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<p>Cyclista: time period</p> <hr /> <div><br /> {{shop-info<br /> | name = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles (RIBs)<br /> | logo = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles-logo.jpg<br /> | year_founded = 1991<br /> <br /> | year_dissolved =2020 <br /> <br /> | website = https://www.facebook.com/RecycleIthacaBicycles/<br /> | email = <br /> | town = Ithaca<br /> | state = New York<br /> | province = <br /> | country = United States<br /> <br /> <br /> | campus = <br /> <br /> <br /> | language1 = English<br /> | language2 = <br /> | language3 = <br /> <br /> <br /> | has-diy-shop = yes<br /> | has-pay-shop = no<br /> | has-mobile-repair = no<br /> | has-bike-sharing = no<br /> | has-earn-a-bike = no<br /> | has-bike-valet = no<br /> | has-workshops = no<br /> | has-courses = no<br /> | has-group-rides = yes<br /> | has-bicycle-advocacy = no<br /> | has-pedicab = no<br /> | has-in-school-programs = no<br /> | has-youth-summercamp = no<br /> | has-youth-racing = no<br /> | has-women-trans-hours = no<br /> <br /> <br /> | mission-statement = <br /> Early on, in the early 1990's, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles was simply a project to give primarily Black children of Ithaca's inner city something productive and positive to do with their time, through making use of a great surplus of abandoned bikes readily available throughout the city streets. The idea was germinated through a series of discussions between a local Black reverend and members of Ithaca's Green Party.<br /> <br /> Into the early 2000's, not only had the city begun to change, but the need of the city's Black youth did as well. Due in some part to RIBs' mission, but perhaps more generally due to an overall rise in standards for municipal organization and general standard of living for residents, discarded bicycles were no longer littering the city streets, and Black inner city youth now had a wider variety of options for activities.<br /> <br /> By this time, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles had developed a strong volunteer (mostly non-Black) DIY culture that maintained the shop, and while catering to the needs of Ithaca's Black youth, had through publicity and popularity broadened its clientele to include anyone in need, or with a passion for environmentalism or bicycles (being a majority non-Black city, the majority of the city's impoverished and homeless were themselves non-Black).<br /> <br /> At this point, the shop was more or less a socialist cooperative functioning in earnest for the public good. Probably because of its pre-Southside origins in the Ithaca Green Party, it had always had an almost subliminal culture of environmentalism as well, and this emerged as a more conscious mission around this time.<br /> <br /> Around 2002 or so, RIBs had solidified into a project that prioritized community and individual empowerment and ecological responsibility, and which fostered these ideals through an open and collaborative skillsharing environment.<br /> <br /> The Black children of Ithaca were still an important part of this practice, but as the program had never attracted a critical mass of Black staff, mostly the introduction of this important demographic to the program was left to the responsibility of the all-Black administrative staff of the Southside Community Center, who over time devoted less and less bandwidth to consideration of the RIBs program. This contrasted sharply with the level of development the program had attained, well beyond its simplistic origins. The staff and volunteers of the program by this time featured a significant quantity of professionals, academics, activists, and experienced nonprofit workers, and procedures at the shop were not only well established, but complex and streamlined.<br /> <br /> Eventually, through sporadic yet consistent closures over the decades, some of which spanned several years, these tensions came to a head toward the end of 2020 as the pandemic conditions were winding down. The administration of the Southside Community Center, arriving at a consensus that RIBs had for years been developing along its own evolutionary path, decided to fire all staff and shut it down.<br /> <br /> Their intentions were to eventually reuse the RIBs name and reopen its old address under that name, with a keener eye on maintaining control of its operations and culture. Almost a year after the closure of RIBs' old location, they reopened the building and claimed to be also reopening RIBs.<br /> <br /> As of January 2024, the only mission statement the SsCC administration has provided for activities at the old RIBs address is "To Affirm, Empower, and Foster Black Leadership and Liberation Through Bicycling in Our Community". The building is consistently closed in contradiction to its advertised hours, has no experienced mechanics or workspace managers on staff, and has lost a large amount of its parts and tools to theft and neglect. The few experienced staff hired after 2020 left, in most cases after only a few months.<br /> <br /> Whether or not this is true to the history and purpose of the program is a matter of wildly disputed public opinion in Ithaca.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Location and Hours==<br /> Once upon a time but no longer, 530 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY 14850<br /> <br /> ==General Information==<br /> <br /> Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles was a community bike program that operated in Ithaca for almost thirty years, and which was sponsored by Ithaca's Southside Community Center for around twenty of those years, up until its closure by the administration of the SsCC in September of 2020. <br /> <br /> RIBs accepted donations of bicycles and bicycle parts and rerouted them from landfills, saving objects of history and usefulness from the scrap stream. While it was in operation, RIBs provided a collegial environment where people of all ages and backgrounds could learn about bike repair, reuse, engineering, ecology, and how to work cooperatively and constructively with others. RIBs was a pioneering program in the sustainability movement, developing and sustaining methods and principles for circularity and zero waste decades before the terms became popular in public discourse. <br /> <br /> The primary function of RIBs was open shop. That environment was open to both youth and adults, and required no fees or memberships, though donations were always welcome. Used parts were at various points available either in return for volunteer hours, or on a pay-what-you-want basis.<br /> <br /> ==Contact==<br /> <br /> == Website ==<br /> https://www.facebook.com/RecycleIthacaBicycles/<br /> <br /> == See Also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:New York Community Bicycle Organizations]]</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Recycle_Ithaca%27s_Bicycles&diff=50573 Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles 2024-02-03T22:09:36Z

<p>Cyclista: acronym consistency</p> <hr /> <div><br /> {{shop-info<br /> | name = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles (RIBs)<br /> | logo = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles-logo.jpg<br /> | year_founded = 1991<br /> <br /> | year_dissolved =2020 <br /> <br /> | website = https://www.facebook.com/RecycleIthacaBicycles/<br /> | email = <br /> | town = Ithaca<br /> | state = New York<br /> | province = <br /> | country = United States<br /> <br /> <br /> | campus = <br /> <br /> <br /> | language1 = English<br /> | language2 = <br /> | language3 = <br /> <br /> <br /> | has-diy-shop = yes<br /> | has-pay-shop = no<br /> | has-mobile-repair = no<br /> | has-bike-sharing = no<br /> | has-earn-a-bike = no<br /> | has-bike-valet = no<br /> | has-workshops = no<br /> | has-courses = no<br /> | has-group-rides = yes<br /> | has-bicycle-advocacy = no<br /> | has-pedicab = no<br /> | has-in-school-programs = no<br /> | has-youth-summercamp = no<br /> | has-youth-racing = no<br /> | has-women-trans-hours = no<br /> <br /> <br /> | mission-statement = <br /> Early on, in the early 1990's, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles was simply a project to give primarily Black children of Ithaca's inner city something productive and positive to do with their time, through making use of a great surplus of abandoned bikes readily available throughout the city streets. The idea was germinated through a series of discussions between a local Black reverend and members of Ithaca's Green Party.<br /> <br /> Into the early 2000's, not only had the city begun to change, but the need of the city's Black youth did as well. Due in some part to RIBs' mission, but perhaps more generally due to an overall rise in standards for municipal organization and general standard of living for residents, discarded bicycles were no longer littering the city streets, and Black inner city youth now had a wider variety of options for activities.<br /> <br /> By this time, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles had developed a strong volunteer (mostly non-Black) DIY culture that maintained the shop, and while catering to the needs of Ithaca's Black youth, had through publicity and popularity broadened its clientele to include anyone in need, or with a passion for environmentalism or bicycles (being a majority non-Black city, the majority of the city's impoverished and homeless were themselves non-Black).<br /> <br /> At this point, the shop was more or less a socialist cooperative functioning in earnest for the public good. Probably because of its pre-Southside origins in the Ithaca Green Party, it had always had an almost subliminal culture of environmentalism as well, and this emerged as a more conscious mission around this time.<br /> <br /> Around 2002 or so, RIBs had solidified into a project that prioritized community and individual empowerment and ecological responsibility, and which fostered these ideals through an open and collaborative skillsharing environment.<br /> <br /> The Black children of Ithaca were still an important part of this practice, but as the program had never attracted a critical mass of Black staff, mostly the introduction of this important demographic to the program was left to the responsibility of the all-Black administrative staff of the Southside Community Center, who over time devoted less and less bandwidth to consideration of the RIBs program. This contrasted sharply with the level of development the program had attained, well beyond its simplistic origins. The staff and volunteers of the program by this time featured a significant quantity of professionals, academics, activists, and experienced nonprofit workers, and procedures at the shop were not only well established, but complex and streamlined.<br /> <br /> Eventually, through sporadic yet consistent closures over the decades, some of which spanned several years, these tensions came to a head toward the end of 2020 as the pandemic conditions were winding down. The administration of the Southside Community Center, arriving at a consensus that RIBs had for years been developing along its own evolutionary path, decided to fire all staff and shut it down.<br /> <br /> Their intentions were to eventually reuse the RIBs name and reopen its old address under that name, with a keener eye on maintaining control of its operations and culture. Almost a year after the closure of RIBs' old location, they reopened the building and claimed to be also reopening RIBs.<br /> <br /> As of October 2023, the only mission statement the SsCC administration has provided for activities at the old RIBs address is "To Affirm, Empower, and Foster Black Leadership and Liberation Through Bicycling in Our Community". The building is consistently closed in contradiction to its advertised hours, has no experienced mechanics or workspace managers on staff, and has lost a large amount of its parts and tools to theft and neglect. The few experienced staff hired after 2020 left, in most cases after only a few months.<br /> <br /> Whether or not this is true to the history and purpose of the program is a matter of wildly disputed public opinion in Ithaca.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Location and Hours==<br /> Once upon a time but no longer, 530 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY 14850<br /> <br /> ==General Information==<br /> <br /> Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles was a community bike program that operated in Ithaca for almost thirty years, and which was sponsored by Ithaca's Southside Community Center for around twenty of those years, up until its closure by the administration of the SsCC in September of 2020. <br /> <br /> RIBs accepted donations of bicycles and bicycle parts and rerouted them from landfills, saving objects of history and usefulness from the scrap stream. While it was in operation, RIBs provided a collegial environment where people of all ages and backgrounds could learn about bike repair, reuse, engineering, ecology, and how to work cooperatively and constructively with others. RIBs was a pioneering program in the sustainability movement, developing and sustaining methods and principles for circularity and zero waste decades before the terms became popular in public discourse. <br /> <br /> The primary function of RIBs was open shop. That environment was open to both youth and adults, and required no fees or memberships, though donations were always welcome. Used parts were at various points available either in return for volunteer hours, or on a pay-what-you-want basis.<br /> <br /> ==Contact==<br /> <br /> == Website ==<br /> https://www.facebook.com/RecycleIthacaBicycles/<br /> <br /> == See Also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:New York Community Bicycle Organizations]]</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Recycle_Ithaca%27s_Bicycles&diff=50572 Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles 2024-02-03T22:08:40Z

