Yes, we’d love for you to help us with Bikes For Kids! Click over to our Bikes For Kids Alpharetta page to get more details on which bike shops are accepting bikes/trikes, print your donation receipt. check out our community partner list. More information coming about Domestique Day and how you can volunteer.
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Bring your friends and family to join Alpharetta Recreation & Parks for a bike ride on Alpharetta’s scenic Big Creek Greenway. Meet at Jekyll Brewing Taproom on Marconi Drive for an out and back ride – short 1 to 4 mile ride to see the new north section of trail, or ride up to 20 miles! This event is managed by Alpharetta Recreation & Parks, and Bike Alpharetta is happy to provide support. Plus, we love the post-ride social at Jekyll with food truck and beverages (non-alcohol items available)!
Registration is $15 for people 21 years of age and over, which Includes Trails & Ales T-Shirt & Beverage Token (for use during event only); Under 21: Free to ride – no need to register.
Check-In: 11am Bike Ride Start: 11am Post-Ride Social: Noon to 2pm
Scan the QR code in the photo to go to FB and register on the @AlpharettaRecreation event page.
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Bike Alpharetta was proud to be part of the ribbon cutting ceremony in June as the new 2.2-mile northern section of Alpharetta’s Big Creek Greenway was opened to the public! The new segment of concrete multi-use pathway runs from the Marconi Drive trailhead to Union Hill Park and McGinnis Ferry Road.
Visit our Maps & More section to see the map of the Greenway extension in Fulton County, completed by the City of Alpharetta in June 2021.
Forsyth County has plans to make the final connection to its section of the greenway in the future, which will make it a full 14 miles in one direction. For now, anyone wanting to ride from Union Hill Park, the northernmost section in Fulton County, to Halcyon, it is suggested that people turn LEFT from Union Hill Road to McGinnis Ferry Road using the grassy shoulder (caution on busy road), and you will find a concrete path, then turn right and follow the multi-use path (on north side) or bike lane for one mile to Halcyon.
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Here are some of the happenings for National Bike Month:
MAY 15-16 Final BIKE DRIVE Donations accepted at N. Point Community Church
May 15-20 Volunteers needed at N. Point Community Church for bike repairs
May 15 Order your Bike Alpharetta jersey
May 19 – Ride of Silence
May 22 – Trail and Ales
Read our newsletter – click here
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The highly visible new Bike Alpharetta Kits have been created by Athlos Sport! Check out the Athlos Squad One, Breakaway, and Gruve MTB jerseys, as well as shorts and bib shorts for women and men, too – prices range from $39-75.
https://www.athlosports.com/collections/bike-alpharetta
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Bike Alpharetta Leads 14th Annual Bikes For Kids Program
On December 5, 2020, 131 volunteers from the community and local bike shops helped clean and repair more than 275 bicycles and tricycles – all in one day!
The 14th annual Bikes For Kids, managed by the non-profit Bike Alpharetta, refurbishes previously-loved bikes/trikes/scooters for the North Fulton Community Charities’ Holiday Shop. Since 2007, the program has provided 3,400 bicycles, tricycles and scooters, as well as more than 900 new youth helmets.
Bike Alpharetta is proud to manage this program, which began as a grassroots initiative by the Mullenbach family in Johns Creek.
Community organizations hold Donation Days for Bikes For Kids, with Johns Creek Baptist Church collecting 99 bicycles this year. Many local bike shops in the North Fulton area also donate needed bike parts and encourage people to take part in Domestique Day – Atlanta Cycling (Duluth), Cannon Cyclery, Fresh Bike Service, Pedego Electric Bikes, Reality Bikes, REI (Alpharetta), Roswell Bicycles, and Twisted Spokes Bicycles.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Facebook – BikesforKidsAlpharetta
Web – BikeAlpharetta.org/bikesforkids
Twitter – @bikealpharetta
Instagram — @bikealpharetta
Email – bikealpharetta@gmail.com
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Huge thanks to the City of Alpharetta for signage designating our adopted stretch of road between Henderson Pkwy and Highway 9 on Cumming Street. A well used cycling route, we’ve been picking up debris and litter since August of 2019. Proudly displayed!
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It’s Year 14 for Bikes For Kids Alpharetta – collecting, cleaning/repairing, donating “Santa Ready” bikes/trikes to the Holiday Program for North Fulton Community Charities!!!! Wow, Year 14!
Sept. 18 to Nov. 30 donations of gently-used children’s bicycles are needed for this year! We appreciate donations… “some dust, no rust” is preferred. If you have an adult-sized bicycle, please consider giving that to our friends at Free Bikes 4 Kidz in Atlanta on Sat. October 3-4 (fb4katl.org/donate/donate-a-bike/).
Please give your tricycles and smaller-sized bicycles to Bikes For Kids Alpharetta, with multiple drop-off locations this fall. Check our Facebook page for details – https://www.facebook.com/bikesforkidsalpharetta
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| We celebrate another year of advocacy in Alpharetta, Georgia on July 25 as Bike Alpharetta turns 9! Even with limitations due to the coronavirus pandemic, Bike Alpharetta continues to advocate for safer bicycle infrastructure in our community and to support local cyclists of all ages and abilities. Our work is even more important now as there are more families cycling together and new cyclists taking up the sport! Here’s a quick recap of some of our accomplishments this past year: – Bikes for Kids: Nearly 300 used bikes rescued for needy Fulton kids – Adopt-A-Mile: De-littering the next to roads for cyclists and pedestrians – Zen Rides: Casual Greenway rides for everyone – Beginner’s Ride: Helping newcomers learn how to ride safely – Infrastructure: Advising and advocating with the City of Alpharetta – Endorsing Bike Trail study for North Point Mall connectivity – Westside Parkway striping for bike lanes – Bike lanes/shoulder advice for Rucker Road – Start of Kimball Br construction (to include bike lane!) – Bethany/Mayfield bike lane configuration – Alpha Loop bike repair stations – Greenway expansion (underway!) Cycling advocacy is super hard work, and we really thank all of our past volunteers and board members for their insight and time. Thank you also to the City of Alpharetta for continuing to make Alpharetta an Awesome place to ride bikes! |
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Don’t let the Coronavirus keep you from getting some exercise! Our first ever “Do It Yourzelf Zen Ride” will start June 5 – and continue on the first and third Fridays of every month. Start out on the Greenway (bike, run, walk, skate) from Marconi Drive trailhead, and then end with adult beverages at Jekyll Brewing Taproom (also near the Marconi Drive trailhead). Ride solo or with family after work — the Taproom is open from 4 pm to 10 pm on Fridays. Note that Taproom has outdoor seating, and interior seating is available again. Please patronize Jekyll Brewing as they are a highly valued sponsor of Bike Alpharetta!
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