Join the Fun!! photo courtesy Amy Smolens
Grab your bikes and invite your friends & family – it’s time for the annual Bike About Town rides!
The Albany Peloton rolls down Peralta Avenue for another fun Bike About Town
Photo courtesy Amy Smolens
Join the City of Albany’s Department of Recreation and a bunch of your fellow Rollers as we explore Albany by bike on Spring, Summer and Autumn evenings. Each of the events will trace different routes that pass through parts of Albany you may not have biked before. All levels of cyclists are encouraged to join.
The ride begins at 6:30 at Bikes on Solano at Solano and Peralta in Albany.
We ALWAYS need Ride Guides to help guide folks around town from the front, middle and back so if you’re a confident rider please come 10 minutes early and help your neighbors out!
Come a few minutes early to pump up your tires. Ride maps are distributed, and we take off in a big group. There are experienced cyclists to lead and bring up the rear. After wheeling about for a half hour or forty-five minutes we return to Peralta Park, just across the street from our start, for light refreshments, a raffle, and general carousing. Thanks so much to the Chelle, Eva, Liam and Brennen with City’s Department of Recreation & Community Services for organizing, printing maps and getting the FABULOUS RAFFLE PRIZES for riders!
Dates this year are Fridays May 17, June 21, July 19, August 16 and September 20
Bring yourself, your friends and your family to Bikes on Solano for the Bike About Town rides!
Want to ride along our beautiful Bay? Join us! Photos courtesy Amy Smolens
Celebrate Bay Day with Albany Strollers & Rollers, Bike East Bay and Love the Bulb! Join a relaxed Bay Trail bike ride and walking tour of the Albany Bulb. Ride starts at North Berkeley BART, goes up to Point Isabel and back, and finishes at the 
Albany Bulb. We will check out some recent and upcoming Bay Trail improvements and end the ride with the opportunity to take a walking tour of the unique art and nature of the Albany Bulb. If you’d like, grab a bite at FoodieLand Night Market near Albany Beach (plenty of bike parking- bring a lock!) before heading home.
Plenty of bike parking at FoodieLand!
Photo courtesy Mike Cabanatuan
This is the third of Bike East Bay’s Fall Ride Series: a collection of family-friendly rides exploring excellent trails projects in the East Bay. You’ll learn about the surrounding area, and explore favorite routes on these low-key rides. Check out the full schedule at BikeEastBay.org/FallRides.
To RSVP please go here. If anyone wants to ride from Albany to North Berkeley BART, leave a comment with meeting place and time.
These racks that AS&R bought are perfectly situated for folks who want to enjoy the beach, a hike or just enjoy the beautiful view.
We’ll finally be able to cross from the East Bay to Marin!
Photo courtesy Bjorn Griepenburg
Bike East Bay will lead a ride from Richmond BART to the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge for the opening day ribbon cutting ceremony, and you’re invited!
We will meet outside the Richmond BART station on Nevin Plaza starting at 9:00am and roll out toward Point Richmond promptly at 9:30am.
Bring your bike, water, and celebratory jazz hands: It’s going to be a party, and we are stoked to celebrate with you!
Go here to RSVP
After decades of waiting and advocating, the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge will FINALLY be accessible to rollers and strollers!
The Ribbon Cutting Ceremony is scheduled to be at 10am.
Bike East Bay is leading this ride from Richmond BART to the RSR bridge.
Here are directions to the bridge entrance.
If you want to propose a ride from Albany to the RSR Bridge, comment below.
We’ll finally be able to cross!
Photo courtesy Bjorn Griepenburg
Join Bike East Bay’s certified instructors and AS&R friends & neighbors for a day of fun games, safety drills, skills building, and a neighborhood ride. This workshop is for kids who are able to ride a bike and ready to take to the paths and roadways with their parents (suggested grade range 2nd-6th).