<p>Cyclista: detail</p> <hr /> <div><br /> {{shop-info<br /> | name = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles (RIBs)<br /> | logo = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles-logo.jpg<br /> | year_founded = 1991<br /> <br /> | year_dissolved =2020 <br /> <br /> | website = https://www.facebook.com/RecycleIthacaBicycles/<br /> | email = <br /> | town = Ithaca<br /> | state = New York<br /> | province = <br /> | country = United States<br /> <br /> <br /> | campus = <br /> <br /> <br /> | language1 = English<br /> | language2 = <br /> | language3 = <br /> <br /> <br /> | has-diy-shop = yes<br /> | has-pay-shop = no<br /> | has-mobile-repair = no<br /> | has-bike-sharing = no<br /> | has-earn-a-bike = no<br /> | has-bike-valet = no<br /> | has-workshops = no<br /> | has-courses = no<br /> | has-group-rides = yes<br /> | has-bicycle-advocacy = no<br /> | has-pedicab = no<br /> | has-in-school-programs = no<br /> | has-youth-summercamp = no<br /> | has-youth-racing = no<br /> | has-women-trans-hours = no<br /> <br /> <br /> | mission-statement = <br /> Early on, in the early 1990's, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles was simply a project to give primarily Black children of Ithaca's inner city something productive and positive to do with their time, through making use of a great surplus of abandoned bikes readily available throughout the city streets. The idea was germinated through a series of discussions between a local Black reverend and members of Ithaca's Green Party.<br /> <br /> Into the early 2000's, not only had the city begun to change, but the need of the city's Black youth did as well. Due in some part to RIBs' mission, but perhaps more generally due to an overall rise in standards for municipal organization and general standard of living for residents, discarded bicycles were no longer littering the city streets, and Black inner city youth now had a wider variety of options for activities.<br /> <br /> By this time, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles had developed a strong volunteer (mostly non-Black) DIY culture that maintained the shop, and while catering to the needs of Ithaca's Black youth, had through publicity and popularity broadened its clientele to include anyone in need, or with a passion for environmentalism or bicycles (being a majority non-Black city, the majority of the city's impoverished and homeless were themselves non-Black).<br /> <br /> At this point, the shop was more or less a socialist cooperative functioning in earnest for the public good. Probably because of its pre-Southside origins in the Ithaca Green Party, it had always had an almost subliminal culture of environmentalism as well, and this emerged as a more conscious mission around this time.<br /> <br /> Around 2002 or so, RIBs had solidified into a project that prioritized community and individual empowerment and ecological responsibility, and which fostered these ideals through an open and collaborative skillsharing environment.<br /> <br /> The Black children of Ithaca were still an important part of this practice, but as the program had never attracted a critical mass of Black staff, mostly the introduction of this important demographic to the program was left to the responsibility of the all-Black administrative staff of the Southside Community Center, who over time devoted less and less bandwidth to consideration of the RIBs program. This contrasted sharply with the level of development the program had attained, well beyond its simplistic origins. The staff and volunteers of the program by this time featured a significant quantity of professionals, academics, activists, and experienced nonprofit workers, and procedures at the shop were not only well established, but complex and streamlined.<br /> <br /> Eventually, through sporadic yet consistent closures over the decades, some of which spanned several years, these tensions came to a head toward the end of 2020 as the pandemic conditions were winding down. The administration of the Southside Community Center, arriving at a consensus that RIBs had for years been developing along its own evolutionary path, decided to fire all staff and shut it down.<br /> <br /> Their intentions were to eventually reuse the RIBs name and reopen its old address under that name, with a keener eye on maintaining control of its operations and culture. Almost a year after the closure of RIBs' old location, they reopened the building and claimed to be also reopening RIBs.<br /> <br /> As of October 2023, the only mission statement the SsCC administration has provided for activities at the old RIBs address is "To Affirm, Empower, and Foster Black Leadership and Liberation Through Bicycling in Our Community". The building is consistently closed in contradiction to its advertised hours, has no experienced mechanics or workspace managers on staff, and has lost a large amount of its parts and tools to theft and neglect. The few experienced staff hired after 2020 left, in most cases after only a few months.<br /> <br /> Whether or not this is true to the history and purpose of the program is a matter of wildly disputed public opinion in Ithaca.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Location and Hours==<br /> Once upon a time but no longer, 530 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY 14850<br /> <br /> ==General Information==<br /> <br /> Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles was a community bike program that operated in Ithaca for almost thirty years, and which was sponsored by Ithaca's Southside Community Center for around twenty of those years, up until its closure by the administration of the SsCC in September of 2020. <br /> <br /> RIBs accepted donations of bicycles and bicycle parts and rerouted them from landfills, saving objects of history and usefulness from the scrap stream. While it was in operation, RIBs provided a collegial environment where people of all ages and backgrounds could learn about bike repair, reuse, engineering, ecology, and how to work cooperatively and constructively with others. RIBs was a pioneering program in the sustainability movement, developing and sustaining methods and principles for circularity and zero waste decades before the terms became popular in public discourse. <br /> <br /> The primary function of R.I.B.s was open shop. That environment was open to both youth and adults, and required no fees or memberships, though donations were always welcome. Used parts were at various points available either in return for volunteer hours, or on a pay-what-you-want basis.<br /> <br /> ==Contact==<br /> <br /> == Website ==<br /> https://www.facebook.com/RecycleIthacaBicycles/<br /> <br /> == See Also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:New York Community Bicycle Organizations]]</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Recycle_Ithaca%27s_Bicycles&diff=50571 Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles 2024-02-03T22:07:54Z

<p>Cyclista: Elucidation.</p> <hr /> <div><br /> {{shop-info<br /> | name = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles (RIBs)<br /> | logo = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles-logo.jpg<br /> | year_founded = 1991<br /> <br /> | year_dissolved =2020 <br /> <br /> | website = https://www.facebook.com/RecycleIthacaBicycles/<br /> | email = <br /> | town = Ithaca<br /> | state = New York<br /> | province = <br /> | country = United States<br /> <br /> <br /> | campus = <br /> <br /> <br /> | language1 = English<br /> | language2 = <br /> | language3 = <br /> <br /> <br /> | has-diy-shop = yes<br /> | has-pay-shop = no<br /> | has-mobile-repair = no<br /> | has-bike-sharing = no<br /> | has-earn-a-bike = no<br /> | has-bike-valet = no<br /> | has-workshops = no<br /> | has-courses = no<br /> | has-group-rides = yes<br /> | has-bicycle-advocacy = no<br /> | has-pedicab = no<br /> | has-in-school-programs = no<br /> | has-youth-summercamp = no<br /> | has-youth-racing = no<br /> | has-women-trans-hours = no<br /> <br /> <br /> | mission-statement = <br /> Early on, in the early 1990's, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles was simply a project to give primarily Black children of Ithaca's inner city something productive and positive to do with their time, through making use of a great surplus of abandoned bikes readily available throughout the city streets. The idea was germinated through a series of discussions between a local Black reverend and members of Ithaca's Green Party.<br /> <br /> Into the early 2000's, not only had the city begun to change, but the need of the city's Black youth did as well. Due in some part to RIBs' mission, but perhaps more generally due to an overall rise in standards for municipal organization and general standard of living for residents, discarded bicycles were no longer littering the city streets, and Black inner city youth now had a wider variety of options for activities.<br /> <br /> By this time, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles had developed a strong volunteer (mostly non-Black) DIY culture that maintained the shop, and while catering to the needs of Ithaca's Black youth, had through publicity and popularity broadened its clientele to include anyone in need, or with a passion for environmentalism or bicycles (being a majority non-Black city, the majority of the city's impoverished and homeless were themselves non-Black).<br /> <br /> At this point, the shop was more or less a socialist cooperative functioning in earnest for the public good. Probably because of its pre-Southside origins in the Ithaca Green Party, it had always had an almost subliminal culture of environmentalism as well, and this emerged as a more conscious mission around this time.<br /> <br /> Around 2002 or so, RIBs had solidified into a project that prioritized community and individual empowerment and ecological responsibility, and which fostered these ideals through an open and collaborative skillsharing environment.<br /> <br /> The Black children of Ithaca were still an important part of this practice, but as the program had never attracted a critical mass of Black staff, mostly the introduction of this important demographic to the program was left to the responsibility of the all-Black administrative staff of the Southside Community Center, who over time devoted less and less bandwidth to consideration of the RIBs program. This contrasted sharply with the level of development the program had attained, well beyond its simplistic origins. The staff and volunteers of the program by this time featured a significant quantity of professionals, academics, activists, and experienced nonprofit workers, and procedures at the shop were not only well established, but complex and streamlined.<br /> <br /> Eventually, through sporadic yet consistent closures over the decades, some of which spanned several years, these tensions came to a head toward the end of 2020 as the pandemic conditions were winding down. The administration of the Southside Community Center, arriving at a consensus that RIBs had for years been developing along its own evolutionary path, decided to fire all staff and shut it down.<br /> <br /> Their intentions were to eventually reuse the RIBs name and reopen its old address under that name, with a keener eye on maintaining control of its operations and culture. Almost a year after the closure of RIBs' old location, they reopened the building and claimed to be also reopening RIBs.<br /> <br /> As of October 2023, the only mission statement the SsCC administration has provided for activities at the old RIBs address is "To Affirm, Empower, and Foster Black Leadership and Liberation Through Bicycling in Our Community". The building is consistently closed in contradiction to its advertised hours, has no experienced mechanics or workspace managers on staff, and has lost a large amount of its parts and tools to theft and neglect. The few experienced staff hired after 2020 left, in most cases after only a few months.<br /> <br /> Whether or not this is true to the history and purpose of the program is a matter of wildly disputed public opinion in Ithaca.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Location and Hours==<br /> Once upon a time but no longer, 530 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY 14850<br /> <br /> ==General Information==<br /> <br /> Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles was a community bike program that operated in Ithaca for almost thirty years, and which was sponsored by Ithaca's Southside Community Center for around twenty of those years, up until its closure by the administration of the SsCC in September of 2020. <br /> <br /> RIBs accepted donations of bicycles and bicycle parts and rerouted them from landfills, saving objects of history and usefulness from the scrap stream. While it was in operation, RIBs provided a collegial environment where people of all ages could learn about bike repair, reuse, engineering, ecology, and how to work cooperatively and constructively with others. RIBs was a pioneering program in the sustainability movement, developing and sustaining methods and principles for circularity and zero waste decades before the terms became popular in public discourse. <br /> <br /> The primary function of R.I.B.s was open shop. That environment was open to both youth and adults, and required no fees or memberships, though donations were always welcome. Used parts were at various points available either in return for volunteer hours, or on a pay-what-you-want basis.<br /> <br /> ==Contact==<br /> <br /> == Website ==<br /> https://www.facebook.com/RecycleIthacaBicycles/<br /> <br /> == See Also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:New York Community Bicycle Organizations]]</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Thinktank&diff=50444 Thinktank 2024-01-13T01:22:18Z

<p>Cyclista: added "category"</p> <hr /> <div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:ThinkTank}}<br /> <br /> A live, current electronic mailing list used to ask questions and post exciting news about community bike shops. The list is populated by current and past volunteers, staff, organizers, and board members of community bike shops around the world going back almost two decades. Joining the mailing list and participating in the discussion is free and simple, and the sign-up page for the list is [https://lists.bikecollectives.org/postorius/lists/thethinktank.lists.bikecollectives.org/ here]. The ''lingua franca'' of the list is primarily English, but posters originate from a wide variety of countries and states.<br /> <br /> ==The ThinkTank Archive==<br /> <br /> <br /> Bikecollectives.org maintains an archive of past contributions to and discussion at the ThinkTank mailing list. The archive collects messages and topics going all the way back to 2006, making it a valuable trove of information for research.<br /> <br /> ===Searching the Archive===<br /> <br /> <br /> The ThinkTank archives are searchable, and can be found [https://lists.bikecollectives.org/hyperkitty/list/thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org/ here]. For those who make use of browser search plugins, there is also a search plugin [https://mycroftproject.com/install.html?id=120475&basename=bc_thinktank_archive&icontype=ico&name=ThinkTank+Archives here] that has been tested working on Mozilla Firefox. It may or may not work with Chrome or other browsers.<br /> <br /> === Searching as a way to use the ThinkTank more effectively ===<br /> <br /> <br /> It may be prudent to search the archives before posting a new topic to the ThinkTank; over the years much has been discussed on a wide variety of topics relevant to community bike shops.<br /> <br /> <br /> For instance, a quick search for "liability", a frequent topic introduced by those new to the list and in the process of starting new collectives, cooperatives, or just community-run shops in general, yields 37 pages of previous discussion, a great deal of which is redundant. A search for "insurance" yields 52 pages of discussion, though due to new insurance companies coming into existence and old ones exiting, that discussion over time may be more or less relevant depending on age.<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:ThinkTank}}<br /> [[Category:Mailing lists]]</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Thinktank&diff=50443 Thinktank 2024-01-13T01:03:24Z

<p>Cyclista: clarity</p> <hr /> <div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:ThinkTank}}<br /> <br /> A live, current electronic mailing list used to ask questions and post exciting news about community bike shops. The list is populated by current and past volunteers, staff, organizers, and board members of community bike shops around the world going back almost two decades. Joining the mailing list and participating in the discussion is free and simple, and the sign-up page for the list is [https://lists.bikecollectives.org/postorius/lists/thethinktank.lists.bikecollectives.org/ here]. The ''lingua franca'' of the list is primarily English, but posters originate from a wide variety of countries and states.<br /> <br /> ==The ThinkTank Archive==<br /> <br /> <br /> Bikecollectives.org maintains an archive of past contributions to and discussion at the ThinkTank mailing list. The archive collects messages and topics going all the way back to 2006, making it a valuable trove of information for research.<br /> <br /> ===Searching the Archive===<br /> <br /> <br /> The ThinkTank archives are searchable, and can be found [https://lists.bikecollectives.org/hyperkitty/list/thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org/ here]. For those who make use of browser search plugins, there is also a search plugin [https://mycroftproject.com/install.html?id=120475&basename=bc_thinktank_archive&icontype=ico&name=ThinkTank+Archives here] that has been tested working on Mozilla Firefox. It may or may not work with Chrome or other browsers.<br /> <br /> === Searching as a way to use the ThinkTank more effectively ===<br /> <br /> <br /> It may be prudent to search the archives before posting a new topic to the ThinkTank; over the years much has been discussed on a wide variety of topics relevant to community bike shops.<br /> <br /> <br /> For instance, a quick search for "liability", a frequent topic introduced by those new to the list and in the process of starting new collectives, cooperatives, or just community-run shops in general, yields 37 pages of previous discussion, a great deal of which is redundant. A search for "insurance" yields 52 pages of discussion, though due to new insurance companies coming into existence and old ones exiting, that discussion over time may be more or less relevant depending on age.<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:ThinkTank}}</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Thinktank&diff=50442 Thinktank 2024-01-13T01:00:05Z

