LATEST NEWS:

Graduates from the Bike Workshop

If you want to give a gift that is truly giving back to those in need this year, then please consider sponsoring a student at the Bike Workshop we run at the Oasis Center. For $40, you will provide all of the essentials a student will need for the program, in addition to a helmet, lock and light set. If you are unfamiliar with the Workshop, it is a youth bicycle program where we teach underprivileged youth bike mechanics and safety. They receive a free bicycle through the program. We began the Workshop in June, and so far it has been a great success. There are big plans for the Workshop in 2010, but in order to see those ideas become reality, support is needed! Sponsoring a student is the type of support that will help the program grow.

You can purchase a sponsorship at Halcyon.

We have some out of town guests coming to town who want to see what our cycling community has to offer. So, bring down your bike, whatever style you ride, and let’s do this southern style.

Halcyon Bike now carries Fyxation Tires. From Fyxation’s website:

“These skins are designed for the urban rider that demands traction, puncture resistance and unbeatable performance.

• 700×28c and foldable with a super tough 120TPI carcass and Kevlar rolling protection
• Fyxation’s specially designed pinch-flat protection
• Full wrap-around tread and diamond pattern for sick control and traction
• Oh yeah, it comes in all your favorite flavors”

Sounds good to us. They come in a variety of colors, including pink, green, white, black, orange, brown with white wall, black with white, and dual compound (which has a black strip for extra wear) in white, orange and pink.

700 x 28 and $50

My Bike Sucks, by Robert Ellis Orrall

Now available at Halcyon: My Bike Sucks, by local artist Robert Ellis Orrall.

Ellis is well known for his biographical, story based paintings and mixed media art (he is also a talented musician and co-owner of Infinity Cat Records). This book is the true story of Ellis’ childhood bike, a Huffy. It is a great gift for the holidays, appropriate for all ages, and is beautifully illustrated! $15 and in limited supply!

photo by Chris Callis

First off, thank you to everyone who came out and celebrated our first birthday party this weekend. Between the tacos, the records, and the kegs…I’d say we had a good time. The alleycat to benefit the Bike Workshop was postponed due to weather, but plenty of people went on a group ride and spirits were high. Thank you, thank you, thank you for all the love you have shown us in our first year. We plan to do it big in 2010.

Moving on… Music City Cycling is an awesome new site/discussion board for all things cycling in the middle Tennessee region. It was launched late last week, but there are already a number of threads up, with discussions ranging the full spectrum of bicycles. I am so happy to see this site up and running, and think it will be a great place for all cyclists in our region to discuss! Jump on there and get involved, post a group ride, and get connected to other cyclists.

Also, I encourage everyone to check out Nashville Urban Bicycle League Google group. It is a email list that has been in circulation for over a year now, and is also a fantastic way to communicate with other locals. Unite!