1. Areas Of Design and
Social Entrepreneurial
Interest
1. Increased Bike Use
2. Global Climate Change
3. Improved Food Knowledge

2. My Goals in Picking an
Organization for this
Project:
- Make Biggest Difference Possible
- Entreprenurial Direction
- Freedom to Start a New Project

3. Organizations:
1. Bikes Not Bombs
2. Recycle-a-Bike
3. Woonasquatucket River Watershed
Council (WRWC) Red Bike Shed

4. Far from Providence
Established Structure

5. - One of Many Volunteers
- Less Entrepreneurial Focus

6. WRWC
Small with Open Access
Freedom to start something
new

7. WRWC
Promote the Restoration of the
Woonasquatucket River as an
Environmental and Recreational As-
set

8. Created the Fred
Lippett Greenway
and the Red Bike
Shed to Serve
Bikes Using the
Greenway.

9. Red Bike Shed:
Consists of Two Shipping Containers
in Riverside Park along the greenway
serving bikers in the park and along
the bike path.

10. Organization
Rules of
Operation
Observation of
Problems
Money
Infrastructure

11. Interview with Warren:
(Red Bike Shed Mechanic)
Determining:
operations
needs
current situation
resources
shop logistics
customers
current stock
space
tools
security

12. Concept 1
Bike Tool Cart
For moving tools in and out of the shop for classes
and bike repairs done out side of the container

13. Mindmap of Red Bike Shed
Problem Areas with WRWC Staff
Area of Further
make ita defined space
teaching problems sign with hours shop is closed
Interest
set hours ofr class age limit for classes
cost
older class 11 and up
Intro class
credit card younger kids
fixing flats
5:00
bike rodeo teaching them
Brakes 2 times a week
Rentals
hour and a half
kids working to make bikes check list
selling bikes cranks and headset
classes for kids 10 kids
half hour clean up / half hour set up list of kids who have passed the class
3 to 7 positive things from 2009 cleaning
40 hrs hours
wed through sun fixing bikes take classes
Thursday and Saturday 3:30 to 5
Red Bike Shed kids working for bikes bike parts
open shop hours
volunteers working for a ranger
open shop
During open shop hours for bmx bikes working for themselves
volunteers
advertise
If can't contact parents they have to get a new number
Bike rodeo
call parent
Fence
material ?
Forms
Problems with people stealing
If dont have form they cant participate
Price list
bags on the outside

14. Concept 2
Selling Bikes
Bike Rodeo To Roundup Bikes and
Bring Them to Customers

15. Bike Rodeo
Planned Pilot Bike Rodeo
should answer some questions:
- Price point
- logistics of moving bikes
- payment methods
- number of bikes sold
- profit

16. Promotional
Materials
- Raise awareness of the Red Bike
- Bring people to the bike path
- Get to a different customer base

17. Operational Overview
for the Bike Rodeo
Red Bike Shed: Bike Rodeo: At
Tuneup/Fix RISD, Brown,
Johnson and
Wales
Cleared Profit goes Students Buy
to pay expenses / for $100 to $150
fund WRWC bike
activities

18. Researching
Precedence Do research into other bike selling programs
Working Bikes
Community Bike Works
Chain Reaction
Phoenix Bikes
Refine structure for the bike rodeo and avoid pitfalls from past precedence.