Bike!Bike! Southeast 2010

Bike!Bike! Southeast 2010

SCHEDULE

friday

Friday Night: Mirage Montage and BuHaoTing play a show and are followed by DJ Kaboom at the Wrongside house, 1113 S. Logan st. The show starts right after a group ride that leaves from First Unitarian Church.

Later arrivals: call these/this number or TEXT. 502 592 7160 and 502 797 2901 after 10 pm. Just say you’re here for bike bike. Aim for heading to the Wrongside House at 1113 S. Logan Street, Louisville KY 40203. There will be bike rides leaving from multiple locations which you can find out about by calling any of the above numbers or dropping by any of the locations.

• If you arrive late don’t worry, just holler!
• We are asking for sliding scale donations to the convergence. if we clear two hundred then the convergence pays for itself in terms of our own financial contributions.
• If you can/want – volunteer! someone somewhere in the bikebiking of louisville could use some help. We especially will need help surrounding food prep and dish washing.

saturday:

There’s a 630am meditation on dog hill in Cherokee park (you’ll see)

Breakfast will be starting on saturday at 9 am at the Brick House. simple stuff, but delish.

Workshops!

saturday evening:

There’s a discounted Defiance, Ohio show along with Evil Grimace (locals), Conspirator, and Seraphim (both from Mississippi)
Skull Alley (http://www.skullalley,net)
1017 E. Broadway
Louisville, Ky – 40204

Show starts @ 7pm – $5 entry with bike!bike! registration (wristband), $7 without.

There is an Iranian fire jump party that Maryam Miriahi is putting together.

Night rides arranged

There’s a bar connected to 21C, the fancy art hotel, which has a 24 hour art gallery that is kind of amazing. and the bathrooms are public and worth visiting if nothing else.

Some folks have expressed interest in a bdsm/kink play party so folks who are interested should let us know. all info will be confidential.

sunday: (tentative)

8 or 9am TBA (probably morning ride & light breakfast)
10-11:30pm WORKSHOP BLOCK
12:30-4: CAUCUS

Bike!Bike! is an annual conference for community bicycle shop organizers from around the country (and abroad) who come together to explore, share, affirm, and critique our work.

Bike!Bike! Southeast! 2009 was the first ever southeast regional Bike!Bike! and it was WONDERFUL! If you have notes or pictures, please add them to the Bike Collectives Network wiki page.

Workshops are intended to be conversational and focused on “HOW TO” get your shop off the ground and running smoothly.

In other words, if you want to find out how to make a community bike shop happen in your town, you should attend!

Workshops

Current workshop list from http://bikebikesoutheast.wordpress.com/workshops/:

