia by offering educational, recreational, and career-building opportunities through bicycling; to also promote cycling as a healthy, affordable, environment-friendly form of transportation.
}}

[https://vimeo.com/242130931 a video about our organization! ]

'''Neighborhood Bike Works''' is a nonprofit educational organization in Philadelphia that seeks to increase opportunities for urban youth in underserved neighborhoods in greater Philadelphia by offering educational, recreational, and career-building opportunities through bicycling; it also promotes cycling as a healthy, affordable, environment-friendly form of transportation. NBW presently operates out of its headquarters located in the Mantua neighborhood of Philadelphia.

== History ==
Started in 1996 as Youth Cycle & Recycle, a program of The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, Neighborhood Bike Works incorporated as a non-profit in July 1999. It expanded to the Haddington neighborhood in 2002, and opened the North Philadelphia Neighborhood Shop in 2009. The North Philly shop was also its sales and service location, and operated a fully functioning repair shop. In 2010, the South Philadelphia satellite program opened a location on 5th Street between Lombard and South. Historically, it held programming at four Philadelphia sites, a satellite location in Norristown, PA, and in several public schools and community centers.

== Teaching Resources ==

* [[Picking Bikes and Bike Anatomy]]
* [[Shop Setup and Tool Usage]]
* [[Bearing Systems Teacher Training]]
* [[Tires and Tubes Teacher Training]]

== Bike Valet ==
From the website:

" ''In addition to community participation and fundraising for our youth programs, we also provide valet bike parking as a means to employ select graduates of our programs. We are often contracted by other groups to do Valet Bike Parking for events that are expected to attract large numbers of cyclists. Frequently, we are able to employ a few youth for credit hours or a small hourly rate and a share of any tips collected.'' "

== Contact Info ==

Headquarters

3943 Lancaster Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-386-0316

==Bike Church==

Bike Church is a program at Neighborhood Bike Works.

During Bike Church Hours Adults have the opportunity to use repair stands and tools to fix their own bikes for free.

====Bike Church Hours====
Current as of December 2018
Tue & Thu 6:30PM - 9PM
Sat & Sun 12PM - 4PM
Wed *women and trans only* 6:30 - 9

See Also: [[Bike Church]]

====Bike Church Contact====
c/o Mel's Community Shop
3939 Lancaster Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-386-0316 x121
http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org/programs/adult-repair-co-op/
info@neighborhoodbikeworks.org

== Website ==

* http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org/
* http://www.youtube.com/user/NeighborhdBikeWorks
* https://www.facebook.com/NBWPhilly/
* https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/3532547/
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhood_Bike_Works
* https://myspace.com/bikeworks

Bike Kitchen Brno

2019-02-26T20:45:39Z

Eugene:

{{
shop-info
| name = Bike Kitchen Brno
| logo =
| year_founded = 2017
| year_dissolved =

| website = https://www.facebook.com/pg/BikeKitchenBrno
| town = Brno
| province = Moravia
| country = Czech Republic

| campus =

| language1 = Czech
| language2 =
| language3 =

| has-diy-shop = yes
| has-pay-shop =
| has-mobile-repair =
| has-bike-sharing =
| has-earn-a-bike =
| has-bike-valet =
| has-workshops =
| has-courses =
| has-group-rides =
| has-bicycle-advocacy =
| has-pedicab =

| mission-statement =
}}

Bike Kitchen Brno, a.k.a. BKB, is a community organization, like others on this website, which is specialized for repairing and cooking.

[https://goo.gl/maps/RirbCXP6vFL2 We are located at Přízova 2, Brno]

== History ==
BKB was founded in May 2017 by a group of about 20 volunteers that were active in urban cycling activism. It was based in abandoned premises of a former workshop of a local bikesharing provider. These premises are quite spatious, therefore the organization was able to have indoor workshop, three rooms of stocks, a solid kitchen and a community-club room. Since the beginning, the organization has found a lot of supporters, its members remained loyal and workshop spaces for visitors were multiplied.

== Current state ==
Open hours are two times a week: Tuesdays 4-9pm and Thursdays 5-7pm.

== Connect ==

[https://www.facebook.com/pg/BikeKitchenBrno/ Facebook] | [https://instagram.com/bikekitchenbrno/ Instagram] | [https://www.linkedin.com/company/bike-kitchen-brno Linkedin] | [mailto:spolek@bikekitchenbrno.cz Email us]

Bike Kitchen Brno

2019-02-26T20:45:19Z

Eugene: /* Connect */

{{
shop-info
| name = Bike Kitchen Brno
| logo =
| year_founded = 2017
| year_dissolved =

| website = https://www.facebook.com/pg/BikeKitchenBrno
| town = Brno
| province = Moravia
| country = Czech Republic

| campus =

| language1 = Czech
| language2 =
| language3 =

| has-diy-shop =
| has-pay-shop =
| has-mobile-repair =
| has-bike-sharing =
| has-earn-a-bike =
| has-bike-valet =
| has-workshops =
| has-courses =
| has-group-rides =
| has-bicycle-advocacy =
| has-pedicab =

| mission-statement =
}}

Bike Kitchen Brno, a.k.a. BKB, is a community organization, like others on this website, which is specialized for repairing and cooking.

[https://goo.gl/maps/RirbCXP6vFL2 We are located at Přízova 2, Brno]

== History ==
BKB was founded in May 2017 by a group of about 20 volunteers that were active in urban cycling activism. It was based in abandoned premises of a former workshop of a local bikesharing provider. These premises are quite spatious, therefore the organization was able to have indoor workshop, three rooms of stocks, a solid kitchen and a community-club room. Since the beginning, the organization has found a lot of supporters, its members remained loyal and workshop spaces for visitors were multiplied.

== Current state ==
Open hours are two times a week: Tuesdays 4-9pm and Thursdays 5-7pm.

== Connect ==

[https://www.facebook.com/pg/BikeKitchenBrno/ Facebook] | [https://instagram.com/bikekitchenbrno/ Instagram] | [https://www.linkedin.com/company/bike-kitchen-brno Linkedin] | [mailto:spolek@bikekitchenbrno.cz Email us]

Bike Kitchen Brno

2019-02-26T20:43:19Z

Eugene: added right panel

{{
shop-info
| name = Bike Kitchen Brno
| logo =
| year_founded = 2017
| year_dissolved =

| website = https://www.facebook.com/pg/BikeKitchenBrno
| town = Brno
| province = Moravia
| country = Czech Republic

| campus =

| language1 = Czech
| language2 =
| language3 =

| has-diy-shop =
| has-pay-shop =
| has-mobile-repair =
| has-bike-sharing =
| has-earn-a-bike =
| has-bike-valet =
| has-workshops =
| has-courses =
| has-group-rides =
| has-bicycle-advocacy =
| has-pedicab =

| mission-statement =
}}

Bike Kitchen Brno, a.k.a. BKB, is a community organization, like others on this website, which is specialized for repairing and cooking.

[https://goo.gl/maps/RirbCXP6vFL2 We are located at Přízova 2, Brno]

== History ==
BKB was founded in May 2017 by a group of about 20 volunteers that were active in urban cycling activism. It was based in abandoned premises of a former workshop of a local bikesharing provider. These premises are quite spatious, therefore the organization was able to have indoor workshop, three rooms of stocks, a solid kitchen and a community-club room. Since the beginning, the organization has found a lot of supporters, its members remained loyal and workshop spaces for visitors were multiplied.

== Current state ==
Open hours are two times a week: Tuesdays 4-9pm and Thursdays 5-7pm.

== Connect ==

[https://www.facebook.com/pg/BikeKitchenBrno/ Facebook] | [https://instagram.com/bikekitchenbrno/ Instagram] | [https://www.linkedin.com/company/bike-kitchen-brno Linkedin] | [mailto:spolek@bikekitchenbrno.cz Email us] | [http://bikekitchenbrno.cz/ Website]

Bike Root

2019-02-26T20:25:01Z

Eugene:

{{
shop-info
| name = The Bike Root
| logo = BikeRootLogo2018.png
| year_founded = 2008
| year_dissolved =

| website = http://www.bikeroot.ca
| town = Calgary
| province = AB
| country = Canada

| campus = University of Calgary

| language1 = English
| language2 =
| language3 =

| has-diy-shop = yes
| has-pay-shop = no
| has-mobile-repair = yes
| has-bike-sharing = no
| has-earn-a-bike = no
| has-bike-valet = yes
| has-workshops = no
| has-courses = no
| has-group-rides = yes
| has-bicycle-advocacy = yes
| has-pedicab = no

| mission-statement = To foster community through promotion of environmental sustainability and healthy lifestyles.
}}

'''The Bike Root''' is a bicycle collective in Calgary, Alberta. We are focused on providing the services to students, staff, faculty, and community members from the [[wikipedia:University of Calgary|University of Calgary]] campus.

== Contact Info ==
=== Email ===
mailto:info@bikeroot.ca

=== Shop Address ===
Loading dock, Arts Parkade (NW corner)
Enter from University Drive NW by taking the Entrance #3 at University Gate NW
Calgary, AB
Canada T2N 1N4

=== Mailing Address ===
251 MacEwan Student Center
Box 102
2500 University Dr, N.W.
Calgary, AB
Canada T2N 1N4

== History ==
In 2008, the Bike Root opened in a disused loading dock in the centre of campus. A fully outfitted bicycle lending library was opened soon thereafter.
In the summer of 2010, the Bike Root lost the use of their space on campus. The shop was briefly run out of a shipping container on the edge of campus.
Sometime thereafter, the entire bicycle library (and bike stock) was stolen from Campus.
In 20(??), the Bike Root reopened in the Arts Parkade loading dock one or two days a week and in 2016, the shop hours were expanded by the new board to 5 days a week. The Bike Root maintains open hours 5 days a week as of May, 2016.

* [[DIY Repair Services]]

== Services Offered ==
=== DIY Shop ===
The Bike Root is typically open many days each week (current schedule at http://BikeRoot.ca). We have 6 stands available and a very comprehensive set of tools and speciality tools. There is a good stock of new and used parts for most bikes. Bike part and bicycle donations are accepted at any time during open hours. Membership is $10 annually and can be renewed for a year at any time.

=== Mobile Repair ===
The Bike Root does not regularly offer mobile repair, but often is asked to attend events and demonstrate how to repair attendees bikes. This is usually done in a [[hands-on repair|hands on]] fashion, unless the attendee states that they have the competency to use the tools at hand.

Normally the only small repairs are performed which includes
* pumping up tires
* adjustments to dérailleur and brake limits and barrel adjusters
* size adjustments
* quick cleaning
* lubing of chain.

More complex adjustments and repairs and deemed to risky, in the past we have found ourselves not able to reassemble what we disassembled even when we had much experience with the procedure simply because we did not carry spare parts or more complex tools.

=== Bicycle Valet ===
Since the summer of 2010, the Bike Root has been offering a regular bicycle valet service to our local farmers' market in [[wikipedia:Hillhurst, Calgary|Hillhurst-Sunnyside]]. Normally two volunteers are at hand to serve those with bikes entering the market. The service is by donation and normally brings in approximately $20-$30 a week.

We own 3 portable and collapsible high quality aluminium bike racks. Normally a tent is erected to shelter the volunteers from the sun or rain and the area is roped off to discourage people from entering.

A tagging system is used to mark the bikes. Large tags or varying colours and with varying images were made in duplicate, laminated and small clips were attached to each. The volunteer will take the client's bike, clip a tag to the bike and give the client the duplicate. The system work much in the same way as does a coat check.

=== Group Rides ===
Infrequently the Bike Root offers group rides.

=== Former Services Offered ===
In the summer of 2010, the Bike Root lost the use of their space on campus. At that time the following additional services were offered

* [[Bicycle Library]]

Bike Root

2019-02-26T20:23:19Z

Eugene:

{{
shop-info
| name = The Bike Root
| logo = BikeRootLogo2018.gif
| year_founded = 2008
| year_dissolved =

| website = http://www.bikeroot.ca
| town = Calgary
| province = AB
| country = Canada

| campus = University of Calgary

| language1 = English
| language2 =
| language3 =

| has-diy-shop = yes
| has-pay-shop = no
| has-mobile-repair = yes
| has-bike-sharing = no
| has-earn-a-bike = no
| has-bike-valet = yes
| has-workshops = no
| has-courses = no
| has-group-rides = yes
| has-bicycle-advocacy = yes
| has-pedicab = no

| mission-statement = To foster community through promotion of environmental sustainability and healthy lifestyles.
}}

'''The Bike Root''' is a bicycle collective in Calgary, Alberta. We are focused on providing the services to students, staff, faculty, and community members from the [[wikipedia:University of Calgary|University of Calgary]] campus.

