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Our mission (2015)[edit]

Santrovélo is a do-it-yourself community bike shop of Santropol Roulant a not-for-profit charity that works in food security, agriculture, and community care. The mission of Santrovélo is to empower community members and to promote active transportation, cycling safety, and sustainability through bike repair. Our volunteer mechanics provide knowledge and access to tools in an enthusiastic, respectful and inclusive safe space.

Santrovélo’s Relationship with Santropol Roulant[edit]

Santrovélo is a collective of Santropol Roulant and operates under the direction of the staff of Santropol Roulant. The volunteers ensure service delivery such as open days for DIY repairs and shop upkeep.

Volunteering[edit]

New Volunteers[edit]

Inerested volunteers are invitied to visit the workshop and send an email to santrovelo@santropolroulant.org to learn about the opportunities to get involved.

The shop[edit]

In exchange for volunteering your time, some benefits include:

  1. Learning bike mechanics and satisfaction of helping others
  2. Training sessions on how to maintain and repair bikes
  3. Personal access during off-hours at the discretion of staff

Schedule/hours[edit]

The most up-to-date information can be found on the website https://santropolroulant.org/santrovelo As of 2022, the workshop is open to the public on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm.

Roles[edit]

Every shift has a Shift Lead and up to 3 volunteer mechanics of any skill background.

Shift leads are people who have the following profile:[edit]

People with bike mechanic knowledge and experience:

  • Someone with experience repairing bikes in general with some advanced knowledge in key areas. Or better. Also with good knowledge of Santrovelo practices, procedures and rules.
  • Or someone learning about bike mechanics with experience repairing bikes and or have participated in other community bike workshop activities or here for several shifts.

Knowledge of Santrovelo practices, procedures and rules is needed. Or if you have an introductory knowledge and experience of bike mechanics you can still be a shift lead if these apply to you:

If you have group animation and leading skills and are comfortable speaking with small to medium groups and hosting learning sessions with them on basic to intermediate topics. Able to coordinate volunteers on shifts. Good knowledge of Santrovelo practices, procedures and rules.

Pricing[edit]

The workshop offers Pay-What-You-Can / Pay based on ability to determine visit fees, the suggested cost for patrons is $10 for the 1st vsiit and $7 for each aditional visit. No one is turned away for not having funds and ability to pay does not determine the services offered.

We have a sliding scale system for used items but in general the nicer the part the less of a discount so we don't sell all the good parts for peanuts (see policy). New parts are fixed. Volunteers may take advantage of a 15% discount off posted parts prices.

The basement[edit]

Tasks here would be working on bikes for sale, labelling wheel sizes and keeping the space clean and organised.

Bike projects[edit]

All bikes need to be identified with the following : full name of owner, deposit date, telephone number, e-mail. No contact information means no owner. You would be free to claim this bike. Volunteer's personal projects use yellow sheets; Santrovélo member projects use pink and bikes ready for sale use blue. This is mostly for fun but also so that we can tell them apart easily. Try to keep them grouped together. Members are allowed to keep project bikes for up to 4 weeks in the basement. When their time expires, their bikes are considered donations to Santrovelo if they don’t take it home. A possibility of a 1 week extension can be discussed. Most people need to be reminded to work on their bike after 2 weeks. Owners must secure loose parts to their frame using a bag, tape, etc. No parts should be lying on the ground.

Wheels[edit]

Used wheels for sale are hung up on the ceiling and grouped into their sizes. If they are not labelled, check against the wheel sizing template located near the main door and label appropriately. Alternatively you can go old school; get a tape measure. Instructions found below.

How to measure wheels without template[edit]
  1. Quick and easiest is to compare against another labelled wheel
  2. Measure rim outer edge to outer edge straight as possible. The actual number is generally 5-10mm larger then measurement. So 640mm would be 630mm aka 27"
  3. Quick and dirty tip for distinguishing 27inch and 700c: If no bead, then 99% = 27inch. Opposite doesn’t apply however
  • For 26 inch wheels, beware the difference between ‘decimal’ and ‘fractional’ measures. “26 x 1.50 inch” and “26 by 1 ½ inch” are not actually the same! The use of a fraction versus decimal denotes a different standard, i.e., a different wheel diameter. The ‘decimal’ size is far more common or better use wood template in the shop to confirm size.
Quickie guide for common name to ISO BSD:[edit]

700C/622mm - Modern roadie/hybrid
27"x whatever/630mm - Old roadie
26"x 1-2.125"/559mm = Old MTB, cruisers

Once again, try keep the wheels grouped together

Other parts[edit]

  • Frames go up on the wall
  • Forks go on the rack in the back
  • Fenders and used tires go in their respective bins
  • Other components go upstairs in their proper bin.

