Category Archives: Announcements

Last year Evan and I joined Cycle of Love to ride from Birmingham, AL to Atlanta, GA (160+ miles) to raise funds for the bike shop. For Cycle of Love 2011 (Nov 5-6) our bike shop team has five teens plus two volunteers and me embarking on this life-changing journey. We are asking for donations [...]

Yesterday we received letters from Atlanta’s Mayor Kasim Reed and Atlanta City Council congratulating us to celebrating one year anniversary of the South Atlanta Bike Shop. In turn we thank all of you that helped make this program possible! We rely on donations of bicycles, parts, tools, and finances to operate the program so your [...]

At the end of today’s shift Evan chose the bike he wanted to spend his points on. But only after confirming that he can still work at the bike shop. After we closed up shop we all rode together through the neighborhood celebrating with Evan his new bike and talking about the big bike trip [...]

Do you have two hours, one night a week free? We are looking for capable adult mentors and volunteers to help with the kids here at the South Atlanta Bike Shop. If you are interested at all, no experience is necessary. To get started, download and fill out a volunteer application from our website.

Today four boys from our neighborhood earned their first “shop bucks” by working on bicycles. They learned how to keep a bicycle properly lubed up, how to adjust brakes, how to find out how much air pressure a tire needs and about staying focused while on the job. The bike shop is no longer just [...]

Things are slowly coming together. We don’t have all the tools we need yet but having combined personal tools we’ve got we can start. If you have some you can give us that would be awesome. Here‘s a list of what we need.

A few weeks ago we presented the vision of the South Atlanta Bikeshop to the South Atlanta Civic League (our neighborhood association). The response was very encouraging as the presentation quickly turned into neighors brainstorm about how they could help. “You guys can use my garage to store any excess bicycles or stuff!” “Let me [...]

We were just donated 4 used bikes with plenty of service opportunities. Big thanks to Epic Bikes!