== Contact Info ==
=== Email ===
mailto:info@bikeroot.ca

=== Shop Address ===
Loading dock, Arts Parkade (NW corner)
Enter from University Drive NW by taking the Entrance #3 at University Gate NW
Calgary, AB
Canada T2N 1N4

=== Mailing Address ===
251 MacEwan Student Center
Box 102
2500 University Dr, N.W.
Calgary, AB
Canada T2N 1N4

== History ==
In 2008, the Bike Root opened in a disused loading dock in the centre of campus. A fully outfitted bicycle lending library was opened soon thereafter.
In the summer of 2010, the Bike Root lost the use of their space on campus. The shop was briefly run out of a shipping container on the edge of campus.
Sometime thereafter, the entire bicycle library (and bike stock) was stolen from Campus.
In 20(??), the Bike Root reopened in the Arts Parkade loading dock one or two days a week and in 2016, the shop hours were expanded by the new board to 5 days a week. The Bike Root maintains open hours 5 days a week as of May, 2016.

* [[DIY Repair Services]]

== Services Offered ==
=== DIY Shop ===
The Bike Root is typically open many days each week (current schedule at http://BikeRoot.ca). We have 6 stands available and a very comprehensive set of tools and speciality tools. There is a good stock of new and used parts for most bikes. Bike part and bicycle donations are accepted at any time during open hours. Membership is $10 annually and can be renewed for a year at any time.

=== Mobile Repair ===
The Bike Root does not regularly offer mobile repair, but often is asked to attend events and demonstrate how to repair attendees bikes. This is usually done in a [[hands-on repair|hands on]] fashion, unless the attendee states that they have the competency to use the tools at hand.

Normally the only small repairs are performed which includes
* pumping up tires
* adjustments to dérailleur and brake limits and barrel adjusters
* size adjustments
* quick cleaning
* lubing of chain.

More complex adjustments and repairs and deemed to risky, in the past we have found ourselves not able to reassemble what we disassembled even when we had much experience with the procedure simply because we did not carry spare parts or more complex tools.

=== Bicycle Valet ===
Since the summer of 2010, the Bike Root has been offering a regular bicycle valet service to our local farmers' market in [[wikipedia:Hillhurst, Calgary|Hillhurst-Sunnyside]]. Normally two volunteers are at hand to serve those with bikes entering the market. The service is by donation and normally brings in approximately $20-$30 a week.

We own 3 portable and collapsible high quality aluminium bike racks. Normally a tent is erected to shelter the volunteers from the sun or rain and the area is roped off to discourage people from entering.

A tagging system is used to mark the bikes. Large tags or varying colours and with varying images were made in duplicate, laminated and small clips were attached to each. The volunteer will take the client's bike, clip a tag to the bike and give the client the duplicate. The system work much in the same way as does a coat check.

=== Group Rides ===
Infrequently the Bike Root offers group rides.

=== Former Services Offered ===
In the summer of 2010, the Bike Root lost the use of their space on campus. At that time the following additional services were offered

* [[Bicycle Library]]

User talk:StuartN

2019-02-19T19:48:48Z

Eugene:

===Welcome to ''Bike Collectives Wiki''!===
We hope you will contribute much and well.
You will probably want to read the [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents|help pages]].
Again, welcome and have fun! [[User:PositiveSpin|PositiveSpin]] ([[User talk:PositiveSpin|talk]]) 01:58, 13 May 2018 (PDT)

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User talk:Rgb

2019-02-19T19:38:38Z

Eugene:

===Welcome to ''Bike Collectives Wiki===
We hope you will contribute much and well.
You will probably want to read the [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents|help pages]].
Again, welcome and have fun! [[User:PositiveSpin|PositiveSpin]] ([[User talk:PositiveSpin|talk]]) 14:08, 9 September 2018 (PDT)

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User talk:Bike shed scretary melbourne

2019-02-19T19:33:58Z

Eugene:

===Welcome to ''Bike Collectives Wiki''!===
We hope you will contribute much and well.
You will probably want to read the [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents|help pages]].
Again, welcome and have fun! [[User:Godwin|Godwin]] ([[User talk:Godwin|talk]]) 09:10, 20 September 2018 (PDT)

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User talk:Danqo

2019-02-19T19:33:36Z

Eugene:

===Welcome to ''Bike Collectives Wiki''!===
We hope you will contribute much and well.
You will probably want to read the [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents|help pages]].
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User talk:Bikeroot

2019-02-19T19:33:10Z

Eugene:

===Welcome to ''Bike Collectives Wiki''!===
We hope you will contribute much and well.
You will probably want to read the [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents|help pages]].
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User talk:76

2019-02-19T19:32:23Z

Eugene:

===Welcome to ''Bike Collectives Wiki''!===
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Category talk:Shops that have Closed

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Pedal MCR

2018-12-21T21:34:06Z

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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is ...
a community bike workshop in Platt Fields Park in Manchester, UK. We aim to be a workers co-op but due to lack of funds currently work as volunteers. We offer a variety of services to promote DIY bike maintenance and sustainable cycling.

== Contact Info ==
Email: info@pedalmcr.org.uk
Telephone: 07931 457 808

== History ==


== Services Offered ==
Tool Club: We open our workshop to the community every Tuesday and Thursday 5pm-7.30pm for people to hire tools and workstands to D.I.Y their bikes. Prices vary depending on how long you spend. We also have 2nd hand parts avaiable to buy.

1 to 1 Learn and Repair: Every Tuesday and Thursday 5pm-7.30pm bring your bike to get repaired and a mechanic will show you how it's done so you can D.I.Y next time!

Cycle Hire: We hire our mountain, hybrid, and step-through bikes for an hour, half day or a full day.

Maintenance Classes: We offer a range of maintenance classes from basic to advanced in the evenings and weekends

Pedal In Cinema: Bike movie screenings Tuesday 5th June, 3rd July, 7th August from 7.30pm-10pm. We'll be showing a feature film and some short bike movies made in Manchester and around the world. Everyone welcome!

Cycle Training: We offer one to one and group cycle training for all ages and abilities. Whether you want to learn to ride a bike or tackle a tricky junction on your commute.

Youth Programmes: We deliver classroom sessions, maintenance courses, cycling games, bike rides and much more for schools, youth groups, young offenders and children's homes.

Bike Recycling: We reycle bikes that would otherwise go to landfil and then either sell them to fund the project and provide affordable bikes in the community, or we use them in our Earn A Bike schemes- where organiastions bring clients to build a bike to keep for people who otherwise couldn't afford one

Pedal MCR

2018-12-21T21:33:18Z

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}}

'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is ...
a community bike workshop in Platt Fields Park in Manchester, UK. We aim to be a workers co-op but due to lack of funds currently work as volunteers. We offer a variety of services to promote DIY bike maintenance and sustainable cycling.

== Contact Info ==
Email: info@pedalmcr.org.uk
Telephone: 07931 457 808

== History ==


== Services Offered ==
Tool Club: We open our workshop to the community every Tuesday and Thursday 5pm-7.30pm for people to hire tools and workstands to D.I.Y their bikes. Prices vary depending on how long you spend. We also have 2nd hand parts avaiable to buy.

1 to 1 Learn and Repair: Every Tuesday and Thursday 5pm-7.30pm bring your bike to get repaired and a mechanic will show you how it's done so you can D.I.Y next time!

Cycle Hire: We hire our mountain, hybrid, and step-through bikes for an hour, half day or a full day.

Maintenance Classes: We offer a range of maintenance classes from basic to advanced in the evenings and weekends

Pedal In Cinema: Bike movie screenings Tuesday 5th June, 3rd July, 7th August from 7.30pm-10pm. We'll be showing a feature film and some short bike movies made in Manchester and around the world. Everyone welcome!

Cycle Training: We offer one to one and group cycle training for all ages and abilities. Whether you want to learn to ride a bike or tackle a tricky junction on your commute.

Youth Programmes: We deliver classroom sessions, maintenance courses, cycling games, bike rides and much more for schools, youth groups, young offenders and children's homes.

Bike Recycling: We reycle bikes that would otherwise go to landfil and then either sell them to fund the project and provide affordable bikes in the community, or we use them in our Earn A Bike schemes- where organiastions bring clients to build a bike to keep for people who otherwise couldn't afford one

I Bike MCR

2018-12-21T21:32:55Z

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I Bike MCR was a group of cyclists that basically love to ride. We don't do this for a job, nor do we get any funding other than bits to pay for equipment etc. for our events. We organize for ourselves, for each other and by organizing stuff we want to do we hope that others who like what they see will join us and organize with us stuff that they like to do too.

I Bike MCR is the activities side of stuff, like bike rides and festivals and campaigning. For mechanical stuff see [http://pedalmcr.org.uk/ Pedal MCR]

== Website ==

https://twitter.com/PedalMCR/status/556151020997210112

== See Also ==

* [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]

[[Category:Manchester, UK Community Bicycle Organizations]]

I Bike MCR

2018-12-21T21:32:28Z

Eugene:

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I Bike MCR was a group of cyclists that basically love to ride. We don't do this for a job, nor do we get any funding other than bits to pay for equipment etc. for our events. We organize for ourselves, for each other and by organizing stuff we want to do we hope that others who like what they see will join us and organize with us stuff that they like to do too.

I Bike MCR is the activities side of stuff, like bike rides and festivals and campaigning. For mechanical stuff see [http://pedalmcr.org.uk/ Pedal MCR]

== Website ==

http://www.ibikemcr.org.uk/

== See Also ==

* [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]

[[Category:Manchester, UK Community Bicycle Organizations]]

I Bike MCR

2018-12-21T21:31:17Z

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I Bike MCR is a group of cyclists that basically love to ride. We don't do this for a job, nor do we get any funding other than bits to pay for equipment etc. for our events. We organise for ourselves, for each other and by organising stuff we want to do we hope that others who like what they see will join us and organise with us stuff that they like to do too.

I Bike MCR is the activities side of stuff, like bike rides and festivals and campaigning. For mechanical stuff see [http://pedalmcr.org.uk/ Pedal MCR]

== Website ==

http://www.ibikemcr.org.uk/

== See Also ==

* [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]

[[Category:Manchester, UK Community Bicycle Organizations]]

Bike Rescue

2018-12-21T19:37:21Z

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== Website (defunct) ==

http://www.bikerescueproject.org.uk

== See Also ==

* [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]

[[Category:York, UK Community Bicycle Organizations]]

Bike Rescue

2018-12-21T19:36:41Z

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== Website ==

http://www.bikerescueproject.org.uk

== See Also ==

* [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]

[[Category:York, UK Community Bicycle Organizations]]

Walthamstow Bicycle Recycling

2018-12-21T19:33:32Z

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== What we did==

'''Public drop-in sessions'''

Third and fourth Saturday of the month: 11am-3pm

Members of the public could attend these sessions to learn how to work on their own bikes with the assistance of a bike mechanic.

Waltham Forest London Cycling Campaign branch ran a workshop on the second Saturday of each month 10am-12noon

'''Bike sales'''

Recycled bikes were available for members of the public to purchase on the first Saturday of each month between 1-3pm, prices started from £45. Children's bikes were also available from £20.

'''Unwanted bikes?'''

<s>If you have a bike you would like to donate to us please bring it to the workshop located at Low Hall Depot, South Access Road, Walthamstow, E10 7AS. Unfortunately we do not have the resources to collect bikes. Ask at security for directions to the workshop. Any bikes donated are gratefully received.

You can donate your bike during office hours 9am-5pm Mon-Friday.</s>

== Former Location ==

Low Hall Depot,
South Access Road,
London E10 7AS
England

* Telephone: workshop on 07948 060 473 (Fridays and Saturdays only)

== Former Hours ==

* Saturdays 11am-3pm

== Website (defunct) ==

* http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/index/environment/rubbish-recycling/recycling/cycling-recycle.htm

== See Also ==

[[Category:London, UK Community Bicycle Organizations]]

Walthamstow Bicycle Recycling

2018-12-21T19:09:09Z

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== What we do ==

Public drop-in sessions
Third and fourth Saturday of the month: 11am-3pm

Members of the public can attend these sessions to learn how to work on their own bikes with the assistance of a bike mechanic.

