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

Jul
4
Thu
East Bay Bike Party @ El Cerrito Plaza BART Station
Jul 4 @ 2:45 am – 4:30 am

Come join East Bay Bike Party, a big party on wheels!
We had a great first go at the route last week and now it’s time to fine tune it up. Lets do this!.
Meet at 7:30 and roll at 8:00. See you there and BIKE PARTY!

If anyone wants to ride over from Albany as a group, post something in “comments” below.

Jul
13
Sat
East Bay Bike Party @ El Cerrito Plaza BART Station
Jul 13 @ 2:45 am – 4:30 am

East Bay Bike Party Presents the Awesome ’80s!
Join 100+ cyclists for a flat ride around the East Bay with an 80s theme. You can dress up but certainly don’t have to.

This is a rule-following, music playing, rolling party. Ride leaders help direct traffic so you and your friends and family can ride safely. Ride is flat and includes lots of bike lanes and bike paths.

The ride starts at El Cerrito Plaza BART (meet at 7:45 pm, roll out at 8,) and will be ending at Lake Merritt, so you can ride or take BART back home. The two mid-point rest stops are both near BART stations (one is very close) or you can feel free to ride back to Albany from either of the mid-point stops. We’ll make sure you have company!

Here is the code of EBBP:
-INVITE WISELY: If you’re inviting friends, make sure that they think that safety is sexy & know the Bike Party code.
-PICK UP YOUR TRASH: This one’s simple – if you brought it in or ate/drank it, you pack out the can/wrapper/trash with you.
-VOLUNTEER: Volunteer to take a corner and lead the Bike Party through a turn. Make new friends and help make Bike Party awesome.
-COME PREPARED: This is an unsupported ride, so bring whatever you’d bring if you went on a long solo ride. A patch kit, tools, lights, snacks & layers are a good start.
-KNOW THE CODE: If you come out this Friday, this is what the people around you will expect. And you’ll make more friends if you ride safely. Making friends and meeting new people is what this ride is about, after all:

  • Stay Right
  • Stop At Lights
  • Ride Straight
  • Don’t Hate
  • Pack Your Trash
Jul
14
Sun
Geared 4 Kids Fun Ride @ Strawberry Creek Park, near the playground
Jul 14 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Get GEARED UP! Helmets, Bikes, Bells!
It is that time for family biking fun again.
Meet up at the Strawberry Creek Park in Berkeley near the playground at Allston..
Our route will take us along the new West Street bike path and into head north into Albany. Bring snacks to share at our midway stop at a park, 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!

Anyone want to ride from Albany to the start? Propose a time and place of departure in the comments section here! Also, email one of the AS&R Core Group to get posted on the Facebook page (and Announce List if you get it to us soon enough.) Feel free to post to Discussion List if you are on it.
Let’s get an Albany contingent going!

 

 

Jul
26
Fri
Bike About Town Family Rides @ Wheels of Justice Cyclery
Jul 26 @ 1:30 am – 3:00 am
Cyclists of all ages wait in front of Wheels of Justice for the August, 2012 Bike About Town Ride to begin

Cyclists of all ages wait in front of Wheels of Justice for a Bike About Town Ride to begin

Grab your costume, decorate your bike, and don’t forget those bike lights – it’s time for the annual Halloween edition of Bike About Town!
Join Albany Strollers & Rollers and the City of Albany’s Department of Recreation with sponsor Wheels of Justice 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 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

The Albany Peloton rolls down Peralta Avenue for another fun Bike About Town

The Albany Peloton rolls down Peralta Avenue in another fun Bike About Town

them.

We begin at 6:30 at the little park across the street from Wheels of Justice Cyclery, at Solano and Peralta in Albany (despite what Google Maps may insist.)

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 May 24,  June 28, July 26, August 23, September 27 and October 25 (our annual Halloween ride!!)

http://www.albanyca.org/Index.aspx?page=1016

Jul
27
Sat
Richmond Peace Ride @ Nichol Park
Jul 27 @ 9:30 pm – Jul 28 @ 12:00 am

PeaceCogLet’s join our friends and neighbors two cities to the north at the 1st Annual Richmond Peace Ride.
I (Amy) have enjoyed riding with them on their Rides of Silence and Juneteenth Parade and plan on joining them again here!

• Gather at Nichol Park at 2pm and Roll out at 3pm
• Ride ends at the Richmond Plunge
• More Stops to be determined

Join them for the after party at The Natural Healing Tree, 124 Washington Ave, Richmond,  94801

Richmond’s 1st ever Peace RIDE in collaboration with CCISCO; a call for peace in remembrance of those we’ve lost. Join us for a unifying city wide ride as bring the presence of love peace and joy to our communities. Ride with us and proclaim peace in our city and our region!

