{"title":"Bicycle Fan Club","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat’s that mean and what’s it for?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBFC is a club for fans of mechanical bicycles, powered by muscles and gravity, and shifted with levers, cables, springs and pivots. “Bicycle” here means that kind, not eBikes or electronic bikes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs BFC a commercial enterprise? It is for profit?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy would you ask? Yes. We’ll conduct commerce by selling BFC-branded hats, shirts, buttons, pins, patches, stickers, and so on. All of the 2024 U.S.A. sales profits (retail price minus invoice price) go to 826 Valencia, a non-profit started by author Dave Eggers to help underserved children develop their reading and writing skills. Rivendell absorbs associated admin \u0026amp; mailing costs. Learn about 826 Valencia here:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/826valencia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ehttps:\/\/826valencia.org\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMembership Fee\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e$10, and for that you’ll get a membership card, and we give all $10 to 826.\u003cbr\u003eYou can buy the BFC-branded hats, t-shirts, and other things without being a card-carrying member, but that’s a little weird, right?  Let’s raise money for this good organization while promoting muscle-and-gravity powered mechanical bicycles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bicyle-fan-club-sparkly-sticker","title":"Bicycle Fan Club Sparkly Reflective Sticker","description":"The official Bicycle Fan Club Sparkly Sticker\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSparkly! Reflective. Pictures don't really capture it...\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 2\" x 1\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade in California\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.rivbike.mom\/collections\/bicycle-fan-club\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBicycle Fan Club (BFC)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\nWhat’s that mean and what’s it for?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBFC is a club for fans of mechanical bicycles, powered by muscles and gravity, and shifted with levers, cables, springs and pivots. “Bicycle” here means that kind, not eBikes or electronic bikes.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIs BFC a commercial enterprise? It is for profit?\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhy would you ask? Yes. We’ll conduct commerce by selling BFC-branded hats, shirts, buttons, pins, patches, stickers, and so on. All of the 2024 U.S.A. sales profits (retail price minus invoice price) go to 826 Valencia, a non-profit started by author Dave Eggers to help underserved children develop their reading and writing skills. Rivendell absorbs associated admin \u0026amp; mailing costs. 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Pencils and erasers (by Musgrave)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot for pencil-fetishists, but as good as a pencil needs to be, and since 1916, without changing locations or name, it has made by The Musgrave Pencil Company in Shelbyville Tennessee. In the 1950s, Shelbyville had so many pencil makers that Tennessee’s governor dubbed it, “The Pencil City.” Only Musgrave has survived, and to our knowledge these are the only pencils that promote bicycle riding as a lifestyle. No need to turn us on to your favorite “Hemingway used it” pencil, etc!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnical Data:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Raw cedar wood\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Hexagonal for minimal rolling\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• HB (medium, a #2) lead\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• A full almost-7.5-inches (18.8mm) long before sharpening. As pencils go, that’s a “medium length,” and fits better than some in the pocket of a shirt.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• Red eraser (not pink) with a black foil (the part that holds the eraser)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• 0.2oz \/ 5.8g per piece\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll proceeds (meaning 100 percent of your $1.00 cost) goes to charity (Isabel Galan* of Bronx, NY), and we’ll match that with $1.00 our of our lunch fund.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe have sharpeners, too—a Germany\/China collab, with one country supplying the plastic exoskeleton, and the other making the metal blades. This is a Musgrave-approved sharpener, and it comes with two holes—one for normal pencils, one for fat ones. Also 100 percent of the $2.00 cost goes to Isabel Galan, and we’ll match that, too, with $2.00 out of our lunch fund.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* Google “Isabel Galan, NYT” to learn more. We lend support regularly, and these pencils will help.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIf we sell 864 pencils and 385 sharpeners, Ms. Galan gets $3,268. We’d LIKE to send her that check by the end of July.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGo, Bicycles! Pencil: $1.00\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGermany\/China eraser: $2.00\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile supply lasts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mugrave","offers":[{"title":"Pencil","offer_id":42165646655599,"sku":"","price":1.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Sharpener","offer_id":42165646688367,"sku":"","price":2.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1403\/7343\/files\/pencilfulllength.jpg?v=1718137400"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rivbike.mom\/collections\/bicycle-fan-club.oembed","provider":"Rivendell Bicycle Works","version":"1.0","type":"link"}