Waltham Forest London Cycling Campaign branch run a workshop on the second Saturday of each month 10am-12noon

Bike sales
Recycled bikes are available for members of the public to purchase on the first Saturday of each month between 1-3pm, prices start from £45. Children's bikes are also available from £20.

Unwanted bikes?
If you have a bike you would like to donate to us please bring it to the workshop located at Low Hall Depot, South Access Road, Walthamstow, E10 7AS. Unfortunately we do not have the resources to collect bikes. Ask at security for directions to the workshop. Any bikes donated are gratefully received.

You can donate your bike during office hours 9am-5pm Mon-Friday.

== Location ==

Low Hall Depot,
South Access Road,
London E10 7AS
England

* Telephone: workshop on 07948 060 473 (Fridays and Saturdays only)

== Hours ==

* Saturdays 11am-3pm

== Website ==

* http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/index/environment/rubbish-recycling/recycling/cycling-recycle.htm

== See Also ==

* [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]

[[Category:London, UK Community Bicycle Organizations]]

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==Bike Collective Network==

The mission of the [http://www.bikecollectives.org/ Bike Collective Network] is to strengthen and encourage communication and resource sharing between existing and future community bike shops. Collectively we can improve a bigger wheel as opposed to re-inventing smaller ones.

Join over 600 like minded individuals from over [[Community Bicycle Organizations|300 similar organizations]] across the world on [http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org The Think Tank] email list.

This wiki is here to help bike collectives collaborate and share ideas. Whether you are an [[advocate]], [[mechanic]], or just someone who likes to ride -- anyone can freely edit the content of this site. A history of all changes ensures that nothing is lost.

[[Contribute to this Wiki|See FAQ about contributing to this wiki]].

==Lists of Organizations==

* List of [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]
* List of [[:Category:International Bicycle Aid Organizations|International Bicycle Aid Organizations]]

==Starter Kits==

Just starting out? Looking to expand? Before you do anything crazy, start planning! Set clear goals and the path to meeting those goals will also become clear. Follow hundreds of similar organizations by using and contributing to these free online resources...

# [[Organizational Models]]
# [[Legal Filings]]
# [[Insurance]]
# [[Accounting]]
# [[Fundraising]]
# [[Publicity]]
#*[[FREE PICKLE Day]]
# [[Strategic Planning]]
# Over 300 examples of [[Community Bicycle Organizations]] and [[:Category:International Bicycle Aid Organizations|International Bicycle Aid Organizations]].
# [[Teaching Resources]]
# Common Activities:
#* [[Community Bike Shop]]: Providing bicycle tools, parts, used bikes and mechanical expertise to the public.
#* [[Earn-a-Bike]]: Programs that allow people to literally earn a bike through learning or volunteer work, sometimes focused exclusively on youth.
#* [[Valet Bike Parking]]: Providing corralled areas where volunteers watch your bike while you enjoy an event.
#* Safety Education: The [[League of American Bicyclists]] has a nicely pre-packaged program called [[Smart Cycling]] which includes a [[Bike Rodeo Kit]].
#* Mechanical Training: [[Park Tool]] has a nicely pre-packaged program called the [[Park Tool School]].
#* [[Helmet]] Distribution
#* [[Bicycle Art]]: Following [[Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle]] old bikes and parts are turned into works of art.
#* [[Bicycle Advocacy]]: Many [[Community Bicycle Organizations]] concentrate on the grass roots elements of educating and getting people on bikes. However some organizations, or at least some of their members, are also involved in traditional [[bicycle advocacy]].
#* [[Women and Trans Programs|Women's Only Night]]: Encouraging more women and transgender people to get involved and learn in a comfortable space without men.
#* [[Commercial Bike Racks]]: Providing [[outdoor bike racks]] and installation local businesses and cities.
# Organization Building Resources:
#* [[Alliance for Walking and Biking]] has contributed to this wiki, and also has an incredibly valuable [http://www.peoplepoweredmovement.org/site/index.php/members/ Resource Library] for members.

=== Community Bike Shop ===

Providing bicycle tools, parts, used bikes and mechanical expertise to the public.

# Bike and Part [[Donations]]: acquisition, sorting and [[Bike and Part Sales|re-sale]].
# [[Shop Location]]
# [[Staffing]]: paid, volunteer or both.
# [[Shop Organization]]
# [[Shop Recycling]]
# [[Volunteer Handbook]]
# [[Layout]]
# [[Rules]]
# [[Hours]]
# [[Capital Improvement Plans]]
# [[Proper Bike Fit]]
# [[Maintenance Classes]]
# [[Software]]

=== [[Earn-a-Bike]] ===

Programs that allow people to literally earn a bike through learning or volunteer work, sometimes focused exclusively on youth.

* Examples:
** [http://bikesnotbombs.org/resources/earn-a-bike-training-manual Earn-A-Bike Training Manual] by [[Bikes Not Bombs]]
** [http://www.recycleabicycle.org/sites/default/files/onerevolution.pdf One Revolution at a Time] by [[Recycle-a-Bicycle]]
** [http://www.recycleabicycle.org/sites/default/files/transportation_alternatives__tools_for_life__a_start-up_guide_for_youth_recycling_and_bicycling_programs.pdf Tools for Life] by [[Recycle-a-Bicycle]]
** [[Community Cycles Youth Earn-A-Bike Curriculum]]
* [[Teaching Methods]]

==Conferences/Gatherings==
* [[Bike!Bike!]] is an annual international conference of nonprofit bike collectives and other bicycle projects.
* [[BikeBike_Southeast_2012|Bike!Bike! Southeast 2012]] is in Birmingham, Alabama, March 23-25.
* [[Youth Bike Summit]] is organized by [[Recycle-a-Bicycle]] in New York City every year.

===Past Conferences===

* More [https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bike!Bike! Bike! Bike! events]
* [[Bike!Bike!_2011|Bike!Bike! in San Marcos, Tx, June 2011]]
* BiciBici! in Davis CA, April 2011
* [[Bike!Bike!_2010|Bike!Bike! in Toronto, Ontario August 2010]]
* Bike! Bike! in San Francisco, CA - Autumn 2008

Neighborhood Bike Works

2018-12-06T19:13:30Z

Eugene: video link added!

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| logo = NBW_Logo.gif
| year_founded = 1999
| year_dissolved =
| email = info@neighborhoodbikeworks.org
| website = http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org
| town = Philadelphia
| state = PA
| country = United States

| 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 = yes
| has-workshops = yes
| has-courses = yes
| has-group-rides = yes
| has-bicycle-advocacy = yes
| has-pedicab = no
| has-in-school-programs = yes
| has-youth-summercamp = yes
| has-youth-racing = yes
| has-women-trans-hours = yes

| mission-statement = To increase opportunities for urban youth in underserved neighborhoods in greater Philadelphia by offering educational, recreational, and career-building opportunities through bicycling; to also promote cycling as a healthy, affordable, environment-friendly form of transportation.
}}

[https://vimeo.com/242130931 a video about our organization! ]

'''Neighborhood Bike Works''' is a nonprofit educational organization in Philadelphia that seeks to increase opportunities for urban youth in underserved neighborhoods in greater Philadelphia by offering educational, recreational, and career-building opportunities through bicycling; it also promotes cycling as a healthy, affordable, environment-friendly form of transportation. NBW presently operates out of its headquarters located in the Mantua neighborhood of Philadelphia.

== History ==
Started in 1996 as Youth Cycle & Recycle, a program of The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, Neighborhood Bike Works incorporated as a non-profit in July 1999. It expanded to the Haddington neighborhood in 2002, and opened the North Philadelphia Neighborhood Shop in 2009. The North Philly shop was also its sales and service location, and operates a fully functioning repair shop. In 2010, the South Philadelphia satellite program opened a location on 5th Street between Lombard and South. Historically, it held programming at four Philadelphia sites, a satellite location in Norristown, PA, and in several public schools and community centers.

== Teaching Resources ==

* [[Picking Bikes and Bike Anatomy]]
* [[Shop Setup and Tool Usage]]
* [[Bearing Systems Teacher Training]]
* [[Tires and Tubes Teacher Training]]

== Bike Valet ==
From the website:

" ''In addition to community participation and fundraising for our youth programs, we also provide valet bike parking as a means to employ select graduates of our programs. We are often contracted by other groups to do Valet Bike Parking for events that are expected to attract large numbers of cyclists. Frequently, we are able to employ a few youth for credit hours or a small hourly rate and a share of any tips collected.'' "

== Contact Info ==

Headquarters

3943 Lancaster Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-386-0316

==Bike Church==

Bike Church is a program at Neighborhood Bike Works.

During Bike Church Hours Adults have the opportunity to use repair stands and tools to fix their own bikes for free.

====Bike Church Hours====
Current as of December 2018
Tue & Thu 6:30PM - 9PM
Sat & Sun 12PM - 4PM
Wed *women and trans only* 6:30 - 9

See Also: [[Bike Church]]

====Bike Church Contact====
c/o Mel's Community Shop
3939 Lancaster Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-386-0316 x121
http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org/programs/adult-repair-co-op/
info@neighborhoodbikeworks.org

== Website ==

* http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org/
* http://www.youtube.com/user/NeighborhdBikeWorks
* https://www.facebook.com/NBWPhilly/
* https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/3532547/
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhood_Bike_Works
* https://myspace.com/bikeworks

Neighborhood Bike Works

2018-12-06T18:47:46Z

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

| mission-statement = To increase opportunities for urban youth in underserved neighborhoods in greater Philadelphia by offering educational, recreational, and career-building opportunities through bicycling; to also promote cycling as a healthy, affordable, environment-friendly form of transportation.
}}

'''Neighborhood Bike Works''' is a nonprofit educational organization in Philadelphia that seeks to increase opportunities for urban youth in underserved neighborhoods in greater Philadelphia by offering educational, recreational, and career-building opportunities through bicycling; it also promotes cycling as a healthy, affordable, environment-friendly form of transportation. NBW presently operates out of its headquarters located in the Mantua neighborhood of Philadelphia.

== History ==
Started in 1996 as Youth Cycle & Recycle, a program of The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, Neighborhood Bike Works incorporated as a non-profit in July 1999. It expanded to the Haddington neighborhood in 2002, and opened the North Philadelphia Neighborhood Shop in 2009. The North Philly shop was also its sales and service location, and operates a fully functioning repair shop. In 2010, the South Philadelphia satellite program opened a location on 5th Street between Lombard and South. Historically, it held programming at four Philadelphia sites, a satellite location in Norristown, PA, and in several public schools and community centers.

== Teaching Resources ==

* [[Picking Bikes and Bike Anatomy]]
* [[Shop Setup and Tool Usage]]
* [[Bearing Systems Teacher Training]]
* [[Tires and Tubes Teacher Training]]

== Bike Valet ==
From the website:

" ''In addition to community participation and fundraising for our youth programs, we also provide valet bike parking as a means to employ select graduates of our programs. We are often contracted by other groups to do Valet Bike Parking for events that are expected to attract large numbers of cyclists. Frequently, we are able to employ a few youth for credit hours or a small hourly rate and a share of any tips collected.'' "

== Contact Info ==

Headquarters

3943 Lancaster Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-386-0316

==Bike Church==

Bike Church is a program at Neighborhood Bike Works.

During Bike Church Hours Adults have the opportunity to use repair stands and tools to fix their own bikes for free.

====Bike Church Hours====
Current as of December 2018
Tue & Thu 6:30PM - 9PM
Sat & Sun 12PM - 4PM
Wed *women and trans only* 6:30 - 9

See Also: [[Bike Church]]

====Bike Church Contact====
c/o Mel's Community Shop
3939 Lancaster Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-386-0316 x121
http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org/programs/adult-repair-co-op/
info@neighborhoodbikeworks.org

== Website ==

* http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org/
* http://www.youtube.com/user/NeighborhdBikeWorks
* https://www.facebook.com/NBWPhilly/
* https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/3532547/
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhood_Bike_Works
* https://myspace.com/bikeworks

Neighborhood Bike Works

2018-12-06T18:44:51Z

Eugene: /* About */

{{
shop-info
| name = Neighborhood Bike Works
| logo = NBW_Logo.gif
| year_founded = 1999
| year_dissolved =
| email = info@neighborhoodbikeworks.org
| website = http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org
| town = Philadelphia
| state = PA
| country = United States

| 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 = yes
| has-workshops = yes
| has-courses = yes
| has-group-rides = yes
| has-bicycle-advocacy = yes
| has-pedicab = no
| has-in-school-programs = yes
| has-youth-summercamp = yes
| has-youth-racing = yes
| has-women-trans-hours = yes

| mission-statement = To increase opportunities for urban youth in underserved neighborhoods in greater Philadelphia by offering educational, recreational, and career-building opportunities through bicycling; to also promote cycling as a healthy, affordable, environment-friendly form of transportation.
}}

'''Neighborhood Bike Works''' is a nonprofit educational organization in Philadelphia that seeks to increase opportunities for urban youth in underserved neighborhoods in greater Philadelphia by offering educational, recreational, and career-building opportunities through bicycling; it also promotes cycling as a healthy, affordable, environment-friendly form of transportation. NBW presently operates out of its headquarters located in the Mantua neighborhood of Philadelphia.

