A derelict Shogun road bike gets new life as a Single Speed at the Bike Oven
Bike Oven mechanical wunderkind, Harv, has posted a spot on summary of what it feels like in the Bike Oven these days. We are BUSY! His article is posted on the C.I.C.L.E. blog and is entitled “It’s Happening As Fast As It Can“.
As oil prices have shot up, the bike industry cannot provide what people need to use to get around town, and the result is a mad-cap version of a gold rush at the Bike Oven.
Here is what Harv has to say about the whole deal:
Here at the Bike Oven, we can barely keep up. The demand for bikes and repairs is overwhelming. People are digging up those ten-speeds and bringing them in for refurbishing (sometimes a daunting task) or conversion. But more often they want ready to ride bikes (we call them RTRs at the Oven). As fast as we can twirl the wrenches, we take the Sow’s Ear donated bikes and turn them into Silk Purses. The most popular and sought after bikes are the single speed road bike and urban commuter conversions. As a training exercise and during slow moments (rare!) we take suspensionless mountain bikes and convert them using parts that have been stripped from the hopeless cases that have been donated.
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| May 14, 2008 |
| 7:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
Monday and Wednesday nights at the Bike Oven are Bike Oven Tech Training (B.O.T.T.) nights. We teach each other bike repair and destruction, we take care of our shop, and work on our own bikes. We relax our normal shop rules, order a couple of pizzas, and generally have a “Good Time” ™.
This week, we’re going to focus on training people on the post-modern analysis of bottom brackets. We’ll also be sorting through an insane variety of low-end bike part, and doing a bunch of other work on bikes in the shop - breaking them down, and hopefully building a few back up.
The shop is open from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m, but we’ll be closed to the public. Bike Oven volunteers only. If you’re interested in becoming a “volunteer” at the Bike Oven, email at us at info@bikeoven.com or just stop in to hang out and lend a hand.
More info about volunteer at the Bike Oven can be found on our Volunteer page.
| June 4, 2008 |
| 7:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
This coming Wednesday, June 4, 2008 we’re going to close the shop for an evening and have a meeting to discuss a bunch of stuff having to do with bikes and the Bike Oven.
We’re going to have to deal with a slight rent increase, and we desperately need to get some more volunteers trained to help on the shop floor. Plus will be talking about any events, rides, or whatever scheduled to happen, or that someone needs some help setting up.
The meeting is going to start at 7 p.m. We’ll have some pizza there too. Yay, pizza!
| May 10, 2008 |
| 6:30 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
The Spoke(n) Art bicycle ride is a free, once-a-month, bicycle tour of art galleries in North East Los Angeles.
The ride takes place on the second Saturday of each month - a special night in North East Los Angeles. Area art galleries open their doors late into the night as part of NELAart’s “Gallery Night”.
This month’s Spoke(n) Art Ride will feature the work of photographers, artists, and cyclists who are a part of Team Midnight Ridazz in a show entitled “Photographing L.A. Bike Culture”. The exhibition opens on Saturday, May 10, 2008 and will remain at the Bike Oven until June 7, 2008. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, May 10, at 7 pm. For further information about the Photographing L.A. Bike Culture exhibition, please contact Steven at stevo.rd AT verizon.net
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| May 3, 2008 |
| 11:00 am | to | 1:00 pm |
The Bike Oven parade posse is rolling again this Saturday, May 3, 2008 - come join us!
This Saturday, May 3, 2008 at around 11:00 a.m. bike riders (and ridazz) are invited to join the Bike Oven in the Cypress Park Cinco De Mayo Parade. If you’d like to join us, bring your bike, a smile and a good waing arm - as you’ll be showing off your trusty bicycle to the rest of the neighborhood.
We’ll have some oranges and water on hand - you’ll probably need some sunscreen (and maybe a tall boy or two for after the parade).
Any aspring contenders for the Ms./Mr. Bike Oven 2008 position should arrive appropriately dressed - we’ll have an innertube sash made up for you and a royal rickshaw you will be ridden around in (we’re accepting applications for rickshaw wallahs also).
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| May 7, 2008 |
| 7:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
Nothing has been set in stone for this meeting as of the time of this writing - but if there is anything you’d like to talk about, throw in a comment below.
If you’re interested in getting more involved with the Bike Oven, apply to see what we’re doing in our forum .
Or send an email to us at info@bikeoven.com
| May 15, 2008 |
| 7:00 am | to | 10:00 am |
If you are riding your bike, pushing your shopping cart full of bottles and cans, taking the bus, driving your hummer, whatever, stop by the Bike Oven at 3706 N. Figueroa Street between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Thursday, May 15, 2008 for free hot chocolate and pan dulce.
It’s “Bike to Work Week”, but bike commuters know that these silly annual events are all about skipping work to get some free schwag and bike tune-ups.
The Bike Oven is going to open its doors early on Thursday, May 15, 2008 to anyone who wants to come and celebrate bikes with a cup of free warm liquid, some unhealthy pastries, and a bunch of ne’er do wells on two wheels.
Unlike the official “Bike to Work Day” events being put on by the MTA, our Bike to (not) Work Day event will feature numerous unemployed layabouts, students, and (hopefully) a few housewives.
The same details in a different format are here on Midnight Ridazz. The raging debate about this ride is taking place on the Midnight Ridazz forum post for this “event”.
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