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Bicycle Co-op?

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  • 20-11-2008 7:37pm
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    Cleberp
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭


    Has anyone heard of a bicycle co-op in Ireland?

    I was in Edinburgh for half a year and found this class place where you can use all the tools you need - cranks, wrenchs, oil, cleaning solvents etc - for just 3pounds an hour. They give you a stand and you just work away. There's a few volunteers who help you out with technical stuff for free and you can buy new and second hand parts on the cheap.

    Found an old, but quality, bike in my new place that needs some minor-ish repairs and not looking to spend a fortune when I could easily repair it with the tools.


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    TinyExplosions
    Registered Users Posts: 6,860 ✭✭✭TinyExplosions


    Cleberp wrote: »
    Has anyone heard of a bicycle co-op in Ireland?

    I was in Edinburgh for half a year and found this class place where you can use all the tools you need - cranks, wrenchs, oil, cleaning solvents etc - for just 3pounds an hour. They give you a stand and you just work away. There's a few volunteers who help you out with technical stuff for free and you can buy new and second hand parts on the cheap.

    Found an old, but quality, bike in my new place that needs some minor-ish repairs and not looking to spend a fortune when I could easily repair it with the tools.

    If you're in the city centre, you can pop over and use my stand and tools for 3 quid an hour :)


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    km991148
    Registered Users Posts: 4,275 ✭✭✭km991148


    Cleberp wrote: »
    Has anyone heard of a bicycle co-op in Ireland?

    I was in Edinburgh for half a year and found this class place where you can use all the tools you need - cranks, wrenchs, oil, cleaning solvents etc - for just 3pounds an hour. They give you a stand and you just work away. There's a few volunteers who help you out with technical stuff for free and you can buy new and second hand parts on the cheap.

    Found an old, but quality, bike in my new place that needs some minor-ish repairs and not looking to spend a fortune when I could easily repair it with the tools.

    out of interest, who ran it/ what premises did they use?

    EDIT - sorry just googled..


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    Cleberp
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭Cleberp


    km991148 wrote: »
    out of interest, who ran it/ what premises did they use?

    EDIT - sorry just googled..


    The place you probably found is the Bike Co-op, which is not a co-op at all.

    The name of the place is The Bike Station
    http://www.thebikestation.org.uk/

    This is how they describe themselves:
    "bicycle recycling and cycling promotion charity. We keep old and discarded bikes out of landfill, repairing as many as we can, to put them back on the road. We provide cycle training, bike maintenance training, as well as refurbished bikes, to promote cycling and healthy lifestyles across Edinburgh and the Lothians."


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    topper75
    Registered Users Posts: 5,942 ✭✭✭topper75


    pretty cool idea


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    Húrin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,045 ✭✭✭Húrin


    There's a Cork Community Bikes. Various things have existed at times in Dublin, but nothing permanent AFAIK. If you called the Dublin Food Co-op or Seomra Spraoi I'm sure they would be interested in such a co-op, in terms of providing premises, etc. I would be interested in helping to set up this as well.

    check out
    http://www.bicycology.org.uk/
    http://www.corkcommunitybikes.com/projects.html


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