== History ==
Started in 1996 as Youth Cycle & Recycle, a program of The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, Neighborhood Bike Works incorporated as a non-profit in July 1999. It expanded to the Haddington neighborhood in 2002, and opened the North Philadelphia Neighborhood Shop in 2009. The North Philly shop was also its sales and service location, and operates a fully functioning repair shop. In 2010, the South Philadelphia satellite program opened a location on 5th Street between Lombard and South. Historically, it held programming at four Philadelphia sites, a satellite location in Norristown, PA, and in several public schools and community centers.

== Teaching Resources ==

* [[Picking Bikes and Bike Anatomy]]
* [[Shop Setup and Tool Usage]]
* [[Bearing Systems Teacher Training]]
* [[Tires and Tubes Teacher Training]]

== Bike Valet ==
From the website:

" ''In addition to community participation and fundraising for our youth programs, we also provide valet bike parking as a means to employ select graduates of our programs. We are often contracted by other groups to do Valet Bike Parking for events that are expected to attract large numbers of cyclists. Frequently, we are able to employ a few youth for credit hours or a small hourly rate and a share of any tips collected.'' "

== Contact Info ==

Headquarters

3943 Lancaster Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-386-0316

==Bike Church==

Bike Church is a program at Neighborhood Bike Works.

During Bike Church Hours Adults have the opportunity to use repair stands and tools to fix their own bikes for free.

Bike Church Hours as of December 2018:

Tue & Thu 6:30PM - 9PM
Sat & Sun 12PM - 4PM
Wed *women and trans only* 6:30 - 9

See Also: [[Bike Church]]

===Contact===
c/o Mel's Community Shop
3939 Lancaster Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-386-0316 x121
http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org/programs/adult-repair-co-op/
info@neighborhoodbikeworks.org

== Website ==

* http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org/
* http://www.youtube.com/user/NeighborhdBikeWorks
* https://www.facebook.com/NBWPhilly/
* https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/3532547/
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhood_Bike_Works
* https://myspace.com/bikeworks

Neighborhood Bike Works

2018-12-06T18:44:12Z

Eugene: /* About */ adding hours!

{{
shop-info
| name = Neighborhood Bike Works
| logo = NBW_Logo.gif
| year_founded = 1999
| year_dissolved =
| email = info@neighborhoodbikeworks.org
| website = http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org
| town = Philadelphia
| state = PA
| country = United States

| 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 = yes
| has-workshops = yes
| has-courses = yes
| has-group-rides = yes
| has-bicycle-advocacy = yes
| has-pedicab = no
| has-in-school-programs = yes
| has-youth-summercamp = yes
| has-youth-racing = yes
| has-women-trans-hours = yes

| mission-statement = To increase opportunities for urban youth in underserved neighborhoods in greater Philadelphia by offering educational, recreational, and career-building opportunities through bicycling; to also promote cycling as a healthy, affordable, environment-friendly form of transportation.
}}

'''Neighborhood Bike Works''' is a nonprofit educational organization in Philadelphia that seeks to increase opportunities for urban youth in underserved neighborhoods in greater Philadelphia by offering educational, recreational, and career-building opportunities through bicycling; it also promotes cycling as a healthy, affordable, environment-friendly form of transportation. NBW presently operates out of its headquarters located in the Mantua neighborhood of Philadelphia.

== History ==
Started in 1996 as Youth Cycle & Recycle, a program of The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, Neighborhood Bike Works incorporated as a non-profit in July 1999. It expanded to the Haddington neighborhood in 2002, and opened the North Philadelphia Neighborhood Shop in 2009. The North Philly shop was also its sales and service location, and operates a fully functioning repair shop. In 2010, the South Philadelphia satellite program opened a location on 5th Street between Lombard and South. Historically, it held programming at four Philadelphia sites, a satellite location in Norristown, PA, and in several public schools and community centers.

== Teaching Resources ==

* [[Picking Bikes and Bike Anatomy]]
* [[Shop Setup and Tool Usage]]
* [[Bearing Systems Teacher Training]]
* [[Tires and Tubes Teacher Training]]

== Bike Valet ==
From the website:

" ''In addition to community participation and fundraising for our youth programs, we also provide valet bike parking as a means to employ select graduates of our programs. We are often contracted by other groups to do Valet Bike Parking for events that are expected to attract large numbers of cyclists. Frequently, we are able to employ a few youth for credit hours or a small hourly rate and a share of any tips collected.'' "

== Contact Info ==

Headquarters

3943 Lancaster Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-386-0316

==Bike Church==
===About===
Bike Church is a program at Neighborhood Bike Works.

During Bike Church Hours Adults have the opportunity to use repair stands and tools to fix their own bikes for free.

Bike Church Hours as of December 2018:

Tue & Thu 6:30PM - 9PM
Sat & Sun 12PM - 4PM
Wed *women and trans only* 6:30 - 9

See Also: [[Bike Church]]

===Contact===
c/o Mel's Community Shop
3939 Lancaster Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-386-0316 x121
http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org/programs/adult-repair-co-op/
info@neighborhoodbikeworks.org

== Website ==

* http://www.neighborhoodbikeworks.org/
* http://www.youtube.com/user/NeighborhdBikeWorks
* https://www.facebook.com/NBWPhilly/
* https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/3532547/
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhood_Bike_Works
* https://myspace.com/bikeworks

User:Eugene

2018-12-06T18:41:44Z

Eugene:

💖💖💖SINGULAR THEY PRONOUNS PLEASE! ''[[Wikipedia:Singular_they|(check it!)]]''

Also see my discussion on [[User_talk:Eugene/Repair_Articles_On_The_Wiki|the fact that I don't really like that we try to write half-articles that go defunct on the topic of bike repair]]

==Background In Bikes==

Eugene has volunteered as a Bike Church Facilitator for [[Neighborhood Bike Works|NBW's]] [[Women and Trans Programs|Women and Trans Nights]] since Spring 2014. This was a natural fit as they are driven to find solutions for egalitarian access to transportation resources for all, regardless of gender. They joined [[Neighborhood Bike Works]] as a staff mechanic in 2015 and are excited to bring their knowledge and love to help out in the various [[Category:Philadelphia, PA Community Bicycle Organizations|Philly]] neighborhoods.
===Early Life===
coming soon
===Orgs Visited===

*[[The Bike Salon (Philadelphia, PA, USA)|Bike Salon]] Philly
*[[Bike Church]] Philly
*[[WTF Cycles PHL]]
*[[Yellow Bike Project]] Austin, TX
*[[Time's Up! Bike Co-op|Times Up! NYC]]
*[[Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles]] Ithaca, NY
*[[Pedal People]] Northampton, MA
*[[Green Options Buffalo]] Buffalo, NY
*[[R Community Bikes]] Rochester, NY

===Orgs Founded / Supported===

coming soon

==Background in Wikis==
Eugene started editing wikis in High School starting with their own High School's wiki in 2001.

They experienced a resurgence in wiki interest in 2006 when a popular internet game utilized [[wikipedia:mediawiki|mediawiki]] software as a means of communicating. A small project of theirs failed due to politics on Wikipedia, but still their passion remained strong.

They utilized that knowledge and passion to benefit the wiki belonging to their hometown of Rochester, NY for several years.

Now they hope to serve the global cycling community by cleaning up edits and contributing to Philly and Gender Inclusive pages around this wonderful wiki.

[https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=February_2016_Wiki_Contest#.E2.9C.A8THE_WINNERS.E2.9C.A8 ★ '''2016 Love our Wiki Contest Top Editor''' ★]

==Background in Collectivism==
coming soon

February 2019 Wiki Contest

2018-12-06T18:31:34Z

Eugene: THOSE PESKY TIME TRAVELLERS! wrong year

== February 2019 Love our Wiki Contest! ==

Welcome! Dust off your wiki login or sign up for the first time, it's that time of year. Let's show the wiki some love <3

Here's a guide on contributing to this wiki: [[Contribute to this Wiki#How should I get started|How should I get started]]

===If you need ideas===

Some of the broken links on our wiki are things that would be better suited as external links to Sheldon Brown or Park Tool or Pedros -OR- you could do a mixed-media link to Wikipedia!

Example: <nowiki> [[Wikipedia:Bicycles|(bikes)]] </nowiki> should produce [[Wikipedia:Bicycles|(bikes)]] !!

You can take a look at the list of [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Stub|STUBS]] and [[Special:ShortPages| the list of the shortest pages]], just pick an article and make it more populated with interesting facts and data.

Here are the [[Special:WantedPages|top most wanted pages!]]
**''All of these pages are blank and may not be appropriate for a beginner wiki editor. However, they may also be a little less intimidating since often anything is better than nothing. Don't forget to add'' <nowiki>{{Template:Stub}}</nowiki>

You can also post whatever information you think is relevant and useful. Make your first edit, start a new article, or edit an [https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:AllPages existing article].

If none of those are your style, perhaps try clicking "random page" at the top right until you find something that piques your interests!

===The Grand Prize===
TO BE DETERMINED

===Related Links===
[[February 2016 Wiki Contest]]

[[February 2017 Wiki Contest]]

:::( it looks like we skipped 2018 ?? )

[[February 2019 Wiki Contest]]

Main Page

2018-12-06T18:30:54Z

Eugene: oops, time travellers! wrong year!

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| style="background:#FFFFFF; padding:10px; -moz-border-radius:23px; -webkit-border-radius:23px; border-radius:23px" |'''[[February 2019 Wiki Contest|February 2019 Love our Wiki Contest]]'''
Show the wiki some love, maybe update a thing or two. More info at [[February 2019 Wiki Contest]]
|}

==Bike Collective Network==

The mission of the [http://www.bikecollectives.org/ Bike Collective Network] is to strengthen and encourage communication and resource sharing between existing and future community bike shops. Collectively we can improve a bigger wheel as opposed to re-inventing smaller ones.

Join over 600 like minded individuals from over [[Community Bicycle Organizations|300 similar organizations]] across the world on [http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org The Think Tank] email list.

This wiki is here to help bike collectives collaborate and share ideas. Whether you are an [[advocate]], [[mechanic]], or just someone who likes to ride -- anyone can freely edit the content of this site. A history of all changes ensures that nothing is lost.

[[Contribute to this Wiki|See FAQ about contributing to this wiki]].

==Lists of Organizations==

* List of [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]
* List of [[:Category:International Bicycle Aid Organizations|International Bicycle Aid Organizations]]

==Starter Kits==

Just starting out? Looking to expand? Before you do anything crazy, start planning! Set clear goals and the path to meeting those goals will also become clear. Follow hundreds of similar organizations by using and contributing to these free online resources...

# [[Organizational Models]]
# [[Legal Filings]]
# [[Insurance]]
# [[Accounting]]
# [[Fundraising]]
# [[Publicity]]
#*[[FREE PICKLE Day]]
# [[Strategic Planning]]
# Over 300 examples of [[Community Bicycle Organizations]] and [[:Category:International Bicycle Aid Organizations|International Bicycle Aid Organizations]].
# [[Teaching Resources]]
# Common Activities:
#* [[Community Bike Shop]]: Providing bicycle tools, parts, used bikes and mechanical expertise to the public.
#* [[Earn-a-Bike]]: Programs that allow people to literally earn a bike through learning or volunteer work, sometimes focused exclusively on youth.
#* [[Valet Bike Parking]]: Providing corralled areas where volunteers watch your bike while you enjoy an event.
#* Safety Education: The [[League of American Bicyclists]] has a nicely pre-packaged program called [[Smart Cycling]] which includes a [[Bike Rodeo Kit]].
#* Mechanical Training: [[Park Tool]] has a nicely pre-packaged program called the [[Park Tool School]].
#* [[Helmet]] Distribution
#* [[Bicycle Art]]: Following [[Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle]] old bikes and parts are turned into works of art.
#* [[Bicycle Advocacy]]: Many [[Community Bicycle Organizations]] concentrate on the grass roots elements of educating and getting people on bikes. However some organizations, or at least some of their members, are also involved in traditional [[bicycle advocacy]].
#* Women's Only Night: Encouraging more women and transgender people to get involved and learn in a comfortable space without men.
#* [[Commercial Bike Racks]]: Providing [[outdoor bike racks]] and installation local businesses and cities.
# Organization Building Resources:
#* [[Alliance for Walking and Biking]] has contributed to this wiki, and also has an incredibly valuable [http://www.peoplepoweredmovement.org/site/index.php/members/ Resource Library] for members.

