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Tomorrow, Saturday April 17th, the Halcyon Bike Workshop and Ride for Reading will be holding a bicycle donation drive at the Earth Day Festival at Centennial Park in Nashville. The drive will begin at 11am and go until 6pm!

Last year, we collected over 300 used bicycles to recycle and redistribute to underprivileged youth and Nashvillians who would not have been able to afford a bike otherwise. It is greatly important that we collect as many bikes as possible this year to ensure that our community programs, like the Bike Workshop, can continue and grow in 2010!

Bikes of all conditions will be accepted, as well as any used parts you have. If you cannot make it to Earth Day, you can drop any donation off at Halcyon Bike during regular business hours. All donations are tax deductible.

We will be sharing a tent with Walk/Bike Nashville, who are in the process of planning the Seventh Annual Tour de Nash, which will be held May 22. The Tour is the largest bike ride through Nashville, and it is a blast for all levels of riders and all ages! Registration will be set up, so please plan on attending this amazing event! All proceeds from Tour de Nash are redistributed into programs that serve Nashville’s cycling and pedestrian advocacy, including the Bike Workshop!

The Bike Workshop had a lovely write up in the Tennessean this week. The Workshop is a collaborative effort between Halcyon and the Oasis Center where we teach underprivileged youth bike mechanics and safety, and the participants earn a free used bike. It has been a big success so far, and the Workshop is celebrating its first birthday this month!

Last year, we had a hugely successful ‘bike-drive’ at the Earth Day celebrations at Centennial Park. We asked for any bicycle donations to go to the Workshop, and you responded with over 300 bikes! The bike-drive will happen again this year at the Earth Day event, again held at Centennial Park on Saturday April 17.

Check out the article, and thank you to the Tennessean for spreading the word on the Workshop!

THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF FUN. TOUR DE FUN.

From its creator, Tyler:

“Tour de Fun is going to be a huge community bike ride, which will visit as many house shows as we can, with two bands playing 10 min sets each at each house. The cookout starts at 3pm at MOAB; bring some food and throw it on the grill. During the cookout there will be a foot down competition, trick competition, sprints, and a raffle. Around 6:30pm everyone will go to the first house, see two bands, then go to the next and see two bands, and so on. The ride will end at the Temptation Club, where there will be some more bands, d.j.’s, food, drinks, friends, and fun. The date for the ride is Saturday April 10th. Tour de Fun is the first step at creating a more tight and friendly bike community. It will also be showcasing a list of local artist and bands.”

Bikes, bands, booze, buddies, burgers? Yes please. Here is the timeline of events, hope to see you all in the ‘Boro!

3:00pm
Cookout at MOAB (310 North Maple Street)

• (bands are TBA)

7:00pm
Scotty’s Duplex (1615 Elrod St)

• We Were the States
• Def Chik

7:30pm
2nd House (412 2nd Ave)

• Flora Shakespeare
• Hannah Barbarians

8:00pm
Myhaus//Yrhaus (914 Ewing Blvd)

• Yoseph y la Zilla
• Body of Light

8:30pm
Diaper Dome (Lytle & Highland)

• Hanzelle
• Technikiller

9:00pm
House House (620 Greenland Dr)

• Brown Swarm
• Lazer Slut

9:30pm
Change Purse (834 N. Maney)

• Turtle Bangs
• Day Kids

10:00pm
City House (218 E Clark Blvd)

• Sarah Impalin’
• Acidmouth
• Guide
• Desperate Measures

10:30pm
Woffle House (303 Sadler Ct)

• Duperocho
• Gentlemen’s Club

11:00pm
Fag Palace (1902 Greenland Dr)

• Fake Brad
• Meth Dad
• Squirrel Shepherd

11:30pm
Temptation Club (2404 Halls Hill Pike)

• Diaper
• DJ mdmHEY

God Bless Scopitone

5 Stair Gap from Devan Mickell on Vimeo.

Our friend and loyal customer, Devan Mickell, recently signed sponsorship with Shop 14. This makes Devan one of the few female fixed riders who are sponsored, which is very rad and says a lot about Nashville’s growing bike community.

Devan has been an ambassador for both female riders and Nashville, appearing on numerous international fixed blogs, in the last issue of Urban Velo, and writing for several fixed blogs. She also leads Nashville’s female fixed group, Cupcranks, organizing rides, races and encouraging more girls to get on a bike. Check out the video to see Devan do a 5 stair gap!