Allston-Brighton bikes

Archive for August, 2008

A-Bbikes assists Joseph M. Smith CHC with bike raffle for youth!

Posted: Thursday, August 28th, 2008 @ 9:21 am in news, youth | No Comments »

August 27, 2008 - Allston, MA. Two Joseph M. Smith Community Health Center patients won free bicycle packages in a raffle sponsored by Neighborhood Health Plan and JMSCHC. The bikes were awarded to the two winners (five and eleven year old boys) at the JMSCHC clinic location in Allston, MA. A-Bbikes helped assemble the […]

where da dealz r (deals/sales/specials)…

Posted: Monday, August 25th, 2008 @ 8:35 pm in news | No Comments »

FOR A-Bbikers ONLY:

REI’s currently offering A-Bbikers a coupon for 15% off one full-price item (limited supply of coupons, bikes and some other items are excluded)
(contact ABbikes@gmail.com to get a coupon!)
SkiMarket’s currently offering A-Bbikers a 10% discount on all bikes in their Boston store!
(contact ABbikes@gmail.com to get a coupon!)
Closeouts/promotions/sales offered to the public that may be […]

we got shirts!

Posted: Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 @ 10:00 pm in news, schwag | No Comments »

With the help of our friend Andrew of Urban Adventours, we now have “I [cool bike graphic] Allston/Brighton” t-shirts. They are currently available to buy directly from us (send us an e-mail at ABbikes@gmail.com) and on consignment at some of the cooler A-Bbikes’ partners in our hood (Horror Business http://www.horrorbusiness.biz/ and Stingray http://www.stingraybodyart.com/). Get ‘em […]

Thanks to International Bike Boston!

Posted: Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 @ 12:32 pm in news | No Comments »

International Bicycle Centers Boston is regularly providing funds to help support A-Bbikes’ community outreach… thanks to the management/owners and staff for their continued support!

Boston Bikes’ bike lane map

Posted: Thursday, August 14th, 2008 @ 12:36 am in maps, urban planning | No Comments »

can be found at: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=106008521122548670202.00044f6549489fb2bee10

Boston Bikes’ bike rack map

Posted: Thursday, August 14th, 2008 @ 12:35 am in maps | No Comments »

can be found at: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=106008521122548670202.00044c6a10d9ddbf4518e

Harvard in Allston - IMP/Community Wide Plan and bike issues…

Posted: Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 @ 8:29 pm in Harvard, parkin/racks, urban planning | No Comments »

For A-B bikers who may be interested, according to Gerald Autler “both the Harvard IMP process and the Community-Wide Plan process for all of North Allston/North Brighton will be looking at bicycle lanes/paths and parking. There are no specific plans produced yet…but [Mr. Autler provided us with a copy of] the Scoping Determination recently […]

seeking BU undergrads for officers of BU bikes!

Posted: Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 @ 10:35 am in BU, campus | 4 Comments »

A group of BU students plans to submit an application for a new BU student organization with a mission of working toward making Boston University a more friendly, safe and supportive campus and community for cyclists. BU requires that the officers be undergrad students, ideally ones who will be around for more than just one […]

Suffolk bikes

Posted: Monday, August 11th, 2008 @ 5:49 pm in Suffolk, campus | No Comments »

For A-B bikers interested, there’s a young and growing organization (just like us) called Suffolk bikes… check it out at: http://suffolkbikes.bostonbiker.org

new (friends of) BU bikes Google group!

Posted: Saturday, August 9th, 2008 @ 9:46 am in BU, campus, news | No Comments »

We’ve created a “(friends of) BU bikes” Google group to provide an online forum for those in our community interested in working toward a more bicycle friendly, safe and supportive Boston University Campus. Whether you are a supporter of the concept of bike lanes or “not so much”… completion of the bike lanes on Commonwealth […]