This news blog is designed to bring you up to date with the latest happenings at Velocipede. For more info about Velocipede Bike Project, please check the links above and to the left!
Bike! Bike! Day 1
August 28, 2009
Hi everyone, Boson from Velocipede here.
I figured I’d write a little bit about this year’s trip to Bike!Bike!, an annual international conference of non-profit bike projects. This year the event is taking place at the Grease Pit in Minneapolis. Thursday was a meet-and-greet, followed by shop hours for visitors (such as myself) to fix up a loaner bike for the weekend.
We arrived at the Bedlam Theater by light rail directly from the airport (talk about amazing public transportation). The Bedlam Theatre is a community theatre that also houses the Grease Pit.
The Grease Pit was chaotic in the best possible sense: crackling full of energy.
Friday is our first day of the conference so I’ll write more afterwards. So far Minneapolis is gorgeous and it’s an exciting time; people from all over have convened here in Minneapolis for this weekend and it’s an amazing experience to encounter all these people who are passionate about using bicycles as an educational and empowering tool to help their local communities
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Women/Transgender night closed tonight:(
June 9, 2009
sorry to announce this but we’ll not be able to have shop night tonight.
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Gears and Chain Theory Clinic Moved To 6/8
May 25, 2009
Dear Veloci-members:
Due to my forgetfulness of today (may 25th) being Memorial Day, I had earlier scheduled tonight to be a clinic on Gears and Chains. We will be moving this clinic to the next available day (June 8th). Sorry for the late notice.
Have a good Memorial Day!
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Shop Closed May 19th > 24th
May 14, 2009
Hi everyone,
Do you have carpentry skills/experience?
If so, we would love to talk to you; We are in the process of building
new storage solutions and would love any volunteers who do have some
experience with working with wood. If you are interested and would like
to lend a hand, please send an email to Peter Hegel (the coordinator of
this project) at pshegel2002@yahoo.com
because of this, we are also announcing that the shop will be closed from
Tuesday, may 19th until the following Sunday, the 24th. We will be doing
some internal reorganizing of the shop, building new storage solutions and
the like. For those who paid a membership fee your membership will be
extended an extra week.
thank you everyone,
-vpede
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Late notice: Shop is closed on Mothers Day!
May 10, 2009
Sorry for such a late notice but we have to close the shop today, sunday, may 10th. It’s mothers day and many of us will be off to see family.
have a happy mothers day,
- Velocipede
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Touring FAQ
May 4, 2009
Rod Bruckdorfer, our presenter for tomorrow’s Touring Workshop, has created a pdf answering commonly asked questions about touring equipment and it is available for download here.
General discussions about touring equipment
In addition, Jessie Oppeheimer has also provided us with a PDF detailing international touring bikes:
These are both excellent guides on touring and are filled to the brim with information. We will continue hosting these documents (in a soon to be completed library section of our site ) but in the meantime, feel free to share!
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Touring Workshop MAY 5th!
April 14, 2009
BICYCLE TOURING WORKSHOP
TUESDAY, MAY 5th, 2009
7:00 – 9:00 PM
VELOCIPEDE BIKE PROJECT
#4 W LANVALE STREET
Join our three speakers who have toured in the United States and internationally. The two workshops will discuss equipment, planning and cost as well as day-to-day life on the road. The skills learned at these workshops can be applied to any tour, whether it is self-supported tour, a supported tour or a metric century. In addition to the workshops, there will be several fully loaded touring bikes to view after the workshops. The shop will remain open till 10:00 pm. Please join us. Velocipede is located 1/2 block S of the Charles Theater between N Charles Street and Maryland Avenue.
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Spring is here! Spring/Summer hours in effect
March 23, 2009
Hi everyone! It’s spring, so we are now operating on our summer schedule. That means that our shop and volunteer days are extended by one hour each: Wednesday and Thursdays at 6pm to 10pm and Sunday from 2pm to 6pm, as well as Women’s and Transgender’s Night every other Tuesday at 6pm to 10pm!
Hope to see you soon!
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Shop Closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
December 18, 2008
Hi Friends,
Just as short message to announce that we will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday next week (Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.) We will be open that following Sunday, the 28th.
Happy Holidays,
-Velocipede
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Bike Clinics are Back!!!
November 2, 2008
Hey veloci-friends!
we’re very pleased to announce the return of our bike clinic series! If
you ever wanted to solve the mystery of the bicycle and learn how to
service/repair your two wheeled buddy then this is for you. Starting on
Monday, November 10th, we will be having bi-weekly classes on specific
areas of the bicycle. There are six clinics in all, and they will be in
the following order:
Nov. 10th: Hubs
Nov. 24th: Wheel Truing and Assessment
Dec. 8th : Headsets
Dec: 22nd: Bottom Brackets
Jan. 12: Brakes/Cable Theory
Jan. 26: Gears and Chain Theory
clinics will start at 7pm at the shop (4 W Lanvale St, Baltimore MD, just
in case you need the address) and is free to everyone (co-op members,
collective members, non-members, cats, dogs, ponies, etc…).
please feel free to pass the word along to your friends! Hope to see you
there!
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