=== Community Bike Shop ===

Providing bicycle tools, parts, used bikes and mechanical expertise to the public.

# Bike and Part [[Donations]]: acquisition, sorting and [[Bike and Part Sales|re-sale]].
# [[Shop Location]]
# [[Staffing]]: paid, volunteer or both.
# [[Shop Organization]]
# [[Shop Recycling]]
# [[Volunteer Handbook]]
# [[Layout]]
# [[Rules]]
# [[Hours]]
# [[Capital Improvement Plans]]
# [[Proper Bike Fit]]
# [[Maintenance Classes]]
# [[Software]]

=== [[Earn-a-Bike]] ===

Programs that allow people to literally earn a bike through learning or volunteer work, sometimes focused exclusively on youth.

* Examples:
** [http://bikesnotbombs.org/resources/earn-a-bike-training-manual Earn-A-Bike Training Manual] by [[Bikes Not Bombs]]
** [http://www.recycleabicycle.org/sites/default/files/onerevolution.pdf One Revolution at a Time] by [[Recycle-a-Bicycle]]
** [http://www.recycleabicycle.org/sites/default/files/transportation_alternatives__tools_for_life__a_start-up_guide_for_youth_recycling_and_bicycling_programs.pdf Tools for Life] by [[Recycle-a-Bicycle]]
** [[Community Cycles Youth Earn-A-Bike Curriculum]]
* [[Teaching Methods]]

==Conferences/Gatherings==
* [[Bike!Bike!]] is an annual international conference of nonprofit bike collectives and other bicycle projects.
* [[BikeBike_Southeast_2012|Bike!Bike! Southeast 2012]] is in Birmingham, Alabama, March 23-25.
* [[Youth Bike Summit]] is organized by [[Recycle-a-Bicycle]] in New York City every year.

===Past Conferences===

* More [https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bike!Bike! Bike! Bike! events]
* [[Bike!Bike!_2011|Bike!Bike! in San Marcos, Tx, June 2011]]
* BiciBici! in Davis CA, April 2011
* [[Bike!Bike!_2010|Bike!Bike! in Toronto, Ontario August 2010]]
* Bike! Bike! in San Francisco, CA - Autumn 2008

Main Page

2018-12-06T18:30:17Z

Eugene: WIKI LOVE!!

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| style="background:#FFFFFF; padding:10px; -moz-border-radius:23px; -webkit-border-radius:23px; border-radius:23px" |'''[[February 2017 Wiki Contest|February 2017 Love our Wiki Contest]]'''
Show the wiki some love, maybe update a thing or two. More info at [[February 2017 Wiki Contest]]
|}

==Bike Collective Network==

The mission of the [http://www.bikecollectives.org/ Bike Collective Network] is to strengthen and encourage communication and resource sharing between existing and future community bike shops. Collectively we can improve a bigger wheel as opposed to re-inventing smaller ones.

Join over 600 like minded individuals from over [[Community Bicycle Organizations|300 similar organizations]] across the world on [http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org The Think Tank] email list.

This wiki is here to help bike collectives collaborate and share ideas. Whether you are an [[advocate]], [[mechanic]], or just someone who likes to ride -- anyone can freely edit the content of this site. A history of all changes ensures that nothing is lost.

[[Contribute to this Wiki|See FAQ about contributing to this wiki]].

==Lists of Organizations==

* List of [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]
* List of [[:Category:International Bicycle Aid Organizations|International Bicycle Aid Organizations]]

==Starter Kits==

Just starting out? Looking to expand? Before you do anything crazy, start planning! Set clear goals and the path to meeting those goals will also become clear. Follow hundreds of similar organizations by using and contributing to these free online resources...

# [[Organizational Models]]
# [[Legal Filings]]
# [[Insurance]]
# [[Accounting]]
# [[Fundraising]]
# [[Publicity]]
#*[[FREE PICKLE Day]]
# [[Strategic Planning]]
# Over 300 examples of [[Community Bicycle Organizations]] and [[:Category:International Bicycle Aid Organizations|International Bicycle Aid Organizations]].
# [[Teaching Resources]]
# Common Activities:
#* [[Community Bike Shop]]: Providing bicycle tools, parts, used bikes and mechanical expertise to the public.
#* [[Earn-a-Bike]]: Programs that allow people to literally earn a bike through learning or volunteer work, sometimes focused exclusively on youth.
#* [[Valet Bike Parking]]: Providing corralled areas where volunteers watch your bike while you enjoy an event.
#* Safety Education: The [[League of American Bicyclists]] has a nicely pre-packaged program called [[Smart Cycling]] which includes a [[Bike Rodeo Kit]].
#* Mechanical Training: [[Park Tool]] has a nicely pre-packaged program called the [[Park Tool School]].
#* [[Helmet]] Distribution
#* [[Bicycle Art]]: Following [[Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle]] old bikes and parts are turned into works of art.
#* [[Bicycle Advocacy]]: Many [[Community Bicycle Organizations]] concentrate on the grass roots elements of educating and getting people on bikes. However some organizations, or at least some of their members, are also involved in traditional [[bicycle advocacy]].
#* Women's Only Night: Encouraging more women and transgender people to get involved and learn in a comfortable space without men.
#* [[Commercial Bike Racks]]: Providing [[outdoor bike racks]] and installation local businesses and cities.
# Organization Building Resources:
#* [[Alliance for Walking and Biking]] has contributed to this wiki, and also has an incredibly valuable [http://www.peoplepoweredmovement.org/site/index.php/members/ Resource Library] for members.

=== Community Bike Shop ===

Providing bicycle tools, parts, used bikes and mechanical expertise to the public.

# Bike and Part [[Donations]]: acquisition, sorting and [[Bike and Part Sales|re-sale]].
# [[Shop Location]]
# [[Staffing]]: paid, volunteer or both.
# [[Shop Organization]]
# [[Shop Recycling]]
# [[Volunteer Handbook]]
# [[Layout]]
# [[Rules]]
# [[Hours]]
# [[Capital Improvement Plans]]
# [[Proper Bike Fit]]
# [[Maintenance Classes]]
# [[Software]]

=== [[Earn-a-Bike]] ===

Programs that allow people to literally earn a bike through learning or volunteer work, sometimes focused exclusively on youth.

* Examples:
** [http://bikesnotbombs.org/resources/earn-a-bike-training-manual Earn-A-Bike Training Manual] by [[Bikes Not Bombs]]
** [http://www.recycleabicycle.org/sites/default/files/onerevolution.pdf One Revolution at a Time] by [[Recycle-a-Bicycle]]
** [http://www.recycleabicycle.org/sites/default/files/transportation_alternatives__tools_for_life__a_start-up_guide_for_youth_recycling_and_bicycling_programs.pdf Tools for Life] by [[Recycle-a-Bicycle]]
** [[Community Cycles Youth Earn-A-Bike Curriculum]]
* [[Teaching Methods]]

==Conferences/Gatherings==
* [[Bike!Bike!]] is an annual international conference of nonprofit bike collectives and other bicycle projects.
* [[BikeBike_Southeast_2012|Bike!Bike! Southeast 2012]] is in Birmingham, Alabama, March 23-25.
* [[Youth Bike Summit]] is organized by [[Recycle-a-Bicycle]] in New York City every year.

===Past Conferences===

* More [https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bike!Bike! Bike! Bike! events]
* [[Bike!Bike!_2011|Bike!Bike! in San Marcos, Tx, June 2011]]
* BiciBici! in Davis CA, April 2011
* [[Bike!Bike!_2010|Bike!Bike! in Toronto, Ontario August 2010]]
* Bike! Bike! in San Francisco, CA - Autumn 2008

February 2016 Wiki Contest

2018-12-06T18:19:53Z

Eugene: /* Related Links */ ADDING 2019!!

== February 2016 Love our Wiki Contest! ==

Welcome! This contest was inspired by a Google Trend result which indicated that November through February are the slowest months for a bike shop. That makes February a great time to show some love for the Bike Collectives Wiki! This contest was also inspired by an email on the [http://www.bikecollectives.org/#think-tank-register Think Tank] in which somebody pointed out that the amazing resource that is the community bike shops list page was out of date.

Here's a guide on contributing to this wiki: [[Contribute to this Wiki#How should I get started|How should I get started]]

===If you need ideas===

You can take a look at the list of [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Stub|STUBS]] and [[Special:ShortPages| the list of the shortest pages]], just pick an article and make it more populated with interesting facts and data.

Here are the [[Special:WantedPages|top most wanted pages!]]
**''All of these pages are blank and may not be appropriate for a beginner wiki editor. However, they may also be a little less intimidating since often anything is better than nothing. Don't forget to add'' <nowiki>{{Template:Stub}}</nowiki>

You can also post whatever information you think is relevant and useful. Make your first edit, start a new article, or edit an existing article.

If none of those are your style, perhaps try clicking "random page" at the top right until you find something that piques your interests!

===The Grand Prize===
'''One fair trade chocolate bar each''' will be sent to two top editors of the bike collectives wiki in the month of February. Anywhere in the world.

The sender of the chocolate will be considering both the (subjective) quality and (objective) quantity of edits made during the month of February. There is a chocolate bar each for:

top editor of anywhere on this wiki

AND

top editor of the [[Community Bicycle Organizations]] page

===Mid-Contest Update===
[http://lists.bikecollectives.org/pipermail/thethinktank-bikecollectives.org/2016-February/056129.html Think Tank Archived Email] - posted February 19, 2016

===✨THE WINNERS✨===
'''Top Editor''': '''[https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:Eugene Eugene]''' raced into the lead halfway through the month and then stayed there. A new editor with a background in wikis, they hopped right in to the thick of things, cleaning up edits, making [https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Women_and_Trans_Programs new pages] (with a focus on gender inclusivity), welcoming new users, and more!

'''Top Editor of the Community Bicycle Organizations page''': '''[https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:Recumbent_Rider Recumbent Rider]''' took advantage of their time difference to make edits early, January 31st PST but February 1 Australia time, and made the Australia section more comprehensive and up-to-date.

====BIKERS UP====
This is a pun on "runners up". It means you didn't win a chocolate bar, but your wiki edits were noteworthy. Thank you for your awesome contributions.

*[https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:Bikefarm&action=edit&redlink=1 Bikefarm] for sharing a new [https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Sign_In_App sign-in app]
*[https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:DarinWick DarinWick] for updates to the [https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bike_Farm_Handbook Bike Farm Handbook]
*[https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:FCCB FCCB] for creating a lovely page for [https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Falls_City_Community_BikeWorks Falls City Community BikeWorks]
*[https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:Hajenso Hajenso] for creating a lovely page for [https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bike_Concord Bike Concord]
*[https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:PositiveSpin PositiveSpin] for welcoming new users and reassuring us that that weird error message was really no big deal
*'''you''', dear reader

====AND A BIG OLE THANK YOU ====
to everyone who edited the wiki and/or added to the Community Bike Shops page this month!

===Related Links===
[[February 2017 Wiki Contest]]

[[February 2019 Wiki Contest]]

February 2017 Wiki Contest

2018-12-06T18:19:17Z

Eugene: /* Related Links */ proper spacing!!

== February 2017 Love our Wiki Contest! ==

Welcome! Dust off your wiki login or sign up for the first time, it's that time of year. Let's show the wiki some love <3

Here's a guide on contributing to this wiki: [[Contribute to this Wiki#How should I get started|How should I get started]]

===If you need ideas===

Some of the broken links on our wiki are things that would be better suited as external links to Sheldon Brown or Park Tool or Pedros -OR- you could do a mixed-media link to Wikipedia!

Example: <nowiki> [[Wikipedia:Bicycles|(bikes)]] </nowiki> should produce [[Wikipedia:Bicycles|(bikes)]] !!

You can take a look at the list of [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Stub|STUBS]] and [[Special:ShortPages| the list of the shortest pages]], just pick an article and make it more populated with interesting facts and data.