<p>Cyclista: flow</p> <hr /> <div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:ThinkTank}}<br /> <br /> A live, current electronic mailing list used to ask questions and post exciting news about community bike shops. The list is populated by current and past volunteers, staff, organizers, and board members of community bike shops around the world going back almost two decades. Joining the mailing list and participating in the discussion is free and simple, and the sign-up page for the list is [https://lists.bikecollectives.org/postorius/lists/thethinktank.lists.bikecollectives.org/ here]. The ''lingua franca'' of the list is primarily English, but posters originate from a wide variety of countries and states in North, Meso, and South America, as well as Europe.<br /> <br /> ==The ThinkTank Archive==<br /> <br /> <br /> Bikecollectives.org maintains an archive of past contributions to and discussion at the ThinkTank mailing list. The archive collects messages and topics going all the way back to 2006, making it a valuable trove of information for research.<br /> <br /> ===Searching the Archive===<br /> <br /> <br /> The ThinkTank archives are searchable, and can be found [https://lists.bikecollectives.org/hyperkitty/list/thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org/ here]. For those who make use of browser search plugins, there is also a search plugin [https://mycroftproject.com/install.html?id=120475&basename=bc_thinktank_archive&icontype=ico&name=ThinkTank+Archives here] that has been tested working on Mozilla Firefox. It may or may not work with Chrome or other browsers.<br /> <br /> === Searching as a way to use the ThinkTank more effectively ===<br /> <br /> <br /> It may be prudent to search the archives before posting a new topic to the ThinkTank; over the years much has been discussed on a wide variety of topics relevant to community bike shops.<br /> <br /> <br /> For instance, a quick search for "liability", a frequent topic introduced by those new to the list and in the process of starting new collectives, cooperatives, or just community-run shops in general, yields 37 pages of previous discussion, a great deal of which is redundant. A search for "insurance" yields 52 pages of discussion, though due to new insurance companies coming into existence and old ones exiting, that discussion over time may be more or less relevant depending on age.<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:ThinkTank}}</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Thinktank&diff=50441 Thinktank 2024-01-13T00:58:53Z

<p>Cyclista: flow</p> <hr /> <div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:ThinkTank}}<br /> <br /> A live, current electronic mailing list used to ask questions and post exciting news about community bike shops. The list is populated by current and past volunteers, staff, organizers, and board members of community bike shops around the world going back almost two decades. Joining the mailing list and participating in the discussion is free and simple, and the sign-up page for the list is [https://lists.bikecollectives.org/postorius/lists/thethinktank.lists.bikecollectives.org/ here]. The ''lingua franca'' of the list is primarily English, but posters originate from a wide variety of countries and states in North and South America and Europe.<br /> <br /> ==The ThinkTank Archive==<br /> <br /> <br /> Bikecollectives.org maintains an archive of past contributions to and discussion at the ThinkTank mailing list. The archive collects messages and topics going all the way back to 2006, making it a valuable trove of information for research.<br /> <br /> ===Searching the Archive===<br /> <br /> <br /> The ThinkTank archives are searchable, and can be found [https://lists.bikecollectives.org/hyperkitty/list/thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org/ here]. For those who make use of browser search plugins, there is also a search plugin [https://mycroftproject.com/install.html?id=120475&basename=bc_thinktank_archive&icontype=ico&name=ThinkTank+Archives here] that has been tested working on Mozilla Firefox. It may or may not work with Chrome or other browsers.<br /> <br /> === Searching as a way to use the ThinkTank more effectively ===<br /> <br /> <br /> It may be prudent to search the archives before posting a new topic to the ThinkTank; over the years much has been discussed on a wide variety of topics relevant to community bike shops.<br /> <br /> <br /> For instance, a quick search for "liability", a frequent topic introduced by those new to the list and in the process of starting new collectives, cooperatives, or just community-run shops in general, yields 37 pages of previous discussion, a great deal of which is redundant. A search for "insurance" yields 52 pages of discussion, though due to new insurance companies coming into existence and old ones exiting, that discussion over time may be more or less relevant depending on age.<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:ThinkTank}}</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Thinktank&diff=50440 Thinktank 2024-01-13T00:57:51Z

<p>Cyclista: demographic clarification</p> <hr /> <div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:ThinkTank}}<br /> <br /> A live, current electronic mailing list used to ask questions and post exciting news about community bike shops. The list is populated by current and past volunteers, staff, organizers, and board members of community bike shops around the world going back almost two decades. Joining the mailing list and participating in the discussion is free and simple. The sign-up page is [https://lists.bikecollectives.org/postorius/lists/thethinktank.lists.bikecollectives.org/ here]. The ''lingua franca'' of the list is primarily English, but posters originate from a wide variety of countries and states in North and South America and Europe.<br /> <br /> ==The ThinkTank Archive==<br /> <br /> <br /> Bikecollectives.org maintains an archive of past contributions to and discussion at the ThinkTank mailing list. The archive collects messages and topics going all the way back to 2006, making it a valuable trove of information for research.<br /> <br /> ===Searching the Archive===<br /> <br /> <br /> The ThinkTank archives are searchable, and can be found [https://lists.bikecollectives.org/hyperkitty/list/thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org/ here]. For those who make use of browser search plugins, there is also a search plugin [https://mycroftproject.com/install.html?id=120475&basename=bc_thinktank_archive&icontype=ico&name=ThinkTank+Archives here] that has been tested working on Mozilla Firefox. It may or may not work with Chrome or other browsers.<br /> <br /> === Searching as a way to use the ThinkTank more effectively ===<br /> <br /> <br /> It may be prudent to search the archives before posting a new topic to the ThinkTank; over the years much has been discussed on a wide variety of topics relevant to community bike shops.<br /> <br /> <br /> For instance, a quick search for "liability", a frequent topic introduced by those new to the list and in the process of starting new collectives, cooperatives, or just community-run shops in general, yields 37 pages of previous discussion, a great deal of which is redundant. A search for "insurance" yields 52 pages of discussion, though due to new insurance companies coming into existence and old ones exiting, that discussion over time may be more or less relevant depending on age.<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:ThinkTank}}</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Thinktank&diff=50439 Thinktank 2024-01-13T00:54:00Z

<p>Cyclista: language clarification</p> <hr /> <div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:ThinkTank}}<br /> <br /> A live, current electronic mailing list used to ask questions and post exciting news about community bike shops. The list is populated by current and past volunteers, staff, organizers, and board members of community bike shops around the world going back almost two decades. Joining the mailing list and participating in the discussion is free and simple. The sign-up page is [https://lists.bikecollectives.org/postorius/lists/thethinktank.lists.bikecollectives.org/ here]. The ''lingua franca'' of the list is primarily English.<br /> <br /> ==The ThinkTank Archive==<br /> <br /> <br /> Bikecollectives.org maintains an archive of past contributions to and discussion at the ThinkTank mailing list. The archive collects messages and topics going all the way back to 2006, making it a valuable trove of information for research.<br /> <br /> ===Searching the Archive===<br /> <br /> <br /> The ThinkTank archives are searchable, and can be found [https://lists.bikecollectives.org/hyperkitty/list/thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org/ here]. For those who make use of browser search plugins, there is also a search plugin [https://mycroftproject.com/install.html?id=120475&basename=bc_thinktank_archive&icontype=ico&name=ThinkTank+Archives here] that has been tested working on Mozilla Firefox. It may or may not work with Chrome or other browsers.<br /> <br /> === Searching as a way to use the ThinkTank more effectively ===<br /> <br /> <br /> It may be prudent to search the archives before posting a new topic to the ThinkTank; over the years much has been discussed on a wide variety of topics relevant to community bike shops.<br /> <br /> <br /> For instance, a quick search for "liability", a frequent topic introduced by those new to the list and in the process of starting new collectives, cooperatives, or just community-run shops in general, yields 37 pages of previous discussion, a great deal of which is redundant. A search for "insurance" yields 52 pages of discussion, though due to new insurance companies coming into existence and old ones exiting, that discussion over time may be more or less relevant depending on age.<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:ThinkTank}}</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Thinktank&diff=50438 Thinktank 2024-01-13T00:52:32Z

<p>Cyclista: Fortifying the intro paragraph.</p> <hr /> <div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:ThinkTank}}<br /> <br /> A live, current electronic mailing list used to ask questions and post exciting news about community bike shops. The list is populated by current and past volunteers, staff, organizers, and board members of community bike shops around the world going back almost two decades. Joining the mailing list and participating in the discussion is free and simple. The sign-up page is [https://lists.bikecollectives.org/postorius/lists/thethinktank.lists.bikecollectives.org/ here].<br /> <br /> ==The ThinkTank Archive==<br /> <br /> <br /> Bikecollectives.org maintains an archive of past contributions to and discussion at the ThinkTank mailing list. The archive collects messages and topics going all the way back to 2006, making it a valuable trove of information for research.<br /> <br /> ===Searching the Archive===<br /> <br /> <br /> The ThinkTank archives are searchable, and can be found [https://lists.bikecollectives.org/hyperkitty/list/thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org/ here]. For those who make use of browser search plugins, there is also a search plugin [https://mycroftproject.com/install.html?id=120475&basename=bc_thinktank_archive&icontype=ico&name=ThinkTank+Archives here] that has been tested working on Mozilla Firefox. It may or may not work with Chrome or other browsers.<br /> <br /> === Searching as a way to use the ThinkTank more effectively ===<br /> <br /> <br /> It may be prudent to search the archives before posting a new topic to the ThinkTank; over the years much has been discussed on a wide variety of topics relevant to community bike shops.<br /> <br /> <br /> For instance, a quick search for "liability", a frequent topic introduced by those new to the list and in the process of starting new collectives, cooperatives, or just community-run shops in general, yields 37 pages of previous discussion, a great deal of which is redundant. A search for "insurance" yields 52 pages of discussion, though due to new insurance companies coming into existence and old ones exiting, that discussion over time may be more or less relevant depending on age.<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:ThinkTank}}</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Thinktank&diff=50437 Thinktank 2024-01-13T00:38:02Z

<p>Cyclista: /* Searching the Archive */</p> <hr /> <div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:ThinkTank}}<br /> <br /> An electronic mailing list used to ask questions and post exciting news about community bike shops.<br /> <br /> ==The ThinkTank Archive==<br /> <br /> <br /> Bikecollectives.org maintains an archive of past contributions to and discussion at the ThinkTank mailing list. The archive collects messages and topics going all the way back to 2006, making it a valuable trove of information for research.<br /> <br /> ===Searching the Archive===<br /> <br /> <br /> The ThinkTank archives are searchable, and can be found [https://lists.bikecollectives.org/hyperkitty/list/thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org/ here]. For those who make use of browser search plugins, there is also a search plugin [https://mycroftproject.com/install.html?id=120475&basename=bc_thinktank_archive&icontype=ico&name=ThinkTank+Archives here] that has been tested working on Mozilla Firefox. It may or may not work with Chrome or other browsers.<br /> <br /> === Searching as a way to use the ThinkTank more effectively ===<br /> <br /> <br /> It may be prudent to search the archives before posting a new topic to the ThinkTank; over the years much has been discussed on a wide variety of topics relevant to community bike shops.<br /> <br /> <br /> For instance, a quick search for "liability", a frequent topic introduced by those new to the list and in the process of starting new collectives, cooperatives, or just community-run shops in general, yields 37 pages of previous discussion, a great deal of which is redundant. A search for "insurance" yields 52 pages of discussion, though due to new insurance companies coming into existence and old ones exiting, that discussion over time may be more or less relevant depending on age.<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:ThinkTank}}</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Thinktank&diff=50436 Thinktank 2024-01-13T00:37:26Z

<p>Cyclista: /* Searching the Archive */</p> <hr /> <div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:ThinkTank}}<br /> <br /> An electronic mailing list used to ask questions and post exciting news about community bike shops.<br /> <br /> ==The ThinkTank Archive==<br /> <br /> <br /> Bikecollectives.org maintains an archive of past contributions to and discussion at the ThinkTank mailing list. The archive collects messages and topics going all the way back to 2006, making it a valuable trove of information for research.<br /> <br /> ===Searching the Archive===<br /> <br /> <br /> The ThinkTank archives are searchable, and can be found [https://lists.bikecollectives.org/hyperkitty/list/thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org/ here]. For those who make use of search plugins, there is also a search plugin [https://mycroftproject.com/install.html?id=120475&basename=bc_thinktank_archive&icontype=ico&name=ThinkTank+Archives here] that has been tested working on Mozilla Firefox. It may or may not work with Chrome or other browsers.<br /> <br /> === Searching as a way to use the ThinkTank more effectively ===<br /> <br /> <br /> It may be prudent to search the archives before posting a new topic to the ThinkTank; over the years much has been discussed on a wide variety of topics relevant to community bike shops.<br /> <br /> <br /> For instance, a quick search for "liability", a frequent topic introduced by those new to the list and in the process of starting new collectives, cooperatives, or just community-run shops in general, yields 37 pages of previous discussion, a great deal of which is redundant. A search for "insurance" yields 52 pages of discussion, though due to new insurance companies coming into existence and old ones exiting, that discussion over time may be more or less relevant depending on age.<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:ThinkTank}}</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Thinktank&diff=50435 Thinktank 2024-01-13T00:36:33Z

