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If you see this bike, please let us know! Or give Jay a call- 615.495.2793.

This bike was stolen this week and has been spotted in the Gulch neighborhood, but has yet to be returned to its rightful owner. Help bring her home!

tomato bike rack at farmer’s market

This has been a good week for cycling in Nashville. Yesterday, the mayor unveiled more of the new art-bike racks, including racks shaped like microphones and tomatoes. Hopefully these colorful racks will bring attention to the number of cyclists in Nashville, and demonstrate the need for MORE bike racks all over town.  If you want to ride through town and view the racks, a rack map is available here!

Today,  it was announced that Nashville will in fact launch a bike share program to begin this summer with 30 bikes. The program’s future was unknown after the May flooding, which destroyed the entire fleet of bikes. Support has been strong for the program, and a new fleet of  bikes is currently being worked on. By next spring, the city hopes to have over 1,000 bikes available.

Many cities- including Austin, Denver, and Portland- have bike share programs, which operate as a bike rental service at an affordable price, though Nashville’s goal is to make the program free. Bikes will be available at sites around town- most likely near greenways, colleges and bikeways- and the city will provide a helmet, lock and suggested bike routes.

This summer will serve as a pilot for the program, and bikes will be available at the Music City Star train station on Riverfront Park and at Shelby Bottoms Park in East Nashville. You can read more about the program here.

These are two great initiatives that Nashville is taking to be a cycling-friendly city. So, get out and support our city- the more people who use the bike share program, the more encouraged the officials will be to continue the bike love!

Cool! Sarah Marie Shepherd wrote a fantastic article about Halcyon and the Bike Workshop in the current issue of Southern Inspired Magazine. It is a free, local publication and you can pick it up all over town- or download it now!

Anyone live in Black Hawk, CO? Or know someone who does? Because we need to rally and help them out- cycling has been banned there!

This is a ridiculous law and could set a terrible precedent for other towns. Though cycling is not banned on neighborhood streets, all downtown thoroughfares are now off limits to bikes.

Road trip to have a critical mass in Black Hawk? Who’s down?

The Bike Workshop is in high gear for the summer- we have greatly expanded our earn-a-bike program with Oasis Center from one day a week to five days a week! We are now reaching more kids than ever throughout Nashville, teaching them bike skills and helping them repair and earn a bike of their own. During June, we will have the Workshop at the Oasis Center Monday-Thursday, and in East Nashville on Fridays.

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS! Anyone with bike mechanical knowledge is in greatest need, but anyone is welcome to join! It is a lot of fun and you will learn a lot. Email Dan Furbish if you would like to help out!

Here is the June schedule, email us if you would like a copy or would like a preview of the July schedule (which will include a workshop at Sevier Park, down the street from the Shop!)