Category Archives: Stories

‘Round the Mountain

Published in Bike Trips, Stories on April 29, 2012

Sunday afternoon we took 5 kids on a ride around Stone Mountain, Georgia. It’s always an adventure – to load up all the bikes, helmets and snacks, and kids with permission slips properly filled out and head out of the neighborhood. The steep inclines certainly “kicked their butts” we all had a good time, even [...]

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Bike Building as Team Building

Published in Stories on March 21, 2012

We were asked by Kilpatrick Townsend if we would be willing to assist with their team building exercise that would consist of teams of two assembling brand new bicycles. In turn, this law firm would donate these bicycles (24 of them!) to us. Everybody did great and had a good time! We invited another non-profit youth-focused [...]

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Spring Ride 2012

Published in Stories on March 5, 2012

On March 17th we are taking a number of bike shop kids on bike ride on the Silver Comet trail. These trips are always adventurous and fun and the kids usually smile the entire time. We’re hoping for good weather and good turn-out as it is still early in the bike riding season.

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When life throws you old tires, make a race track for kids

Published in Stories on December 22, 2011

a.k.a Christmas Party, South Atlanta Bike Shop style We have been battling illegal dumping of old tires in our neighborhood for a while by reporting offenders (when we catch them) and by regular neighborhood cleanup events. Recently we discovered a pile of tires dumped behind the bike shop so we decided to turn lemons into [...]

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New Space

Published in Stories on December 20, 2011

I wanted to thank you for your prayers and support. Without you we would not be able to sustain our development work in South Atlanta. There would be no bike shop and the 65+ kids (since we opened the bike shop) would not get to earn bikes or experience an environment where they are seen [...]

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Cycle of Love 2011 Finished

Published in Announcements, Bike Trips, Stories on November 15, 2011

Cycle of Love is a yearly bicycle ride from Birmingham, AL to Atlanta, GA (~165 miles) to draw attention to the struggles of brothers and sisters that live with daily injustice. Every year we take part in this event to raise awareness about (and funds for) our fight for the future of the youth of [...]

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Bike trip

Published in Bike Trips, Stories on September 26, 2011

Last Saturday we took a group of bike shop kids to the Silver Comet Trail. Yes, we could have taken a ride around the neighborhood (which we do every now and then) or to the Turner field and back but we can do that any day. We wanted give them an experience outside of the [...]

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In the news

Published in Stories on May 8, 2011

Over the last several weeks we two television stations covered the work of our bike shop.

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Environment that facilitates trust

Published in Stories on March 28, 2011

Written by Andrej As we were wrapping up today’s shift (with six police officers volunteering) this image was taken, capturing the unlikely trust being built between these caring officers and urban youth of South Atlanta. THIS is why the South Atlanta Bike Shop partners with the Atlanta Police Department – so that this is the [...]

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Police officers volunteering at the bike shop

Published in Stories on March 20, 2011

Written by Andrej A couple of weeks ago I got pulled over riding my tricycle down Jonesboro Rd. with my 3-year-old son in the back seat (a.k.a tool basket), on my way home from the bike shop. The police officer approached me asking if I was the guy running the bike shop. Not the first thing [...]

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