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Written by Admin
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Tuesday, 27 October 2009 15:23 |
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Open Bike Night is a time to use the space at the Bike Forth for both workshops and all kinds of fun stuff (bike-related fun will be given priority!). Open Bike Night is every Monday night starting at 6:30 pm at Bike Forth. Anyone is welcome to participate or put on an event that is 30 minutes to 2 hours long. Send an email to
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if you would like to host an event or have any questions.
Schedule
| Date |
Event Topic |
Minister |
| July 26 |
Work party |
Matt |
| August 2 |
Davis Dollars Presentation |
Darin and Nick |
| August 9 |
Skit about brakes |
Jason, Adam and Jan |
| August 16 |
Bucket Panniers |
Angel and April |
| August 23 |
See and be seen: All about bike lights |
Jan |
| August 30 |
Mystery/surprise workshop |
Angel |
Past Events
| Date |
Event
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Ministers |
| July 19 |
Headsets and stems |
Roi |
| July 12 |
Tool overview |
Jason |
| July 5 |
Music: Glacier Saint, Poppet, Doofy Doo |
Darach |
June 28
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Movie - B.I.K.E. |
Jason |
| June 21 |
Summer Solstice Ride |
Angel |
| June 14 |
Metalworking Skills 2 |
Matt/Robbie |
| June 7 |
Pump repair workshop |
Jason |
| May 31 |
Movie (Rad - It's like Karate Kid on wheels!) |
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| May 24 |
Wheel Building |
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| May 17 |
Bike Jewelry & Bucket Panniers (DIY Night) |
Darin and Roi? |
| May 10 |
Funny Bike Potluck! |
Matt |
| May 3 |
City Council Candidate Transportation Forum |
Darach |
| April 26 |
Bike Checkup and Clinic (to prep for Bike Month) |
Roi |
| April 19 |
Metalworking |
Matt |
| April 12 |
Reshowing of 2008 Davis Bicycle Film Fest & Potluck |
Angel
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| April 5 |
How to clean your bike (end of winter rejuvination) |
Jason |
| March 30 |
Autumn Sky & Michelle Blades
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Jonathan, Clinton
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| March 22 |
Spring Break! Night Ride to Winters |
Angel |
| March 15 |
Wheelbuildling |
Jonathan, Robbie |
| March 8 |
Movie: Quicksilver |
Jason |
| March 1 |
How to clean your bike |
Jason |
| Feb 22 |
Volunteer Consensus and Facilitation Workshop |
Jason |
| Feb 1 |
Headsets |
Roi, Jonathan |
| Feb 1 |
Potluck and short stories |
Jonathan |
| Feb 8 |
Cranks & Pedals |
cancelled |
| Feb 8 |
T-Shirt Screen Printing and Bike Jewelry |
Angel, Jason |
| Feb 15 |
Cables |
Robbie |
| Feb 15 |
Game Night |
Robbie |
| Jan 25 |
Frames with James |
Jason |
| Jan 25 |
Movie: American Flyers |
Jason |
| Jan 18 |
People Skills |
Angel, Jason
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| Jan 18 |
Jewelry from Bike Parts |
Angel, Obijan |
Jan 11
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Tube patching and tires |
Jonathan, Angel
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| Jan 11 |
Music: Nat Lefkoff, Ricky Berger and Garrett Pierce |
Clinton, Jonathan |
Jan 4
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Derailluers |
Jason, Matt, Jan
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| Jan 4 |
Movie: The Triplets of Belleville |
Jason |
| Dec 21 |
Consensus |
Angel, Jonathan |
| Dec 21 |
Winter Solstice Night Ride to Winters |
Angel, Jonathan |
| Dec 14 |
Bike Hacks: bucket panniers and tire fenders |
Jason, Roi |
| Dec 14 |
Screen printing |
Jason, Roi |
| Dec 7 |
Brakes |
Jason, Darin
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| Dec 7 |
Meet the Davis Bike Committee |
Jason |
| Nov 30 |
Bottom Brackets |
Robbie, Darach
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| Nov 30 |
Music (Andreas) |
Robbie |
| Nov 23 |
Hubs: A look into the grease |
Jason, Janaki
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| Nov 23 |
Thanksgiving potluck with poetry reading |
Jason |
| Nov 16 |
Wheel truing: with and without a stand
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Angel, Jonathan |
| Nov 16 |
DIY Fenders |
Darin, Jason |
| Nov 9 |
Tools. An overview of ALL the tools we have and what they do |
Jason, Jonathan |
| Nov 9 |
Movie: The Bicycle Thief |
Jason |
Ideas for fun
- How-to workshops: bucket panniers, DIY fenders, coaster brake rebuilds, Scraper and/or mutant bike building/retrofitting
- Rides: night rides to Winters, casual town rides, coaster brake rebuild relay
- Creative: screen printing, T-shirt designing, radio promo, flyer making, designing, distributing
- Sporting: bike polo, races, planning for such
- Entertainment: movie night (perhaps a fallback), acoustic or otherwise quiet music, open mic night, poetry reading
- Improving the space: workparty, mural designing, painting
- General potluck, homebrew tasting, and carousing!
- Guest lectures
- some time in April: a reshowing of the davis bike film fest. a few weeks before the reshowing on campus. see angel or davis bicycles for more info.
Workshop Topics
- Consensus
- Meeting facilitation
- Coaster hubs
- Wheel hubs
- Freewheels and cassettes and chains
- Wheel truing and spoke replacement
- Wheel building & rim straightening
- Patching tubes, removing and reseating tires
- Cranks: taper, cotter pin, hollow core. Removing, reseating, rethreading pedals
- Bottom brackets, types, rebuilds
- Unfreezing frozen parts
- Brakes (standard), cables housing, levers, types, pads, balancing, aligning
- Brakes (disc)
- Shifters and deraileurs
- Headsets, crown races, cups, stems. Threaded v threadless.
- Bike fit
- Bike lights
- Shop management, greeting, teaching, conflict resolution
- Collective Philosophy (why not sell bikes, fix bikes, gender, class, anarchy, consensus, roots)
- Money. Economics, pricing, purchasing, reimbursement
- Tools. An overview of ALL the tools we have and what they do
- Bicycle cleaning
- Basic metal working
Resources
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Last Updated on Thursday, 22 July 2010 17:00 |
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