Great!!! Thank you so much.
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Great!!! Thank you so much.
Flybye, You need to build and sell these! Fantastic :) It's got everything I like, the green thing re-using materials, bikes ... you could retire and live on an island :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Flybye
or better yet, cut and sell, "assembly required" :D
Thanks-
I've actually thought about making and selling them. Assembly required or assembled for a small fee. I am waiting to see if my client load (I am a Social Worker) increases in the next month. If it doesn't, I will hit the streets :)
I could really go for the green effect and strap an assembled one to my back and ride to the nearest city - 25 miles away:eek:
What would you guess that one of these would sell for retail? I think there is about $20 in materials and an hour or two of labor.
I'd pay $50 if I saw one at a craft fair or something. It would have to hold 4 bikes, though. If it held 6, I might pay $75 or less if it held less.
That's something I would see and think to myself "hmmm, I could build that myself for $20, or I could just skip the hassle and buy one!"
Karen
These are the racks I got installed at my office. This picture was taken the first day the racks were completed. No one had been notified that the racks were finished, but bikes magically appeared.
Maybe if I try this at home I'll get new bikes, too?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by mimitabby
If you build it...they will come...Quote:
Originally Posted by mimitabby
:D
You beat me to it! :D :pQuote:
Originally Posted by oxysback
Such a good movie... we bought the DVD a while back having watched it, who knows how many times at the movies and on TV
The kids like it too... and NONE of us watch baseball.
Some movies are just great movies...
movie?? :confused: :confused:
Field of Dreams...
This thread has become a homage to 80's movies.
Speaking of which, The Boy recently informed me he'd never heard of, much less seen, Footloose.
I ask you, how.
I mean seriously!
:confused:
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Originally Posted by mimitabby
Mimi... when you are back, hire it and sit back and enjoy it.
Its a well-filmed, subtle little movie...
Kevin Costner and Amy Madigan... with a significant part by James Earl Jones
I love these:Quote:
Originally Posted by annie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYhlm...elated&search=
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QGLbd6Wffc
And while we're in an 80's state of mind...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPmYbP0F4Zw
Waaaaaaaaaa!!
That's hysterical!
Not that I would've chosen thriller but what a great idea.
I was told a few weeks ago that my building would be getting bike racks, that it was only a matter of figuring out where to put them. Today my coworker heard from the building manager that they are only beginning to figure it all out. So, I sent the mgr an email suggesting the possibilities, starting with a storage room indoors, bike lockers, down to unprotected bike racks. I also acknowledge that space is a problem but suggested that they could use one of the spaces that are semi-obstructed by lightposts since they are undesirable spaces for cars, especially the one right behind the guard shack.
Does anyone have suggestions for how to handle the management so that they see the need and utility of bike racks?
well. first of all, i have seen field of dreams.
now onto management and bike racks. What really did it for our management is that it is a "fire safety hazard" to have unsecured bikes in stairwells and hallways. (they might fall down and trip people!)
Once you say "safety hazard" they just go nuts. Depending on your company, the gov't gives them brownie points for bike commuting programs, so they WANT you to ride your bike.
and then it becomes more important to find a place to put the bike.
If your building has parking for cars, you might mention to Management that you can park 6 bikes in the area that one car takes up.... or... if 6 people are biking, look how much more room there is for their cars!
The hardest part for us was finding real estate in the bldg that someone didn't have dibs on! we finally found a few spots that were owned by Facilities, not some other org. and there were squatters filling the spaces. Any unused space will get taken over - By custodians, by forklift drivers (parking) and by that guy in your building who always has more stuff than he knows what to do with.
So we finally got all the squatters out, and the area was empty, ready for construction of the bike racks, and over night, someone came along and filled it with some stuff that needed to go into storage. But once you have facilities on your side, it gets easier.
And today, 4 bikes including mine were in our new bike rack.
you all totally inspired me. i made this rack yesterday, and my garage looks so much cleaner!!
i added two other pictures from my garage just to make the bianchistas and trekkees jealous (DH finds me the coolest birthday gifts!)
Pink- Please share how you made your rack system. That is exactly what I have in mind for the expanding fleet of bikes in our stable.
Cool gifts by the way, I want a Cannondale sign. :)
My attempt to make a PVC pipe bike rack was not successful. Even with securing the joints with PVC adhesive, the bike was just too heavy and it would tip over. And then it broke apart while being moved. Note: i used a different design than flybye's. specifically, i used:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Bike-Rack/
.. it may have only been unsuccessful because my measurements were off (long story) and the legs weren't as long as they were meant to be..
Wipes brow, you scared me for a second :eek: :eek: :eek:
Didn't want to be at the center of a project gone wrong...
I am sorry for your lack of success... was it meant for smaller bikes, like kiddo bikes??
Pink - How'dya make that one? Spill the beans!!!
Wow, Pink! That looks great. Did you paint the graphic on the wall? :cool:
yeh, i painted it. thank you.
i built the garage too.
for the bike rack i didnt do any measurements or anything, just started with old sprinkler parts and started piecing it together, holding the bike against the wall and figuring out rough dimensions. then i dry-fit it together, did some more cutting or replacing pieces that were cut down too much, then when i was happy i glued it all together. i used 3/4" PVC, 90-degree elbows and masonry screws (blue tapcons). oh and old pegboard hangers for the helmets.
PinkBike, you built the garage, too??! :eek: I wanna be you when I grow up.:D :p
That's so cool. You're amazingly talented and handy to boot. :cool:
Now, could you come over and build me a closet? How about a house around it while you're at it.:rolleyes: :p;)
Edited to add: What kind of helmet do you have? I like it a lot, but I can't quite make out the brand. Did it come with the reflective strips or did you add that?
Sheesh, the little joiny bits are expensive. Tidied the garage a bit so the bikes could just lean against the wall instead. :rolleyes:
Well I have been just leaning the bikes, but we had an incident a few weeks ago. One of our schnauzers is blind and wandered in the garage while we were unloading the car after a trip. She knocked over DH's bike, got scared and ran straight into mine. Then she couldn't figure out what had happened, started to panic and was standing on my rear wheel and part of my drivetrain crying. Poor baby girl, she wasn't hurt and the bikes were ok but my car got scratched. The little dogs are quick and they do wander into the garage on occasion, so I want to find an economical method of storing the bikes and avoiding future dog/bike/car injuries (mainly dog and bike).Quote:
Originally Posted by DirtDiva
Pink- You are talented!! I do think I can make the same thing, maybe not as well. My walls are the drywall but I think I can use drywall anchors for stability? :confused:
tiger, the helmet is a trek anthem. i added the reflective strips. i broke the restraining strap and emailed trek and they replied and gave me the part number to order a replacement, i thought that was very cool. i also have a giro atmos, but the anthem is so much better for the ponytail!!
diva, i cant picture what you're referring to. the couplings? theyre not necessary, i just had pieces of PVC laying around that already had elbows glued in, so i used those and then had to use the couplings to make it the right length. i wouldve preferred not to use the couplings but i am (a) cheap and (b) lazy. the elbows are 31 cents at home depot.
aggie, find a stud. on the wall, on the wall! sheeesh. i dont think anchors will be strong enough.
what a cool garage!! boy, i'm jealous. (I wish my garage had walls i could paint on (unfinished)
your bike rack set up is nice too. Beautiful mural!
Hey, you rack photographers, you can enter Bike Fixation's rack contest!
http://bicyclefixation.com/bikerackcontest07.html
Submit those photos and win wool bike knickers, hemp bike knickers, or a wool cap! (and fame! FAME, I tell ya!)