Here are the [[Special:WantedPages|top most wanted pages!]]
**''All of these pages are blank and may not be appropriate for a beginner wiki editor. However, they may also be a little less intimidating since often anything is better than nothing. Don't forget to add'' <nowiki>{{Template:Stub}}</nowiki>

You can also post whatever information you think is relevant and useful. Make your first edit, start a new article, or edit an [https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:AllPages existing article].

If none of those are your style, perhaps try clicking "random page" at the top right until you find something that piques your interests!

===The Grand Prize===
'''One fair trade chocolate bar each''' will be sent to two top editors of the bike collectives wiki in the month of February. Anywhere in the world.

The sender of the chocolate will be considering both the (subjective) quality and (objective) quantity of edits made during the month of February. There is a chocolate bar each for:

top editor of anywhere on this wiki

AND

top editor of the [[Main Page]]

===Related Links===
[[February 2016 Wiki Contest]]

[[February 2019 Wiki Contest]]

February 2019 Wiki Contest

2018-12-06T18:18:46Z

Eugene: woo hooooooo

== February 2017 Love our Wiki Contest! ==

Welcome! Dust off your wiki login or sign up for the first time, it's that time of year. Let's show the wiki some love <3

Here's a guide on contributing to this wiki: [[Contribute to this Wiki#How should I get started|How should I get started]]

===If you need ideas===

Some of the broken links on our wiki are things that would be better suited as external links to Sheldon Brown or Park Tool or Pedros -OR- you could do a mixed-media link to Wikipedia!

Example: <nowiki> [[Wikipedia:Bicycles|(bikes)]] </nowiki> should produce [[Wikipedia:Bicycles|(bikes)]] !!

You can take a look at the list of [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Stub|STUBS]] and [[Special:ShortPages| the list of the shortest pages]], just pick an article and make it more populated with interesting facts and data.

Here are the [[Special:WantedPages|top most wanted pages!]]
**''All of these pages are blank and may not be appropriate for a beginner wiki editor. However, they may also be a little less intimidating since often anything is better than nothing. Don't forget to add'' <nowiki>{{Template:Stub}}</nowiki>

You can also post whatever information you think is relevant and useful. Make your first edit, start a new article, or edit an [https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:AllPages existing article].

If none of those are your style, perhaps try clicking "random page" at the top right until you find something that piques your interests!

===The Grand Prize===
TO BE DETERMINED

===Related Links===
[[February 2016 Wiki Contest]]

[[February 2017 Wiki Contest]]

:::( it looks like we skipped 2018 ?? )

[[February 2019 Wiki Contest]]

February 2017 Wiki Contest

2018-12-06T18:17:21Z

Eugene: adding a 2019 wiki love link

User talk:Eugene

2018-12-06T18:00:39Z

Eugene: /* want to write an intro to a book? */

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====Welcome to ''Bike Collectives Wiki''!====
:We hope you will contribute much and well.
:You will probably want to read the [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents|help pages]].
:Again, welcome and have fun! [[User:Angel|aNGEL yORK]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 09:45, 30 January 2016 (PST)
::Angel! Thanks so much! I hope to have a lot of fun working with everyone. I've been developing on WikiMedia since the mid-aughts (2006, methinks) and I've been a Bike Mechanic my whole life. I'm hoping to improve the [[Women and Trans Programs]] page specifically! That sort of programming has been the focus of my life's work in the last few years, and I'd like to centralize a lot of data therein. -- [[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 11:49, 30 January 2016 (PST)
====Angel====
Eugene! I didn't feel comfortable opening the main page up without checking with people who understand wikis better than me, but I made you an administrator, so you can totally change both the main page and the permissions on the main page if you want to. Thanks so much for wikiing! Also, thanks for inspiring me to seed my user page. --[[User:Angel|aNGEL yORK]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 11:25, 14 February 2016 (PST)
:P.S. Before we had a million spam bots signing up, you didn't used to need to get approved by anyone to have an account. Which is why I didn't have a page automatically created for me when I signed up. --[[User:Angel|aNGEL yORK]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 11:27, 14 February 2016 (PST)
What happens if I check the "bot" privilege box? Does that turn you into a bot? I can check it if you want. I contacted Godwin because I'd expect that he'll either know about that bug or will know who will. He's the one who does the bikecollectives.org website. Thank you for all the work you've been doing on the wiki! --[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 14:52, 15 February 2016 (PST)
::Eugene! I was going to leave a comment in the patriarchy page but I wasn't sure if you'd see it there and you're probably the only one who would be looking right now. I left a comment on the W&T programs page that included the following paragraph:
Even if every single moment in a bike collective was filled with people striving toward a safer space as best they could, there would still be a need for WTF night because the people who show up couldn't be expected to know that. Until I understood that, I spent a long time feeling uncomfortable about the concept of WTF nights because I believed (and continue to believe, actually) that it puts the burden of the work of thinking about issues surrounding equality largely on the hosts of the WTF nights, and then the rest of the collective often only thinks about safer spaces at their convenience, when I'd rather see every single member of a collective taking that burden on together and making every moment as much of a safer space as WTF nights.
::I have usually basically been the only cis woman at my collectives who hasn't devoted energy to women and trans nights at some point. (I say that, but I'm positive I've thought about it a lot more than a lot of men at those same bike collectives, plus I can visit.) Not because they're not valuable, which they certainly are, but because I felt the need to focus on the other shifts. I wasn't always able to articulate my qualms, but they're basically summarized by my quote above. I feel that the wiki entry on patriarchy could use a little more balance as it expands. Which is to say! Basically I would really really love to have an ongoing conversation! In which we talk about these things and maybe see if we can even figure out ways to move beyond the W&T/etc mold. I know not all collectives or all people at all collectives are ready for this. My first collective was in a college town and was having 201-level conversations about this sort of thing, and the one here in Portland was mostly (with at least one exception) still getting to the point where they were starting to have 101-level conversations when I left last year. Which is to say, I'm looking forward to hearing more about the successes and failures of the wtf/etc nights (and moving beyond patriarchy the rest of the time, too) that you've been a part of, because I know it doesn't work the same way everywhere and I'm looking forward to an ongoing discussion, if you're interested.--[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 19:19, 19 February 2016 (PST)
Oh hey thought this might interest you. I noticed it was a popular page. [https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Contribute_to_this_Wiki https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Contribute_to_this_Wiki] --[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 20:10, 25 February 2016 (PST)
Hi Eugene! I wanted to add some sort of racial diversity page and then in a flurry of edits I moved a bunch of things around because I wanted a safer spaces page since I think that's bigger than just women & trans. It was a lot of juggling, and you know how it goes when you've been staring at things too much and they all just sort of blur together? So hopefully the safer space, patriarchy and bicycle repair, and women & trans programs pages are all more or less still making sense.--[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 20:26, 29 February 2016 (PST)
====comments sections on pages====
Hi Eugene! I should start by saying thanks for moving my bullet points to the patriarchy page! I was pleased that you thought it was useful there. I'm writing because I want to talk about comments sections. I'm used to contributing to a wiki that has "comments" sections at the end of any wiki page where people want to leave a public comment, and coming from that background, I see the "talk" section as more of a back and forth area for talking about the nuts and bolts of any given page. It has been fun having slightly less public conversations in the user talk section, but I did actually intentionally intend for my comment (the one that got moved from W&T to W&T talk) to be left in a comments section of the W&T programs page. I figure we are coming from different wiki standards but we get to figure out how we want to do it here, so I'm thinking about this from the perspective of what I think would be most useful for the bike collectives wiki. I see the wiki as a collaboration of people who care about bike collectives and share relevant experiences and knowledge with other people who care about bike collectives. Thinking about this from that perspective, I see a place for public comments sections. I didn't want to put the comment section back without seeing how you felt. Do you have strong feelings on this, or was it an impulse to standardize? Having seen it in action, I see a lot of value in having public comments sections, so I'm hoping that it was an impulse to standardize, but if you do have a strong preference, I'd love to hear more. --[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 13:05, 25 February 2016 (PST)
::my feelings are that it depends on the type of page/wiki to determine how useful versus cluttered the page would look with a comments section. For pages on something like Davis Wiki or Rocwiki, it makes sense to have a comments section, since the general public likes to leave commentary, yelp-style. For something more encyclopedic it doesn't make as much sense as there isn't room for opinion. I think that it would be perfectly reasonable for you to have, instead of providing commentary, to integrate your input into either of the two pages, rather than having a separate section. It's also such that the wiki has very few users, so our comments sections would just be us talking anyway.
::I hope my answer is helpful. I'm not really that concerned about it, and can see the value in a comments section, I'm just also almost always sure that the talk page is just fine for that purpose. --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 14:41, 25 February 2016 (PST)
:::I'm a little confused. Is the concern that it would look cluttered or would there be very few comments?
:::I would prefer to make my post as a comment - though I'm ok if others copy parts into the more formal sections of pages - because I don't necessarily want to frame myself as an the expert on the topic. I'm not. I actually wonder, now that I'm thinking about it, if this is part of why Wikipedia is skewed so far male, is because people socialized as male may be more willing to take on that role of stating things as facts rather than as conversation. I went and looked my theory up, and based on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_bias_on_Wikipedia#Causes this article] it looks like it has some merit and after reading their list, I'm more convinced that using in-page comment sections can serve as a potential path to bring the voices of more women into encyclopedic-style wikis. It worked for me. --[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 19:52, 25 February 2016 (PST)
:::: I seem to have gotten excited after finding that link and wandered off into philosophy land and forgot to come back. I'm glad it sounds like it's no big deal, yay. Is it cool with you if I put that particular comment section back? I think it might be one where comments trickle in over the years if we're lucky, anyway. --[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 19:56, 25 February 2016 (PST)
::::: I'd say go for it! All of what you say makes sense, for sure. There *should* be a way to add a comment box to wiki pages. I wonder if I can dig something up. --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 19:07, 29 February 2016 (PST)

====User List By Contributions Request====
Does anyone know if we can get this sort of thing?
:[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Contribution_Scores]
:--[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 17:16, 16 February 2016 (PST)
:: No idea but a kind-of sort-of clunky work around is that you can look at recent changes as far back as you want. Just edit the URL. Example: [https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&limit=500&days=360 https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges'''&limit=500&days=365''']. Also IOU a message, but it requires setting aside time for thinking and writing and I have a couple other projects keeping me busy right now, but I'm excited to get back to you at some point!--[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 21:37, 24 February 2016 (PST)

====2016 Love the Wiki Contest [https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=February_2016_Wiki_Contest#.E2.9C.A8WINNERS.E2.9C.A8 WINNER]====
CONGRATULATION! You win a prize! Email me your address and I'll send you a chocolate bar. Also, what are you going to be up to on the west coast anyway?--[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 20:28, 29 February 2016 (PST)
::I put a response up on your talk page as well, but you can just send it on over to my work office at 3943 Lancaster Ave, Philadelphia PA 19104 --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 17:02, 16 March 2016 (PDT)
::: I'm on it! :D --[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 22:11, 16 March 2016 (PDT)
====Bikefarm====
Is this like a blog? I'm kinda confused about how this "talk" page works
I guess I say Hi! Hi Eugene. Thanks for all the editing you did over the past month! --[[User:Bikefarm|Bikefarm]] {[[User_Talk:Bikefarm|talk]]} 16:10, 8 March 2016
::If I respond on your page, you'll get a "new messages" message on the top of the screen on most pages.--[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 16:36, 8 March 2016 (PST)
====x^! NYC====
I'm looking for anyone who actually knows someone who contributes in the brick and mortar at [[Time%27s_Up!_Bike_Co-op]]. --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 19:43, 8 June 2016 (PDT)

==== cool database error ====
A database query error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software.
Query:
INSERT IGNORE INTO `mw_templatelinks` (tl_from,tl_from_namespace,tl_namespace,tl_title) VALUES ('1','0','10','TOCright')
Function: LinksUpdate::incrTableUpdate
Error: 1054 Unknown column 'tl_from_namespace' in 'field list' (mysql.bikecollectives.org)

this happens when I add --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 17:30, 2 March 2017 (PST)

==== want to write an intro to a book? ====
Hi Eugene - I know, I'm a slacker, I haven't updated you as the winner of the february contest and sent out that chocolate bar yet. I may have spent more time keeping it on my to-do list than it would have taken to actually do, but there's still a chocolate bar here with your name on it! And hey, I just found your address, so I'm one step closer! ps, I'll try to be less perfunct, more active in the wiki contest next year! I didn't really give you much competition this year. Next year! Anyway, I'm writing because I was just chatting with Elly Blue of microcosm publishing today, and she's looking for someone to write a one-page intro to the latest edition of Chainbreaker and asked if I knew anyone, and of course I thought of you:

Hi Angel,
Like we talked about today, we're looking for someone who'd be into writing 2-4 paragraphs (about a page) about what are WTF movements and safer spaces in bike projects, and a little bit about issues these projects are grappling with around them. For the new edition of the Chainbreaker Bike Book.
Would you pass this along to your cohort?
Thanks,
Elly

-- [[User:Angel|aNGEL yORK]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 18:37, 19 April 2017

:Wow this is an amazing opportunity that I have very clearly missed! DANG!! My email address is eugene@neighborhoodbikeworks.org but I will see if I can have pertinent things emailed to me when the wiki is edited. --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 10:00, 6 December 2018 (PST)

===Your New Conversation Here!===
Try to add one by typing the following:
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*The four equals signs( <nowiki>====</nowiki> ) make a thing into a header!
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User talk:Eugene

2017-03-16T00:39:06Z

Eugene: /* Your New Conversation Here! */

''you may address any concerns with my bot, [[User:Georgena|Georgena]], to this talk page.''

