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“Bike Spot” Featured in UCLA Research Showcase

March 11, 2008
10:45 amto11:30 am

J. Ryoo, Ph.D student at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, has compiled a small body of research and findings about a bicycle repair cooperative named “Bike Spot”. Her preliminary research and findings are to be presented in poster format in Room 3320 of Moore Hall on the UCLA campus at 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday, March 11, 2008.

Her work will be on display briefly, so catch it if you can! Westsidazz and grad students, I’m looking at you.

AERA-Style Poster Conference
Showcasing Student Research Projects from Education 222B,
Laboratory for Naturalistic Observation

 

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

 

9:15-10:00 a.m. (Group A)
10:00-10:45 a.m. (Group B)
10:45-11:30 a.m. (Group C) <–”Bike Spot” goes on display
in
Moore Hall, Room 3320

Moore Hall is located closest to Parking Lot 2. For a map of the campus, go to: http://www.ucla.edu/map/

Bike Oven Ready for Single Speed Conversions

Single Speed Conversion Bike

Bring your multi-speed bike to the Bike Oven and convert it to a Single Speed, or do a double-conversion - mountain to Single Speed Road. Use our workshop facilites, tools, and expertise to build the bike of your dreams. Or buy one of the used bikes we have on hand for your conversion project. Shop time is a $5.00 per hour (donation) plus parts. We have new BMX freewheels, tyres, tubes, and cables. We have used wheels, handlebars, stems, and brakes.

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Wednesday, March 5, 2008 Meeting Summary

This month we covered some hot topics at the Oven: getting bikes ready to ride (for sale) and finding a way to have more fun in the shop (like old times). Out notes are not very thorough, but they reflect the group decisions we made during the course of the meetings.

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Monday, January 21, 2008 Meeting Summary

Winona
JHArv
Chicken
Vernoica
Josef
Janina
Arthur
Linda
Steve
jean-guest

AGENDA

1. how do we make money?
2. classes and clinics.
-internal training
-external training (revisit)
3. definition of volunteers / schedule
4. Loaner bikes
5. Gary Elliot, define guidelines for 86ing jackasses. Define membership.
future meetings/vote?
6. Recruitment
7. Website, BLOGS, Etc.
8. POS - Thank You to the Kitchen
9. Parts ordering, supplies ordering
10. Bank Account / What to do with the money?
11. Events

Results

1. how do we make money?
selling bikes makes the most money. bikes broken down. Events generate money. stand time.

Arthur is our local interpreter, make an introduction tape to explain to spanish speakers our mission
exceptions bums, kids, and broke folks.
refer to bicycle doctor, bicycle station.
SELLING BIKES
- get rid of mountain bikes. gave them away. an event to give away bikes.
- 2 weeks hold for bikes.
- freebie bikes. post on craigs list. as a way of purging bikes. free bikes should be fixable, or stripped and junked. once a month. last weekend of the month freebie day.
- pay for storage.
- move the ready to ride bikes.
- Designate a list of people who would be eligible to determine weather or not it”s worth it to hold onto the bikes. harv’s evaluation list,???? amend the list. have it accesible to everyone, or at least those who know what they are doing.
-before you tear into a bike, have a plan.
- purpose of fixing bike to ready-to-ride, is for training purposes only.

STAND TIME
- not a bike shop, no drop off of bikes. please attempt to get them to fix their own bikes. learn how to fix your bike here, we don’t fix your bike, you do. half hour increments, $2.50. shop time, bike in shop you pay.
- no tools outside the shop.
- No work for hire.

MERCHANDISE
-tubes
-T-shirts (chicken leather)???
-Calendars
-front and rear light sets
- ordering / selling stuff
- how far do we want to go

RECRUITMENT (VOLUNTEER)
-recruit - one shift a week minimum, four shifts must be completed before membership votes in new volunteer, after the vote volunteer becomes eligible for volunteer benefits.
-post on website
-change recruit to volunteer?
-what are volunteer benefits?
-free stand time, 10% discount for volunteers on frames and parts?
-any free stand time is secondary to actual

