Albany Bicycle Coalition

It’s that time again. What time you ask? Time to go over the awesome events that are happening this week and next week in Bike Month!

May 2nd – 7th

What: Bike Movie Night – America On Two Wheels – Cross-country Bicycle Trip

When: May 2 Mon. 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Where: Upstate Artists Guild, 247 Lark St., Albany

 

What: Tune Up Your Bike Night

When: May 3 Tue. 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Where: 15 Trinity Place, Albany

 

What: ABC Community Bicycle Ride #1

When: May 4 Wed. 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Where: Albany Soldiers and Sailors Memorial – Washington Park

 

What: Albany 1st Friday Bike Ride

When: May 6 Fri. 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Where: Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, Washington Park, Albany, NY

 

What: Blessing of the Bicycles and Ride

When: May 7 Sat. 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Where: Our Lady of the Americas, Central & Lake

May 8th – 14th

What: Movie Night #2 – Ride the Divide

When: May 9 Mon. 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Where: Upstate Artists Guild, 247 Lark St.

 

What: Tune Up Your Bike Night

When: May 10 Tue. 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Where: 15 Trinity Place, Albany

 

What: ABC Community Bicycle Ride #2

When: May 11 Wed. 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Where: Albany Soldiers and Sailors Memorial – Washington Park

 

What: Bike to China Charity Dinner

When: May 14 Sat. 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Where: Midtown Tap and Tea Room

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Written by Chris Belsole

All cyclists are indebted to Council Members Leah Golby, Dominick Calsolaro, and Anton Konev and to the entire Albany City Common Council for their unanimously proclaiming May 2011 as “BIKE MONTH IN THE CITY OF ALBANY.” This official designation – combined with the City’s implementation of the Albany Bicycle Master Plan – supports Albany’s growing reputation as a cycle-friendly community.

You can support Bicycle Month 2011 by participating in the 25+ events lined up for the month.

Start with a ride at Bike Expo 2011 on Sunday, May 1, 2011, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM at the Corning Preserve – Boat Launch. There will be three rides –10 mi (casual), 25 mi (casual), 50 mi (quick). Free. All Welcome.

Read more on the resolution after the jump.

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Hey everyone. I hope you are all looking forward to the Bike Expo Tomorrow. I finally got the calendar update for Bike month. It might take a while to update on the site, but you can click on it and it will bring you to the calendar with all of the events on it. Just in case you missed it here is the lowdown for tomorrow’s event.

9:00 Bike Expo starts – Coffee will be provided by Anton of the Hudson River Coffee House because he is awesome

9:30 MHCC’s ride will leave the boat launch

10:00 ABC’s Ride will leave the boat launch

10:30 NYBC’s ride will leave the boat launch

1:00 Everyone is back and the merriment begins with food from local eateries and events

4:00 The whole thing ends and we leave to eat, drink, and be merry

I hope to see you all there tomorrow.

Written by Chris Belsole

Picture from BikeCommuter.com

We have been getting a lot of hits in the past few weeks. It is nice to watch the graphs readjust themselves to compensate for the larger numbers. This post will definitely help because who does not love free stuff.

Over at BikeCommuter.com they are giving away their last cycling hat, and all you have to do is tell them what bike you commute on and what state you live in. Isn’t that easy. So head on over and get a chance to win a free hat.

Also I better see all of you at the Bike Expo this Sunday at the Corning Preserve/Boat Launch. I have your IP addresses, and I will find you.

Creepily written by Chris Belsole

Admittedly this is coming a little late, but I have been busy and blah blah blah. For those of you that haven’t seen the blog posts about bike month, or don’t check the calendar obsessively, when I ever get to updating it, I am going to be posting the current and next week’s events so that no one misses anything. I plan to get these out every Sunday so keep an eye out. Anyway, without further ado here it is:

Apr. 24th – 30th

April 28 Thurs 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
ABC Public Meeting, Chapel and Cultural Center, LaSalle School, 391 Western Ave, Albany, NY

April 29 Fri 5:15 PM – 9:00 PM
Critical Mass/Comm. Ride (Apr) “Albany Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, Washington Park at State St. & Henry Johnson Blvd., Albany”

May. 1st – 7th

May 1 Sun 9:00 AM  – 4:00 PM
“Bike Expo 2011 (Three rides – 10, 25, and 50 mile and events)” Corning Preserve – Boat Launch

May 2 Mon 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Movie #1 – AMERICA ON TWO WHEELS – Cross-Country Bicycle Trip (Slide Show) “Upstate Artists Guild, 247 Lark St., Donation”

May 3 Tue 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Tune Up Your Bike Night 15 Trinity Place

May 4 Wed 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
ABC Community Bicycle Ride #1 “Albany Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, Washington Park at State St. & Henry Johnson Blvd.”

May 6 Fri 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
1st Friday Gallery Spin “Albany Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, Washington Park at State St. & Henry Johnson Blvd.”

May 7 Sat 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Blessing of Bicycles and Ride “Our Lady of the Americas, Central & Lake”

Written by Chris Belsole