• ”How to start your own women’s and trans bike clinics/shop nights” with dianna settles: This is a workshop dealing with how to get your own ladies’ bike shop nights/ bike maintenance classes started. There will be a brief overview of the thought process involved in getting these events started, but will largely be based on discussion. Learn the basics on how to make your shop more women friendly.
• ”Welding Practice: Let’s build a Tallbike” with Dan and Rachel from Rat Patro Bike Club: In this workshop, we will build a tallbike over the course of 4 to 6 hours for the freewheel bike collective. We will be using a fluxcore arc welder. This is one of the easiest and most economical ways to weld steel bicycles. Bike!bike! attendees can stop by any time to practice using angle grinders and welders, ask questions about building choppers and tallbikes, and help build a tallbike for freewheel. This will be a good workshop to stop at during down time between other workshops of interest.
• ”Herbal Health and Bike Projects” with Whit: Biking can present a number of different stresses unique to it. The same is true for bikeshops. This workshop is meant to take an herbal approach to harm reduction for cyclists. Environmental pollutants, basic body system maintenance, detox, sprains/strains/cuts/scrapes, headaches, blood pressures, heart health and circulatory systems, liver support (cause lord knows i have SEEN the recycling outside of most bike projects i’ve been to), immune system stuff and a few others that are coming together.
• ”Zero Waste Bike Shop” with Ben Botkins: How to operate a zero waste bike shop. Reusing, recycling & budget are the main focus of a zero waste bike shop. I will present solutions on how to reuse & recycle items that are usually discarded such as tubes, chains & tires. I will also share ways to buy in bulk to drastically reduce product cost as well as shipping cost while reducing packaging waste at the same time.
• ”Bike Maintenance 101″ with Lance Biddle: This workshop designed to educate you about the basic workings of bicycles and their componentry. So, that with this knowledge you will be able to sufficiently perform the standard maintenance and repairs that a bicycle needs, and deserves. This will hopefully lead to fewer major and costly breakdowns, and instead lots of enjoyable cycling. And, so that if this basic knowledge is not enough, you will be able to speak to your mechanic in an educated manner about your bicycle’s problems.
• ”Bike Maintenance 102″ with Lance Biddle: A continuation of Bicycle Maintenance 101, diving deeper into more complicated repairs, and maintenance.
• ”Fixed Gear Conversions” with Lance Biddle: To teach people how to convert a bicycle to a fixed gear in the safest manner either on the cheap or the well funded route.
• ”DIY Fundraising” with Bici Bike Collective: A discussion on DIY fundraising using the Bici Bike Collectives as the discussion starter.
• ”Getting Differently Abled Folks on Bikes” with Maryam MirRiahi: Learning session that will address obstacles that differently abled young adults and older adults face when riding a bike. Will focus on positive solutions to help them find the right bike and identifying what limitations are and how they can be overcome. One of the main issues I will discuss is how community can be extremely helpful in helping set short term and long term riding goals for differently abled bikers.
• ”Bike culture and the lack of safe spaces therein: WTF?!” roundtable discussion hosted by Cheyborg (and anyone else who wants to!): This will be an open forum to talk about the bullshit in bike culture, as well as suggest means to confront & deal with it– not just in our personal lives, but on collective/community levels. Expect to come to this workshop with your own experiences and suggestions, and to come away from this workshop with an idea of how to foster safe spaces in your life/community/sphere.
• ”How to bend the will of your local beaurocracy” with Dan Kelley: The presentation I’m imagining would be four parts:
  1. outline for understanding local government processes,
  2. finding the right people in the government with whom to talk,
  3. our specific experience with a bike valet ordinance drafted in Charleston,
  4. and then a roundtable discussion for everyone to talk about their successes, pitfalls, and uncategorized encounters with government.
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• ”If it’s broken, repurpose it!” with Cheyborg: This workshop will be a fun, hands-on experience. A tour of some ideas I’ve had for repurposing bike parts that are no longer usable as such, and maybe brainstorm some new ones. Come and share your ideas, from the practical to the ridiculous! Limited junk will be provided & some examples will be given by the lovely presenter. (BYO soldering equipment, if you want to make things hot!)
• DIY cargo bike build with Brent: We will be building a cargo bike – one you can take to the grocery store, bring home fresh produce from the garden in, or even move 150 lb of stuff.
• ”Bike Tube Boox!” with Katie McBride: I will teach folks how to turn busted bike tubes and scrap paper into really fancy blank books! This is a cool idea for collectives looking to create nifty items for fundraisers or just as a fab craft activity for adults or kids.
• ”Evasive Maneuvers, Mister Sulu!” with Dave Morse: On-bike session learning traffic skills that could save your life. Bring your bike and helmet (required for insurance purposes). Skills taught: Rock Dodge, Instant Turn, Quick Stop, Scanning, and Signaling.

volunteer to do a workshop at http://bikebikesoutheast.wordpress.com/workshops/

Housing

Live in Louisville? Excited about Bike!Bike! Southeast this spring? Wanna make new friends?

Let someone sleep on your couch, floor, or in your yard!

Please see the registration page to fill out the form if you a place to stay. The registration form asks you for info regarding your attendance to bike!bike! as well as requests for housing.