Thanks to Rich City Rides for organizing this!

If anyone wants to ride over from Albany as a group, please propose something in the “comments” below

Aug
11
Sun
Geared 4 Kids Ride @ Nicholl Park Playground
Aug 11 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

The next Geared4Kids family bike ride is coming up. We’ll be heading north to Richmond for our August ride on Sunday the 11th. Our starting place is the playground at Nicholl Park. Our ride will take us over to the Richmond Greenway, named by East Bay Express as the Best Urban Oasis:
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/best-urban-oasis/BestOf?oid=3653799
Joining us this month is Najari Kio’Journey Smith from Rich City-Rides, a bike advocacy group in Richmond. We hope you can make it!
Go to G4Ks’ Facebook page to RSVP.

By the way, when I did the Richmond Peace Ride recently I left the fog behind in Albany and enjoyed a sunny Richmond spin!

Want to ride to the start from Albany? Propose a departure time and place in “comments” here.

Aug
18
Sun
El Cerrito Advocacy Bicycle Tour @ El Cerrito City Hall
Aug 18 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm

Want to have input into El Cerrito’s future bikeability? Here’s another chance!!
Join City Staff and officials on this bike tour, and bring your ideas for how to make El Cerrito a more bikeable, walkable, greener city!
Participants will provide input on the proposed priority projects for the City’s update to the 2007 Circulation Plan for Bicyclists and Pedestrians, as well as Urban Greening Strategies to make El Cerrito’s corridors more comfortable for cyclists. Please note that the route for this tour has not yet been set, but will be designed to accommodate a range of riders. If you are interested in participating, but have any restrictions, please contact green@ci.el-cerrito.ca.us.
Meet at El Cerrito City Hall, and don’t forget your bike!
I went to the first public meeting on the same topic and it was a great opportunity to give input about El Cerrito’s roads, paths and connections. Please go and make your thoughts known!

As usual, if you want to ride together from Albany, propose a time and a place to meet in “comments” below.

Hope to see you there!

Aug
23
Fri
Bike About Town Family Rides @ Wheels of Justice Cyclery
Aug 23 @ 1:30 am – 3:00 am
Cyclists of all ages wait in front of Wheels of Justice for the August, 2012 Bike About Town Ride to begin

Cyclists of all ages wait in front of Wheels of Justice for a Bike About Town Ride to begin

Grab your costume, decorate your bike, and don’t forget those bike lights – it’s time for the annual Halloween edition of Bike About Town!
Join Albany Strollers & Rollers and the City of Albany’s Department of Recreation with sponsor Wheels of Justice 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 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

The Albany Peloton rolls down Peralta Avenue for another fun Bike About Town

The Albany Peloton rolls down Peralta Avenue in another fun Bike About Town

them.

We begin at 6:30 at the little park across the street from Wheels of Justice Cyclery, at Solano and Peralta in Albany (despite what Google Maps may insist.)

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 May 24,  June 28, July 26, August 23, September 27 and October 25 (our annual Halloween ride!!)

http://www.albanyca.org/Index.aspx?page=1016

Sep
4
Wed
Bay Bridge Path Opening Day Ride @ West Oakland BART station
Sep 4 @ 1:00 am – 3:00 am

The EBBC is organizing a ride on the first day that the Bay Bridge mixed-use path opens. They say:

“Join us Tuesday, Sept 3, 6pm sharp at West Oakland BART for a ride out on to the world’s longest bike pier, the new bike path of the Oakland Span of the Bay Bridge. Pizza & drinks afterwards at the Hot Italian Restaurant in Emeryville. The Bike Path closes at 8pm, so we need to get on out there! RSVP on Facebook”

Here is the Facebook link

https://www.ebbc.org/baybridge

Sep
27
Fri
Bike About Town Family Rides @ Wheels of Justice Cyclery
Sep 27 @ 1:30 am – 3:00 am
Cyclists of all ages wait in front of Wheels of Justice for the August, 2012 Bike About Town Ride to begin

Cyclists of all ages wait in front of Wheels of Justice for a Bike About Town Ride to begin

Grab your costume, decorate your bike, and don’t forget those bike lights – it’s time for the annual Halloween edition of Bike About Town!
Join Albany Strollers & Rollers and the City of Albany’s Department of Recreation with sponsor Wheels of Justice 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 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

The Albany Peloton rolls down Peralta Avenue for another fun Bike About Town

The Albany Peloton rolls down Peralta Avenue in another fun Bike About Town

them.

We begin at 6:30 at the little park across the street from Wheels of Justice Cyclery, at Solano and Peralta in Albany (despite what Google Maps may insist.)

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 May 24,  June 28, July 26, August 23, September 27 and October 25 (our annual Halloween ride!!)

http://www.albanyca.org/Index.aspx?page=1016