<p>Cyclista: readability?</p> <hr /> <div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:ThinkTank}}<br /> <br /> An electronic mailing list used to ask questions and post exciting news about community bike shops.<br /> <br /> ==The ThinkTank Archive==<br /> <br /> <br /> Bikecollectives.org maintains an archive of past contributions to and discussion at the ThinkTank mailing list. The archive collects messages and topics going all the way back to 2006, making it a valuable trove of information for research.<br /> <br /> ===Searching the Archive===<br /> <br /> <br /> The ThinkTank archives page can be found [https://lists.bikecollectives.org/hyperkitty/list/thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org/ here]. For those who make use of search plugins, there is also a search plugin [https://mycroftproject.com/install.html?id=120475&basename=bc_thinktank_archive&icontype=ico&name=ThinkTank+Archives here] that has been tested working on Mozilla Firefox. It may or may not work with Chrome or other browsers.<br /> <br /> === Searching as a way to use the ThinkTank more effectively ===<br /> <br /> <br /> It may be prudent to search the archives before posting a new topic to the ThinkTank; over the years much has been discussed on a wide variety of topics relevant to community bike shops.<br /> <br /> <br /> For instance, a quick search for "liability", a frequent topic introduced by those new to the list and in the process of starting new collectives, cooperatives, or just community-run shops in general, yields 37 pages of previous discussion, a great deal of which is redundant. A search for "insurance" yields 52 pages of discussion, though due to new insurance companies coming into existence and old ones exiting, that discussion over time may be more or less relevant depending on age.<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:ThinkTank}}</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Thinktank&diff=50434 Thinktank 2024-01-13T00:00:36Z

<p>Cyclista: </p> <hr /> <div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:ThinkTank}}<br /> <br /> An electronic mailing list used to ask questions and post exciting news about community bike shops.<br /> <br /> ==The ThinkTank Archives==<br /> <br /> <br /> Bikecollectives.org maintains an archive of past contributions to and discussion at the ThinkTank mailing list. The archive collects messages and topics going all the way back to 2006, making it a valuable trove of information for research.<br /> <br /> It may be prudent to search the archives before posting a new topic to the ThinkTank; over the years much has been discussed on a wide variety of topics relevant to community bike shops. For instance, a quick search for "liability", a frequent topic introduced by those new to the list and in the process of starting new collectives, cooperatives, or just community-run shops in general, yields 37 pages of previous discussion, a great deal of which is redundant. A search for "insurance" yields 52 pages of discussion, though due to new insurance companies coming into existence and old ones exiting, that discussion over time may be more or less relevant depending on age.<br /> <br /> ===Searching the Archives===<br /> <br /> <br /> The ThinkTank archives page can be found [https://lists.bikecollectives.org/hyperkitty/list/thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org/ here]. For those who make use of search plugins, there is also a search plugin [https://mycroftproject.com/install.html?id=120475&basename=bc_thinktank_archive&icontype=ico&name=ThinkTank+Archives here] that has been tested working on Mozilla Firefox. It may or may not work with Chrome or other browsers.<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:ThinkTank}}</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Thinktank&diff=50433 Thinktank 2024-01-12T23:57:34Z

<p>Cyclista: headings, removed stub status</p> <hr /> <div>An electronic mailing list used to ask questions and post exciting news about community bike shops.<br /> <br /> == The ThinkTank Archives ==<br /> <br /> <br /> Bikecollectives.org maintains an archive of past contributions to and discussion at the ThinkTank mailing list. The archive collects messages and topics going all the way back to 2006, making it a valuable trove of information for research.<br /> <br /> It may be prudent to search the archives before posting a new topic to the ThinkTank; over the years much has been discussed on a wide variety of topics relevant to community bike shops. For instance, a quick search for "liability", a frequent topic introduced by those new to the list and in the process of starting new collectives, cooperatives, or just community-run shops in general, yields 37 pages of previous discussion, a great deal of which is redundant. A search for "insurance" yields 52 pages of discussion, though due to new insurance companies coming into existence and old ones exiting, that discussion over time may be more or less relevant depending on age.<br /> <br /> === Searching the Archives ===<br /> <br /> <br /> The ThinkTank archives page can be found [https://lists.bikecollectives.org/hyperkitty/list/thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org/ here]. For those who make use of search plugins, there is also a search plugin [https://mycroftproject.com/install.html?id=120475&basename=bc_thinktank_archive&icontype=ico&name=ThinkTank+Archives here] that has been tested working on Mozilla Firefox. It may or may not work with Chrome or other browsers.</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Thinktank&diff=50432 Thinktank 2024-01-12T23:52:11Z

<p>Cyclista: spelling</p> <hr /> <div>{{stub}}<br /> <br /> An electronic mailing list used to ask questions and post exciting news about community bike shops.<br /> <br /> <br /> Bikecollectives.org maintains an archive of past contributions to and discussion at the ThinkTank mailing list. The archive collects messages and topics going all the way back to 2006, making it a valuable trove of information for research.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> It may be prudent to search the archives before posting a new topic to the ThinkTank; over the years much has been discussed on a wide variety of topics relevant to community bike shops. For instance, a quick search for "liability", a frequent topic introduced by those new to the list and in the process of starting new collectives, cooperatives, or just community-run shops in general, yields 37 pages of previous discussion, a great deal of which is redundant. A search for "insurance" yields 52 pages of discussion, though due to new insurance companies coming into existence and old ones exiting, that discussion over time may be more or less relevant depending on age.<br /> <br /> <br /> The ThinkTank archives page can be found [https://lists.bikecollectives.org/hyperkitty/list/thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org/ here]. For those who make use of search plugins, there is also a search plugin [https://mycroftproject.com/install.html?id=120475&basename=bc_thinktank_archive&icontype=ico&name=ThinkTank+Archives here] that has been tested working on Mozilla Firefox. It may or may not work with Chrome or other browsers.</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Thinktank&diff=50431 Thinktank 2024-01-12T23:51:11Z

<p>Cyclista: Added advice about using the list, as well as a link to the list and and a search plugin for searching the list.</p> <hr /> <div>{{stub}}<br /> <br /> An electronic mailing list used to ask questions and post exciting news about community bike shops.<br /> <br /> <br /> Bikecollectives.org maintains an archive of past contributions to and discussion at the ThinkTank mailing list. The archive collects messages and topics going all the way back to 2006, making it a valuable trove of information for research.<br /> <br /> <br /> It may be prudent to search the archives before posting a new topic to the ThinkTank; over the years much has been discussed on a wide variety of topics relevant to community bike shops. For instance, a quick search for "liability", a frequent topic introduced by those new to the list and in the process of starting new collectives, cooperatives, or just community-run shops in general, yields 37 pages of previous discussion, a great deal of which is redundant. A search for "insurance" yields 52 pages of discussion, though due to new insurance companies coming into existence and old ones exiting, that discussion over time may me more or less relevant depending on age.<br /> <br /> <br /> The ThinkTank archives page can be found [https://lists.bikecollectives.org/hyperkitty/list/thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org/ here]. For those who make use of search plugins, there is also a search plugin [https://mycroftproject.com/install.html?id=120475&basename=bc_thinktank_archive&icontype=ico&name=ThinkTank+Archives here] that has been tested working on Mozilla Firefox. It may or may not work with Chrome or other browsers.</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Recycle_Ithaca%27s_Bicycles&diff=50324 Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles 2023-09-29T08:02:16Z

<p>Cyclista: removed contact info</p> <hr /> <div><br /> {{shop-info<br /> | name = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles (RIBs)<br /> | logo = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles-logo.jpg<br /> | year_founded = 1991<br /> <br /> | year_dissolved =2020 <br /> <br /> | website = https://www.facebook.com/RecycleIthacaBicycles/<br /> | email = <br /> | town = Ithaca<br /> | state = New York<br /> | province = <br /> | country = United States<br /> <br /> <br /> | campus = <br /> <br /> <br /> | language1 = English<br /> | language2 = <br /> | language3 = <br /> <br /> <br /> | has-diy-shop = yes<br /> | has-pay-shop = no<br /> | has-mobile-repair = no<br /> | has-bike-sharing = no<br /> | has-earn-a-bike = no<br /> | has-bike-valet = no<br /> | has-workshops = no<br /> | has-courses = no<br /> | has-group-rides = yes<br /> | has-bicycle-advocacy = no<br /> | has-pedicab = no<br /> | has-in-school-programs = no<br /> | has-youth-summercamp = no<br /> | has-youth-racing = no<br /> | has-women-trans-hours = no<br /> <br /> <br /> | mission-statement = <br /> Early on, in the early 1990's, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles was simply a project to give primarily Black children of Ithaca's inner city something productive and positive to do with their time, through making use of a great surplus of abandoned bikes readily available throughout the city streets. The idea was germinated through a series of discussions between a local Black reverend and members of Ithaca's Green Party.<br /> <br /> Into the early 2000's, not only had the city begun to change, but the need of the city's Black youth did as well. Due in some part to RIBs' mission, but perhaps more generally due to an overall rise in standards for municipal organization and general standard of living for residents, discarded bicycles were no longer littering the city streets, and Black inner city youth now had a wider variety of options for activities.<br /> <br /> By this time, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles had developed a strong volunteer (mostly non-Black) DIY culture that maintained the shop, and while catering to the needs of Ithaca's Black youth, had through publicity and popularity broadened its clientele to include anyone in need, or with a passion for environmentalism or bicycles (being a majority non-Black city, the majority of the city's impoverished and homeless were themselves non-Black).<br /> <br /> At this point, the shop was more or less a socialist cooperative functioning in earnest for the public good. Probably because of its pre-Southside origins in the Ithaca Green Party, it had always had an almost subliminal culture of environmentalism as well, and this emerged as a more conscious mission around this time.<br /> <br /> Around 2002 or so, RIBs had solidified into a project that prioritized community and individual empowerment and ecological responsibility, and which fostered these ideals through an open and collaborative skillsharing environment.<br /> <br /> The Black children of Ithaca were still an important part of this practice, but as the program had never attracted a critical mass of Black staff, mostly the introduction of this important demographic to the program was left to the responsibility of the all-Black administrative staff of the Southside Community Center, who over time devoted less and less bandwidth to consideration of the RIBs program. This contrasted sharply with the level of development the program had attained, well beyond its simplistic origins. The staff and volunteers of the program by this time featured a significant quantity of professionals, academics, activists, and experienced nonprofit workers, and procedures at the shop were not only well established, but complex and streamlined.<br /> <br /> Eventually, through sporadic yet consistent closures over the decades, some of which spanned several years, these tensions came to a head toward the end of 2020 as the pandemic conditions were winding down. The administration of the Southside Community Center, arriving at a consensus that RIBs had for years been developing along its own evolutionary path, decided to fire all staff and shut it down.<br /> <br /> Their intentions were to eventually reuse the RIBs name and reopen its old address under that name, with a keener eye on maintaining control of its operations and culture. Almost a year after the closure of RIBs' old location, they reopened the building and claimed to be also reopening RIBs.<br /> <br /> As of October 2023, the only mission statement the SsCC administration has provided for activities at the old RIBs address is "To Affirm, Empower, and Foster Black Leadership and Liberation Through Bicycling in Our Community". The building is consistently closed in contradiction to its advertised hours, has no experienced mechanics or workspace managers on staff, and has lost a large amount of its parts and tools to theft and neglect. The few experienced staff hired after 2020 left, in most cases after only a few months.<br /> <br /> Whether or not this is true to the history and purpose of the program is a matter of wildly disputed public opinion in Ithaca.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Location and Hours==<br /> Once upon a time but no longer, 530 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY 14850<br /> <br /> ==General Information==<br /> <br /> Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles was a community bike program that operated in Ithaca for almost thirty years, and which was sponsored by Ithaca's Southside Community Center for around twenty of those years, up until its closure by the administration of the SsCC in September of 2020. <br /> <br /> R.I.B.s accepted donations of bicycles and bicycle parts, and rerouted them from landfills, saving objects of history and usefulness from the scrap stream. While it was in operation, R.I.B.s provided an environment where people of all ages could learn about bike repair, reuse, and ecology, and how to work cooperatively and constructively with others. <br /> <br /> The primary function of R.I.B.s was open shop. That environment was open to both youth and adults, and required no fees or memberships, though donations were always welcome. Used parts were at various points available either in return for volunteer hours, or on a pay-what-you-want basis.<br /> <br /> ==Contact==<br /> <br /> == Website ==<br /> https://www.facebook.com/RecycleIthacaBicycles/<br /> <br /> == See Also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:New York Community Bicycle Organizations]]</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Recycle_Ithaca%27s_Bicycles&diff=50323 Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles 2023-09-29T07:55:38Z

