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 3rd, 2018 Do you or your family use the many bike racks around town that AS&R has helped fund and install? Please vote for us for “Best of Albany Community Service Award!”
Hey gang, here’s your chance to acknowledge your favorite community service organization, us, Albany Strollers & Rollers! Every year the Albany Chamber of [read more…]
By Amy Smolens, on May 24th, 2018 Standing Room Only at AS&R’s 2018 Bike to Work Day Energizer Station!courtesy Francesco Papalia
Bike Month 2018 is not quite over but we can report on the fun and successes that we all had, thanks to the volunteers at all the events! On May 4th Gjergji, Joan, Julie, Ken and Will stuffed 300 [read more…]
By pdjordan, on April 28th, 2018 As part of the reconstruction of the Gilman Avenue interchange at I-80, an active transportation overpass of I-80 will be built to accommodate the vast majority of people that would bike or use sidewalks to the waterfront but not if they have to go along Gilman under the freeway. In order to make the approach [read more…]
By pdjordan, on March 14th, 2018 The HAWK signal on San Pablo at Dartmouth was finally turned a couple months ago. This provides the critical link in Albany’s most relaxed cycling network. It allows riding between the Bay Trail and the Ohlone Greenway, and all points between, with only six blocks on street, all of them on Dartmouth, which has among [read more…]
By pdjordan, on February 4th, 2018 Albany Strollers & Rollers’ (AS&R’s) almost decade-long effort to have the City perform most sidewalk repair is coming to fruition. This effort started in 2009 with the development of AS&R’s sidewalk survey methodology. This methodology was put into practice by volunteers measuring the most impassable location along each block across Albany in 2010-2011. In 2011 [read more…]
By Amy Smolens, on December 17th, 2017 56 of these attractive and useful “Bike Bike Racks” around town and counting!! And YOU can help us get more!
Previous donations by AS&R members Cyndi, Tom, Karen, Christiane, Britt, Bryce, Lynn Eve, Catherine, James, Len and David helped fund those great Bike Bike Racks, AirKit public pumps and bike racks at the [read more…]
By pdjordan, on December 12th, 2017 Under the wonderful leadership of Susan Chang, the project manager for the Gilman interchange project, the tradeoffs regarding different possible alignments for the Gilman overpass are becoming clear. While the tradeoff analysis is not yet final, the effort appears to have crested and is now rolling downhill. So it is a good time to share [read more…]
By pdjordan, on October 13th, 2017 A year ago, AS&R sent a letter regarding active transportation elements of the proposed Gilman interchange project. It was joined by the Berkeley Climate Action Coalition’s Transportation Working Group, Bike East Bay, the Albany Berkeley Soccer Club, Berkeley Rhino Rugby Club, Berkeley Rugby Football Club, and Berkeley Lacrosse Club. Until two weeks ago, Alameda CTC, [read more…]
By Amy Smolens, on September 12th, 2017 Bikes, Bikes, Bikes!! You, your neighbors and friends with AS&R parked 300 + of them at our two lots! Photo courtesy Nick Pilch
The 43rd annual Solano Avenue Stroll was a rockin’ and rollin’ success, thanks to our fabulous volunteers! Albany Strollers & Rollers again managed two Bicycle Valet Parking lots for the [read more…]
By Amy Smolens, on September 3rd, 2017 Cast your vote for AS&R and your favorite local businesses in the “Best of Albany” competition by September 15th!
We are excited to announce that your very own organization, Albany Strollers & Rollers, has been nominated for the Best of Albany in the category of ‘Best in Albany Community Service Award!’ Voting has [read more…]
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