Cycles of Change APC Community Bike Shop
www.myspace.com/cyclesapcNew Expanded Hours Starting November 1st! Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 12-6, and Saturdays 11-5. Come check out our bikes!Mood: catalyzed
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Cycles Change apc Community Bike shop
- ALAMEDA, California, US
- Last Login: 12/18/2009
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Interests
General
The shop offers:
• USED BICYCLE SALES: We always have about 200 bikes for sale that were generously donated by people like you. Sales support our program growth and bikes are sold as-is or tuned-up! All purchased bikes come with 30 days of full repair coverage, 90 days of free adjustments and 10% all accessories!
• BIKE DONATION CENTER: We accept working bikes, parts in excellent condition only and goodies like sports equipment, and lots more! The shop receives over 1000 bikes a year! Unfortunately, we are unable to accept used tires and tubes, and will only accept rare or higher-end wheels. Please deliver any donations to staff of the shop or APC. Please do not leave donations outside the shop for any reason. Thanks for the understanding and support!
• VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: Got skills that you're able to contribute? The shop thrives because of its volunteers. Skilled bike mechanics, community bike people, artists, marketers, tech people, outreach personalities, fundraisers, and?? get in touch and explore our volunteer program! You can also earn credits by volunteering, which can be used to purchase donated goodies in the shop! If interested, please email bikeshop@apcollaborative.org.
• EARN A BIKE PROGRAM: Volunteer in exchange for credits used to earn bikes and parts.
• COMMUNITY REPAIR SHOP: 6 bike stands and a full range of bicycle tools can be used in the shop to help you do your own repairs. Usually there's staff and volunteers to help others learn the repair themselves. We ask for a $5 or 5 credit per hour donation to use the shop for personal repairs.
• JOB TRAINING AND INTERNSHIPS: APC residents are employed to experience on-the-job training in how to operate many parts of the bike shop! People 11-15 can apply to contribute as unpaid youth interns, too!
• COMMUNITY CENTER: The bike shop is a place for people to share space together in a safe, open and constructive space.
Come by for a visit!Music
Got a favorite song about bikes? Let us know! In the meantime, here's a website devoted to digging up rock, folk and indie bike songs: bicycleuniverse's websiteMovies
Video of a bike community project in Oaxaca, Mexico...
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There are a few great movies with bikes in 'em, and this is a classic clip from 1986:
That's Quicksilver of course. Also check out these movies with bike scenes and themes:
2 Seconds, (Caminho das Nuvens) Middle of Nowhere, Triplettes of Belleville, Bicycle Thief, Beijing Bicycle, The Bicycle, RAD, Pee-Wee's Great Adventure, Breaking Away, American Flyers, etc....your favorites?Television
22 years after the bike dance in Quicksilver, bicycle acrobat, Ines Brunn, at the 2008 San Francisco Bicycle Film Festival. The performance begins 2 minutes into the video.Books
How I Learned to Ride a Bicycle (by Frances Elizabeth Willard), Curious George Rides a Bike, bike zines, Catfish and Mandala (by Andrew Pham), Bike Cult, Bicycling Science, Chasing Rickshaws, California Dream Cycling, Roads to Ride...and yours?Heroes
Rainy day commuters, night time joy riders, recycled bike art makers, community bike people (Cycles of Change!), women and trans folk who are transforming male-dominated bike shops and culture, people who ride bikes whether they look like D-Bo's, Scrapers, Lance Armstrong's, Pee Wee Herman's, or whatever. Also courteous and kind drivers.
Hmmmm, Major Taylor was/is definitely an unsung pathbreaker of racial and athletic limitations at the turn of the 19th century. Learn more here.
Also, Thich Nhat Hanh, who among many things, may have been the first monk to ride bikes in Vietnam, which is now common, according to TNH. Also, TNH is promoting car-free travel choices to reverse the process of global warming! Click to learn more!