<p>Cyclista: </p> <hr /> <div><br /> {{shop-info<br /> | name = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles (RIBs)<br /> | logo = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles-logo.jpg<br /> | year_founded = 1991<br /> <br /> | year_dissolved =2020 <br /> <br /> | website = https://www.facebook.com/RecycleIthacaBicycles/<br /> | email = cyclista.ribs@gmail.com<br /> | town = Ithaca<br /> | state = New York<br /> | province = <br /> | country = United States<br /> <br /> <br /> | campus = <br /> <br /> <br /> | language1 = English<br /> | language2 = <br /> | language3 = <br /> <br /> <br /> | has-diy-shop = yes<br /> | has-pay-shop = no<br /> | has-mobile-repair = no<br /> | has-bike-sharing = no<br /> | has-earn-a-bike = no<br /> | has-bike-valet = no<br /> | has-workshops = no<br /> | has-courses = no<br /> | has-group-rides = yes<br /> | has-bicycle-advocacy = no<br /> | has-pedicab = no<br /> | has-in-school-programs = no<br /> | has-youth-summercamp = no<br /> | has-youth-racing = no<br /> | has-women-trans-hours = no<br /> <br /> <br /> | mission-statement = <br /> Early on, in the early 1990's, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles was simply a project to give primarily Black children of Ithaca's inner city something productive and positive to do with their time, through making use of a great surplus of abandoned bikes readily available throughout the city streets. The idea was germinated through a series of discussions between a local Black reverend and members of Ithaca's Green Party.<br /> <br /> Into the early 2000's, not only had the city begun to change, but the need of the city's Black youth did as well. Due in some part to RIBs' mission, but perhaps more generally due to an overall rise in standards for municipal organization and general standard of living for residents, discarded bicycles were no longer littering the city streets, and Black inner city youth now had a wider variety of options for activities.<br /> <br /> By this time, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles had developed a strong volunteer (mostly non-Black) DIY culture that maintained the shop, and while catering to the needs of Ithaca's Black youth, had through publicity and popularity broadened its clientele to include anyone in need, or with a passion for environmentalism or bicycles (being a majority non-Black city, the majority of the city's impoverished and homeless were themselves non-Black).<br /> <br /> At this point, the shop was more or less a socialist cooperative functioning in earnest for the public good. Probably because of its pre-Southside origins in the Ithaca Green Party, it had always had an almost subliminal culture of environmentalism as well, and this emerged as a more conscious mission around this time.<br /> <br /> Around 2002 or so, RIBs had solidified into a project that prioritized community and individual empowerment and ecological responsibility, and which fostered these ideals through an open and collaborative skillsharing environment.<br /> <br /> The Black children of Ithaca were still an important part of this practice, but as the program had never attracted a critical mass of Black staff, mostly the introduction of this important demographic to the program was left to the responsibility of the all-Black administrative staff of the Southside Community Center, who over time devoted less and less bandwidth to consideration of the RIBs program. This contrasted sharply with the level of development the program had attained, well beyond its simplistic origins. The staff and volunteers of the program by this time featured a significant quantity of professionals, academics, activists, and experienced nonprofit workers, and procedures at the shop were not only well established, but complex and streamlined.<br /> <br /> Eventually, through sporadic yet consistent closures over the decades, some of which spanned several years, these tensions came to a head toward the end of 2020 as the pandemic conditions were winding down. The administration of the Southside Community Center, arriving at a consensus that RIBs had for years been developing along its own evolutionary path, decided to fire all staff and shut it down.<br /> <br /> Their intentions were to eventually reuse the RIBs name and reopen its old address under that name, with a keener eye on maintaining control of its operations and culture. Almost a year after the closure of RIBs' old location, they reopened the building and claimed to be also reopening RIBs.<br /> <br /> As of October 2023, the only mission statement the SsCC administration has provided for activities at the old RIBs address is "To Affirm, Empower, and Foster Black Leadership and Liberation Through Bicycling in Our Community". The building is consistently closed in contradiction to its advertised hours, has no experienced mechanics or workspace managers on staff, and has lost a large amount of its parts and tools to theft and neglect. The few experienced staff hired after 2020 left, in most cases after only a few months.<br /> <br /> Whether or not this is true to the history and purpose of the program is a matter of wildly disputed public opinion in Ithaca.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Location and Hours==<br /> Once upon a time but no longer, 530 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY 14850<br /> <br /> ==General Information==<br /> <br /> Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles was a community bike program that operated in Ithaca for almost thirty years, and which was sponsored by Ithaca's Southside Community Center for around twenty of those years, up until its closure by the administration of the SsCC in September of 2020. <br /> <br /> R.I.B.s accepted donations of bicycles and bicycle parts, and rerouted them from landfills, saving objects of history and usefulness from the scrap stream. While it was in operation, R.I.B.s provided an environment where people of all ages could learn about bike repair, reuse, and ecology, and how to work cooperatively and constructively with others. <br /> <br /> The primary function of R.I.B.s was open shop. That environment was open to both youth and adults, and required no fees or memberships, though donations were always welcome. Used parts were at various points available either in return for volunteer hours, or on a pay-what-you-want basis.<br /> <br /> ==Contact==<br /> <br /> == Website ==<br /> https://www.facebook.com/RecycleIthacaBicycles/<br /> <br /> == See Also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:New York Community Bicycle Organizations]]</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Recycle_Ithaca%27s_Bicycles&diff=50322 Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles 2023-09-29T07:51:08Z

<p>Cyclista: clarification: mission</p> <hr /> <div><br /> {{shop-info<br /> | name = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles (RIBs)<br /> | logo = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles-logo.jpg<br /> | year_founded = 1991<br /> <br /> | year_dissolved =2020 <br /> <br /> | website = https://www.facebook.com/RecycleIthacaBicycles/<br /> | email = cyclista.ribs@gmail.com<br /> | town = Ithaca<br /> | state = New York<br /> | province = <br /> | country = United States<br /> <br /> <br /> | campus = <br /> <br /> <br /> | language1 = English<br /> | language2 = <br /> | language3 = <br /> <br /> <br /> | has-diy-shop = yes<br /> | has-pay-shop = no<br /> | has-mobile-repair = no<br /> | has-bike-sharing = no<br /> | has-earn-a-bike = no<br /> | has-bike-valet = no<br /> | has-workshops = no<br /> | has-courses = no<br /> | has-group-rides = yes<br /> | has-bicycle-advocacy = no<br /> | has-pedicab = no<br /> | has-in-school-programs = no<br /> | has-youth-summercamp = no<br /> | has-youth-racing = no<br /> | has-women-trans-hours = no<br /> <br /> <br /> | mission-statement = <br /> Early on, in the early 1990's, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles was simply a project to give primarily Black children of Ithaca's inner city something productive and positive to do with their time, through making use of a great surplus of abandoned bikes readily available throughout the city streets. The idea was germinated through a series of discussions between a local Black reverend and members of Ithaca's Green Party.<br /> <br /> Into the early 2000's, not only had the city begun to change, but the need of the city's Black youth did as well. Due in some part to RIBs' mission, but perhaps more generally due to an overall rise in standards for municipal organization and general standard of living for residents, discarded bicycles were no longer littering the city streets, and Black inner city youth now had a wider variety of options for activities.<br /> <br /> By this time, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles had developed a strong volunteer (mostly non-Black) DIY culture that maintained the shop, and while catering to the needs of Ithaca's Black youth, had through publicity and popularity broadened its clientele to include anyone in need, or with a passion for environmentalism or bicycles (being a majority non-Black city, the majority of the city's impoverished and homeless were themselves non-Black).<br /> <br /> At this point, the shop was more or less a socialist cooperative functioning in earnest for the public good. Probably because of its pre-Southside origins in the Ithaca Green Party, it had always had an almost subliminal culture of environmentalism as well, and this emerged as a more conscious mission around this time.<br /> <br /> Around 2002 or so, RIBs had solidified into a project that prioritized community and individual empowerment and ecological responsibility, and which fostered these ideals through an open and collaborative skillsharing environment.<br /> <br /> The Black children of Ithaca were still an important part of this practice, but as the program had never attracted a critical mass of Black staff, mostly the introduction of this important demographic to the program was left to the responsibility of the all-Black administrative staff of the Southside Community Center, who over time devoted less and less bandwidth to consideration of the RIBs program. This contrasted sharply with the level of development the program had attained, well beyond its simplistic origins. The staff and volunteers of the program by this time featured a significant quantity of professionals, academics, activists, and experienced nonprofit workers, and procedures at the shop were not only well established, but complex and streamlined.<br /> <br /> Eventually, through sporadic yet consistent closures over the decades, some of which spanned several years, these tensions came to a head toward the end of 2020 as the pandemic conditions were winding down. The administration of the Southside Community Center, arriving at a consensus that RIBs had for years been developing along its own evolutionary path, decided to fire all staff and shut it down.<br /> <br /> Their intentions were to eventually reuse the RIBs name and reopen its old address under that name, with a keener eye on maintaining control of its operations and culture. Almost a year after the closure of RIBs' old location, they reopened the building and claimed to be also reopening RIBs.<br /> <br /> As of October 2023, the only mission statement the SsCC administration has provided for activities at the old RIBs address is "To Affirm, Empower, and Foster Black Leadership and Liberation Through Bicycling in Our Community". The building is consistently closed in contradiction to its advertised hours, has no experienced mechanics or workspace managers on staff, has lost a large amount of its parts and tools to theft and neglect. Most of the experienced staff hired since 2020 have since left.<br /> <br /> Whether or not this is true to the history and purpose of the program is a matter of wildly disputed public opinion in Ithaca.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Location and Hours==<br /> Once upon a time but no longer, 530 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY 14850<br /> <br /> ==General Information==<br /> <br /> Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles was a community bike program that operated in Ithaca for almost thirty years, and which was sponsored by Ithaca's Southside Community Center for around twenty of those years, up until its closure by the administration of the SsCC in September of 2020. <br /> <br /> R.I.B.s accepted donations of bicycles and bicycle parts, and rerouted them from landfills, saving objects of history and usefulness from the scrap stream. While it was in operation, R.I.B.s provided an environment where people of all ages could learn about bike repair, reuse, and ecology, and how to work cooperatively and constructively with others. <br /> <br /> The primary function of R.I.B.s was open shop. That environment was open to both youth and adults, and required no fees or memberships, though donations were always welcome. Used parts were at various points available either in return for volunteer hours, or on a pay-what-you-want basis.<br /> <br /> ==Contact==<br /> <br /> == Website ==<br /> https://www.facebook.com/RecycleIthacaBicycles/<br /> <br /> == See Also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:New York Community Bicycle Organizations]]</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:Cyclista&diff=50321 User:Cyclista 2023-09-29T07:45:14Z

<p>Cyclista: </p> <hr /> <div>Over 20 years involvement in cycling, over 10 as a professional mechanic. Most of my mechanical experience has been self-taught and from community bike shops; I've traveled around the country by bicycle multiple times. There are many stories to tell!<br /> <br /> Bike hacker, critical thinker, facilitator, program designer, ardent environmentalist, anti-elitist, passionate about vintage hardware, the distant past of bicycle design, and practical cycling generally.<br /> <br /> Spandies need not apply.</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Recycle_Ithaca%27s_Bicycles&diff=50320 Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles 2023-09-29T07:06:26Z

<p>Cyclista: </p> <hr /> <div><br /> {{shop-info<br /> | name = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles (RIBs)<br /> | logo = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles-logo.jpg<br /> | year_founded = 1991<br /> <br /> | year_dissolved =2020 <br /> <br /> | website = https://www.facebook.com/RecycleIthacaBicycles/<br /> | email = cyclista.ribs@gmail.com<br /> | town = Ithaca<br /> | state = New York<br /> | province = <br /> | country = United States<br /> <br /> <br /> | campus = <br /> <br /> <br /> | language1 = English<br /> | language2 = <br /> | language3 = <br /> <br /> <br /> | has-diy-shop = yes<br /> | has-pay-shop = no<br /> | has-mobile-repair = no<br /> | has-bike-sharing = no<br /> | has-earn-a-bike = no<br /> | has-bike-valet = no<br /> | has-workshops = no<br /> | has-courses = no<br /> | has-group-rides = yes<br /> | has-bicycle-advocacy = no<br /> | has-pedicab = no<br /> | has-in-school-programs = no<br /> | has-youth-summercamp = no<br /> | has-youth-racing = no<br /> | has-women-trans-hours = no<br /> <br /> <br /> | mission-statement = <br /> Early on, in the early 1990's, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles was simply a project to give primarily Black children of Ithaca's inner city something productive and positive to do with their time, through making use of a great surplus of abandoned bikes readily available throughout the city streets. The idea was germinated through a series of discussions between a local Black reverend and members of Ithaca's Green Party.<br /> <br /> Into the early 2000's, not only had the city begun to change, but the need of the city's Black youth did as well. Due in some part to RIBs' mission, but perhaps more generally due to an overall rise in standards for municipal organization and general standard of living for residents, discarded bicycles were no longer littering the city streets, and Black inner city youth now had a wider variety of options for activities.<br /> <br /> By this time, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles had developed a strong volunteer (mostly non-Black) DIY culture that maintained the shop, and while catering to the needs of Ithaca's Black youth, had through publicity and popularity broadened its clientele to include anyone in need, or with a passion for environmentalism or bicycles (being a majority non-Black city, the majority of the city's impoverished and homeless were themselves non-Black).<br /> <br /> At this point, the shop was more or less a socialist cooperative functioning in earnest for the public good. Probably because of its pre-Southside origins in the Ithaca Green Party, it had always had an almost subliminal culture of environmentalism as well, and this emerged as a more conscious mission around this time.<br /> <br /> Around 2002 or so, RIBs had solidified into a project that prioritized community and individual empowerment and ecological responsibility, and which fostered these ideals through an open and collaborative skillsharing environment.<br /> <br /> The Black children of Ithaca were still an important part of this practice, but as the program had never attracted a critical mass of Black staff, mostly the introduction of this important demographic to the program was left to the responsibility of the all-Black administrative staff of the Southside Community Center, who over time devoted less and less bandwidth to consideration of the RIBs program. This contrasted sharply with the level of development the program had attained, well beyond its simplistic origins. The staff and volunteers of the program by this time featured a significant quantity of professionals, academics, activists, and experienced nonprofit workers, and procedures at the shop were not only well established, but complex and streamlined.<br /> <br /> Eventually, through sporadic yet consistent closures over the decades, some of which spanned several years, these tensions came to a head toward the end of 2020 as the pandemic conditions were winding down. The administration of the Southside Community Center, arriving at a consensus that RIBs had for years been developing along its own evolutionary path, decided to fire all staff and shut it down.<br /> <br /> Their intentions were to eventually reuse the RIBs name and reopen its old address under that name, with a keener eye on maintaining control of its operations and culture. Almost a year after the closure of RIBs' old location, they reopened the building and claimed to be also reopening RIBs.<br /> <br /> As of October 2023, the only mission statement the SsCC administration has provided for activities at the old RIBs address is "To Foster Leadership in Black Youth". The building has no consistent hours, and no experienced mechanics or workspace managers on staff.<br /> <br /> Whether or not this is true to the history and purpose of the program is a matter of wildly disputed public opinion in Ithaca.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Location and Hours==<br /> Once upon a time but no longer, 530 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY 14850<br /> <br /> ==General Information==<br /> <br /> Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles was a community bike program that operated in Ithaca for almost thirty years, and which was sponsored by Ithaca's Southside Community Center for around twenty of those years, up until its closure by the administration of the SsCC in September of 2020. <br /> <br /> R.I.B.s accepted donations of bicycles and bicycle parts, and rerouted them from landfills, saving objects of history and usefulness from the scrap stream. While it was in operation, R.I.B.s provided an environment where people of all ages could learn about bike repair, reuse, and ecology, and how to work cooperatively and constructively with others. <br /> <br /> The primary function of R.I.B.s was open shop. That environment was open to both youth and adults, and required no fees or memberships, though donations were always welcome. Used parts were at various points available either in return for volunteer hours, or on a pay-what-you-want basis.<br /> <br /> ==Contact==<br /> <br /> == Website ==<br /> https://www.facebook.com/RecycleIthacaBicycles/<br /> <br /> == See Also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:New York Community Bicycle Organizations]]</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Recycle_Ithaca%27s_Bicycles&diff=50319 Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles 2023-09-29T07:03:36Z

