BikeBike Southeast 2009/How to Stock Your Shop
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)