VALLEY BIKERY
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Limeyfly at 07.5.09 - 11:40 pm
SO today Ayla Stern, Sarah Danya and Vinh ? got together at Balboa Park in The Valley and set up a make shift co-op similar in function to The Bikerowave, The Bike Kitchen and The Oven. The other 3 co-op's serve their respective communities very well but The Valley does not have anything. THis is a co-op in infancy with no permanent address in The Valley - yet!!
Anyway with the help of the trailer for music and Ayla making announcement in both english and spanish, they drew quite a crowd. Several bikes had flats fixed, brakes adjusted, seats raised and many young and not so young were helped with their bikes!
It was a long warm day there but the highlight of the day was watching Ayla teach a 7 year old girl to fix her own flats with a little help with the final tightening of nuts and bolts. When the rear wheel was being replaced the girl's father remarked that some of the parts belonged to the training wheels. At that point we explained that training wheels actually hinder learning balance and maybe she should try out her bike without the trainers. After a little guidance we managed to get the little girl to cycle to her father without the aid of the unnecessary extra wheels!!!! You should have seen all the smiling faces!!!!!!
Well done you guys for starting THE VALLEY BIKERY and I hope it finds a permanent home but the mobile unit made several people happy today....
Best of Luck,
Harry
ps.. we had a impromptu ride after the close of business and were joined by several valley riders.
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Congratulations on your new venture. I hope the valley kids can make this into a permanent thing. Was it posted here. I am sure you can get more volunteers to help out.
Foldie07.5.09 - 11:46 pm
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impromptu ride with a music trailer, fun!
66607.6.09 - 12:19 am
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It must of been a good time if you had Harry there.Way togo Harry for supporting the valley
crossbones07.6.09 - 5:38 am
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Any plans on getting a brick and motar location?
rev106 responding to a
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07.6.09 - 9:27 am
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They are working on it but ideas for the future very welcome I'm sure....
Limeyfly responding to a
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07.6.09 - 10:00 am
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I always thought the busway stop at reseda where they built that stupid panini cafe would have been a good bikery/first aid spot for the orange line. Maybe someone can talk to the managers for a little creative marketing in exchange for solid location? Or we can wait til their seed capital runs out and they give up their lease. Prime spot IMHO.
profoscurity07.6.09 - 12:31 pm
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I think it should be more east. Bring it really close to a major transit hub like the North Hollywood station.
Graham responding to a
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07.6.09 - 12:37 pm
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Check out the location I was talking about. Pretty much dead center of the orange line and literally steps away from a stop. Open space, low-key, safe area, moderate bike traffic between west and mid valley.
Google maps this address and street view that shit:
18510 Topham St, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Perfecto.
profoscurity responding to a
comment by Graham
07.6.09 - 1:09 pm
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plus there's a baskin robbins, party city, and TITTY BAR directly acrost the street. :)
profoscurity07.6.09 - 1:10 pm
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I could care less about having a bike co-op next to all that trash.
Ideally, I'd have it next to or very close to a well established bike shop like Athena's on Ventura & Bike Factory on Woodman or all the other bike shops out there.
Having it next to a bike shop and close to a major transit hub just works.
Graham responding to a
comment by profoscurity
07.6.09 - 1:17 pm
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This Limeyfly guy - who the fuck is he? He's always flying helicopters N shit, acting like he's so cool but I'm sick and tired of it! Well let me tell you something - anyone can fly a helicopter - but can you fly two . . . AT THE SAME TIME?
Yay for the bikery!!
Alex Thompson07.6.09 - 1:17 pm
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As I mentioned previously, check out the "The Alley in the Valley" behind Baskin Robbins at Reseda and the Orange Line. They gotta be cheap.
A brick and mortar place would really be nice to hang out at.
Sorry I didn't show up sunday, I'll just lurk from now on, my family takes up too much of my time.
thebikery@googlegroups.com for more direct bikery comms.
