Some years ago I started an initiative to mapt the bike stores. It saw a few entries but the community wasnt large enough. With pollution & congestion assisting the drive to take up NMT modes like cycling via cycle day event the community has increased by leaps & bounds. Newer & more trips are being made & more cycles are being bought now than before. Value added services like Knowing where the nearest bicycle repair shop is, will help during a breakdown. So as a community initiative Praja RAAG is partnering with Mapunity to create this open crowdsourced platform http://bicycle-repair-shops.mapunity.org/main where you can mark bike repair shops to help your fellow bicyclists. Roadmap for this platform include a phone app to allow you to find out your nearest bike repair shop based on where you are standing at the time of breakdown. Bike register to keep trakc of bicycles if you opt to register & in case it is stolen broadcast to all the shops mapped which can lookout for your bike, etc...
Mapping your local bicycle store
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