Inventory, new parts and ordering[edit]

(Info internal to Santrovelo) https://santrovelo.miraheze.org/wiki/Commandes

Waste management[edit]

Recycling[edit]

Most donations of parts/bikes from Santrovélo go to non-profit organizations and known SMB bike workshops.

Rubber[edit]

Rubber is recycled by the provincially funded tire recycling program by Ecologique, Recyc-Quebec. Tire innertubes should be grouped into bundles of 10 (including the one used to make the bundle) Tires should also be bundled into groups of 10.

Metal[edit]

Metal is picked up by local metal recyclers.

Shop rags & aprons[edit]
  • FIRE HAZARD, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION HAZARD *

PROCEDURE:

  1. These rented rags are placed in the yellow can for reuse until fully dirty (clean ones underneath)
  2. Only fully-dirty rented rags are placed in the red can for delivery to the cleaners
  3. When rented rags are running low, notify the collective on Slack and the waste channel
  4. Non-solvent cleaning can be done by Daoust Nettoyeurs Écoperformants: 514-523-1242 (Julie), 1389 Mt-Royal E. Just drop off during opening hours and mention SANTROVÉLO. Cleaning takes 2-3 days. Google Maps
Rags - $25 per load, up to 100 rags
Aprons - $3 each

FOR CONSIDERATION:

  • Single-use rags (of a DIFFERENT COLOUR) for emergencies could be stored as a back-up (but must be thrown away immediately)
  • Synthetic rags could be purchased from Sanidépôt, 4275 Iberville ($10/10 rags) but cotton would be a better choice if a source could be found (cotton withstands power cleaning better)
  • Prices on Amazon seem reasonable, difficult to know the quality

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01IBYBIB6/ref=sr_1_49?__mk_fr_CA=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&keywords=shop+towel&qid=1558111181&s=automotive&sr=1-49#customerReviews https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016TY5TS8/?linkCode=xm2

  • Rags could be rented from LeClub: St-Denis/Roy, 514-941-5197 (Laurent)

===== Bike donations go downstairs and are tagged as donations, when we have too many frames, bikes and wheels we make a pile and e-mail LeRecycliste (Roberto) for a pick up recycliste.ca@gmail.com. He gives SantroVelo a check at the end of the year for the bikes he has built and sold

another option is /SOS Vélo ===== Jean-Marc is our contact with SOS vélo (514-796-8803). From time to time, volunteers on shift or during our monthly cleanup day volunteers call him for still functional salvageable stuff/parts or bikes which we don’t want to keep (usually because then basement full of bikes we cannot use). The sorting places priority in keeping bikes that need the least repairs to be functional or to strip used parts we need. All other extra bikes go to SOS (usually we keep very few mountain Bikes). We remove and keep all saddles in good shape.

Resources, links[edit]

Facebook page - our communication to public. Check the list of contacts at the end of this page


Slack - this is our main form of communication within the volunteer space. Slack administrators: Max K and Alex Mayer

Online resources[edit]

These resources will prove invaluable during your apprenticeship. The best learning is always from another experienced person but sometimes they are not available. However do not underestimate the power of trying even by yourself.

Videos[edit]

Atelier 36 Rayons (FR) - French bike repair videos
Park tool (EN) - Superb bike repair videos from the company that makes the tools we use
RJ the bike guy - great videos especially on building old bikes and doing conversions. He also has a website.
GCN - Premier British road cycling youtube channel

Websites[edit]

Sheldon Brown (EN) - The Bike Bible. The cycling God's gift to humanity
My ten speeds - Vintage bike expert

Books[edit]

How to build a (single speed) bike - Excellent reference for building a single speed bike from a frame. Can rent from the Nelligan libraries
Park tool Blue Book - We have this
Zinn and the art of bicycle maintenance - We have this

Logos & Images[edit]
File:Santrovelo logo.jpg
File:Business card front 1024.jpg
File:Business card back 1024.jpg
Misc links[edit]

All the bike shops around Montreal
Annotated diagram of bike

Contacts[edit]

For volunteer related inquiries please email benevelo@santropolroulant.org For all other shop, collective or to message the coordination committee email: santrovelo@santropolroulant.org