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

Sep
29
Sat
September Bike About Town @ The Streets of Albany
Sep 29 @ 1:30 am – 3:00 am

Join the City of Albany Community Services and Albany Strollers & Rollers with sponsor Solano Avenue Cyclery as we explore Albany by bike on 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 us.
For anyone who doesn’t have rear lights and wants one, we’ll have some for sale at our cost and can help you install them.

We begin at 6:30 at Solano Avenue Cyclery, at Solano and Peralta. 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.

Dates this year are Fridays  June 22, July 27, August 24, September 28 and October 26 (special Halloween ride!)

See you there!

Oct
27
Sat
October Bike About Town – Halloween Ride!! @ The Streets of Albany
Oct 27 @ 1:30 am – 3:00 am
Join the fun!

Join the fun!

Dress up in your Halloween finest and join the City of Albany Community Services and Albany Strollers & Rollers with sponsor Solano Avenue Cyclery as we explore Albany by bike on 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 us.

We begin at 6:30 at Solano Avenue Cyclery, at Solano and Peralta. 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.

Dates this year are Fridays  June 22, July 27, August 24, September 28 and October 26 (special Halloween ride!)

See you there!

Nov
11
Sun
Geared 4 Kids Family Bike Ride @ Strawberry Creek Park, meet at the slide
Nov 11 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Get GEARED UP! Helmets, Bikes, Bells!
This month’s route will be about 5 miles long and we’ll be heading to the Bay. So 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!
This is a monthly family-oriented bike ride – for more info, go here.

 

Dec
9
Sun
Street Level Cycles/Waterside Workshops Holiday Party @ Street Level Cycles/Waterside Workshops
Dec 9 @ 8:00 pm – Dec 10 @ 2:00 am

You probably know Street Level Cycles as the group who has given free bike tuneups at the annual Albany Arts & Green Festival. They’re much more than that, so come to their holiday party to find out more!
Join them for an afternoon of food and fun to raise funds for their youth programs!
Waterside Workshops has received a $10,000 challenge grant, and you can help us reach our goal by attending our event!
A donation of $10 per person gets you:
* a free boat rental
* wooden toy-making for kids
* entry into the kids or adult bike raffle
Also, Doc’s of the Bay will be here with their gourmet food truck serving up mouth-watering locally-sourced fare and the Cookie Department will be sampling their amazing cookies, the perfect addition to a cup of our famous Waterside hand-crafted coffee.  Our interns have been hard at work creating fine wooden handcrafts and building bicycles for the whole family, so while you are here, don’t forget to visit our Holiday Sale to mark a few names off of your list.  During the event, we will give away 25 kids bicycles to local low-income families.  If you know a family in need of a kid’s bicycle, please tell them to contact us before the event! At 5pm, we will be showing “Waterside” a documentary film about our organization and its role in the community.  All proceeds from this event will go directly to supporting our free programs for low-income youth.  Please join us on the 9th to kick-off the Holiday Season while giving back to your community!
For more details, go here.

Dec
15
Sat
East Bay Bike Party (fun ride)
Dec 15 @ 3:30 am – 5:00 am

The East Bay’s biggest bike ride rolls again, so join the fun!
HOW WE RIDE:
-Stay Right
-Stop At Lights
-Ride Straight
-Don’t Hate

BRING LIGHTS, **LAYERS**, LOCKS, WATER, SNACKS, AND FUN!
As always, we are meet the second Friday of every month.
Meet up at 7:30pm, roll at 8.
This month we are meeting in Oakland.
Route and exact starting place will be posted later.
Go to http://eastbaybikeparty.wordpress.com/ for details

Dec
16
Sun
CANCELLED – Geared 4 Kids Family Bike Ride @ Memorial Park Playground
Dec 16 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

CANCELLED by organizers due to bad weather. Please check back here or at their website for future rides. Sorry!
Get GEARED UP! Helmets, Bikes, Bells!
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!
For more info go to http://geared4kids.org/

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!

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.