Discounts

Become an AS&R member and get discounts at local bike shops and businesses!

Blue Heron Bikes: 10% off parts and accessories.

Bikes on Solano: 10% off labor, parts and accessories.

Offers are valid to members of Albany Strollers & Rollers and their households. Tell your friends!
Contact us with questions.

Events

Jan
13
Sun
“Geared Up” Family Fun Ride @ Memorial Park Playground
Jan 13 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Get GEARED UP! Helmets, Bikes, Bells!
Meet up at playground (Portland & Carmel).
This month’s route will be about 4.5 miles long and we’ll be heading to Albany/El Cerrito, including a stretch of the Ohlone Greenway.  Bring along snacks to share at our mid-route stop, and, or course, we’ll have tunes to pedal to all throughout the ride!
Helmets required for kids.
Be sure to pack snacks, water, and clothing appropriate to weather conditions!
Cold wet weather cancels — check Facebook event or our website, http://geared4kids.org/,  for cancellations.

Jan
18
Fri
AIDS/LifeCycle Information Session @ Wheels of Justice Cyclery
Jan 18 @ 2:00 am – 3:00 am

Join Wheels of Justice Cyclery in Albany to learn about this summer’s AIDS/LifeCycle ride, a fully supported, 7-day bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles to raise money and awareness in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Representatives from the event will be on hand to show a video and explain how make the most of your time on the road, whether you’re a trepid beginner or seasoned expert. They’ll answer any questions and offer the chance to sign up or receive more information.
If you’re not planning on signing up for the ride, please stop by and chat, meet the staff of our shop, and pick our brain about bikes!
Google Maps insists that we’re in Berkeley, but we are in Albany – trust us!

Jan
26
Sat
FREE! One Hour Bike Safety Workshop by EBBC @ Richmond Village Conference Room
Jan 26 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

This 1-hour introductory classroom course teaches the basics of safe cycling, riding in traffic, equipment, crash avoidance, and rights and responsibilities. For adults and teens, no bike needed.
It’s FREE, but please preregister here
For additional info about this or other free classes, go here

Feb
2
Sat
Berkeley Celebrates Completion of I-80 Bike Bridge Touchdown Plaza @ Dona Spring Animal Shelter and Touchdown Plaza
Feb 2 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm

The City of Berkeley celebrates the Grand Opening of the East Touchdown Plaza/Berkeley Animal Shelter.  The East Touchdown Plaza is a public plaza with an embedded bicycle map of Berkeley and seatwalls, a pedestrian promenade, art panels and new Bay-Friendly landscaping). There will be refreshments, display tables, a few events and tours of the new building. And, of course, Mayor Tom Bates will say a few words.
Join the Berkeley Parks, Recreation & Waterfront Departments and the East Bay Bicycle Coalition in celebrating another beautiful piece of the Berkeley bikeway network.

Feb
9
Sat
East Bay Bike Party
Feb 9 @ 3:30 am – 6:00 am
The monthly East Bay Bike Party rides again.
This is a night time social ride so COME PREPARED: Lights, layers, locks, water, snacks, tools for your bike and fun!
Details coming soon here or at http://eastbaybikeparty.wordpress.com/
Feb
10
Sun
“Geared Up” Family Fun Ride @ Mosswood Park, meet at playground - MacArthur BART is closest station
Feb 10 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Get GEARED UP! Helmets, Bikes, Bells!
This month’s route will be about 4.5 miles long and we’ll be touring some Temescal and Lower Rockridge neighborhoods, possibly with a stop at the Temescal Farmer’s Market. Bring along snacks to share at our mid-route stop, and, of course, we’ll have tunes to pedal to all throughout the ride!
Helmets required for kids.
Be sure to pack snacks, water, and clothing appropriate to weather conditions!
NOTE:
Cold wet weather cancels — check Facebook event or website for cancellations.
MacArthur BART is closest station.

Put a message out on AS&R’s Discussion List or post on our Facebook wall to arrange to bike or BART over there together.

Feb
23
Sat
Trail Work with El Cerrito Trail Trekkers @ Trailhead
Feb 23 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm

El Cerrito Trail Trekkers present:
Help us perfect our Motorcycle Hill Trail.
Trail Trekkers is finishing work on a long-obscured trail in the northern Hillside Natural Area. This trail, long used by deer, children and intrepid hikers, and in the 1920s by motorcycle racers, grew rough because French broom took over and the trail had bad footing.
The trail is now usable and has been getting used! But more work needs to be done, and invasive broom needs to be pulled from this hillside to benefit native vegetation and wildlife. Tools provided. Bring energy.
Meet at the trailhead between 7701 and 7705 Potrero Avenue, El Cerrito
Please rsvp – contact info below.
www.ectrailtrekkers.org.

Mar
9
Sat
EBBC Women’s Ride to Celebrate International Women’s Day @ Bay Area Bikes
Mar 9 @ 6:00 pm – 10:30 pm

Mark your calendars for the first ever EBBC Women’s Ride on Saturday, March 9. To celebrate International Women’s Day (March 8) EBBC’s Executive Director, Renee Rivera, and board member and owner of Bay Area Bikes, Glenda Barnhart, will co-lead a fun social-paced ride from downtown Oakland to the Rosie the Riveter Museum in Richmond. We will learn about our local history of women working on the home front during WWII.
This fun and educational ride is a great way for new cyclists to gain comfort riding on our urban east bay streets and learn about great places to ride, like the Bay Trail. Seasoned riders will also have a great time on this mostly flat 24 mile round trip ride from Bay Area Bikes in Oakland’s Uptown to the Museum and back. We will do quick safety checks for rider’s bikes before we head out, along with tips for safe riding. Bring a helmet and $ for lunch.
Of course, AS&R members can peel off on the way home if they desire.

http://www.ebbc.org/womensride

https://www.facebook.com/events/500254110015653/

 

Mar
10
Sun
“Geared 4 Kids” Family Fun Ride @ Rosa Parks Elementary School
Mar 10 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Get GEARED UP! Helmets, Bikes, Bells!
Meet up in front of Rosa Parks Elementary School.
This month’s route will be in west Berkeley.
Bring along snacks to share at our mid-route stop, and, of course, we’ll have tunes to pedal to all throughout the ride!
Helmets required for kids.
Be sure to pack snacks, water, and clothing appropriate to weather conditions!
NOTE: Cold wet weather cancels — check Facebook event or website for cancellations.
North Berkeley BART is closest station.
If anyone wants to ride from Albany, put a note and ideas of time and place to meet in the “comments” here.
website: http://geared4kids.org/

https://www.facebook.com/events/133464670161299/

Apr
14
Sun
Geared 4 Kids: 2 Year Anniversary Ride + BBQ @ San Pablo Park
Apr 14 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Get GEARED UP! Helmets, Bikes, Bells!
This group has been riding for 2 years now and it’s time to celebrate!
There will be a BBQ/Picnic/Potluck after the ride starting around 12:30pm at San Pablo Park. Details for the BBQ can be found on Geared 4 Kids’ Facebook group page.
Meet up for the ride at 10:30am near the playground (Russell & Mabel).
This month’s route will be 4.5 miles long and take us through a bit of Berkeley, Oakland, and Emeryville (a modification of our inaugural route). Bring along snacks to share at our mid-route stop, and, of course, we’ll have tunes to pedal to all throughout the ride!
Helmets required for kids.
Be sure to pack snacks, water, and clothing appropriate to weather conditions!

If anyone wants to ride together from Berkeley, leave a comment on this post and let’s organize something!

http://geared4kids.org/