BIKE: Southwest Cycling News at Wheatsville

[Fred Meredith]

That's not a bad idea and I would certainly accept the help of anyone 
who wanted to construct such recycled distribution racks for 
Wheatsville or any other location. Eric has already embraced the idea 
and may be promoting it with Yellow Bike as I write.

Not to rain on anyone's parade, I have the following guidelines, 
observations, etc.

There is room for not only recycling bike materials into fitting 
dispensers for a cycling publication. I am sure that artistic 
creativity will also creep into any such project.

In anticipation of that, I have two things to say. Don't make them 
too bulky or unusually shaped as they need to fit closely with more 
mundane newspaper racks which all have pretty rectangular footprints 
and aren't over 2.5 or 3 feet tall. Also, if they look to nifty, 
neat, and creative, some jerk will undoubtedly steal them for their 
own living room ambiance. If they are really neat looking, we may 
have to lock them to something.

Other than those two caveats, I'm all for it.

Fred Meredith, editor and distrubution assistant
Southwest Cycling News

At 7:35 AM -0800 11/24/04, Tahoma Toelkes wrote:
>How much would such a rack cost new?  It would be
>really cool if we could use old bicycle parts
>artistically welded together for this purpose. 
>
>I'd like to make a donation, but I'd rather see it
>made of reused material and the money go to
>commisioning a bit of time from a local
>bicycle-friendly welder.
>
>So, anyone out there know someone with the skills,
>taste, and inclination to pull this off?  Of course,
>it would be best if they were willing to do it for
>about the price of a new rack...
>
>Anyway, I've certainly got a few old cassetes and
>other bits I've been meaning to drop off at Yellow
>Bike which could be used for this purpose instead.
>
>-- Tahoma
>

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