Date:  Thursday, February 23th
Time: 6:00-9:00 PM
Location:  Little Kings Shuffle Club, 223 W Hancock Street, Athens GA

Details:

Meet us at Little Kings on Thursday, February 23 for some pizza and a chance to meet 4 Cross-Country Cyclists traveling through Athens!  We’ll be there from 6-9pm, so come grab a slice of pizza and meet four amazing women who are riding cross country from Key West, FL all the way to San Francisco, CA!  This trip is not just for fun, this group of two sisters, a mom, and one close friend are making their way across America on 2 wheels to benefit bicycle safety advocacy efforts, and BikeAthens is excited to hear about the first leg of their journey!

Dubbed “Ride America for Safe Routes” (RASR), their ride traverses 13 southern states and 20 major cities, logging over 5,000 miles.  RASR’s mission is to raise $50,000 for the League’s Bike Friendly America program and for Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs in local communities.  http://www.rideforsaferoutes.com

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This Thursday, December 1st, join BikeAthens as we participate in the annual Downtown Parade of Lights. Bring your bike, your unicycle, your rollerskates, or your walking shoes; no matter how you go, it’s a great time! Be sure to decorate yourself and your vehicle of choice with lights and other festive trappings.

Meet us on Dougherty Street, up the hill from Pulaski Street, at 6:15. The parade starts to roll at 7pm.

Parade of Lights Route in Downtown Athens, 2011

Looking for a new (to you) bike? Come to our Pre-Holiday Bike Sale and check out our commuters, classics, cruisers, racers, and mountain bikes. Prices are generally $150 and up. The sale will be held at the BRP shop in the Chase Park Warehouse (149 Tracy Street) on Sunday, November 20, from 2pm to 4pm. All of our bikes are fully refurbished and pass a thorough inspection process.

The BikeAthens Bike Recycling Program (BRP), a cooperative venture with local social support agencies, distributes reconditioned bikes to individuals in the Athens community who are underserved by private and public transportation. We rely exclusively on volunteers to recondition the bikes. Proceeds from the bike sale help cover the costs of this program.

Visit our Facebook page for photos, bike descriptions, and pricing on most of the bikes.

Put on your costumes and join us for a fun 6 mile Group Ride through several of Athens west-side neighborhoods!  There’s no better way to see all the neighborhood Halloween decorations than on a leisurely Group Ride after dark!  The ride will end downtown at the Wild Rumpus Parade, so be ready for a post ride extravaganza!

Bring a helmet, water, LIGHTS, and your friends!

7:00PM SHARP – Group Ride will depart from City Hall.

8:00PM – Let the Wild Rumpus Begin!  (Corner of Clayton Street and Pulaski Street)

Here’s the route we will be taking:

New Belgium Brewing’s traveling beer and film festival, “cLips of Faith,” returns to Athens GA’s Hot Corner (Hull and Washington) on Friday, October 7 beginning at 7pm. Come join us!

The national tour showcases short films made by New Belgium’s fans accompanied by tastings from the brewery’s popular Lips of Faith series as well as New Belgium favorites. While films cross the genre divide, they highlight New Belgium’s main follies: craft beer, sustainability and whimsy.

Each stop along the tour features a free outdoor screening of the collected films, a full tasting of New Belgium’s Lips of Faith beers and food from local vendors. In Athens, all proceeds from beer sales benefit BikeAthens. Recycling at the event will be handled by ACC.

Then Saturday, October 8th, 8-5pm is the Georgia Bike Summit, a statewide conference for bicycle advocacy, education, and outreach.  You can still do walk-in registration.  $45/student and $75/non-student.  And don’t miss the SORBA movie night at Cine’ from 7:15-9pm, where you will see 3 excellent short films.

After a weekend full of bicycling activities including cLips of Faith, the Georgia Bike Summit, and the SORBA movie night at Ciné, join us for a casual paced ride around town on a lovely Sunday morning.  We’re departing from City Hall at 10AM, and biking a 7.7 mile route that’ll take us through campus, along Milledge Avenue, through the Sunset neighborhood, and past the new UGA Medical Campus.  It’ll be a fun ride, and a great way for Summit participants to explore Athens on a bike while rounding out their bike filled weekend.

10-11AM Group Ride departing from City Hall (Downtown Athens, corner of Washington Street and College Ave)
Here’s the route we will be taking.

Don’t forget to bring your helmet, some water, and your friends!

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This month’s Group Ride will take riders along part of the beautiful North Oconee River Greenway, through the historic Boulevard neighborhood, and along the flat and fun Prince Avenue.  The ride will start at City Hall and end downtown at the largest BikeAthens fundraiser of the year, cLips of Faith!

Join us for either, or both!  RSVP on Facebook!

6-7PM BikeAthens Group Ride, Departing from City Hall (Downtown Athens, on the corner of Washington Street and College Avenue)

7-9PM cLips of Faith, Athens GA Hot Corner (Downtown Athens, on the corner of Hull and Washington Street)

Don’t forget to bring your helmet, some water, and your friends!!

Global Climate Change Coalition Bike Ride and Rally

Saturday, September 24th

City Hall * 10:30AM departure on bikes

As part of the worldwide Moving Planet Day of Action, sponsored by 350.org and the Georgia Climate Change Coalition (GC3), this rally will promote reducing our carbon footprint and bring attention to climate change.  The march will begin at UGA’s South Campus in front of the Miller Plant Sciences Building at 11AM and proceed to City Hall where there will be a program of speakers.

BikeAthens is partnering with this event and will host a Group Ride style bike ride that will complement the walk!  The ride will begin and end at City Hall, starting at 10:30AM.  We’ll stop at the Miller Plant Sciences Building to congregate with the marchers at 11AM, and then ride on a highly visible route through town back to City Hall.  The ride will be a leisurely paced 5.5 miles.

Come join in and show our local, state, and national leaders that you would like to see action!

Visit this link for more details: http://www.georgiaclimatecoalition.org/2011/08/gccc-and-350-org-march-in-athens-sept-24/

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We look forward to seeing you there!

Tuesday September 20th

5:00-7:00 PM, bring a bike and a helmet

Creswell Hall, UGA Campus

Free to the public!

This class will be taught by four BikeAthens member/volunteers that are League Cycling Instructors (LCI’s) through the League of American Bicyclists. Bicycles are classified as “vehicles” under Georgia state law, and bicyclists fare best when they follow the rules of the road. This training session will make you a more confident and safe cyclist while sharing the road with other vehicles. It’s short and packed with content and drills, so we hope to see you there!

Contact Paul at pauquick@uga.edu if you want to sign up. Bring a bike and a helmet!

Anytime from 9am-3pm, come help us move our shop.  We really need your enthusiasm, energy, and muscle!  We need to move a lot of bikes from one end of the warehouse to the other.  In addition, we’ll be moving some shop supplies from the old to new space.  Email volunteermanager@bikeathens.com if you are interested!