Today - Special Bucket Hours

Today I'm gong to be working on a couple bikes from 5PM until about 630 - so if the doors open, come say hello! If you need any help with anything or need to use tools, I'll be up there.

Milk district meeting tonight!
ryan!

Bicycle Art Show // Send in Submissions!

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I'll be the first to apologize to any of you out there who use this blog as a way to keep up on news about RCBC - posts have been few and far-between, and I can only explain by saying that we've all been busy busy busy.

Announcement:

Saturday the 18th: (tomorrow)

10% Day at Ethos Vegan Kitchen (1235 N. Orange Ave. - Map)
With flyer (obtain one from us) - have 10% of your check on Saturday donated to Rusted Chain Bike Collective - There also will be a showing of the film "Still We Ride" - about the criminalization of critical mass in NYC in the years after the Republican National Convention in 2004 - (9PM) and Apples to Apples. More info RIGHT HERE on this very blog, very soon.

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In other news, our tentative "space" (colloquially known as "The Bucket") has now "soft opened." It's located at Maguire and Colonial (map) in the Public Storage complex - but we're outside of the gate, about 20 feet from the road. Can't miss us. At the moment, we're open two days a week, with the intention to expand these hours as our availability suits in the coming days. So with the addition of these two days, you have three days a week to hang out with us and learn about your bike:

Sunday: 3PM-7PM
@ The Bucket (Colonial Dr. and Maguire Blvd - map)

Wednesday: 6PM-10PM
@ Audubon Park Community Market (Stardust Video and Coffee - map)

Thursday: 5PM-9PM
@ The Bucket (Colonial Dr. and Maguire Blvd - map)

NOTE: If you have large items you wish to donate (bikes, etc.) sunday and thursday are ideal, as a lot of us ride bikes to the community market


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Please Circulate this information.

Monday Meetings at Ethos

At our meeting today we took a group shot with some of our memebers. Just thought I'd post it :]

Meetings:

Every Monday @ Ethos Vegan Kitchen 6pm

sunday SUNDAY SOMEDAY!!!

Today is technically sunday. For those of you that forgot, whether intentionally or not, today we will be open at the space from 3-7. I will be there at three(ish) to open the space. There is a lot of work to do. Please bring any bikes/parts/tools you have to donate. See you all soon!!

Audubon Park Community Market May 27th

So I was searching for pictures of pedicabs and I came across a picture of my inspiration to build one. This is a Cambodian Pedicab that was brought down by Jim Manuel of the Orlando Blues Society. Now when I say "Cambodian" I don't mean "In the style of" I mean it's legit from Cambodia.

We couldn't find anything really wrong with the bike. Mike used his Phone a Friend Lifeline and called up Metha to figure what measurement system was even used on those tires. Once the tires were pumped up it was ready to go.

I had a terrific time just rolling the pedicab back and forth (yes, it was a fixed gear) and occasionally taking someone on a loop around the parking lot.


Picture Credit goes to Mark Baratelli (www.markbaratelli.com)
Original Article is here: Link

Maybe a little inspiration??

Found these randomly:

"Working Bikes Cooperative, Chicago, ILL"

Sunday Meeting about Earth Day

At 5:00pm on Sunday (4/26) we will be meeting at Jon and Kyle's place to discuss our plans for Earth Day. Earth Day will be on May 2nd, from 10:00am - 6:00pm.

Address:
3715 Chelsea st.
Orlando, FL 32803

Things we need to finalize:
-tabling schedule
-banner
-tools
-food
-etc.

We need a table and a tent!!

The table and tent we are currently using belongs to Nicole's parents and signs of damage is starting to show. So as a collective we need to have our own supplies.

So if you know anyone with a table or a tent who wouldn't mind donating it to the collective or even selling it for a discount then let us know please!

Photos Pre-Meeting tomorrow

hey everyone,

my friend still needs photos of people with bikes.  he's taking them on a large format camera (which is pretty b.a.).  he shot buddy and me last week and unfortunately they didn't come out.  if you wanted a photo with your bike, come to ethos around 5:15/5:30 NEXT MONDAY april 27th, and Chris will be there.  

thanks,

disney

if you have any questions, you can call 407-617-2998 to get Chris.

RcBc at Earthday (May 2nd)

So I just had a meeting with Larry about us participating at Earthday...

We are being given TONS of room! The area will be the Rusted Chain Bike Park. Referring both to the fact that there will be a large area to lock up AND to the fact that we will have a large area to do demonstrations and a mini area if we want to use it.

I won't go into everything in depth but I took a few photos of where we will be setting up with descriptions.

Flickr Set

I'll be going through it at the Monday meeting and explaining what we need to do (set up times, staffing, etc)

I know not everyone can attend the meeting so members that want to help out can contact me (Trent) directly. Tomorrow is my 25th bday AND 7th year of being vegan, Saturday is Fixed Fight. so while i'll be out and I won't have email anyone can feel free to text me with any questions.