<p>Cyclista: </p> <hr /> <div><br /> {{shop-info<br /> | name = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles (RIBs)<br /> | logo = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles-logo.jpg<br /> | year_founded = 1991<br /> <br /> | year_dissolved =2020 <br /> <br /> | website = https://www.facebook.com/RecycleIthacaBicycles/<br /> | email = cyclista.ribs@gmail.com<br /> | town = Ithaca<br /> | state = New York<br /> | province = <br /> | country = United States<br /> <br /> <br /> | campus = <br /> <br /> <br /> | language1 = English<br /> | language2 = <br /> | language3 = <br /> <br /> <br /> | has-diy-shop = yes<br /> | has-pay-shop = no<br /> | has-mobile-repair = no<br /> | has-bike-sharing = no<br /> | has-earn-a-bike = no<br /> | has-bike-valet = no<br /> | has-workshops = no<br /> | has-courses = no<br /> | has-group-rides = yes<br /> | has-bicycle-advocacy = no<br /> | has-pedicab = no<br /> | has-in-school-programs = no<br /> | has-youth-summercamp = no<br /> | has-youth-racing = no<br /> | has-women-trans-hours = no<br /> <br /> <br /> | mission-statement = <br /> Early on, in the early 1990's, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles was simply a project to give primarily Black children of Ithaca's inner city something productive and positive to do with their time, through making use of a great surplus of abandoned bikes readily available throughout the city streets. The idea was germinated through a series of discussions between a local Black reverend and members of Ithaca's Green Party.<br /> <br /> Into the early 2000's, not only had the city begun to change, but the need of the city's Black youth did as well. Due in some part to RIBs' mission, but perhaps more generally due to an overall rise in standards for municipal organization and general standard of living for residents, discarded bicycles were no longer littering the city streets, and Black inner city youth now had a wider variety of options for activities.<br /> <br /> By this time, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles had developed a strong volunteer (mostly non-Black) DIY culture that maintained the shop, and while catering to the needs of Ithaca's Black youth, had through publicity and popularity broadened its clientele to include anyone in need, or with a passion for environmentalism or bicycles (being a majority non-Black city, the majority of the city's impoverished and homeless were themselves non-Black).<br /> <br /> At this point, the shop was more or less a socialist cooperative functioning in earnest for the public good. Probably because of its pre-Southside origins in the Ithaca Green Party, it had always had an almost subliminal culture of environmentalism as well, and this emerged as a more conscious mission around this time.<br /> <br /> Around 2002 or so, RIBs had solidified into a project that prioritized community and individual empowerment and ecological responsibility, and which fostered these ideals through an open and collaborative skillsharing environment.<br /> <br /> The Black children of Ithaca were still an important part of this practice, but as the program had never attracted a critical mass of Black staff, mostly the introduction of this important demographic to the program was left to the responsibility of the all-Black administrative staff of the Southside Community Center, who over time devoted less and less bandwidth to consideration of the RIBs program. This contrasted sharply with the level of development the program had attained, well beyond its simplistic origins. The staff and volunteers of the program by this time featured a significant quantity of professionals, academics, activists, and experienced nonprofit workers, and procedures at the shop were not only well established, but complex and streamlined.<br /> <br /> Eventually, through sporadic yet consistent closures over the decades, some of which spanned several years, these tensions came to a head toward the end of 2021 as the pandemic conditions were winding down. The administration of the Southside Community Center, arriving at a consensus that RIBs had for years been developing along its own evolutionary path, decided to fire all staff and shut it down.<br /> <br /> Their intentions were to eventually reuse the RIBs name and reopen its old address under that name, with a keener eye on maintaining control of its operations and culture. Almost a year after the closure of RIBs' old location, they reopened the building and claimed to be also reopening RIBs.<br /> <br /> As of October 2023, the only mission statement the SsCC administration has provided for activities at the old RIBs address is "To Foster Leadership in Black Youth". The building has no consistent hours, and no experienced mechanics or workspace managers on staff.<br /> <br /> Whether or not this is true to the history and purpose of the program is a matter of wildly disputed public opinion in Ithaca.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Location and Hours==<br /> Once upon a time but no longer, 530 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY 14850<br /> <br /> ==General Information==<br /> <br /> Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles was a community bike program that operated in Ithaca for almost thirty years, and which was sponsored by Ithaca's Southside Community Center for around twenty of those years, up until its closure by the administration of the SsCC in September of 2020. <br /> <br /> R.I.B.s accepted donations of bicycles and bicycle parts, and rerouted them from landfills, saving objects of history and usefulness from the scrap stream. While it was in operation, R.I.B.s provided an environment where people of all ages could learn about bike repair, reuse, and ecology, and how to work cooperatively and constructively with others. <br /> <br /> The primary function of R.I.B.s was open shop. That environment was open to both youth and adults, and required no fees or memberships, though donations were always welcome. Used parts were at various points available either in return for volunteer hours, or on a pay-what-you-want basis.<br /> <br /> ==Contact==<br /> <br /> == Website ==<br /> https://www.facebook.com/RecycleIthacaBicycles/<br /> <br /> == See Also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:New York Community Bicycle Organizations]]</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Recycle_Ithaca%27s_Bicycles&diff=50318 Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles 2023-09-29T06:55:28Z

<p>Cyclista: </p> <hr /> <div><br /> {{shop-info<br /> | name = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles (RIBs)<br /> | logo = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles-logo.jpg<br /> | year_founded = 1991<br /> <br /> | year_dissolved =2020 <br /> <br /> | website = https://www.facebook.com/RecycleIthacaBicycles/<br /> | email = cyclista.ribs@gmail.com<br /> | town = Ithaca<br /> | state = New York<br /> | province = <br /> | country = United States<br /> <br /> <br /> | campus = <br /> <br /> <br /> | language1 = English<br /> | language2 = <br /> | language3 = <br /> <br /> <br /> | has-diy-shop = yes<br /> | has-pay-shop = no<br /> | has-mobile-repair = no<br /> | has-bike-sharing = no<br /> | has-earn-a-bike = no<br /> | has-bike-valet = no<br /> | has-workshops = no<br /> | has-courses = no<br /> | has-group-rides = yes<br /> | has-bicycle-advocacy = no<br /> | has-pedicab = no<br /> | has-in-school-programs = no<br /> | has-youth-summercamp = no<br /> | has-youth-racing = no<br /> | has-women-trans-hours = no<br /> <br /> <br /> | mission-statement = <br /> Early on, in the early 1990's, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles was simply a project to give primarily Black children of Ithaca's inner city something productive and positive to do with their time, through making use of a great surplus of abandoned bikes readily available throughout the city streets. The idea was germinated through a series of discussions between a local Black reverend and members of Ithaca's Green Party.<br /> <br /> Into the early 2000's, not only had the city begun to change, but the need of the city's Black youth did as well. Due in some part to RIBs' mission, but perhaps more generally due to an overall rise in standards for municipal organization and general standard of living for residents, discarded bicycles were no longer littering the city streets, and Black inner city youth now had a wider variety of options for activities.<br /> <br /> By this time, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles had developed a strong volunteer (mostly non-Black) DIY culture that maintained the shop, and while catering to the needs of Ithaca's Black youth, had through publicity and popularity broadened its clientele to include anyone in need, or with a passion for environmentalism or bicycles (being a majority non-Black city, the majority of the city's impoverished and homeless were themselves non-Black).<br /> <br /> At this point, the shop was more or less a socialist cooperative functioning in earnest for the public good. Probably because of its pre-Southside origins in the Ithaca Green Party, it had always had an almost subliminal culture of environmentalism as well, and this emerged as a more conscious mission around this time.<br /> <br /> Around 2002 or so, RIBs had solidified into a project that prioritized community and individual empowerment and ecological responsibility, and which fostered these ideals through an open and collaborative skillsharing environment. The Black children of Ithaca were still an important part of this practice, but as the program had never attracted a critical mass of Black staff, mostly the introduction of this important demographic to the program was left to the responsibility of the all-Black administrative staff of the Southside Community Center, who over time devoted less and less bandwidth to consideration of the RIBs program. This contrasted sharply with the level of development the program had attained, well beyond its simplistic origins. The staff and volunteers of the program by this time featured a significant quantity of professionals, academics, activists, and experienced nonprofit workers, and procedures at the shop were not only well established, but complex and streamlined.<br /> <br /> Eventually, through sporadic yet consistent closures over the decades, some of which spanned several years, these tensions came to a head toward the end of 2021 as the pandemic conditions were winding down. The administration of the Southside Community Center, arriving at a consensus that RIBs had for years been developing along its own evolutionary path, decided to fire all staff and shut it down.<br /> <br /> Their intentions were to eventually reuse the RIBs name and reopen its old address under that name, with a keener eye on maintaining control of its operations and culture. Almost a year after the closure of RIBs' old location, they reopened the building and claimed to be also reopening RIBs.<br /> <br /> As of October 2023, the only mission statement the SsCC administration has provided for activities at the old RIBs address is "To Foster Leadership in Black Youth". The building has no consistent hours, and no experienced mechanics or workspace managers on staff.<br /> <br /> Whether or not this is true to the history and purpose of the program is a matter of wildly disputed public opinion in Ithaca.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Location and Hours==<br /> Once upon a time but no longer, 530 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY 14850<br /> <br /> ==General Information==<br /> <br /> Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles was a community bike program that operated in Ithaca for almost thirty years, and which was sponsored by Ithaca's Southside Community Center for around twenty of those years, up until its closure by the administration of the SsCC in September of 2020. <br /> <br /> R.I.B.s accepted donations of bicycles and bicycle parts, and rerouted them from landfills, saving objects of history and usefulness from the scrap stream. While it was in operation, R.I.B.s provided an environment where people of all ages could learn about bike repair, reuse, and ecology, and how to work cooperatively and constructively with others. <br /> <br /> The primary function of R.I.B.s was open shop. That environment was open to both youth and adults, and required no fees or memberships, though donations were always welcome. Used parts were at various points available either in return for volunteer hours, or on a pay-what-you-want basis.<br /> <br /> ==Contact==<br /> <br /> == Website ==<br /> https://www.facebook.com/RecycleIthacaBicycles/<br /> <br /> == See Also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:New York Community Bicycle Organizations]]</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Recycle_Ithaca%27s_Bicycles&diff=50317 Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles 2023-09-29T06:51:21Z

