Formerly the Historic Savannah Bikefest, the Savannah Century will be a weekend of fun for the local cycling world.  With many ride options, this is a showcase of rides here in the Coastal Empire for bike tourists far and wide.

Saturday’s ride starts at 9am in Black Creek and is a 31 mile loop.  Sunday start is 8am from Savannah Station. and includes 25, 37, 56, 69, and 103 mile options.

If you would like to ride, check out their active.com registration page.  If you would like to volunteer, drop us a line here at the SBC with a comment.

Beginning on Aug. 19, the third Tuesday of each month is Bike to Beer Night at Moon River Brewing Company. Customers, who arrive by bicycle, qualify for the following deals from 4-7 p.m. at the brew pub on Bay Street:

• $3 draft beers
• $1 off sandwiches and
• $3 off entrees

What’s more, Moon River is offering its cycling patrons the rarest (at least locally) of accommodations: indoor bike parking! That’s right, you can bring your bicycle inside and park it in back, near the cigarette machine.

Moon River Brewing Company is located at 21 W. Bay St. in downtown Savannah.

Join the Savannah Triathlon Team September 7 for their Rock of the Marne Sprint Triathlon benefitting the Hunter Spouses Club who provide support to families of soldiers at war.

$ 45 / person , $ 85 / relay , $ 35 / military, $ 75 / military relay. You must be 16 or older to participate and be a member of USAT.

Join Savannah Bicycle Campaign for the first downtown Wheelie since April with a spin around Hutchinson Island. We’ll ride the famed Hutchinson Island racetrack, and some dirt roads too, so think about riding some fat tires! If you can’t stand the dirt, the ride allows for a second spin around the racetrack. The ride is free, and anyone who can ride a few miles is welcome. As always, bring the kids! Meet in the roundabout between the Savannah Trade Center and the Westin Savannah Harbor. Park at the trade center or take the Belles Ferry from River Street (visit CAT for a schedule). The ferry is free and bikes are welcome.

The more the merrier!

Many thanks to our sponsors Georgia Bike Law/Attorney Joe Steffen, Bicycle Link and Big H little h design and illustration.

Join your fellow citizens at the JEA (corner of DeRenne & Abercorn) for a workshop to provide input on future development of the DeRenne Avenue corridor.  The current first phase of the project is a 9 month long public input process to get ideas. Each participant will be assigned to a table, and each table will have a facilitator.

As many of you know, previous attempts have been made to clarify public opinion on DeRenne — this is an opportunity to add facilities for bikes and pedestrians — the more advocates and the more vocal they are, the better.  Please come out and show your support!

All are welcome.  We will discuss Wheelie schedule for the year, goals for the year.

Agenda will be posted soon.  Location is the American Legion Post 135 at 1108 Bull Street (around the corner from Sentient Bean).

There is no safe bicycle or pedestrian access between Isle of Hope and Sandfly; a recent proposal by Chatham County to make this connection on Skidaway Road did not include significant input from local residents and was therefore not welcomed at a formational meeting for Isle of Hope Neighborhood Association. While construction funding is not currently available, consideration of future bikeways connections for transportation planning is happening right now.

If you are interested in taking part in this discussion, please join us for a meeting to investigate the options regarding safe bicycle and pedestrian access in and around the Isle of Hope and Sandfly communities on Saturday, July 19 at 10:00am at Speedwell United Methodist Church at 7259 Skidaway Road.  This comes on the heels of our recent Savannah Wheelie at Wormsloe Plantation and Isle of Hope on June 14, so as you all know it’s a beautiful place to ride, though that causeway on Skidaway Road is mighty narrow.

We will discuss funding options including Safe Routes to School, Bikes Belong, Ward Edwards’ Healthy Communities, federal transportation enhancements, and the Recreational Trails Program as well as discuss concerns about bikeways and crime and what the data show in reference to these topics.  Routes that are being considered so far include the Skidaway Road corridor and the Central Avenue corridor on which the old Isle of Hope trolleyway ran.

If you want a poster to put up or to email around, feel free to use this file:  Sandfly/IoH Community Meeting flyer.

The transit link of the DtP triumvirate rolls today. Take transit, try a multimodal commute with your bike plus transit, bike the whole way, walk, skate, pogo, skip, waltz, unicycle, canoe, or kayak, but by all means, don’t drive if you can help it.

That’s 140 miles to you and me. Patrick Booton, two time cancer survivor and mensch of the local bicycling community, is again hosting this ride

from Savannah to Augusta. Proceeds benefit the Savannah cancer support organization Harvest of Hope.

Our July Savannah Wheelie will be on Skidaway Island on July 20. Starting and finishing at Skidaway State Park. We’ll start at around 5:30pm, ride the trails through the State Park and at the Landings for around a 7 mile loop.  Route map is available here. Bring the kids and stay for the cookout at the State Park — we’ll do the grilling, but please bring a side to share if you stay to eat.  Here’s a poster to print and post or to email to friends.