This week marks Georgia Tech’s annual “Think Green Week”, culminating with our Earth Day festivities on Friday, April 20th. Both Starter Bikes and the BIIC have some events planned for the week, so check them out! – Starter Bikes Repair Station Thursday and Friday of this week Starter Bikes will have a free bike repair [...]
Every March, our statewide advocacy group, Georgia Bikes!, partners with the Metro Atlanta Mayors Association and countless sponsors to lead over 1,000 cyclists in a ride to the State Capitol, where they rally for bicycling and improved legislation. Last year the event spurred Lt. Gov Casey Cagle to helm a three foot safe passing law, [...]
The Atlanta Bicycle Coalition has just kicked off their 2011 “Let’s Get Visible” campaign. If you don’t have any lights on your bike, you should, so stop by Starter Bikes on Friday between 4pm and 6pm and pick up a free set of lights!
Description: This compact yet comprehensive class covers everything you need to know to learn to “drive” your bike safely and confidently around metro Atlanta. It includes bike handling skill drills and an instructor-led ride with feedback to reinforce what you learn in class, and is a great class for a variety of experience levels! When: [...]
This September 26-30 marks the first Georgia Tech Bike Week, created to encourage more people to ride their bikes to and around Georgia Tech, through prizes, incentives, fun events, and competition. The centerpiece of Bike Week is a week-long Commuter Challenge. All students, staff, and faculty can use a simple form (which will be made [...]
Today marks the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year at Georgia Tech, the calm and quiet that was the campus over the summer replaced by the excited hustle of new students and the sullen reunion of returning students. Bikes seem to be everywhere, aided by a beautiful day and a bounty of new facilities (many [...]
On July 2nd, 2011 Georgia Tech lost an outstanding professor, colleague, and friend. Kurt Frankel tragically lost his life in a bicycle accident in Florida. As the recent recipient of the CETL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Award, Kurt was an inspiration to his students and had a positive impact on people both in and out of [...]
This weekend, June the 11th, marks the first Atlanta Streets Alive of 2011, to be followed by a second on the 25th of the month! These events, based on the “Ciclovia” concept of closing a street to car traffic and instead using that space to walk, ride, and party, feature numerous vendors, organizations, and lots [...]
If you’ve taken Atlanta Bicycle Coalition’s regular Confident City Cycling class and want to learn more about group riding, basic mechanics, advanced traffic negotiation, foul weather/night riding, or if you’re interested in one day becoming a League Cycling Instructor yourself, this is the class for you. Where: Tech campus, DM Smith 105 When: two nights [...]
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