Indycycle Topics:
About Indycycle
Terms and Conditions
Help Guide
Interesting Links
About Indycycle
Indycycle a website similar to the ideas of Freecycle. It is a way of people re-cycling things they no longer need to people who may have a user for it. For example if you had an old bike you did not need, rather then throw it out to landfill, why not offer it to somebody else who may need it. Indycycle is a great way of us consuming less resources, stopping things going to landfill and building stronger communities. This system is based on the ideas of the Freecycle movement, we don't aim to replace Freecycle, but to use our website to build on the ideas and make it even easier to pass your items on.
All item must be offered for free - no exchanges or cash are allowed. For the person offering an item, they get to clear space without needing to make a journey to the tip and for the person taking the item, they get something they need for free.
Indycycle allows you to post an item you don't want to the site along with a description, photo of the item and your postcode. This means users can search for and see items they may want but also how far they need to travel to pick it up.
Indycycle Terms and Conditions
Items and services offered here must be offered for free. No money or goods/services in exchange can be offered. This is about stopping things going to landfill, re-using and re-cycling and sharing. Item deemed by us to offer and/or imply money or goods/services in exchange can be removed.
Items and services offered here are done so without liability on the part of Bristol Indymedia. We offer the system for people to communicate and do not check individuals or items offered in any way - it is a the users risk. As such we strongly recommend that users take appropriate precautions; if meeting people to exchange, be safe, if getting/offering electrical good- test them and so on.
Using the Indycycle system is also subject to the Editorial Policy of the Bristol Indymedia website, in essence this forbids commercial use, racist, sexist, homophobic postings, asks you to treat other users of the service with respect. The full guidelines can be read here.
If users commit a serious breach of these Terms and Conditions and/repeatedly abuses the system in some way, Bristol Indymedia reserves the right to suspend or even expel them as a user.
All that said, we are a volunteer run project and rely on people's donated time and money to operate, so if you like what we are doing, why not get involved, come along to one of our film nights or donate us some money!
Indycycle Help Guide
How to Register:
- Go to the page http://bristol.indymedia.org/indycycle/index.php
to register, but don't worry it takes seconds, you don't need to remember any passwords!
- Then simply enter your email and postcode - we don't reveal your email address to the other users of the site. (Also Bristol Indymedia does not use this data for any other purposes and will never willingly pass this data on to other agencies, we value your privacy! See our security page for more information.)
- Enter a username for your account. (Note: If you want to remain anonymous as when you post news on Bristol Indymedia, best to be double-safe and use a different username here on Indycycle.)
- Accept our Terms and Conditions by ticking the box.
- Confirm and that's it!
How to Post an Item
- Go to the page http://bristol.indymedia.org/indycycle/index.php
and login with your email and postcode.
- Enter the Item Title: for example, 'Mountain Bike'
- Now add a description of the item, for example 'This a a large frame bike in good condition though it needs a bit of work'.
- Next add photo (if you have one) by clicking on the 'Browse' button and selecting the image. (The image should be a jpeg file that is 400Kb or smaller, a .jpeg or .jpg file, see here for more information. about creating and re-sizing jpeg images)
- Click 'continue' to list your item.
- And that's it! You item will then be listed on the site.
How to Delete an Item
- Once an item you have posted has been taken, you should log-in to the site and delete it so you don't get any more queries about it. To do this come back to the page http://bristol.indymedia.org/indycycle/index.php
- Enter your email and postcode to log-in.
- Click on the 'X' icon to delete the item from the site.
- And that's it!
Changing Postcode/Email
- If you have a new email, you'll need to create a new account as the email is the unique identifier. Don't worry it's easy to do and takes seconds!
- If your postcode changes then you will need to enter your email and new postcode on the frontpage of the site. It is that simple and takes seconds.
Interesting Links (Related to Indycycle!)
Bristol Wood Recycling Project
Bristol City Council Recycling, rubbish and waste
Freecycle Global
Freecycle Bristol
Thanks for Indycycle-ing!
