[Bikecoop-announce] Re: [Bikecoop] Help Needed to get Kids Bikes Ready for Donation

[Susan Jones]

I am definitely low skilled but I can be there.  I will try to tote along my
floor pump and, if the bungees of life cooperate, maybe my workstand will
fit on the Xtra... oh, and a little tri-flow in case we're running low
again.


On 10/8/07, Ben Galewsky <ben at peartreestudio.net> wrote:
>
>  The president of the Prairie School PTA wants to come by the co-op on
> Sunday to pick up some kids bikes that they will sell at low cost to pupils
>  at the school. Prairie Elementary serves some of the poorest families in
> Urbana and this represents a great opportunity to reach out to our wider
> community.
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> I identified about 20 bikes that are in good shape and could easily be
> readied for a kid to enjoy. Mostly they need air in the tires, the
> handlebars tightened up and the chain lubed.
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> To make this donation happen we need some volunteers to join me on
> Saturday. I was thinking about starting at 1:00.
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> Please let me know if you can commit to doing this. If we can't get
> volunteers then I will have to tell the PTA not to pick them up and we will
> have to send the bikes off to the scrap yard which would be a terrible
> waste.
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> Most of this work is very low-skilled, but Barry has mandated that all
> bikes going out have a mechanics seal of approval. So we also need the
> support of an experienced bike mechanic to make this work.
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> Mack – you said at the last organizational meeting that you would look
> these bikes over to see if any of them have fatal flaws. Last time I checked
> the bikes were out on the ramp and I didn't see any notes on them. Can you
> give me an update?
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> Most of us remember the first taste of freedom that we felt in the saddle
> of our bikes as kids. Please help some poor kids in our community enjoy this
> same experience.
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>
> Ben
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