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FRIDAY: Critical Mass Caravan!!

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on July 28, 2010
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So it’s the last week of the month again and you know what that means kiddies- Critical Mass time. This month, instead of just sneaking away from our jobs and families, here’s an official post to letcha know: We (The Bike Oven staff and Friends) are riding to CM as a pack from the Bike Oven. That’s right. Through months of careful traffic and terrain research, we’ve figured out a slick back alley route to the CM start point at Wilshire and Western. Anyone interested in joining us to ride out as a group is more than welcome to come. We meet at the Oven at 6 pm and ride out by 6:30 at a chill pace to get to CM smooth and on time. Our super duper top secret route plan does however include one brief stop at the Southwest corner of Echo Park (aka Glendale and Bellevue) for those of you not right on time or NELA enuff to start with us, we’ll scoop you up along the way.

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Bike Oven Class Series - Bicycle Evaluation

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DaveM
on July 7, 2009
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July 15, 2009
7:00 pmto10:00 pm

Wednesday July 15, 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Learn to evaluate an entire bicycle to determine repairs and adjustments required to put it into optimum working order. Condition of wearing surfaces, bearings, controls, and other components will be examined non-intrusively, that is, without disassembly. Needed repairs and extent of repair will be noted on an evaluation sheet to be provided as class material.

After demonstration portion of class, students will evaluate their own (or Oven supplied) bicycle in the manner presented. Students will then complete their own evaluation sheets. No tools will be needed or used, nothing will be disassembled or repaired. All evaluation will be done by sight, sound, and feel. No prerequisites for this class. No hablamos Español. Nous ne parlons pas français. Wir sprechen nicht Deutsches.

RSVP to:  info@bikeoven.com for class reservation. Limit eight students.

(Note: the shop will be closed for this class. No other shop use will be allowed while in session.)

Wednesday, June 3, 2009 Meeting Minutes

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DaveM
on June 5, 2009
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Management meeting minutes - June 3, 2009

In attendance:

Josef, John Harvey, Chicken Leather, Veronica, Winona, Leticia, Syd, DaveM, Arthur, Juan, Sam, et. al.

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Bike Oven Tech Training - Spring Cleaning!

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ubrayj02
on April 12, 2009
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April 15, 2009
7:00 pmto10:00 pm

image jacked from ionracas on Flickr

Wednesday April 15, 7:00pm - 10:00pm

The Bike Oven presents the class, “Spring Cleaning!”.

Join Chicken Leather and his group of comrades as they navigate the world of bike repair in an effort to get you and yours on the road.

The class will cover basic maintenance of a bicycle (in order to ready it for the Friday night ride of your choice) including: brake tuning, drive train cleanin’, bike washing, and shortcuts, tomfoolery, prestidigitation, and the irrepressible Chicken Leather’ witty banter and effervescent personality and body odor.

Students should bring their own bikes to work on if possible. Limited shop bikes will be available. Birth control optional.

A suggested donation of $10 is requested. Donation fee waived for
current volunteers.

Class is limited to 8 students. Secure your spot by emailing us at info@bikeoven.com.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 Meeting Minutes

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Meeting Minutes
4/1/2009

In Attendance:
Dave M.

Veronica
Syd
Leticia
J. Harv
Brian
Josef
Harv
Josef
Matt
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Bike Oven Tech Training - Wheel Truing Again

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on March 4, 2009
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March 25, 2009
7:00 pm

Hey you bumpy wheeled ridazz! Come by the Bike Oven on Wednesday night and learn the basics of wheel truing.

Wednesday Mar 25, 7:00pm - 10:00pm

This class will focus on wheel truing (straightening) and spoke adjustment. There are no prerequisites for this session and no prior mechanic experience is required. Anyone is welcome to attend. You will be given a brief overview of wheel design, construction, evaluation, tensioning, spoke replacement and tools and will then have an opportunity to practice on actual wheels.

Shop wheels will be used, but please bring your own as well for extra practice.

