2nd Annual Earth Day Wheelie
Savannah Wheelie is back with the second annual Earth Day Wheelie this Saturday April 18 at 3pm. Last year, this free event drew close to 300 — families, fixsters, roadies, treehuggers, aldermen, and commissioners. This year, we bring back the mobile party through Savannah’s downtown streets to celebrate the joy and possibilities of bicycling. Bring yourself, bring your friends, bring your kids — the Wheelie welcomes all! Read more
15th Annual Jim Kruse Century
April 18-19th. Quiet back roads, beautiful rural scenery, and little elevation change make the Jim Kruse Century a fun and family friendly ride. Saturday’s ride offers a 25, 50, 65, and continuous 100 mile option. All routes are mapped, marked, and well‐sagged. Coffee and bagels will be available at Saturday’s ride start. Saturday’s pre‐registered riders are guaranteed a T‐shirt, ride packet, raffle ticket, and post‐ride lunch. Sunday’s ride is an informal 45 miler that will be marked, but will have no sag. Mill Creek Park is home to walking paths, playgrounds, and a duck pond. After the ride visit downtown Statesboro for Celebration South. From Noon‐10pm Celebration South will ature live bands, arts, cars, BBQ and kids stuff. For more formation visit www.celebrationsouth.org.
Register for the ride at Active.com
On site registration Friday 7-9PM, Saturday 7-9AM.
Start times Saturday 8AM, Sunday 9AM.
Savannah cyclist hit by motorist
This is a story about a local Savannah cyclist that was hit by a motorist recently. He is fortunately ok, but definitely lucky. Read more
February Riding in Coastal Georgia
I decided last month to stop making excuses and just ride the bike, then it got colder than what I have clothes to ride in, so I had one last excuse to overcome. Now it’s been in the 70’s and I’m back on the bike getting a few miles in during weekday afternoons and mid days on weekends. Check the wind direction and you’ll usually find me easily. South or east I ride 144 to the end at Fancy Hall. West winds I ride out Belfast Keller to Daniel Siding to Hwy 17. On rare occasions of a north wind I’ll ride to Ft McAllister but I don’t like to do that on week nights during rush hour traffic. But doing these rides I’m always riding into the wind for the first half and running downwind on the way home. Since it’s been so nice and not wet I’ll be on a black/yellow Giant. Come ride with me.
Bicycle Friendly Community Workshop
A Bicycle Friendly Community Workshop will be held Wed, Jan 21 from 9am-1pm at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 MLK Blvd. The workshop will be facilitated by Preston Tyree of the Washington, DC based League of American Bicyclists. Come by bike or bring one along, as there will likely be an on-bike component to the day’s events.
The LAB administers the Bicycle Friendly Communities Program, and the City of Savannah has completed the first of its two-part application. The four hour workshop will review facilities and programs in Savannah for their bicycle friendliness, and include a review of the Bikability Checklist.
Whether or not we as a community rise to the national definition of Bicycle Friendly Community (in Georgia, only Roswell has achieved this status), we are sure to learn about how to get better and closer to that goal.
We as bicyclists often face adverse conditions — this workshop represents a chance to look at those and discuss how we can make things better locally rather than complaining into the abyss — we are strongest when we speak together! Please consider joining us and Savannah city officials on Wednesday, January 21.
Following cycling on Twitter
In the last week I have somehow gotten addicted to Twitter. I had heard about it before but for some reason went there after hearing several times about Lance Armstrong using it. I have since found that many of the professional cyclists use it. Lance’s coach Chris Carmichael, team director Johan Bruyneel, former team mates George Hincapie and Dave Zabriskie, Giro winner Ivan Basso, and Garmin team members Tom Danielson and Christian Vandevelde. Right now I’m monitoring the Tour Down Under where Lance is racing where they are giving race updates, the Tour de France has one too but not sure yet how they use it. They will occasionally send “tweets” throughout the day of where they are or what they are doing, and will sometimes upload a picture of something they are doing or just saw. You can read them online or have them sent directly to your cell phone. Last week Lance Armstrong uploaded a picture, while riding his bike training, of his handlebars asking if his “twitteratti” prefered black or yellow brake hood covers and had everyone vote. Black one so he’s racing this week with black hood covers as voted by 5855 of us. Again I ask you what other professional sport allows its fans this much, now instant, access to it’s atheletes?
Another Bloomin’ Bike Ride
April 11, 2009. Metter, GA. Ride the beautiful, relatively flat country roads around Metter, the Capital of B.R.A.G. and Georgia’s only “Bicycle Friendly Community.” Ride lengths are 25 and 62 miles. Enjoy Another Bloomin’ Festival in the downtown park after the ride. There will be arts and crafts, sidewalk sales, food and entertainment. The ride is sponsored by The Metter Kiwanis Club and benefits the Local Youth Programs. For more info and registration visit MetterKiwanisClub.com
Southern Pride Ag Ride
March 21, 2009. 8:00. The Southern Pride Ag Ride The Wayne County Board of Tourism, the Wayne County Young Farmers and the City of Screven join together to sponsor the sixth annual Southern Pride Ag Ride. The ride begins at the Grace Recreation Complex on Bill Royal Street in Screven, GA. Options: 23, 48, 62 and 100 miles. There is a 9.3 mile family route for riders with young children available by request only. The century rides include mostly flat terrain but there are some rolling hills as the route travels closer to the Altamaha River. Routes will be flattop country roads traveling past cultivated farmlands in Wayne and Appling Counties. $30.00 Registration. For more info and to register visit WayneTourism.com
The Azalea Century Bike Ride
March 7, 2009. Registration $25.00: 7:00am-7:45am. Start and finish at South Lowndes Complex 6440 Ocean Pond Ave, Lake Park, GA 31636. For more info and registration visit ValdostaSportsandEvents.com
CBTC 38-28-18 mile Harris Neck Ride
Saturday March 14, 2009. 10:00AM. South Newport, GA: Take I-95 South to exit 67 (this is 1 exit further south than the Midway ride, 2 exits south of Richmond Hill). Turn left on Hwy 17/25 South. Go 1/2 mile, pull into McDonalds and park on the gravel parking lot behind the restaurant.. This is another rural loop route thru Harris Neck Wildlife Refuge and surrounds. Hosted by the Coastal Bicycle Touring Club. For more info contact Darrel Snuggerud 912-598-2181