SFVCM? Maybe Digable, maybe Dingo, maybe me, I'll maybe call JJ and see whats up...
dave07.6.09 - 3:46 pm
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scratch calling JJ, seems I don't have his number any more..
dave07.6.09 - 3:52 pm
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The best way to reach the Bikery would actually be at Valleybikery@gmail.com.
kryxtanicole responding to a
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07.6.09 - 6:02 pm
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Awesome, I so wish I was there to witness that. ah!
Alfredo07.6.09 - 6:05 pm
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scratch calling JJ, seems I don't have his number any more..
dave
07.6.09 - 6:52 pm
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I'm excited about your Bikery project. Look forward to one day getting to be a part of it.
sexy responding to a
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07.6.09 - 6:18 pm
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a warehouse sounds awesome!
66607.6.09 - 6:20 pm
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Alas AT is right!! I haven't mastered flying 2 helicopters at once...heck I haven't mastered typing 101!!!
Anyway back to THE BIKERY STUFF HERE PLEASE!!!
I just wish you could have witnessed what we all saw on Sunday when the young 7 year old wrenched her own bicycle then having never NOT used training wheels we had her on 2 instead of 4 wheels!!!! PRICELESS!!!
Limeyfly responding to a
comment by bentstrider
07.6.09 - 6:41 pm
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I think you yelling at her did the trick.
User1 responding to a
comment by Limeyfly
07.6.09 - 7:41 pm
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there's a bunch of empty spots on Saticoy just east of Balboa...
rev10607.6.09 - 8:34 pm
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thanks sexy, I'll give him a call tomorrow.
put new wheels and wider tires on my main ride tonite and of course the wheels are wider as well, it got too dark to mess with adjusting my v-brakes, so I might just show up on my beach cruiser, oh well.
dave responding to a
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07.6.09 - 11:27 pm
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thanks for all the location tips :) having a brick and mortar space is def one of our top goals, but we can't do that until we have some money. So one of our first priorities right now is to fundraise and ideally have enough money by the end of the year. Also, we might have a partly donated and shared temporary location in the very near future... stay tuned.... ;)
Ayla07.7.09 - 1:10 am
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This so needs to happen! I know ppl who know ppl, so i'll get some feelers out.
2zRescue07.7.09 - 1:33 am
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Just saw this on CL
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/bik/1257744059.html
Roadblock, Ayla, anyone WE NEED TO GRAB THIS!!!
2zRescue07.7.09 - 11:01 am
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Plus, we'd get a landlord that hates us thrown in for free!!!
danya responding to a
comment by profoscurity
07.7.09 - 11:04 am
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need storage space .... and maybe we can lowball him :P
666 responding to a
comment by 2zRescue
07.7.09 - 11:05 am
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The Bikery doesn't have anywhere near enough to cover that expense, plus no truck for pickup.
If anyone would like to get on that, it does seem like a great deal.
danya responding to a
comment by 2zRescue
07.7.09 - 11:09 am
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I sent him off an email, to see if he can work with us on this project. I know this is your deal but throw me in the mix, as I would love to be a part of this.
2zRescue07.7.09 - 11:12 am
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We definitely welcome any help people want to give. It's a community thing, not a private gig. I just thought that as the treasurer of the Bikery, I should let everyone know that we will NOT be pursuing that particular lead as an organization.
danya responding to a
comment by 2zRescue
07.7.09 - 11:14 am
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Check out VEDC
Valley economic development commission in Van nuys. On VN blvd by city hall.
They have programs for start ups in depressed areas of the Valley.
Dedicated818 responding to a
comment by danya
07.7.09 - 11:16 am
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what we could use right now are some spunky fundraising ideas, if anyone's got a good one, let us know.
kryxtanicole responding to a
comment by 666
07.8.09 - 8:00 am
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the space right next to the orange line in noho just north of the polo ring is up for lease. i'm sure metropolis bikes could be a potential sponsor too
Link with map for the lazys
_iJunes responding to a
comment by spiraldemon
07.8.09 - 9:33 am
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