Class size is limited to 6 students. Secure your spot by emailing Josef at: ubrayj02 at yahoo dot com. Or call: 310-902-5439

First confirmed, first served. Walk-ins will only be admitted if class size permits.

(Note: the shop will be closed for this class. No other shop use will be allowed while in session.)

The Oven’s tutorials are designed to help new and current volunteers get up to speed on various common repair tasks we see in the shop so that they can participate in the madness we call the BikeOven…priority will be given to those who want to become full fledged volunteers. But we can fill open spaces with anyone who is simply interested in gaining new skills.

A suggested donation of $10 is requested - but if you’re broke you’re broke.

Caste no bar.

Bike Oven Tec Training - Spring Cleaning!

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ubrayj02
on March 4, 2009
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March 11, 2009
7:00 pm

image jacked from ionracas on Flickr

Wednesday March 11, 7:00pm - 10:00pm

The Bike Oven presents the class, “Spring Cleaning!”.

Join Chicken Leather and his group of comrades as they navigate the world of bike repair in an effort to get you and yours on the road.

The class will cover basic maintenance of a bicycle (in order to ready it for the Friday night ride of your choice) including: brake tuning, drive train cleanin’, bike washing, and shortcuts, tomfoolery, prestidigitation, and the irrepressible Chicken Leather’ witty banter and effervescent personality and body odor.

Students should bring their own bikes to work on if possible. Limited shop bikes will be available. Birth control optional.

A suggested donation of $10 is requested. Donation fee waived for
current volunteers.

Class is limited to 8 students. RSVP by emailing us at info@bikeoven.com

Bike Oven Class Series - Wheel Truing

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ubrayj02
on February 11, 2009
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February 11, 2009
7:00 pmto10:00 pm

Hey you bumpy wheeled ridazz! Come by the Bike Oven on Wednesday night and learn the basics of wheel truing.

Wednesday Feb 11, 7:00pm - 10:00pm

This class will focus on wheel truing (straightening) and spoke adjustment. There are no prerequisites for this session and no prior mechanic experience is required. Anyone is welcome to attend. You will be given a brief overview of wheel design, construction, evaluation, tensioning, spoke replacement and tools and will then have an opportunity to practice on actual wheels.

Shop wheels will be used, but please bring your own as well for extra practice.

Class size is limited to 6 students. Secure your spot by emailing Josef at: ubrayj02 at yahoo dot com. Or call: 310-902-5439

First confirmed, first served. Walk-ins will only be admitted if class size permits.

(Note: the shop will be closed for this class. No other shop use will be allowed while in session.)

The Oven’s tutorials are designed to help new and current volunteers get up to speed on various common repair tasks we see in the shop so that they can participate in the madness we call the BikeOven…priority will be given to those who want to become full fledged volunteers. But we can fill open spaces with anyone who is simply interested in gaining new skills.

A suggested donation of $10 is requested - but if you’re broke you’re broke.

Caste no bar.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009 Meeting Summary

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karizmatic
on February 9, 2009
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This month we talked about a lot of different stuff: bike donations to a non-profit, selling scrap parts, and much more.

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Bike Oven Class Series - Brakes

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DaveM
on January 23, 2009
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January 28, 2009
7:00 pmto10:00 pm

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Wednesday January 28, 7:00pm - 10:00pm

The Bike Oven presents the class, “Bicycle Rim Brakes”.

A comprehensive overview of traditional rim brakes for road & mountain bikes. Class will cover caliper, cantilever, and v-brake style braking systems. Future classes will review disk brakes separately. History, design, maintanance, adjustment, and repair will be covered.

The class will consist of a lecture (approx 20 min) describing bicycle brake history, development, design, and operation of the various types of rim brakes. Next will be a short demonstration of the removal, inspection, service, repair, installation and adjustments to a road caliper type of rim brake. Finally, students will get a chance to remove, disassemble, inspect, repair, service and reinstall their own rim brakes.

Students should bring their own bikes to work on. Some shop bikes will be available.

Class is limited to 8 students. RSVP by emailing us at info@bikeoven.com

Note: As of Wednesday morning, we still have some openings for the class. So, just show up tonight and participate.