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Savannah’s first tweed ride scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 15

Our Spokemodels group is organizing Savannah’s first tweed ride on on Saturday, Feb. 15. Grab your bike, gather up your tweed and ride.

Ride participants will assemble at Daffin Park’s Grayson Stadium at 2 p.m. to go on a beautiful, leisurely ride around picturesque Savannah! So dress up in your dandiest cycling gear and get ready for croquet, photo shoots with all the participants and a picnic in Forsyth Park.

Unfamiliar with the tweed ride concept? Get the low down on the Spokemodels blog. Do you feel a need for tweed? Let us know by joining the Facebook event.

Tweed Ride

Compete in the Spokemodels Bike Scavenger Hunt, Jan. 3

Our Spokemodels group is teaming up with First Friday Art March again this month for a bike-powered scavenger hunt on Friday, Jan. 3 from 6-9 p.m.. Visit the Savannah Bicycle Campaign tent at Desotorow Gallery to pick up a map and rules. Then visit galleries participating in Art March, take photos, post them to Instagram or Facebook, and win prizes! Check out the Art March Savannah FaceBook event for more details.

Mountainfilm Festival and SBC team up for TelluRIDE on Jan. 18

Telluride Mountainfilm on Tour in Savannah, a nonprofit film festival designed to educate and inspire audiences about critical issues, will be held at the Trustees theater, downtown, Savannah, on Jan. 17 and 18, 2014.

Your Savannah Bicycle Campaign is sponsoring a ride in conjunction with the festival again this year on Saturday, Jan. 18. We will start at the Kennedy Pharmacy building at 323 E. Broughton Street and end at the South end of Forsyth Park for light refreshments. All ages welcome but you must have a bike and helmets are strongly recommended!

Let us know you’re coming by joining the TelluRIDE Facebook event.

Mountainfilm TelluRIDE

CAT Bike brings bicycle sharing to Savannah

Savannah is the first city in Georgia to offer a bicycle sharing program. Chatham Area Transit‘s CAT Bike program launches in January 2014 with stations at the Joe Murray Rivers, Jr. Intermodal Transit Center and Ellis Square (sponsored by City of Savannah Mobility and Parking Services) , and 16 3-speed bicycles. CAT selected B-Cycle to provide the system and on Dec. 16 volunteers from our SpokeModels group completed final assembly of the bikes.

Cat Bike assembly — SpokeModels volunteer Lee Burbage assembles a CAT Bike on Dec. 17.

The program has received media coverage from WJCL-TV and the Savannah Morning News. Marcus Howard’s Dec. 25 story, Savannah bike share program set to launch in January, was picked up by the Associated Press and has appeared in media outlets as far away as San Francisco. Howard’s piece includes program pricing information:

Each location has spots for eight bicycles. Riders will be able to rent the bikes for $2 per half-hour. The program also will offer 7-day pass for $20 and an annual pass for $60. Bikes will be available from 5:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., and riders can return the bikes to either downtown rack.

CAT has posted preliminary information on its “Bike and Ride” page, with the promise of more content soon.

CAT Bike has tremendous potential in Savannah, especially if the system is expanded with additional bikes and stations. What are the big picture benefits of bike sharing in Savannah? Read Why to Care About Bike Share.

CAT Bikes

Cycle Social holiday party set for Saturday, Dec. 28

We are changing our normal Cycle Social timing this month for a holiday party at Thinc Savannah. Enjoy beverages, light hors d’oeuvres and holiday cheer on Saturday, Dec. 28 at 35 Barnard Street, Suite 300. Meet us there at 6 p.m. or join a group ride from Habersham Village at 5:30 p.m. Please let us know you’re coming by joining the Facebook event or sending an R.S.V.P. email to info@bicyclecampaign.org. Don’t forget your lights and helmet!

SpokeModels team up with First Friday Art March for bike scavenger hunt on Dec. 6

Our SpokeModels group is hosting another installment of its bike scavenger hunt series in conjunction with First Friday Art March on Dec. 6 from 6-9 p.m. This month’s Art March features a dozen restaurants, galleries, and boutiques all south of Forsyth Park. Stop by the Savannah Bicycle Campaign table at Destorow Gallery to pick up a map and rules for the contest. Need more information? Check out the Facebook Event.

Bicycling is for the birds at the 5th Annual Tour de Coop

The Savannah Urban Garden Alliance’s 5th Annual Tour the Coop is set for Dec. 15, from 1-5 p.m., departing from Southern Pine. The tour offers a peek at the chicken coops and urban gardens in Savannah, and includes an urban homesteading expo!

This year the event will include a self-guided bicycle tour. Select this option and you’ll save $10. The Trolley tour option is still available at $20. Link to purchase tickets and more information is available on SUGA Facebook page.

About SUGA: SUGA believes that community gardens can be instrumental in addressing issues of food accessibility, nutrition, obesity, and other diet related illnesses through active recruitment of garden membership in targeted low income neighborhoods.
Gardening, nutrition and cooking workshops; afterschool programs that will provide exercise, hands on growing experiences and simple cooking demonstrations and tastings. Partnerships with elderly services, master gardeners, churches and schools will ensure diversity and community bonding.

Savannah’s first Cranksgiving ride is a food drive on two wheels

Our SpokeModels group is organizing Savannah’s first ever Cranksgiving Ride on Saturday, Nov. 23.

It’s partially a bike ride, partially a food drive and completely a good way to spend a Saturday afternoon!

Competitors will ride to area grocery stores and purchase food items, which will be donated to Emmaus House. Registration begins at 1 p.m. in Baldwin Park and riders will set out for the stores at 2 p.m. They’ll return with all the food they could haul at 4 p.m. and join a bicycle convoy to deliver the bounty to Emmaus House, which has provided food for the hungry in Savannah since 1982.

An after party is planned at Zunzi’s 2, where awards will be given based on most items carried, most stores visited and best budgeter.

More information is available on the SpokeModels Facebook page.

4th Annual Jerry Jaycox Savannah Wheelie ride set for Nov. 17

The fourth annual Jerry Jaycox Savannah Wheelie ride is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 17. Named in memory of our friend Jerry Jaycox, this autumn tradition moves to Skidaway Island State Park for a spin around the park and nearby trails. The ride leaves from and returns to picnic shelter No. 1. (View the park map). The casual pace and paved trails make this a great ride for the whole family. Those with mountain bikes can also explore the Big Ferry Trail. The ride will depart at 3 p.m. sharp, so please plan to arrive a little early.

A cookout follows the ride, back at picnic shelter No. 1, with hotdogs, hamburgers and beverages. The ride and cookout are free, but there is a $5 per vehicle parking fee to enter the park. The Jerry Jaycox Wheelie will serve as our monthly Cycle Social for November. Let us know you’re coming by joining the event on Facebook and don’t forget your helmet!