NEWS

orders of 1/2 dozen fresh, vegan scones for yourself, a friend or a sweetie will be delivered to home or office via bike with a home made card. orders are $15 with all proceeds supporting Community Bikes and Books Behind Bars. to place your order call 434-882-1516 or email hopefull1 (@) excite (dot) com. *Bike delivery possible in the city of Charlottesville or pick up at the Quest Book Shop.

You are cordially invited to our Open House!
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
3PM to 6PM
612 - C Preston Avenue
Charlottesville, VA
Please come see our new shop space and find out what is happening.

League Certified Instructor Seminar: March 19th-21st, 2010
Contact person: Matteo Favero email- mateomusic(@)hotmail(dot)com phone- 434-409-2868
League of American Bicyclists website: www.bikeleague.org

LCI Certification

Becoming a League Cycling Instructor (LCI) certified to teach BikeEd is a great way to help cyclists in your community. Certified instructors can teach BikeEd classes to children as well as adults. Help bring the joy of safe cycling to others. If you are an experienced cyclist and would like to teach others please consider taking the next step towards certification. Road I is a prerequisite for a certification seminar. Instructors are trained at seminars held periodically throughout the year.
To register, first choose a seminar from the Instructor Seminar Schedule page. If you have questions call the League at 202-822-1333 or email education(at)bikeleague(dotorg Click here to find out how to register.

The Kickstand crew of Community Bikes, ACCT and friends is kickin' together some fabulous plans for bike zine Kickstand No. 2. Would you like to be a part of it?

we need:
bike stories
commuter thoughts
poems
pictures
sketches
inspirational bike projects, etc

Please send all submissions to Patrick C:
ptack.costello (@) gmail (dot) com
By Feb. 15th

....then save the first day of spring for a fun kickoff. . . .

Yup, you heard right. Community Bikes has officially moved. We have better lighting, a water-tight roof, a secure location, a bathroom, and heating! However, with the improvements comes a need for more financial support from our patrons. Unlike in our old location, we are paying rent of $750 a month including utilities. We now ask that every time you visit us for parts or help on your bicycle that you contribute at least a $5 donation at the door. It really is a small price to pay for our volunteers' time, and will keep us open to the public. We can accept check or cash at the shop. You can also send us a payment online via credit card.

Additionally, we are now charging for all non-trivial parts, complete bicycles, and our Build-A-Bike program. Parts such as tubes, tires, frames, cranks, chains, etc, will be labeled with prices. Don't worry, they are dirt cheap! It's all in our price book.

Anyway, our new address is 612C Preston Avenue. The shop is located near the Old King Lumber Mill, to the right of Reid's Market. For now we are only open Fridays and Saturdays, 2-5pm.

We have a freshly-printed batch of t-shirts! A $12-$15 donation to Community Bikes (cash or check made out to "VOP/Community Bikes") will get you one. Bright colors in sizes Small-XXLarge. Contact Thomas at tdc5s(@)virginia(dot)edu to get your very own! Other colors not pictured.

Thanks to Bruce, Stephen, and Matteo - we have found photos from the early Yellow Bike Program! We have 15 photos from the days before Community Bikes... a yellow bike program was set up in Charlottesville by local cycling activists, coordinated with the city, and launched. Though the program didn't last very long, it eventually evolved into what we know as Community Bikes today! Definitely take a gander at the photos.

EVENTS

2.12/13/14.10 Bake N Bike (see left for details)

2.28.10 OPEN HOUSE (see left for details)