VOLUNTEER DEFINITION (MEMBERSHIP)
- organize front desk
- sign in sheets, daily checklist (start/close), accounting sheets
-minimum requirements to maintain volunteer status
- if you miss more than one shift without notification or missing two weeks in one given month.
-if you lose volunteer status, must requalify for volunteer status.
-change volunteer to member?
-what are member benefits?
-free stand time, free back room parts, 20% discount on frames and counter parts, or marked items. greater benefits for member. be reasonable with what you take. project bikes, storage.
-members must be voted in.
-membership status is a representative of the time put in. Reliable, as far as shifts and notifying of absences.
SCHEDULE
Keys (MANAGERS)
- LINDA MONDAYS, THURSDAY
- JOSEPH WEDNESDAYS, SATURDAYS
- HARV SATURDAYS, and SUNDAYS
- J. HARV WEDNESDAY, SUNDAYS
- STEVE I. SUNDAYS, TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS (STANDBY)

WEDNESDAY, internal training night? closed to the public
1st  3 wednesdays training nights,  last wednesday of the month meeting.

Veronica, monday (FD)
Chicken leather, monday (Mechanic)
Winona Tuesday, Saturday

POS
-use on experimental basis
-mirror, paper work orders, on any day that either arthur and steve i. work.
- log of errors, and bugs.

WHAT TO DO WITH THE MONEY
-Pay off leticia and Maya ($150)
-OFFICE DEPOT ($50)
- THANKS TO THE KITCHEN

PARTS ORDERING
-leave it to Linda and Steve I.
-QVP
-United bicycle parts
-EuroAsia Imports

86ING JACKASSES LIKE GARY ELLIOT
- Discuss it at monthly meeting, and vote.

EVENTS
- last sunday of the month (MOVIE NIGHT)

Shop Closed on Tuesday, November 27, 2007

The Bike Oven shop will be closed tonight. The volunteer crew from the Bike Oven has a bunch of stuff we have to figure out, and tonight is the night to get things settled for next month - which is looking to be a doozy.

You can check out tonight’s meeting agenda or you can check out our Management Meeting Page and bore yourself with the minutia of trying to run a bicycle repair collective

Four Months In and We Be Working it Out

Bike Oven wrench J. Raspa hold a bicycle frame as one of our DIY bike builders hammers a new headset into place.

Bike Oven wrench, jraspa, holds a bicycle frame as one of our newest DIY bike builders hammers a new headset into place.

Since moving to our new location in mid-August of 2007, the Bike Oven has grown and mutated into something I never imagined possible. Our main focus, since having a long beer-influenced talk with Lars Lehtonen (the founder of bikeboom.com) years ago in my garage, has been on helping people who ride bikes. Our mission used to be to provide tools and a social network for people who are already wrapped up in cycling.

Things have started to change - and now we have been able to attract a steady trickle of non-bicycle geeks into the world of bicycle repair, social bike rides, parties, and our L.A. cycling scene’s culture of inclusion.

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Shop Closed on Thursday, November 22, 2007 for Thanksgiving

Sorry about this cyclists, but the Bike Oven will be closed on Thursday, November 22, 2007.

We all hope you enjoy today, if you’re with your family or not.

If you get bored, and want to go for a ride, you can join some of the Cub Camp tonight on their “Friends of the Friendless” ride.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 Meeting Summary

This summary is pretty rough around the edges. It was quickly typed up during our management meeting held on Tuesday, October 30, 2007.

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Bicycle Events for October 25 to October 27, 2007

Chavez Ravine Steve sets up at the Hermon Dog Park Environmental Fair on Saturday, October 13, 2007

Chavez Ravine Steve sets up at the Hermon Dog Park Environmental Fair on Saturday, October 13, 2007

There are a lot of rides going on in L.A. this weekend, but here is a short list of stuff that I know the Bike Oven crew will be attending:

Friday, October 26, 2007

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Sunday, October 28, 2007

So, I guess I’ll see you in the streets!

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Bike Oven Sign - Installed!

Since opening our doors in our new space in August, a lot about the Bike Oven has changed. Gone are the days of plastic sheets hung down from my old garage door in the winter. The bathroom breaks around the corner of the building are over and done as well - we have a potty at the new Bike Oven location.

Before I get any angry emails: taking a whizz “en plaine aire” has its merits. However, peeing indoors (and out of sight of the neighbors) has its merits as well (i.e. a sink to wash your hands).

All micturating aside, things have changed course in other ways. Our mission statement (if there ever was one) is now getting written down and voted on by our group of core volunteers. We share the space with Sandpaper Books, an alternative book dealership that inherited the space from an artist’s collective calling itself “Flor Y Canto” - so our cultural bona fides are quickly becoming as established as our bicycle repair abilities are.

Anyway, on to the sign, some pictures, and glory …

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