Bike East Bay staff and AS&R volunteers will make sure helmets fit properly!
courtesy Amy Smolens
The event includes instruction on fitting a helmet, performing a bike safety check, communicating with other road users, riding in a straight line and avoiding obstacles, as well as navigating safely through intersections, all while playing fun games!
We will also bring our bike teeter-totters and end the class with a group ride around the neighborhood together! All minors must be accompanied by an adult to participate, both with their own working bikes and helmets. Each child will receive a free reflective vest.
Pick up some Youth Versions of our Check for Bikes clings and stickers, as well as reflective bands, from AS&R volunteers!
AS&R will have an information table to talk to parents & kids about riding around the Albany area. You can pick up some great “Check for Bikes” clings and bumper stickers, as well as reflective leg & arm bands for safer biking.
The event is FREE but you must pre-register so for more information and to sign up please go here.
Hope to see you there!! EVERYONE IS REQUESTED TO PLEASE WEAR A MASK TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND OTHERS – THANK YOU!
We’ll finish off the event with a relaxed spin around town!
WE NEED SOME VOLUNTEERS TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESS!
We’re seeking 2-3 people to help out at the family cycling workshop.
9:30-10:15 to help with set up and checking in of participants, while instructors get a feel for the participants and check bikes out mechanically.
9:30-12:45 to speak to kids & parents about bike stuff, and help with packing up.
Contact Britt at bthesen@gmail.com if you can help out!
Want to test your cycling, running and swimming skills in a low-key & fun setting, while helping AHS & AMS sports teams in the process?
AS&R has lent fellow community organization Albany Community Triathlon our racks for the transition area – photo courtesy Francesco Papalia
Come on down to Memorial Park on Sunday October 16th for the first post-pandemic, real, in-person Albany Community Triathlon!
The Albany Community Triathlon emphasizes fitness and fun with a 400m (425y) swim, 10k (12 laps around Memorial Park/AHS) cycle and 2.5k (1.6m/3 laps) run.
There is also a “Super Youth” division for kids from 7-10 – 70m (75 yd/3 lengths) pool swim, 2.5 mile bike (1.6m/3 laps) and 1k (0.6m/1 lap) run.
Registration is available at https://albanytri.com/register/.
Registrants will get fun swag while supplies last!
All proceeds will go to the Albany Athletic Boosters to benefit all High School & Middle School teams. In addition to the fund raising, this event focuses on fitness and fun.
If you have always wanted to participate in a triathlon, but felt intimidated at the prospect, this is the one for you. I’ve taken part in the RELAY – I did the cycling portion, and found friends for the swim and the run! It was fun rooting for my teammate during the swim, riding my bike, then rooting for my other teammate while she ran!
Feel great when you cross that Finish Line!
photo credit Amy Smolens
YOUTH DISCOUNTS for anyone under 18!
There is still a FAMILY & FRIENDS HEAT!
Parents, kids, spouses: When you register, you can indicate your desire to be in the same wave as one or more family members or friends. Then you can compete together & keep an eye on each other during the race (but not assist each other, per triathlon rules).
POST-RACE FESTIVITIES – Stick around after the race to recover with some healthy food, finisher awards, raffle prizes, massages, and schmoozing with fellow participants, volunteers, sponsors, and race organizers.
AS&R and Check for Bikes are excited to again be sponsoring the Albany Tri – supplying bike racks for the transition area and swag for the goodie bags. Other sponsors include Albany Community Foundation, Albany Ford-Subaru, Trader Joe’s, Blue Heron Bikes, TranSports and Bikes on Solano.
So come on down and get in on the fun!
For more information about the Albany Triathlon, please see the web site, www.albanytri.com. This is a great community event and really fun to watch even if you don’t want to participate!
Come on down, have fun and support Albany Middle & High School sports!!
Come join friends, neighbors and future friends as we bike the Richmond Bridge!