====Help Using Talk Pages====
I'll likely fix your formatting for you if you don't mind, but here's a few simple ways to keep the conversations easy to read!
#give our discussion a title. put four equals signs on either side of said title to make it stand out.
#if your comment is in reply to one of mine, add a colon to the beginning for every level of nested conversation
#add a signature to your comment by leaving <nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki> at the end!
#click on the "edit" button at the top of this page to "view the source" and see what I'm talking about!
#DON'T BE SHY! I'm an easily excited nerd who loves making new wiki friends.
====Welcome to ''Bike Collectives Wiki''!====
:We hope you will contribute much and well.
:You will probably want to read the [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents|help pages]].
:Again, welcome and have fun! [[User:Angel|aNGEL yORK]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 09:45, 30 January 2016 (PST)
::Angel! Thanks so much! I hope to have a lot of fun working with everyone. I've been developing on WikiMedia since the mid-aughts (2006, methinks) and I've been a Bike Mechanic my whole life. I'm hoping to improve the [[Women and Trans Programs]] page specifically! That sort of programming has been the focus of my life's work in the last few years, and I'd like to centralize a lot of data therein. -- [[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 11:49, 30 January 2016 (PST)
====Angel====
Eugene! I didn't feel comfortable opening the main page up without checking with people who understand wikis better than me, but I made you an administrator, so you can totally change both the main page and the permissions on the main page if you want to. Thanks so much for wikiing! Also, thanks for inspiring me to seed my user page. --[[User:Angel|aNGEL yORK]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 11:25, 14 February 2016 (PST)
:P.S. Before we had a million spam bots signing up, you didn't used to need to get approved by anyone to have an account. Which is why I didn't have a page automatically created for me when I signed up. --[[User:Angel|aNGEL yORK]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 11:27, 14 February 2016 (PST)
What happens if I check the "bot" privilege box? Does that turn you into a bot? I can check it if you want. I contacted Godwin because I'd expect that he'll either know about that bug or will know who will. He's the one who does the bikecollectives.org website. Thank you for all the work you've been doing on the wiki! --[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 14:52, 15 February 2016 (PST)
::Eugene! I was going to leave a comment in the patriarchy page but I wasn't sure if you'd see it there and you're probably the only one who would be looking right now. I left a comment on the W&T programs page that included the following paragraph:
Even if every single moment in a bike collective was filled with people striving toward a safer space as best they could, there would still be a need for WTF night because the people who show up couldn't be expected to know that. Until I understood that, I spent a long time feeling uncomfortable about the concept of WTF nights because I believed (and continue to believe, actually) that it puts the burden of the work of thinking about issues surrounding equality largely on the hosts of the WTF nights, and then the rest of the collective often only thinks about safer spaces at their convenience, when I'd rather see every single member of a collective taking that burden on together and making every moment as much of a safer space as WTF nights.
::I have usually basically been the only cis woman at my collectives who hasn't devoted energy to women and trans nights at some point. (I say that, but I'm positive I've thought about it a lot more than a lot of men at those same bike collectives, plus I can visit.) Not because they're not valuable, which they certainly are, but because I felt the need to focus on the other shifts. I wasn't always able to articulate my qualms, but they're basically summarized by my quote above. I feel that the wiki entry on patriarchy could use a little more balance as it expands. Which is to say! Basically I would really really love to have an ongoing conversation! In which we talk about these things and maybe see if we can even figure out ways to move beyond the W&T/etc mold. I know not all collectives or all people at all collectives are ready for this. My first collective was in a college town and was having 201-level conversations about this sort of thing, and the one here in Portland was mostly (with at least one exception) still getting to the point where they were starting to have 101-level conversations when I left last year. Which is to say, I'm looking forward to hearing more about the successes and failures of the wtf/etc nights (and moving beyond patriarchy the rest of the time, too) that you've been a part of, because I know it doesn't work the same way everywhere and I'm looking forward to an ongoing discussion, if you're interested.--[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 19:19, 19 February 2016 (PST)
Oh hey thought this might interest you. I noticed it was a popular page. [https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Contribute_to_this_Wiki https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Contribute_to_this_Wiki] --[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 20:10, 25 February 2016 (PST)
Hi Eugene! I wanted to add some sort of racial diversity page and then in a flurry of edits I moved a bunch of things around because I wanted a safer spaces page since I think that's bigger than just women & trans. It was a lot of juggling, and you know how it goes when you've been staring at things too much and they all just sort of blur together? So hopefully the safer space, patriarchy and bicycle repair, and women & trans programs pages are all more or less still making sense.--[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 20:26, 29 February 2016 (PST)
====comments sections on pages====
Hi Eugene! I should start by saying thanks for moving my bullet points to the patriarchy page! I was pleased that you thought it was useful there. I'm writing because I want to talk about comments sections. I'm used to contributing to a wiki that has "comments" sections at the end of any wiki page where people want to leave a public comment, and coming from that background, I see the "talk" section as more of a back and forth area for talking about the nuts and bolts of any given page. It has been fun having slightly less public conversations in the user talk section, but I did actually intentionally intend for my comment (the one that got moved from W&T to W&T talk) to be left in a comments section of the W&T programs page. I figure we are coming from different wiki standards but we get to figure out how we want to do it here, so I'm thinking about this from the perspective of what I think would be most useful for the bike collectives wiki. I see the wiki as a collaboration of people who care about bike collectives and share relevant experiences and knowledge with other people who care about bike collectives. Thinking about this from that perspective, I see a place for public comments sections. I didn't want to put the comment section back without seeing how you felt. Do you have strong feelings on this, or was it an impulse to standardize? Having seen it in action, I see a lot of value in having public comments sections, so I'm hoping that it was an impulse to standardize, but if you do have a strong preference, I'd love to hear more. --[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 13:05, 25 February 2016 (PST)
::my feelings are that it depends on the type of page/wiki to determine how useful versus cluttered the page would look with a comments section. For pages on something like Davis Wiki or Rocwiki, it makes sense to have a comments section, since the general public likes to leave commentary, yelp-style. For something more encyclopedic it doesn't make as much sense as there isn't room for opinion. I think that it would be perfectly reasonable for you to have, instead of providing commentary, to integrate your input into either of the two pages, rather than having a separate section. It's also such that the wiki has very few users, so our comments sections would just be us talking anyway.
::I hope my answer is helpful. I'm not really that concerned about it, and can see the value in a comments section, I'm just also almost always sure that the talk page is just fine for that purpose. --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 14:41, 25 February 2016 (PST)
:::I'm a little confused. Is the concern that it would look cluttered or would there be very few comments?
:::I would prefer to make my post as a comment - though I'm ok if others copy parts into the more formal sections of pages - because I don't necessarily want to frame myself as an the expert on the topic. I'm not. I actually wonder, now that I'm thinking about it, if this is part of why Wikipedia is skewed so far male, is because people socialized as male may be more willing to take on that role of stating things as facts rather than as conversation. I went and looked my theory up, and based on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_bias_on_Wikipedia#Causes this article] it looks like it has some merit and after reading their list, I'm more convinced that using in-page comment sections can serve as a potential path to bring the voices of more women into encyclopedic-style wikis. It worked for me. --[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 19:52, 25 February 2016 (PST)
:::: I seem to have gotten excited after finding that link and wandered off into philosophy land and forgot to come back. I'm glad it sounds like it's no big deal, yay. Is it cool with you if I put that particular comment section back? I think it might be one where comments trickle in over the years if we're lucky, anyway. --[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 19:56, 25 February 2016 (PST)
::::: I'd say go for it! All of what you say makes sense, for sure. There *should* be a way to add a comment box to wiki pages. I wonder if I can dig something up. --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 19:07, 29 February 2016 (PST)

====User List By Contributions Request====
Does anyone know if we can get this sort of thing?
:[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Contribution_Scores]
:--[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 17:16, 16 February 2016 (PST)
:: No idea but a kind-of sort-of clunky work around is that you can look at recent changes as far back as you want. Just edit the URL. Example: [https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&limit=500&days=360 https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges'''&limit=500&days=365''']. Also IOU a message, but it requires setting aside time for thinking and writing and I have a couple other projects keeping me busy right now, but I'm excited to get back to you at some point!--[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 21:37, 24 February 2016 (PST)

====2016 Love the Wiki Contest [https://www.bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=February_2016_Wiki_Contest#.E2.9C.A8WINNERS.E2.9C.A8 WINNER]====
CONGRATULATION! You win a prize! Email me your address and I'll send you a chocolate bar. Also, what are you going to be up to on the west coast anyway?--[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 20:28, 29 February 2016 (PST)
::I put a response up on your talk page as well, but you can just send it on over to my work office at 3943 Lancaster Ave, Philadelphia PA 19104 --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 17:02, 16 March 2016 (PDT)
::: I'm on it! :D --[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 22:11, 16 March 2016 (PDT)
====Bikefarm====
Is this like a blog? I'm kinda confused about how this "talk" page works
I guess I say Hi! Hi Eugene. Thanks for all the editing you did over the past month! --[[User:Bikefarm|Bikefarm]] {[[User_Talk:Bikefarm|talk]]} 16:10, 8 March 2016
::If I respond on your page, you'll get a "new messages" message on the top of the screen on most pages.--[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 16:36, 8 March 2016 (PST)
====x^! NYC====
I'm looking for anyone who actually knows someone who contributes in the brick and mortar at [[Time%27s_Up!_Bike_Co-op]]. --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 19:43, 8 June 2016 (PDT)

==== cool database error ====
A database query error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software.
Query:
INSERT IGNORE INTO `mw_templatelinks` (tl_from,tl_from_namespace,tl_namespace,tl_title) VALUES ('1','0','10','TOCright')
Function: LinksUpdate::incrTableUpdate
Error: 1054 Unknown column 'tl_from_namespace' in 'field list' (mysql.bikecollectives.org)

this happens when I add --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 17:30, 2 March 2017 (PST)

===Your New Conversation Here!===
Try to add one by typing the following:
:<nowiki>====</nowiki>''YOUR TOPIC OMG''<nowiki>====</nowiki>
:''"your commentary" --<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>

*The four equals signs( <nowiki>====</nowiki> ) make a thing into a header!
*The four tildes ( <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> ) timestamp and sign your comments!

User talk:Angel

2017-03-16T00:35:26Z

Eugene: woooooooo explanations!

This talk page outline initially came directly from [[User:Eugene|Eugene]]'s talk page with only a few minor changes.

====Help Using Talk Pages====
Here's a few simple ways to keep the conversations easy to read!
#give our discussion a title. put four equals signs on either side of said title to make it stand out.
#if your comment is in reply to one of mine, add a colon to the beginning for every level of nested conversation
#add ''your username (your talk page) and time stamp'' to your comment by leaving''' <nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki> ''' at the end!
#click on the "edit" button at the top of this page to "view the source" and see what I'm talking about!
#DON'T BE SHY! I love making new wiki friends.

====Welcome to ''Bike Collectives Wiki''!====
:We hope you will contribute much and well.
:You may also enjoy reading the [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents|help pages]].