<p>Cyclista: mission, history, status</p> <hr /> <div><br /> {{shop-info<br /> | name = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles (RIBs)<br /> | logo = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles-logo.jpg<br /> | year_founded = 1991<br /> <br /> | year_dissolved =2020 <br /> <br /> | website = https://www.facebook.com/RecycleIthacaBicycles/<br /> | email = cyclista.ribs@gmail.com<br /> | town = Ithaca<br /> | state = New York<br /> | province = <br /> | country = United States<br /> <br /> <br /> | campus = <br /> <br /> <br /> | language1 = English<br /> | language2 = <br /> | language3 = <br /> <br /> <br /> | has-diy-shop = yes<br /> | has-pay-shop = no<br /> | has-mobile-repair = no<br /> | has-bike-sharing = no<br /> | has-earn-a-bike = no<br /> | has-bike-valet = no<br /> | has-workshops = no<br /> | has-courses = no<br /> | has-group-rides = yes<br /> | has-bicycle-advocacy = no<br /> | has-pedicab = no<br /> | has-in-school-programs = no<br /> | has-youth-summercamp = no<br /> | has-youth-racing = no<br /> | has-women-trans-hours = no<br /> <br /> <br /> | mission-statement = <br /> Early on, in the early 1990's, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles was simply a project to give primarily Black children of Ithaca's inner city something productive and positive to do with their time, through making use of a great surplus of abandoned bikes readily available throughout the city streets. The idea was germinated through a series of discussions between a local Black reverend and members of Ithaca's Green Party.<br /> <br /> Into the early 2000's, not only had the city begun to change, but the need of the city's Black youth did as well. Due in some part to RIBs' mission, but perhaps more generally due to an overall rise in standards for municipal organization and general standard of living for residents, discarded bicycles were no longer littering the city streets, and Black inner city youth now had a wider variety of options for activities.<br /> <br /> By this time, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles had developed a strong volunteer (mostly non-Black) DIY culture that maintained the shop, and while catering to the needs of Ithaca's Black youth, had through publicity and popularity broadened its clientele to include anyone in need, or with a passion for environmentalism or bicycles (being a majority non-Black city, the majority of the city's impoverished and homeless were themselves non-Black).<br /> <br /> At this point, the shop was more or less a socialist cooperative functioning in earnest for the public good. Probably because of its pre-Southside origins in the Ithaca Green Party, it had always had an almost subliminal culture of environmentalism as well, and this emerged as a more conscious mission around this time.<br /> <br /> Around 2002 or so, RIBs had solidified into a project that prioritized community and individual empowerment and ecological responsibility, and which fostered these ideals through an open and collaborative skillsharing environment. The Black children of Ithaca were still an important part of this practice, but as the program had never attracted a critical mass of Black staff, mostly the introduction of this important demographic to the program was left to the responsibility of the all-Black administrative staff of the Southside Community Center, who over time devoted less and less bandwidth to consideration of the RIBs program. This contrasted sharply with the level of development the program had attained, well beyond its simplistic origins. The staff and volunteers of the program by this time featured a significant quantity of professionals and experienced nonprofit workers, and procedures at the shop were not only well established, but complex and streamlined.<br /> <br /> Eventually, through sporadic yet consistent closures over the decades, some of which spanned several years, these tensions came to a head toward the end of 2021 as the pandemic conditions were winding down. The administration of the Southside Community Center, arriving at a consensus that RIBs had for years been developing along its own evolutionary path, decided to fire all staff and shut it down.<br /> <br /> Their intentions were to eventually reuse the RIBs name and reopen its old address under that name, with a keener eye on maintaining control of its operations and culture. Almost a year after the closure of RIBs' old location, they reopened the building and claimed to be also reopening RIBs.<br /> <br /> As of October 2023, the only mission statement the SsCC administration has provided for activities at the old RIBs address is "To Foster Leadership in Black Youth". The building has no consistent hours, and no experienced mechanics or workspace managers on staff.<br /> <br /> Whether or not this is true to the history and purpose of the program is a matter of wildly disputed public opinion in Ithaca.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Location and Hours==<br /> Once upon a time but no longer, 530 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY 14850<br /> <br /> ==General Information==<br /> <br /> Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles was a community bike program that operated in Ithaca for almost thirty years, and which was sponsored by Ithaca's Southside Community Center for around twenty of those years, up until its closure by the administration of the SsCC in September of 2020. <br /> <br /> R.I.B.s accepted donations of bicycles and bicycle parts, and rerouted them from landfills, saving objects of history and usefulness from the scrap stream. While it was in operation, R.I.B.s provided an environment where people of all ages could learn about bike repair, reuse, and ecology, and how to work cooperatively and constructively with others. <br /> <br /> The primary function of R.I.B.s was open shop. That environment was open to both youth and adults, and required no fees or memberships, though donations were always welcome. Used parts were at various points available either in return for volunteer hours, or on a pay-what-you-want basis.<br /> <br /> ==Contact==<br /> <br /> == Website ==<br /> https://www.facebook.com/RecycleIthacaBicycles/<br /> <br /> == See Also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:New York Community Bicycle Organizations]]</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Recycle_Ithaca%27s_Bicycles&diff=46442 Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles 2017-02-11T02:00:45Z

<p>Cyclista: </p> <hr /> <div><br /> {{<br /> shop-info<br /> | name = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles<br /> | logo = <br /> | year_founded = 1991<br /> <br /> | year_dissolved = <br /> <br /> | website = https://www.facebook.com/Recycle-Ithacas-Bicycles-203059326425961/<br /> | town = Ithaca<br /> | state = New York<br /> | province = <br /> | country = United States<br /> <br /> <br /> | campus = <br /> <br /> <br /> | language1 = English<br /> | language2 = <br /> | language3 = <br /> <br /> <br /> | has-diy-shop = yes<br /> | has-pay-shop = no<br /> | has-mobile-repair = no<br /> | has-bike-sharing = no<br /> | has-earn-a-bike = no<br /> | has-bike-valet = no<br /> | has-workshops = no<br /> | has-courses = no<br /> | has-group-rides = no<br /> | has-bicycle-advocacy = no<br /> | has-pedicab = no<br /> | has-in-school-programs = no<br /> | has-youth-summercamp = no<br /> | has-youth-racing = no<br /> | has-women-trans-hours = no<br /> <br /> <br /> | mission-statement = <br /> R.I.B.s promotes competence in mechanical repair, maintenance, and engineering as well as sharing of power and knowledge through an open, supportive, no-cost collaborative shop model facilitated by staff comprehensively experienced in bicycle design and maintenance as well as all-ages education. R.I.B.s also exists to promote the bicycle itself and its history through exposure to an extensive collection of bicycles, parts, tools, and literature. We intend to follow the model of the bicycle itself in all of our operations, creating a broadly empowering environment that provides and promotes wholism, balance, and freedom. Participants are encouraged (though not required) to work together, volunteer, and take on tasks of their choosing with as much or as little assistance as desired.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Location and Hours==<br /> 530 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY 14850<br /> <br /> ==General Information==<br /> <br /> Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles is a community bike program that has operated in Ithaca for almost thirty years, and which has been a program of Ithaca's Southside Community Center for around twenty of those years, right up until the present day. R.I.B.s accepts donations of bicycles and bicycle parts, rerouting them from landfills and saving objects of history from the scrap stream. R.I.B.s provides an environment where people of all ages can learn about bike repair and working cooperatively and constructively with others.<br /> <br /> The main function of R.I.B.s has always been open shop. That environment is open to both youth and adults, and requires no fees or memberships, though donations are always welcome and are always greatly helpful.<br /> <br /> ==Contact==<br /> _c_y_c_l_i_s_t_a__a_t__i_n_v_e_n_t_a_t_i_._o_r_g_<br /> <br /> == Website ==<br /> <br /> * https://www.facebook.com/pages/Recycle-Ithacas-Bicycles/203059326425961/<br /> <br /> (new website coming soon)<br /> <br /> == See Also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:New York Community Bicycle Organizations]]</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Recycle_Ithaca%27s_Bicycles&diff=46441 Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles 2017-02-11T01:58:17Z

<p>Cyclista: /* General Information */</p> <hr /> <div><br /> {{<br /> shop-info<br /> | name = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles<br /> | logo = <br /> | year_founded = 1991<br /> <br /> | year_dissolved = <br /> <br /> | website = https://www.facebook.com/Recycle-Ithacas-Bicycles-203059326425961/<br /> | town = Ithaca<br /> | state = New York<br /> | province = <br /> | country = United States<br /> <br /> <br /> | campus = <br /> <br /> <br /> | language1 = English<br /> | language2 = <br /> | language3 = <br /> <br /> <br /> | has-diy-shop = yes<br /> | has-pay-shop = no<br /> | has-mobile-repair = no<br /> | has-bike-sharing = no<br /> | has-earn-a-bike = no<br /> | has-bike-valet = no<br /> | has-workshops = no<br /> | has-courses = no<br /> | has-group-rides = no<br /> | has-bicycle-advocacy = no<br /> | has-pedicab = no<br /> | has-in-school-programs = no<br /> | has-youth-summercamp = no<br /> | has-youth-racing = no<br /> | has-women-trans-hours = no<br /> <br /> <br /> | mission-statement = <br /> R.I.B.s promotes competence in mechanical repair, maintenance, and engineering as well as sharing of power and knowledge through an open, supportive, no-cost collaborative shop model facilitated by staff comprehensively experienced in bicycle design and maintenance as well as all-ages education. R.I.B.s also exists to promote the bicycle itself and its history through exposure to an extensive collection of bicycles, parts, tools, and literature. We intend to follow the model of the bicycle itself in all of our operations, creating a broadly empowering environment that provides and promotes wholism, balance, and freedom. Participants are encouraged (though not required) to work together, volunteer, and take on tasks of their choosing.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Location and Hours==<br /> 530 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY 14850<br /> <br /> ==General Information==<br /> <br /> Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles is a community bike program that has operated in Ithaca for almost thirty years, and which has been a program of Ithaca's Southside Community Center for around twenty of those years, right up until the present day. R.I.B.s accepts donations of bicycles and bicycle parts, rerouting them from landfills and saving objects of history from the scrap stream. R.I.B.s provides an environment where people of all ages can learn about bike repair and working cooperatively and constructively with others.<br /> <br /> The main function of R.I.B.s has always been open shop. That environment is open to both youth and adults, and requires no fees or memberships, though donations are always welcome and are always greatly helpful.<br /> <br /> ==Contact==<br /> _c_y_c_l_i_s_t_a__a_t__i_n_v_e_n_t_a_t_i_._o_r_g_<br /> <br /> == Website ==<br /> <br /> * https://www.facebook.com/pages/Recycle-Ithacas-Bicycles/203059326425961/<br /> <br /> (new website coming soon)<br /> <br /> == See Also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:New York Community Bicycle Organizations]]</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Recycle_Ithaca%27s_Bicycles&diff=46440 Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles 2017-02-11T01:56:59Z

<p>Cyclista: /* General Information */</p> <hr /> <div><br /> {{<br /> shop-info<br /> | name = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles<br /> | logo = <br /> | year_founded = 1991<br /> <br /> | year_dissolved = <br /> <br /> | website = https://www.facebook.com/Recycle-Ithacas-Bicycles-203059326425961/<br /> | town = Ithaca<br /> | state = New York<br /> | province = <br /> | country = United States<br /> <br /> <br /> | campus = <br /> <br /> <br /> | language1 = English<br /> | language2 = <br /> | language3 = <br /> <br /> <br /> | has-diy-shop = yes<br /> | has-pay-shop = no<br /> | has-mobile-repair = no<br /> | has-bike-sharing = no<br /> | has-earn-a-bike = no<br /> | has-bike-valet = no<br /> | has-workshops = no<br /> | has-courses = no<br /> | has-group-rides = no<br /> | has-bicycle-advocacy = no<br /> | has-pedicab = no<br /> | has-in-school-programs = no<br /> | has-youth-summercamp = no<br /> | has-youth-racing = no<br /> | has-women-trans-hours = no<br /> <br /> <br /> | mission-statement = <br /> R.I.B.s promotes competence in mechanical repair, maintenance, and engineering as well as sharing of power and knowledge through an open, supportive, no-cost collaborative shop model facilitated by staff comprehensively experienced in bicycle design and maintenance as well as all-ages education. R.I.B.s also exists to promote the bicycle itself and its history through exposure to an extensive collection of bicycles, parts, tools, and literature. We intend to follow the model of the bicycle itself in all of our operations, creating a broadly empowering environment that provides and promotes wholism, balance, and freedom. Participants are encouraged (though not required) to work together, volunteer, and take on tasks of their choosing.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Location and Hours==<br /> 530 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY 14850<br /> <br /> ==General Information==<br /> <br /> Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles is a community bike program that has operated in Ithaca for almost thirty years, and which has been a program of Ithaca's Southside Community Center for around twenty of those years, right up until the present day. R.I.B.s accepts donations of bicycles and bicycle parts, rerouting them from landfills and saving objects of history from the scrap stream. R.I.B.s provides an environment where people of all ages can learn about bike repair and working cooperatively and constructively with others.<br /> <br /> The main function of R.I.B.s has always been open shop. This program is open to both youth and adults, and requires no fees or memberships, though donations are always welcome and are always greatly helpful.<br /> <br /> ==Contact==<br /> _c_y_c_l_i_s_t_a__a_t__i_n_v_e_n_t_a_t_i_._o_r_g_<br /> <br /> == Website ==<br /> <br /> * https://www.facebook.com/pages/Recycle-Ithacas-Bicycles/203059326425961/<br /> <br /> (new website coming soon)<br /> <br /> == See Also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:New York Community Bicycle Organizations]]</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Recycle_Ithaca%27s_Bicycles&diff=46439 Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles 2017-02-11T01:56:05Z

