[Noisebridge-discuss] Bike parking at the space

Rubin Abdi rubin at starset.net
Tue Sep 30 23:23:49 UTC 2008


I can grab a board from cole but need to know the exact width of the  
alcove so they can cut it, if they can. From eyeballing it via the  
photos, I'd say the space will more likely hold 3 - 4 bikes, but I  
suck at that sort of thing.

On Sep 30, 2008, at 4:15 PM, Rachel McConnell wrote:

> Oh, I'll also bring a cordless drill but I won't be there until  
> close to 8.  If we decide plywood is a good solution that's here at  
> Instructables; I won't bring it but we could go fetch it tonight.
>
> R
>
> Rachel McConnell wrote:
>> The best photos of the bike nook are these:
>> http://web.hexapodia.org/~adi/pix/200809-83c-weise/imgp0148_Lg.jpg.8.html
>> http://web.hexapodia.org/~adi/pix/200809-83c-weise/imgp0150_Lg.jpg.10.html
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/60801485@N00/2888734542/in/set-72157607497772735/ 
>>  I'm gonna estimate it's about 4.5 feet wide by 7 or a bit more  
>> tall.  I agree with the 5 bike estimate (I might be the one who  
>> said it too) based on the tons of bike hooks up here on the walls  
>> at Instructables. Note that 5 bikes assumes a staggered arrangement  
>> so the handles don't interfere.
>> No idea what kind of backing is inside the wall there.  Anyone have  
>> a stud finder?  I have several sheets of plywood I could donate to  
>> this cause (attach plywood to studs, attach bike hooks to plywood).
>> Rachel
>> Rubin Abdi wrote:
>>> Sadly I wont be buying any of the hooks in the linked image, as  
>>> they're pricy and too much bling. I'll just be grabbing some  
>>> normal hooks that can take a fair amount of load. I'm guessing  
>>> there's a good chance I also will need to anchor them onto a 2x4  
>>> or something.
>>>
>>> Is it just one wall or multiple walls? Is there a photo?
>>>
>>> On Sep 30, 2008, at 4:08 PM, Mitch Altman wrote:
>>>
>>>> The hooks you link to look cool.
>>>>
>>>> I don't have the measurements for the cubby-hole space where the  
>>>> bikes can hang, but I remember someone saying they thought 5  
>>>> bikes could hang there.  Does anyone have the actual measurements?
>>>>
>>>> Mitch.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -------------------------
>>>> > From: rubin at starset.net
>>>> > To: noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
>>>> > Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:01:51 -0700
>>>> > Subject: [Noisebridge-discuss] Bike parking at the space
>>>> >
>>>> > Hello all. Was planning on dropping by the meeting and help  
>>>> out. I
>>>> > just pinged folks in the channel about bike parking in/around the
>>>> > space. It sounds like there's some room inside that could hold  
>>>> bikes.
>>>> > There was also a mention of someone talking about installing  
>>>> hooks so
>>>> > bikes can hang off of the walls.
>>>> >
>>>> > Does anyone have a plan for this? If not I don't mind running  
>>>> to Cole
>>>> > Hardware before heading over for hooks, but I need to know how  
>>>> much
>>>> > room there is for bikes mounted on the walls vertically, like the
>>>> > photo linked at the end of this email, so I can grab a fair  
>>>> number of
>>>> > hooks. If no one is bringing a drill, I also wouldn't mind  
>>>> (though
>>>> > much rather not) ride home and grab the one I have.
>>>> >
>>>> > http://www.doobybrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/leonardo-bike-hook.jpg
>>>> >
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>>>> > Rubin at Starset.net
>>>> >
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