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Latest Blog Entries
- Oct 27, 2009 9:20 PM New Expanded Hours at the Cycles of Change APC Bike Shop
- Sep 10, 2009 9:50 PM Benefit and Party for Cycles of Change APC on Sept 27, 1-4pm
- Jul 30, 2009 3:18 PM New video posted: Oaxaca based amazing bike community project looking for funding..
- Jul 22, 2009 9:39 PM New Job Opening!! Bicycle Repair Coordinator at the shop
- Jul 1, 2009 6:53 AM Video by our friends at SolReel Productions
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About me:
Welcome to Cycles of Change APC's myspace page! We are open Wednedays-Fridays 12-6 and Saturdays 11-5. We will be closed from December 24th until January 5th for the holidays. We will reopen on Wednesday, January 6th.
Here's a nice video PSA from our friend, Ami!
NOTE: Video has an web address error. Our new website is: www.cyclesofchangeapc.org
WHO WE ARE
Cycles of Change APC is a friendly non-profit community bicycle shop which opened in June 2006. It's mission is to empower local communities by providing outstanding recycled bicycle services in a safe, thriving, creative and self-sustaining space. Services include used bike sales, youth and adult job training, bicycle field trips, a community do-it-together repair shop, volunteer opportunities, and much more!
It is a collaboration between Cycles of Change, a 10 year old East Bay youth bike education program, and Alameda Point Collaborative (APC), a non-profit which manages housing and services for a 200 unit residential community comprised of 500 formerly homeless adults and families.
In 2007, we won "Best Bike Shop" from the East Bay Express! Click to read the write-up.
And, here's a story about the shop in the Alameda Sun...
Click to read the article.
And here's the shop's Yelp! page:
Go to Yelp!
We're also part of a story in the Oakland Tribune called "Alameda Point Thrives Despite Blight", but you have to pay the Tribune to see it! There is so much to uncover out here...
WHERE WE ARE
In the west end of the City of Alameda, Bay Area, California, on the former Alameda Naval Station, now known as Alameda Point. Click
here for a googlemap to the shop!
Volunteers and partnerships: bikeshop@apcollaborative.org
Sales and Marketing: cyclesbikes@gmail.com
Office phone/voice mail: (510) 898-7830
Mailing address:
Cycles of Change APC
677 W. Ranger Avenue
Alameda, CA 94501
Website: www.cyclesofchangeapc.org
Our Wish List (all donations are tax-deductible!):
Long range cordless phone system
Bikes worth over $500
Bicycle locks
Bicycle helmets (esp. new ones, BMX style, but all welcome!)
Bicycle lights, working only
Skilled volunteers (contact Barry at bikeshop@apcollaborative.org)
Monetary donations (can't hurt to ask, right?! Please send to mailing address above)
Bicycle tools!
Basic power tools (plug in drill, impact driver, dremel tool, sautering gun, etc) for cutting locks, building racks, sanding bikes for painting, etc., etc, etc.)
Quickbooks program for point-of-sales, inventory and database work
DVD/VHS combo
Digital video camera and basic editing software
Digital cameras
Musical instruments
Construction skills and materials for loft project
T-shirt printing supplies and services
Sporting goods in good condition
Pentium 4 PC (No longer needed! Thanks, Ben!!!!)
Laptop w/ operating system, office programs and wireless internet capability (No longer needed! Thanks Kong!)
Who I'd like to meet:
Bike and community people, shoppers, donors.Passionate volunteers, mechanics, fundraisers, people persons....
People who are making the world a more just and healthy place for everything.
Anyone who is interested in getting started with cycling.
Calendar
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- Dec 26, 2009 7:00 PM
- 11-5pm Sales & Donations
- @ Cycles of Change APC
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- Dec 30, 2009 8:00 PM
- 12-6pm Sales and Donations
- @ Cycles of Change APC
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- Dec 24, 2009 8:00 PM
- 12-6pm Sales and Donations
- @ Cycles of Change APC
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- Dec 25, 2009 8:00 PM
- 12-6pm Sales and Donations
- @ Cycles of Change APC