<p>Cyclista: /* General Information */</p> <hr /> <div><br /> {{<br /> shop-info<br /> | name = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles<br /> | logo = <br /> | year_founded = 1991<br /> <br /> | year_dissolved = <br /> <br /> | website = https://www.facebook.com/Recycle-Ithacas-Bicycles-203059326425961/<br /> | town = Ithaca<br /> | state = New York<br /> | province = <br /> | country = United States<br /> <br /> <br /> | campus = <br /> <br /> <br /> | language1 = English<br /> | language2 = <br /> | language3 = <br /> <br /> <br /> | has-diy-shop = yes<br /> | has-pay-shop = no<br /> | has-mobile-repair = no<br /> | has-bike-sharing = no<br /> | has-earn-a-bike = no<br /> | has-bike-valet = no<br /> | has-workshops = no<br /> | has-courses = no<br /> | has-group-rides = no<br /> | has-bicycle-advocacy = no<br /> | has-pedicab = no<br /> | has-in-school-programs = no<br /> | has-youth-summercamp = no<br /> | has-youth-racing = no<br /> | has-women-trans-hours = no<br /> <br /> <br /> | mission-statement = <br /> R.I.B.s promotes competence in mechanical repair, maintenance, and engineering as well as sharing of power and knowledge through an open, supportive, no-cost collaborative shop model facilitated by staff comprehensively experienced in bicycle design and maintenance as well as all-ages education. R.I.B.s also exists to promote the bicycle itself and its history through exposure to an extensive collection of bicycles, parts, tools, and literature. We intend to follow the model of the bicycle itself in all of our operations, creating a broadly empowering environment that provides and promotes wholism, balance, and freedom. Participants are encouraged (though not required) to work together, volunteer, and take on tasks of their choosing.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Location and Hours==<br /> 530 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY 14850<br /> <br /> ==General Information==<br /> <br /> Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles is a community bike program that has operated in Ithaca for almost thirty years, and which has been a program of Ithaca's Southside Community Center for around twenty of those years, right up until the present day. R.I.B.s accepts donations of bicycles and bicycle parts, rerouting them from landfills and saving objects of history from the scrap stream. R.I.B.s provides an environment where people of all ages can learn about bike repair and working cooperatively and constructively with others.<br /> <br /> The main function of R.I.B.s has always been open shop. This program is open to both youth and adults, and requires no fees or memberships, though donations are always welcome and always greatly helpful.<br /> <br /> ==Contact==<br /> _c_y_c_l_i_s_t_a__a_t__i_n_v_e_n_t_a_t_i_._o_r_g_<br /> <br /> == Website ==<br /> <br /> * https://www.facebook.com/pages/Recycle-Ithacas-Bicycles/203059326425961/<br /> <br /> (new website coming soon)<br /> <br /> == See Also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:New York Community Bicycle Organizations]]</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Recycle_Ithaca%27s_Bicycles&diff=46438 Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles 2017-02-11T01:55:02Z

<p>Cyclista: /* General Information */</p> <hr /> <div><br /> {{<br /> shop-info<br /> | name = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles<br /> | logo = <br /> | year_founded = 1991<br /> <br /> | year_dissolved = <br /> <br /> | website = https://www.facebook.com/Recycle-Ithacas-Bicycles-203059326425961/<br /> | town = Ithaca<br /> | state = New York<br /> | province = <br /> | country = United States<br /> <br /> <br /> | campus = <br /> <br /> <br /> | language1 = English<br /> | language2 = <br /> | language3 = <br /> <br /> <br /> | has-diy-shop = yes<br /> | has-pay-shop = no<br /> | has-mobile-repair = no<br /> | has-bike-sharing = no<br /> | has-earn-a-bike = no<br /> | has-bike-valet = no<br /> | has-workshops = no<br /> | has-courses = no<br /> | has-group-rides = no<br /> | has-bicycle-advocacy = no<br /> | has-pedicab = no<br /> | has-in-school-programs = no<br /> | has-youth-summercamp = no<br /> | has-youth-racing = no<br /> | has-women-trans-hours = no<br /> <br /> <br /> | mission-statement = <br /> R.I.B.s promotes competence in mechanical repair, maintenance, and engineering as well as sharing of power and knowledge through an open, supportive, no-cost collaborative shop model facilitated by staff comprehensively experienced in bicycle design and maintenance as well as all-ages education. R.I.B.s also exists to promote the bicycle itself and its history through exposure to an extensive collection of bicycles, parts, tools, and literature. We intend to follow the model of the bicycle itself in all of our operations, creating a broadly empowering environment that provides and promotes wholism, balance, and freedom. Participants are encouraged (though not required) to work together, volunteer, and take on tasks of their choosing.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Location and Hours==<br /> 530 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY 14850<br /> <br /> ==General Information==<br /> <br /> Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles is a community bike program that has operated in Ithaca for almost thirty years, and which has been a program of Ithaca's Southside Community Center for around twenty of those years, right up until the present day. R.I.B.s accepts donations of bicycles and bicycle parts, rerouting them from landfills and saving objects of history from the scrap stream. R.I.B.s provides an environment where people of all ages can learn about bike repair and working cooperatively and constructively with others.<br /> <br /> The main function of R.I.B.s has always been open shop. This program is open to both youth and adults, and requires no fees or memberships, though donations are welcome and greatly helpful.<br /> <br /> ==Contact==<br /> _c_y_c_l_i_s_t_a__a_t__i_n_v_e_n_t_a_t_i_._o_r_g_<br /> <br /> == Website ==<br /> <br /> * https://www.facebook.com/pages/Recycle-Ithacas-Bicycles/203059326425961/<br /> <br /> (new website coming soon)<br /> <br /> == See Also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:New York Community Bicycle Organizations]]</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Recycle_Ithaca%27s_Bicycles&diff=46437 Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles 2017-02-11T01:53:47Z

<p>Cyclista: /* General Information */</p> <hr /> <div><br /> {{<br /> shop-info<br /> | name = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles<br /> | logo = <br /> | year_founded = 1991<br /> <br /> | year_dissolved = <br /> <br /> | website = https://www.facebook.com/Recycle-Ithacas-Bicycles-203059326425961/<br /> | town = Ithaca<br /> | state = New York<br /> | province = <br /> | country = United States<br /> <br /> <br /> | campus = <br /> <br /> <br /> | language1 = English<br /> | language2 = <br /> | language3 = <br /> <br /> <br /> | has-diy-shop = yes<br /> | has-pay-shop = no<br /> | has-mobile-repair = no<br /> | has-bike-sharing = no<br /> | has-earn-a-bike = no<br /> | has-bike-valet = no<br /> | has-workshops = no<br /> | has-courses = no<br /> | has-group-rides = no<br /> | has-bicycle-advocacy = no<br /> | has-pedicab = no<br /> | has-in-school-programs = no<br /> | has-youth-summercamp = no<br /> | has-youth-racing = no<br /> | has-women-trans-hours = no<br /> <br /> <br /> | mission-statement = <br /> R.I.B.s promotes competence in mechanical repair, maintenance, and engineering as well as sharing of power and knowledge through an open, supportive, no-cost collaborative shop model facilitated by staff comprehensively experienced in bicycle design and maintenance as well as all-ages education. R.I.B.s also exists to promote the bicycle itself and its history through exposure to an extensive collection of bicycles, parts, tools, and literature. We intend to follow the model of the bicycle itself in all of our operations, creating a broadly empowering environment that provides and promotes wholism, balance, and freedom. Participants are encouraged (though not required) to work together, volunteer, and take on tasks of their choosing.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Location and Hours==<br /> 530 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY 14850<br /> <br /> ==General Information==<br /> <br /> Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles is a community bike program that has operated in Ithaca for almost thirty years, and which has been a program of Ithaca's Southside Community Center for around twenty of those years, right up until the present day. R.I.B.s accepts donations of bicycles, rerouting them from landfills and saving objects of history from the scrap stream. R.I.B.s provides an environment where people of all ages can learn about bike repair and working cooperatively and constructively with others.<br /> <br /> The main function of R.I.B.s has always been open shop. This program is open to both youth and adults, and requires no fees or memberships, though donations are welcome and greatly helpful.<br /> <br /> ==Contact==<br /> _c_y_c_l_i_s_t_a__a_t__i_n_v_e_n_t_a_t_i_._o_r_g_<br /> <br /> == Website ==<br /> <br /> * https://www.facebook.com/pages/Recycle-Ithacas-Bicycles/203059326425961/<br /> <br /> (new website coming soon)<br /> <br /> == See Also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:New York Community Bicycle Organizations]]</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Recycle_Ithaca%27s_Bicycles&diff=46436 Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles 2017-02-11T01:47:50Z

<p>Cyclista: /* General Information */</p> <hr /> <div><br /> {{<br /> shop-info<br /> | name = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles<br /> | logo = <br /> | year_founded = 1991<br /> <br /> | year_dissolved = <br /> <br /> | website = https://www.facebook.com/Recycle-Ithacas-Bicycles-203059326425961/<br /> | town = Ithaca<br /> | state = New York<br /> | province = <br /> | country = United States<br /> <br /> <br /> | campus = <br /> <br /> <br /> | language1 = English<br /> | language2 = <br /> | language3 = <br /> <br /> <br /> | has-diy-shop = yes<br /> | has-pay-shop = no<br /> | has-mobile-repair = no<br /> | has-bike-sharing = no<br /> | has-earn-a-bike = no<br /> | has-bike-valet = no<br /> | has-workshops = no<br /> | has-courses = no<br /> | has-group-rides = no<br /> | has-bicycle-advocacy = no<br /> | has-pedicab = no<br /> | has-in-school-programs = no<br /> | has-youth-summercamp = no<br /> | has-youth-racing = no<br /> | has-women-trans-hours = no<br /> <br /> <br /> | mission-statement = <br /> R.I.B.s promotes competence in mechanical repair, maintenance, and engineering as well as sharing of power and knowledge through an open, supportive, no-cost collaborative shop model facilitated by staff comprehensively experienced in bicycle design and maintenance as well as all-ages education. R.I.B.s also exists to promote the bicycle itself and its history through exposure to an extensive collection of bicycles, parts, tools, and literature. We intend to follow the model of the bicycle itself in all of our operations, creating a broadly empowering environment that provides and promotes wholism, balance, and freedom. Participants are encouraged (though not required) to work together, volunteer, and take on tasks of their choosing.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Location and Hours==<br /> 530 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY 14850<br /> <br /> ==General Information==<br /> <br /> Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles is a program of the Southside Community Center. We are a community bike program that has operated in Ithaca for almost 30 years. R.I.B.s accepts donations of bicycles, rerouting them from landfills and saving objects of history from the scrap stream. R.I.B.s provides an environment where people of all ages can learn about bike repair and working cooperatively and constructively with others.<br /> <br /> The main function of R.I.B.s has always been open shop. This program is open to both youth and adults, and requires no fees or memberships, though donations are welcome and greatly helpful.<br /> <br /> ==Contact==<br /> _c_y_c_l_i_s_t_a__a_t__i_n_v_e_n_t_a_t_i_._o_r_g_<br /> <br /> == Website ==<br /> <br /> * https://www.facebook.com/pages/Recycle-Ithacas-Bicycles/203059326425961/<br /> <br /> (new website coming soon)<br /> <br /> == See Also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:New York Community Bicycle Organizations]]</div>

Cyclista https://bikecollectives.org/wiki/index.php?title=Recycle_Ithaca%27s_Bicycles&diff=46435 Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles 2017-02-11T01:43:13Z

<p>Cyclista: </p> <hr /> <div><br /> {{<br /> shop-info<br /> | name = Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles<br /> | logo = <br /> | year_founded = 1991<br /> <br /> | year_dissolved = <br /> <br /> | website = https://www.facebook.com/Recycle-Ithacas-Bicycles-203059326425961/<br /> | town = Ithaca<br /> | state = New York<br /> | province = <br /> | country = United States<br /> <br /> <br /> | campus = <br /> <br /> <br /> | language1 = English<br /> | language2 = <br /> | language3 = <br /> <br /> <br /> | has-diy-shop = yes<br /> | has-pay-shop = no<br /> | has-mobile-repair = no<br /> | has-bike-sharing = no<br /> | has-earn-a-bike = no<br /> | has-bike-valet = no<br /> | has-workshops = no<br /> | has-courses = no<br /> | has-group-rides = no<br /> | has-bicycle-advocacy = no<br /> | has-pedicab = no<br /> | has-in-school-programs = no<br /> | has-youth-summercamp = no<br /> | has-youth-racing = no<br /> | has-women-trans-hours = no<br /> <br /> <br /> | mission-statement = <br /> R.I.B.s promotes competence in mechanical repair, maintenance, and engineering as well as sharing of power and knowledge through an open, supportive, no-cost collaborative shop model facilitated by staff comprehensively experienced in bicycle design and maintenance as well as all-ages education. R.I.B.s also exists to promote the bicycle itself and its history through exposure to an extensive collection of bicycles, parts, tools, and literature. We intend to follow the model of the bicycle itself in all of our operations, creating a broadly empowering environment that provides and promotes wholism, balance, and freedom. Participants are encouraged (though not required) to work together, volunteer, and take on tasks of their choosing.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Location and Hours==<br /> 530 W. Buffalo St., Ithaca, NY 14850<br /> <br /> ==General Information==<br /> <br /> Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles is a program of the Southside Community Center. We are a community bike program that has operated in Ithaca for almost 30 years. R.I.B.s accepts donations of bicycles, rerouting them from landfills and saving objects of history from the scrap stream. RIBs provides an environment where people of all ages can learn about bike repair and working cooperatively and constructively with others.<br /> <br /> The main function of R.I.B.s has always been open shop. This program is open to both youth and adults, and requires no fees or memberships, though donations are welcome and greatly helpful.<br /> <br /> ==Contact==<br /> _c_y_c_l_i_s_t_a__a_t__i_n_v_e_n_t_a_t_i_._o_r_g_<br /> <br /> == Website ==<br /> <br /> * https://www.facebook.com/pages/Recycle-Ithacas-Bicycles/203059326425961/<br /> <br /> (new website coming soon)<br /> <br /> == See Also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Community Bicycle Organizations]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:New York Community Bicycle Organizations]]</div>

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