Discounts Become an AS&R member and get discounts at local bike shops and businesses!
Blue Heron Bikes: 10% off parts and accessories.
Marie Bowser Acupuncture: 30% off your first visit.
Bikes on Solano: 10% off labor, parts and accessories.
Quad Republic Skate Co. 5% off SKATES, 10% off parts & accessories.
Offers are valid to members of Albany Strollers & Rollers and their households. Tell your friends!
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By Amy Smolens, on September 1st, 2020 Ride your bike and have a nice meal outside!
You may have noticed that a lot of space previously reserved for car parking has been repurposed for customers of restaurants and cafés – that’s Albany Inside Out! Many of the people volunteering on this program are your fellow AS&R members. AIO not only [read more…]
By Amy Smolens, on March 27th, 2020
Bike East Bay ‘s award-winning bicycle education program is offering online classes throughout the duration of the COVID-19 shelter in place order. Register for a FREE webinar workshop, access online blog posts and resources, and have fun on every bike trip! EVERYTHING IS ABSOLUTELY FREE, BUT YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER! Thanks to AS&R’s Fiscal Sponsor, [read more…]
By Amy Smolens, on December 31st, 2019 Standing Room Only at AS&R’s 2018 Bike to Work Day Energizer Station! Help us make it happen again!courtesy Francesco Papalia
If you have enjoyed volunteering at or stopping by AS&R’s BIKE TO WORK DAY ENERGIZER STATION, here’s your chance to make sure it happens in 2020. Soon advocates throughout the Bay Area will [read more…]
By Harry Chomsky, on September 25th, 2019 In the closest victory for biking in Albany in over ten years, the Council approved one-year bike boulevard pilots on Adams and Kains to be installed in the future pending funding. In the week of the climate strike and after having earlier in the same meeting considered the draft Climate Action and Adaptation Plan showing [read more…]
By Harry Chomsky, on July 19th, 2019 At the City Council meeting on July 15, 2019, the Council considered the Solano Complete Streets project and took some important steps. You can watch the video here.
Staff had recommended “that the Council accept the draft study with City Council directed refinements and direct staff to prepare a final study.” In the end, Councilmember [read more…]
By Amy Smolens, on May 16th, 2019 Despite chilly temps, thanks to YOU, Albany Strollers & Rollers had a super successful Bike to Work Day!
Natalie took this great pic of some of AS&R’s volunteers at our Bike to Work Day information table!
Thanks to Rob from Blue Heron and Winston from Berkeley Bikes & Skateboards for being [read more…]
By SherieR, on April 15th, 2019 As if planning for the future of mid-Solano were not enough, the first public meeting regarding planning for the future of San Pablo Avenue took place in Albany a week ago last Thursday. Planning is really heating up as or because the planet is too.
The Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) as an agency [read more…]
By Harry Chomsky, on March 7th, 2019 AS&R has expressed disappointment in the Solano Complete Streets Draft Plan that was released in February 2019. The plan offered no improvements for people riding bikes on Solano Ave. We heard from many people that bikes don’t really belong on Solano Ave., there are good alternative east-west bike routes nearby, and if we want to [read more…]
By Amy Smolens, on February 5th, 2019
Standing Room Only at AS&R’s 2018 Bike to Work Day Energizer Station!courtesy Francesco Papalia
UPDATE – Elizabeth Vahlsing answered our call to co-coordinate 2019 Bike to Work Day!It’s the beginning of February, but advocates are already gearing up for Bike Month in May, and Bike to Work Day (BtWD) May 9, 2019. [read more…]
By Amy Smolens, on September 16th, 2018 AS&R volunteers parked hundreds of bikes at the 44th Annual Solano Stroll!Photo courtesy Amy
Albany Strollers & Rollers had another successful Solano Stroll (the 44th annual!) on Sunday, September 9th. Thanks to the many volunteers who were busy from 9am-5:30pm on a bluebird day, we parked more than 280 bicycles on our “Moved [read more…]
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