Join Rich City Rides, the Richmond BPAC, friends & neighbors Sunday November 20th 2022 for a Free bike ride to fight for our right to safe pathways on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge!! “USE IT OR LOSE IT” means we need to show up en masse, to KEEP THIS BIKE/PED LANE OPEN! ALL WHEELS WELCOME!!
Meet at Richmond BART Plaza at 11am, roll at Noon.
Ride is FREE but please register HERE so they have an idea of numbers.
Come ride with us and celebrate this crossing! Photo courtesy Amy Smolens
Let’s toast to not only bridging the gap in the Bay Area, but also creating more pathways for cyclists and maintaining the ones currently in use!
Preview of the route is here.
Rich City Rides will be hosting a family friendly after-party & networking event at East Brother Beer Co. (1001 Canal Blvd.)
ENJOY A DAY FULL OF BIKES, MUSIC, FOOD, GAMES AND COMMUNITY!
Join us for brews, bevs and/or snacks after a leisurely ride to Armistice Brewing Company!
Join our neighbors to the north, El Cerrito Strollers & Rollers, for a Bike from BART to the Bay for Beer or non-alcoholic bevs, and/or snacks!
Meet at the El Cerrito Plaza BART ticket area at 3:30 p.m. We’ll take a leisurely ride over the Sacramento Street bridge (this may be new to some of you!) to the Bay Trail, then on to Armistice Brew Company, and return on the Richmond and Ohlone Greenways – 8.1-miles total. If you prefer not to bike, please meet us there for Happy Hour between 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m at 845 Marina Bay Pkwy #1, in Richmond.
Our friends at “Rich City Rides” are organizing a family-friendly, all ages and abilities group ride across the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Trail to commemorate the 5th Anniversary of bike and pedestrian access over the bridge! Meet at Richmond BART at 10am, roll at 10:30. It’s crucial that Albany Strollers & Rollers members support our neighbors and active transportation access between the East Bay and Marin County!
Many of us will take BART from El Cerrito Plaza to the start at Richmond BART so please join us!
“Afterparty” mentioned in flyer below at location TBA.
Join others from the East Bay on this fun RSR Bridge Trail ride!
Help celebrate the many years of planning that went into the Gilman Interchange Project at the Ribbon Cutting! This event will celebrate the collaboration between the City of Albany, City of Berkeley, Alameda County Transportation Commission, and Caltrans. AS&R helped expand the scope of the project to include the construction of a low-stress, all ages and abilities connection from the Codornices Creek Trail to the new active transportation bridge. This created the lowest stress connection between the Ohlone Greenway and the Bay Trail anywhere along their length. We’ll ride along this new route, stopping at times to admire the details. Ride starts in Albany at 10:30 am. Ribbon Cutting is at the west side of the interchange at 11 am. Register for the Ribbon Cutting here.
This will be an all ages and abilities group ride with support from the AS&R Core Group. Kids welcome, but bikes with training wheels are not recommended.
Yes, it’s a Monday, but take a couple hours off and celebrate as we lead into May: Bike Month!
Ride Plan:
- Meet-up at the NE corner of Marin at Masonic, on the Ohlone Greenway,
- 10:30 am: head south on the Greenway for one block,
- Turn right onto Dartmouth,
- Cross San Pablo at the High Visibility signal,
- Make a quick left then right onto the Codornices Creek Path west towards 10th Street,
- Continue on the Codornices Creek Pathway to 5th Street,
- Turn left onto 5th to Harrison (past the skate park),
- Turn right on Harrison to 4th (past the soccer fields),
- Turn left on 4th to Gilman,
- Cross Gilman and turn right onto the protected cycletrack on the far side,
- Ride it three blocks to the bridge,
- Go over the freeway on the bridge,
- Turn right off the bridge onto the Bay Trail,
- Ride around the corner to the 11 am ribbon cutting, all the way to the interchange!
- Some bike parking is available in the field’s parking lot, or keep your bike with you.
- Now you know the route! Return is on your own or with those you met on the ride.
