BikeBike Southeast 2009/How to Stock Your Shop

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How to Stock Your Shop

Notes from the BikeBike Southeast 2009 workshop

Lubes, Tires, Cables, Tubes

  • Hawley
  • UBS
  • work with local bike shops

Locks

  • cable locks
  • bulk chain
  • padlocks

Helmets

  • BikeHelmets.org
  • local fire dept

Tools vital for starting a shop

  • chain breakers
  • wrenches
  • personal tools
  • freewheel tools
  • crank arm tools
  • workstands
  • calipers and/or spoke rulers (with bearing gauge)
  • separate tool bags w/ complete tool sets
  • multi-hex tool

Bike parts to start

  • local organizations
    • big donations
  • [craigslist.org Craigslist] ask for parts
  • dumpsters
  • apartment complexes
  • university complexes / university police
  • word of mouth
  • bike/parts pickups
  • local cycling clubs (invite them in to the shop)
  • put a specific wish list on your website
  • scrap metal collectors
  • local clean-up / trash amnesty
  • explain shopping lists
  • buy cables and housing
    • suggested donations (i.e. $1/ ft or cable)