News

This news blog is designed to bring you up to date with the latest happenings at Velocipede. For more info about Velocipede Bike Project, please check the links above and to the left!

Women/Transgender night closed tonight:(
June 9, 2009

sorry to announce this but we’ll not be able to have shop night tonight.


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Gears and Chain Theory Clinic Moved To 6/8
May 25, 2009

Dear Veloci-members:

Due to my forgetfulness of today (may 25th) being Memorial Day, I had earlier scheduled tonight to be a clinic on Gears and Chains.  We will be moving this clinic to the next available day (June 8th).  Sorry for the late notice.

Have a good Memorial Day!


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Shop Closed May 19th > 24th
May 14, 2009

Hi everyone,

Do you have carpentry skills/experience?

If so, we would love to talk to you;  We are in the process of building
new storage solutions and would love any volunteers who do have some
experience with working with wood.  If you are interested and would like
to lend a hand, please send an email to Peter Hegel (the coordinator of
this project) at pshegel2002@yahoo.com

because of this, we are also announcing that the shop will be closed from
Tuesday, may 19th until the following Sunday, the 24th.  We will be doing
some internal reorganizing of the shop, building new storage solutions and
the like.  For those who paid a membership fee your membership will be
extended an extra week.

thank you everyone,
-vpede


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Late notice: Shop is closed on Mothers Day!
May 10, 2009

Sorry for such a late notice but we have to close the shop today, sunday, may 10th.  It’s mothers day and many of us will be off to see family.

have a happy mothers day,

- Velocipede


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Touring FAQ
May 4, 2009

Rod Bruckdorfer, our presenter for tomorrow’s Touring Workshop, has created a pdf answering commonly asked questions about touring equipment and it is available for download here.

General discussions about touring equipment

In addition, Jessie Oppeheimer has also provided us with a PDF detailing international touring bikes:

International touring bikes

These are both excellent guides on touring and are filled to the brim with information.  We will continue hosting these documents (in a soon to be completed library section of our site ) but in the meantime, feel free to share!


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Touring Workshop MAY 5th!
April 14, 2009

BICYCLE TOURING WORKSHOP

TUESDAY, MAY 5th, 2009
7:00 – 9:00 PM

VELOCIPEDE BIKE PROJECT
#4 W LANVALE STREET

 

 

Touring Workshop on 3/24/08!!!

 

Join our three speakers who have toured in the United States and internationally. The two workshops will discuss equipment, planning and cost as well as day-to-day life on the road. The skills learned at these workshops can be applied to any tour, whether it is self-supported tour, a supported tour or a metric century. In addition to the workshops, there will be several fully loaded touring bikes to view after the workshops. The shop will remain open till 10:00 pm. Please join us. Velocipede is located 1/2 block S of the Charles Theater between N Charles Street and Maryland Avenue.


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Spring is here! Spring/Summer hours in effect
March 23, 2009

Hi everyone!  It’s spring,  so we are now operating on our summer schedule.  That means that our shop and volunteer days are extended by one hour each:  Wednesday and Thursdays at 6pm to 10pm and Sunday from 2pm to 6pm, as well as Women’s and Transgender’s Night every other Tuesday at 6pm to 10pm!

Hope to see you soon!


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Shop Closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
December 18, 2008

Hi Friends,

Just as short message to announce that we will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday next week (Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.)  We will be open that  following Sunday, the 28th.

Happy Holidays,

-Velocipede


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Bike Clinics are Back!!!
November 2, 2008

Hey veloci-friends!

we’re very pleased to announce the return of our bike clinic series! If
you ever wanted to solve the mystery of the bicycle and learn how to
service/repair your two wheeled buddy then this is for you. Starting on
Monday, November 10th, we will be having bi-weekly classes on specific
areas of the bicycle. There are six clinics in all, and they will be in
the following order:

Nov. 10th: Hubs
Nov. 24th: Wheel Truing and Assessment
Dec. 8th : Headsets
Dec: 22nd: Bottom Brackets
Jan. 12: Brakes/Cable Theory
Jan. 26: Gears and Chain Theory

clinics will start at 7pm at the shop (4 W Lanvale St, Baltimore MD, just
in case you need the address) and is free to everyone (co-op members,
collective members, non-members, cats, dogs, ponies, etc…).

please feel free to pass the word along to your friends! Hope to see you
there!


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Shop Organizing/Cleanup Day!!!
October 8, 2008

Hello Bicycle friends!!!

Once again its Fall and we’re getting ready for our Annual Shop Organizing/Mass Cleanup day!

On Sunday the 19th of October instead of the normal sunday shop, we will have a Shop Organizing Day from 12:00-6:00.

During this Shop Organizing Day we will work on making more work areas in the shop, as well generally organizing the rest of the shop. We need as many people as possible, of all skill levels, to make this day a success. This is a great time to rack up hours to be put towards co-op membership and parts, as well as helping Velocipede to continue to pump bikes and bike knowledge in to the city!!! (plus vegan and non-vegan PIZZA will be provided for the workers)

Thank you all for time and for helping to make Baltimore more bike friendly. We will be posting more reminders and requests soon!! Remember that you can always keep abreast of events at Velocipede by checking our calendar at www.velocipedebikeproject.org/calendar

In Veloci-darity–
the folks at Velocipede


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