Port Sprints are back!
Updated: Registration at 7 to 745 at MacArthur Bart!
Group ride to the port!
Races start at 8PM!
If you don’t want to race but you want to support your friends, we’ll be on Middle Harbor rd. (Here!)
$5 donation to benefit Spokeland
Are you interested in volunteering at Spokeland? Well here is your chance!
This Sunday, (1/15/12 from 6-7pm), we will be hosting our first official volunteer orientation. We will give interested volunteers safe space, general rules, and culture information as well as assess skill level and establish a foundation to teach further skills. Tell a friend and we hope to see you this Sunday!
Winter hours:
Sunday hours are changing to 1-6 PM, effective this Sunday 1/8/12
Tuesday hours staying 6-9 PM
December 3rd: Phat Beets Market
We’ll be at the Phat Beets farmer’s market this Saturday! We’ll have a stand and basic tools, so if you are doing your shopping you can also give your bike some love. Check out the great food justice work the folks over a Phat Beets are doing: http://www.phatbeetsproduce.org/
Where: Arlington Medical Center, 5717 Market St, at Arlington and Market
Time: 10-3
December 10th: Women and Trans shop hours at Spokeland
Come work on your bike in a safe and welcoming environment! Children are welcome.
Time: 2-5 PM
December 18th: Parts Swap!
Need to get rid of some parts laying around your house? Come sell them at the Spokeland Parts Swap!
Need some used/new parts on the cheap? Buy them at the swap!
Time: 12-5 (vendors set up between 10 and 12)
How much: Free to public, $10 for a stall
e-mail us a spokeland@gmail.com if you have any questions!
Come show how fast you are, and raise some much needed bucks for Spokeland Bike Co-Op!
Friday, November 18th
Registration is AT THE PORTS where we had our last two races (NO mosswood this time) from 7-8pm.
Racing starts at 8pm! Afterparty to follow!!
$5 – $10 donation for Sprint
$10 – $20 donation for Cargo Race
As always, the speed category will have men, women, and trans brackets. One winner from each!
NEW CARGO RACE!!!! How fast can you go with 100lbs of cargo
(rider must provide own method of weight transport)
There will only be one winner from this category! Prize will be a sweet bag from our friends over at Rickshaw.
Single elimination
No Holds
Don’t be a jerk
All proceeds go to SPOKELAND!
Winners will be announced night of race and will posted online!
EDIT: Dates changed due to popular demand. The course will now be the 1st three Mondays in November (7th, 14th and 21st)
Interested in learning to fix and maintain your bike? Sign up for our three class mechanics course! Over the three classes you will progressively learn how to perform a shop quality “Full Tune-up.”
Classes is capped at 6 students, so you’ll get tons of hands-on instruction!
Get your tickets here!
https://www.brownpapertick
When: First 3 Mondays in November (7th, 14th, 21th) 6:30-8:30 PM
Where: Spokeland, 1121 64th St., Oakland, in the back of the PLACE for Sustainable Living complex
How Much: $40-60 sliding scale fee, includes a 1 year membership to Spokeland!
Work-trade is also a payment option. Please e-mail spokeland@gmail.com if you are interested.
Since it was such a hit, we decided to do it again!
Friday October 21st Spokeland will be hosting Port Sprints
Registration is at Mosswood Park Amphitheater from 7pm to 8pm with Men’s, Women’s, and Trans Brackets
We will leave together at 8 pm SHARP and ride down to the ports together!
Race starts at 8:30! After party to follow!
Cost is $5 – $10 donation that benefits Spokeland Bike Co-Op
-Bracket elimination with brackets set up at random
-Race length will be a ~qtr mile
-There will be holds!
-Double elimination (so if you don’t win, you get a second chance to advance)
-Last but not least:
***CASH PRIZE FOR FIRST PLACE IN ALL BRACKETS***
Our monthly woman and trans hours will be this Saturday October 8th from 2-5 PM. Kids are also invited.
Come hang out and learn to fix your bike in a safe and welcoming environment!
Tomorrow is our first workshop just for kids and families! You and your kids can learn to maintain and fix your bicycles together. This workshop is part of the Ecology Center’s series Refuel Repair Reimagine, and we will be holding it at the EcoHouse in North Berkeley, not at the Spokeland shop.
Time: 10am – Noon.
Location: EcoHouse, 1305 Hopkins St., (enter via garden entrance on
Peralta), Berkeley
Cost: Free. Space is limited, pre-registration ensures a spot (if you haven’t pre-registered, you can still come)
Info: 510-548-2220 x239, register@ecologycenter.org.
Wheelchair accessible.
