BVC-CHAT return of yellow bikes?

[Matthew Hattaway]

There is still a shop on campus. Its in TAMU Outdoors, on the back side of the Rec. I dont know if its free or not but I used their tools and stands when I took the MTB class for the easiest A ever...


MH

----- Original Message ----
From: Layne Westover <westover at iodp.tamu.edu>
To: Brazos Valley Cyclists <bvc-chat at philebus.tamu.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 8:20:15 AM
Subject: Re: BVC-CHAT return of yellow bikes?

When I was a student at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO,
 they had a repair shop on campus for bicycles.  It was funded to pay the
 salary of student workers who repaired the bikes (and they always did a
 good job for me).  It was very inexpensive (like just paying for a few
 parts) while the work was "free" for the people receiving services on
 their bikes.  I suppose that people with really expensive bikes did not
 take them there, but mostly ordinary students with ordinary bikes.  The
 shop had a sign on the wall that worried me a little though.  It said
 "If it sticks, force it.  If it breaks, it needed to be replaced
 anyway."  It was wonderful, very busy, and kept students' bikes running in
 good order for an amount a student could afford.  There are a lot of
 people with bikes who don't have the means or knowledge to make even simple
 repairs or adjustments on their bikes and as a result, their bikes
 gradually become unuseable and unused.

When I first came to A&M there was a craft center in the basement of
 the MSC where there were two bike repair stands and all the tools and
 manuals and most of the parts one would ever need to repair a bicycle, but
 that center was shut down and the equipment stored somewhere by the
 Aggie Recreation department somewhere in some storehouse.  It was very
 helpful when it was available.  I learned to overhaul my first bicycle
 there, a Raleigh Record, 1978 vintage.

Layne Westover

>>> Brett <texafornia at gmail.com> 11/16/2007 9:59 AM >>>
In San Fran, there is at least one co-op bike shop right next to a bike
 parking garage.  You park your bike and ask them to fix stuff while
 you are at work.  Fees to park in the garage pay salaries at the shop.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Jean Marie Linhart" <jmlinhart at gmail.com>
To: "Brazos Valley Cyclists" <bvc-chat at philebus.tamu.edu>
Sent: 11/16/07 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: BVC-CHAT return of yellow bikes?

Jonathan wrote about the potential return of the Yellow Bike Program.

Texas State San Marcos is doing something new and innovative.  They
have a cooperative bike shop run on campus with discounts on bikes and
repairs.  There was a nice article on it in this month's Southwest
Cycling News.  I'll contact the YBP person and see if he would be
interested in more information.  I know the community/cooperative bike
shop run by YBP in Austin is well-loved by the cycling community, too.

Jean Marie
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