Workshop feedback (in english)
During 5 days, a dozen people met in Erlangen at the « ZAM » to build 3 « moskitOS » together. It was an opportunity to start an exchange outside France, and to promote the moskitOS project more widely.
Participants feed-back
- Surprised that the moskitOS actually rolls
- I enjoyed the week
- I will be happy to do it again
- Time was flying, really enjoyed the nice atmosphere, everything was fluid
- Great pleasure to be part of this work group
- The bike is quite impressive to ride
- The moskitOS is the perfect replacement for my old bike
- I made a lot of friends
- [Participants/organization?] punctuality could be improved
- Great motivation
- Allowing the participants to come whenever they want decreases the team spirit, causes the need to repeat the information a lot and makes the planning difficult to do and less accurate → no more in the future (the free of charge workshop also probably decreased the serious of the attendance)
- I am skeptical about the bike, I think there are things to improve
- Nice to get people building something together, even better if it is a bike, and a special one
- I would appreciate a better tasks distribution
- Like the concept!
- We had no time to improve the documentation. I would have liked to take the computer and work on it
- People are autonomous quickly
Workshop highlights
All participants met for the first time during this workshop. It ranged from those who already knew the world of (recumbent) bikes to those for whom it was completely new. From Erlangen to further (Belgium). This diversity made for rich exchanges and great encounters. However, there was a lack of gender diversity.
Quite quickly, those present were able to gain autonomy and build or help others to build the various parts of the trike.
Quality time was taken at the beginning and end of the day to share their thoughts with others, so as not to be only in the action. These « weather from the soul » have been complemented by two great animations at the beginning of the workshop (« get to know eachother ») and at the end of the week (« feedback with your hand »).
Meals (breakfast, lunch and supper) were also great informal moments together.
Last but not least, Petra made a wonderful souvenir Zine (link coming soon) to document the day to day of this week.
Things to improve
Let’s take every experience, good or bad, as an opportunity to make things better.
This workshop was co-organized by ZAM and the moskitOS core-team. The distance and some communication problems meant that the course of the workshop was not perfectly aligned.
But the workshop was a success: a rolling trike, the 1st German workshop and some great encounters. It was also a great learning experience (fail and learn).
After this workshop, here’s what’s proposed for future moskitOS workshops:
- All bike parts must be ready well in advance of the workshop. Indeed, the late arrival of components leads to too much stress during the workshop, and prevents us from concentrating on the hand tasks (helping participants to build and document their work, for example). 8 weeks in advance is a minimum. The workshop organization guide has been updated accoringly.
- For the comfort of the supervisors, the number of participants should be known in advance, as well as the time they will be present during the workshop.
- If the meal is organized in-house, people must either help with the cooking, or an external person can be assigned to cook the meal. Whatever happens, the cost of the meal must be borne by the participants, or at least financed in advance.
- If the host workshop has a protocol for the use of the machines, participants should be introduced to the machines at the beginning of their stay, to enable them to become more autonomous afterwards.
- In general, if it’s an official moskitOS workshop, the host and the moskitOS team must be able to define the course together and horizontally. But it is not forbidden to organize an unofficial workshop with a member of the moskitOS team or someone else as a speaker, simply the host takes all responsibility for the good organization of the workshop and communicates accordingly (the mention « unofficial moskitOS workshop organised without the moskitOS team » has to figure on every communication medium).
The moskitOS team thanks the great participants of this workshop. The ZAM for having opened its doors and particularly Axel for being able to seek financial and material resources to make this week possible. A first step for other adventures (see you in the Spezi ;-). And of course a special thank you to Petra for her animations and her Zine.
Initial workshop announcement
In English
Hello dear low-tech-bike-wood-DIY enthousiast!
With the intention to get the moskitOS project across borders and bringing the German and French bicycle community together, we are organising a workshop at ZAM in Erlangen (DE) in the last week of March. The perfect opportunity to work together on the project documentation and translate it into more languages. We will build at least two moskitOS prototypes recumbent bikes for this purpose.
The project funding from the German-French community found « Bürgerstiftung » enables us to offer participation free of charge. If you want to take your own recumbent bike prototype frame home with you (frame only, to be completed at home with front fork and bicycle components), you only have to pay its material costs which is 270 € (NC cut parts made from technical 3 layers wood, rotation axis, screws, etc). The front fork you will have to add costs around 400 € from the locksmith, we could potentially build it cheaper if some of you can bring the skill. Finally, equipping it with new bike components from the recommendation list (see the material list only in french at the moment) would add another 400€.
In order to design the programme from 26.03. to 30.03 depending on demand and the experience you can bring with you, we ask you to register here by the end of the month:
If you want your moskitOS to be equipped with the bike parts after the workshop, we offer an online meeting in advance to help you choose the parts.