====Eugene 2016====
Howdy! Are you a human or a bot? My first encounter with you was on my Talk page (linked in my signature) You seem to be doing a whole lot of work on the wiki and I just wanted to say thanks, either way. If you're a bot, I'd love to make you a User Page. If you're a human, I might do the same. Pleased to make your internet acquaintance. --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 07:04, 14 February 2016 (PST)
:Wow, I'm honored! I hope I do the title proud!--[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 10:53, 15 February 2016 (PST)
::I have a concern about some busted code in the database. I get this message when I try to add certain templates. Who actually owns the server space? See below error message. --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 11:31, 15 February 2016 (PST)
<nowiki>Notice: Uncommitted DB writes (transaction from DatabaseBase::query (LinkBatch::doQuery (for Skin::preloadExistence))). in /home/richiepp/bikecollectives.org/wiki/includes/db/Database.php on line 4266</nowiki>

:::: Do not worry about that error message. Wikimedia was updated on October 16 to 1.24 by an unknown user, most likely, an automated action at Dreamhost. The Skin autodiscovery mechanism is no long used to load default skins, and it produces this error. At the time, I had to go into the database to fix blockbuster issues that prevented users from logging into the website. This required adding new columns that did not exist in the database after the update. The database is very large, so there must have been a failure during the update. Updates should never be performed before the database has been backed-up, however, this was not the procedure used. Anyways, everything appears to be working properly. I would consider moving the wiki to one of my servers if the hosting costs would be covered. --[[User:PositiveSpin|PositiveSpin]] ([[User talk:PositiveSpin|talk]]) 23:14, 15 February 2016 (PST)

::::: Thanks for answering that question, PositiveSpin! I think someone made an agreement with the Alliance for Biking and Walking at some point that they'd pay for our hosting, but in January I went and visited the site and noticed it was down, and it turns out it was because they hadn't paid the bill, so Godwin just paid it. Godwin and Momoko cleared out thousands of spambot users a couple years ago and revamped the website entirely. If you want details of recent bikecollectives & bikebike web development history, do a search for godwin in the think tank archives. He's not the only person who does the tech stuff, but it's a good search term. He's redoing the website part in Ruby right now and it's going to be up in a couple weeks, actually. --[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 23:49, 15 February 2016 (PST)

'''I'll be on your coast!''' This March, as in in a few weeks. --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 21:45, 24 February 2016 (PST)
: Where, where? --[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 22:08, 24 February 2016 (PST)
::car road tripping from SF to LA. --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 22:34, 24 February 2016 (PST)
::: awww, tell California I say hi! I'd bet you already know about it, but just in case you didn't, of all the amazing collectives in CA that I know about, I think you would be interested in is [http://www.cyclesofchange.org/programs/the-bikery/ the bikery] if you had to pick just one. --[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 22:44, 24 February 2016 (PST)
:::: I'll be mostly seeing sweeties and taking a long car ride with one of my besties. Seeing sights. That kind of thing.--[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 08:14, 5 March 2016 (PST)
:::: Oh, and you can just send my *VERY COOL* prize to my work, at 3943 Lancaster Ave Philadelphia PA 19104! --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 08:14, 5 March 2016 (PST)
====Eugene 2017====
My work snail-mail address has not changed since this time last year. <3 --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 12:27, 6 March 2017 (PST)
:Excellent, thanks! Chocolate en route shortly! <3 --[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]])19:36, 7 March 2017‎
::omg thanks to you as well!

====bots====

giving a user access to "bot" lets them run prescribed automated scripts. It would be up to Godwin to do some work in the sql backend (external to the wiki interface). --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 16:03, 15 February 2016 (PST)
:now that we are bots nobody can see our edits. Should we not be bots and instead make a bot?--[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 06:42, 21 February 2016 (PST)

====Egalitarianism====
I think we need both approaches, and I think both approaches are answers to the same questions. ''"How do we keep our comrades safest?"'' I think that at times it's best to gather our power and have secret cabals and to come up with secret language. I think that you are also doing very important work, both of recon and also of spreading the good word of "be a goddamn decent human being". I honestly don't believe that one can exist without the other. I think that keeping our most vulnerable away from the things that make them hurt is important work. I also think educating the ones doing the harm is important work as well. I'll tell you about this cool kid at our community open shop the next time I get access to the internet. --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 21:06, 20 February 2016 (PST)
:my usual answer to "what work?" is "literally all the work. we need it all."--[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 21:10, 20 February 2016 (PST)

====Wiki Wishlist====
This section is mostly reminders to myself for when I'm older
* a way to look at the users list that excludes blocked users
* that those error messages would go away
* no orphan pages
* that weird thing where the categories page won't actually show *quite* everything in its category for some unknown reason
* a way for users to be a category that is easily accessed from every profile page
* ability to search the wiki without being logged in

==== Re winning editing award====

Not sure if this is a talk page or just a how to use a talk page. thats how non tech I am. I am going to ask a friend to help me as I can't seem to create a page with the right category links as I just edited parrot fashion from previous posts' and don't even get what a nested conversation is
Anyway Angel thanks for the award even though this is 3 months later. Please give the chocolate bar to someone you see at your community bike shop who looks like they need it. Sending one to Australia seems somehow wrong.
If this is the right page please reply and I will ask you further questions -- [[User:Recumbent Rider|Recumbent Rider]] ([[User talk:Recumbent Rider|talk]]) 05:28, 11 June 2016 (PDT)
:I'll do that, Recumbent Rider! Here's the chocolate bar someone will be getting in your name: [https://www.theochocolate.com/product/19]
:This is a talk page, I just talk a lot. When I was sitting here trying to think of who would need a chocolate bar, I realized that would be someone in some sort of "needs sugar" shock. Which reminds me, did you know? I like to keep chocolate in emergency kits. It comes in handy!
:Anyway, this is the right page, feel free to ask me further questions! --[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 07:33, 11 June 2016 (PDT)

====Your New Conversation Here!====
''your cool comment could live here!'' -- your user name (your talk page) your timestamp

'''The way to do that is:''' ''"your commentary" --<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>

User talk:Angel

2017-03-16T00:31:50Z

Eugene: /* Re winning editing award */

This talk page outline initially came directly from [[User:Eugene|Eugene]]'s talk page with only a few minor changes.

====Help Using Talk Pages====
Here's a few simple ways to keep the conversations easy to read!
#give our discussion a title. put four equals signs on either side of said title to make it stand out.
#if your comment is in reply to one of mine, add a colon to the beginning for every level of nested conversation
#add ''your username (your talk page) and time stamp'' to your comment by leaving''' <nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki> ''' at the end!
#click on the "edit" button at the top of this page to "view the source" and see what I'm talking about!
#DON'T BE SHY! I love making new wiki friends.

====Welcome to ''Bike Collectives Wiki''!====
:We hope you will contribute much and well.
:You may also enjoy reading the [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents|help pages]].

====Eugene 2016====
Howdy! Are you a human or a bot? My first encounter with you was on my Talk page (linked in my signature) You seem to be doing a whole lot of work on the wiki and I just wanted to say thanks, either way. If you're a bot, I'd love to make you a User Page. If you're a human, I might do the same. Pleased to make your internet acquaintance. --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 07:04, 14 February 2016 (PST)
:Wow, I'm honored! I hope I do the title proud!--[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 10:53, 15 February 2016 (PST)
::I have a concern about some busted code in the database. I get this message when I try to add certain templates. Who actually owns the server space? See below error message. --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 11:31, 15 February 2016 (PST)
<nowiki>Notice: Uncommitted DB writes (transaction from DatabaseBase::query (LinkBatch::doQuery (for Skin::preloadExistence))). in /home/richiepp/bikecollectives.org/wiki/includes/db/Database.php on line 4266</nowiki>

:::: Do not worry about that error message. Wikimedia was updated on October 16 to 1.24 by an unknown user, most likely, an automated action at Dreamhost. The Skin autodiscovery mechanism is no long used to load default skins, and it produces this error. At the time, I had to go into the database to fix blockbuster issues that prevented users from logging into the website. This required adding new columns that did not exist in the database after the update. The database is very large, so there must have been a failure during the update. Updates should never be performed before the database has been backed-up, however, this was not the procedure used. Anyways, everything appears to be working properly. I would consider moving the wiki to one of my servers if the hosting costs would be covered. --[[User:PositiveSpin|PositiveSpin]] ([[User talk:PositiveSpin|talk]]) 23:14, 15 February 2016 (PST)

::::: Thanks for answering that question, PositiveSpin! I think someone made an agreement with the Alliance for Biking and Walking at some point that they'd pay for our hosting, but in January I went and visited the site and noticed it was down, and it turns out it was because they hadn't paid the bill, so Godwin just paid it. Godwin and Momoko cleared out thousands of spambot users a couple years ago and revamped the website entirely. If you want details of recent bikecollectives & bikebike web development history, do a search for godwin in the think tank archives. He's not the only person who does the tech stuff, but it's a good search term. He's redoing the website part in Ruby right now and it's going to be up in a couple weeks, actually. --[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 23:49, 15 February 2016 (PST)

'''I'll be on your coast!''' This March, as in in a few weeks. --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 21:45, 24 February 2016 (PST)
: Where, where? --[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 22:08, 24 February 2016 (PST)
::car road tripping from SF to LA. --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 22:34, 24 February 2016 (PST)
::: awww, tell California I say hi! I'd bet you already know about it, but just in case you didn't, of all the amazing collectives in CA that I know about, I think you would be interested in is [http://www.cyclesofchange.org/programs/the-bikery/ the bikery] if you had to pick just one. --[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 22:44, 24 February 2016 (PST)
:::: I'll be mostly seeing sweeties and taking a long car ride with one of my besties. Seeing sights. That kind of thing.--[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 08:14, 5 March 2016 (PST)
:::: Oh, and you can just send my *VERY COOL* prize to my work, at 3943 Lancaster Ave Philadelphia PA 19104! --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 08:14, 5 March 2016 (PST)
====Eugene 2017====
My work snail-mail address has not changed since this time last year. <3 --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 12:27, 6 March 2017 (PST)
:Excellent, thanks! Chocolate en route shortly! <3 --[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]])19:36, 7 March 2017‎
::omg thanks to you as well!

====bots====

giving a user access to "bot" lets them run prescribed automated scripts. It would be up to Godwin to do some work in the sql backend (external to the wiki interface). --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 16:03, 15 February 2016 (PST)
:now that we are bots nobody can see our edits. Should we not be bots and instead make a bot?--[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 06:42, 21 February 2016 (PST)

====Egalitarianism====
I think we need both approaches, and I think both approaches are answers to the same questions. ''"How do we keep our comrades safest?"'' I think that at times it's best to gather our power and have secret cabals and to come up with secret language. I think that you are also doing very important work, both of recon and also of spreading the good word of "be a goddamn decent human being". I honestly don't believe that one can exist without the other. I think that keeping our most vulnerable away from the things that make them hurt is important work. I also think educating the ones doing the harm is important work as well. I'll tell you about this cool kid at our community open shop the next time I get access to the internet. --[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 21:06, 20 February 2016 (PST)
:my usual answer to "what work?" is "literally all the work. we need it all."--[[User:Eugene|Eugene]] ([[User talk:Eugene|talk]]) 21:10, 20 February 2016 (PST)

====Wiki Wishlist====
This section is mostly reminders to myself for when I'm older
* a way to look at the users list that excludes blocked users
* that those error messages would go away
* no orphan pages
* that weird thing where the categories page won't actually show *quite* everything in its category for some unknown reason
* a way for users to be a category that is easily accessed from every profile page
* ability to search the wiki without being logged in

====Your New Conversation Here!====
''your cool comment could live here!'' -- your user name (your talk page) your timestamp

==== Re winning editing award====

Not sure if this is a talk page or just a how to use a talk page. thats how non tech I am. I am going to ask a friend to help me as I can't seem to create a page with the right category links as I just edited parrot fashion from previous posts' and don't even get what a nested conversation is
Anyway Angel thanks for the award even though this is 3 months later. Please give the chocolate bar to someone you see at your community bike shop who looks like they need it. Sending one to Australia seems somehow wrong.
If this is the right page please reply and I will ask you further questions [[User:Recumbent Rider|Recumbent Rider]] ([[User talk:Recumbent Rider|talk]]) 05:28, 11 June 2016 (PDT)
:I'll do that, Recumbent Rider! Here's the chocolate bar someone will be getting in your name: [https://www.theochocolate.com/product/19]
:This is a talk page, I just talk a lot. When I was sitting here trying to think of who would need a chocolate bar, I realized that would be someone in some sort of "needs sugar" shock. Which reminds me, did you know? I like to keep chocolate in emergency kits. It comes in handy!
:Anyway, this is the right page, feel free to ask me further questions! --[[User:Angel|Angel York]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 07:33, 11 June 2016 (PDT)