Frame cost of 270€ will have to be paid in advance by those who want to take it home. If you just want to learn about it or contribute to the documentation with pictures, for example, you can participate free of charge.
For any question or remark please contact us on our Discord 😉
We look forward to seeing you!
Workshop supervised by:
- nov: Developer of moskitOS v2 and v3
- Joseph: Founding member of the moskitOS team
- Dorian: Founding member of the moskitOS team
- Axel: Member of the mosiktOS team, member of ZAM
Auf Deutsch
Juhu!
Mit der Absicht, das MoskitOS Projekt über die Grenzen zu bringen und dabei die Deutsche und Französische Fahrrad Community zusammen zu bringen, veranstalten wir in der letzten März Woche einen Workshop im ZAM. Die perfekte Gelegenheit, gemeinsam an der Projektdokumentation zu arbeiten und sie in mehr Sprachen zu übertragen. Dafür bauen wir mindestens zwei MoskitOS Liegeräder.
Die Projektförderung der Bürgerstiftung ermöglicht es uns, die Teilnahme kostenlos anzubieten. Wer ein eigenes Liegerad für sich mit Heim nehmen möchte muss bloß die Materialkosten tragen. Die Rahmenkosten aus 3-Schichtholz oder Multiplex ohne Metallgabel liegt unter 270€ Die Vordergabel vom Schlosser würde 400€ kosten, könnten wir mit eurer Unterstützung potenziell günstiger bauen. Bei Bestückung mit neuen Fahrradteilen aus der Empfehlungsliste kommen rund 430€ dazu.
Um das Programm vom 26.03. zum 30.03 je nach Nachfrage und der Erfahrung, die ihr mitbringen könnt, zu gestalten, bitten wir, euch bis Ende des Monats hier einzutragen:
Wem sein MoskitOS nach dem Workshop schon mit den Fahrradteilen ausgerüstet sein soll, bieten wir im voraus ein Onlinetreffen, um euch bei der Teileauswahl zu helfen. Teilekosten von max. 670€ für den Rahmen mit Metallgabel wären im voraus zu bezahlen. Wer bloß darüber lernen will oder zur Verbesserung der Dokumentation mit Bildern z.B. beitragen will, kann kostenlos teilnehmen. Für jede Frage oder Bemerkung kontaktieren Sie uns bitte auf unserem Discord 😉
Wir freuen uns auf euch!
Workshop betreut von:
- nov: Entwickler von moskitOS v2 und v3
- Joseph: Gründungsmitglied des moskitOS-Teams
- Dorian: Gründungsmitglied des moskitOS-Teams
- Axel: Mitglied des mosiktOS-Teams, Mitglied von ZAM
En français
Chèr.e amateur.ice de low-tech, vélo, bois et/ou auto-construction,
Avec l’intention de faire passer le projet moskitOS au-delà des frontières et de rassembler la communauté allemande et française du vélo, nous organisons un atelier au ZAM d’Erlangen (DE) la dernière semaine de mars. C’est l’occasion idéale de travailler ensemble sur la documentation du projet et de la traduire dans plusieurs langues. Nous construirons au moins deux vélos couchés moskitOS à cette fin. Le financement du projet par le Fonds Citoyen nous permet d’offrir une participation gratuite. Si vous souhaitez emporter votre châssis (uniquement), vous n’aurez qu’à payer les frais de matériel. Son coût est de 270€ (bois découpé à la CN, arbres et paliers lisses pour la rotation des bras, visserie, etc.) à payer en avance. Il vous restera ensuite à fabriquer ou acheter une fourche avant qui est actuellement produite en faible quantité pour environ 400€. Nous pourrions éventuellement la construire à moindre coût si certains d’entre vous ont des compétences en soudure (merci de nous contacter). Enfin les composants vélo (roues, pédalier, dérailleurs, etc. Voir liste matériel sur la page Auto-construction) ajoutent environ 400€. Si vous souhaitez que votre moskitOS soit équipé de pièces détachées durant l’atelier, nous vous proposons une réunion en ligne à l’avance pour vous aider à choisir les pièces détachées.
Afin de concevoir le programme du 26.03 au 30.03 en fonction de la demande et de l’expérience que vous pouvez apporter, nous vous demandons de vous inscrire ici avant la fin du mois :
Si vous souhaitez simplement en savoir plus ou contribuer à la documentation avec des photos, par exemple, vous pouvez participer gratuitement. Pour toute question ou remarque n’hésitez pas à nous contacter sur notre forum Discord 😉
Nous vous attendons avec impatience !
Stage encadré par:
- nov: concepteur des moskitOS v2 et v3
- Joseph: membre fondateur de l’équipe moskitOS
- Dorian: membre fondateur de l’équipe moskitOS
- Axel: Membre de l’équipe mosiktOS, membre du ZAM
