URBAN ASSAULT RIDE RETURNS – April 1, 2012

February 12, 2012

There were 350 goofy and gaudy riders the first year... and 598 last year. But we can do much better this year ! So flutter your wings. It's all about the buzz.

It’s been moved to April Fool’s Day !

CABA will be a recipient of event day proceeds again this year  compliments of New Belgium Brewery.

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CABA needs 9 volunteers

Get a FREE CABA memberships, a  FREE organic T-shirt, FREE Fat Tire Ale, and FREE grub for 3-4 hours of your time. To volunteer on-line, CLICK: CABA 2012. NOTE: Use this link instead of the UAR website to volunteer.

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THE LATEST TREK MODEL >

February 11, 2012

Andy Singer cartoon. Copyright Andy Singer

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A TYPICAL CABA MONTHLY FORUM

January 6, 2012

Francisco Montero, expert mechanic now with TrySports teaching bike fundamentals / august 2011

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260 BICYCLES = 1 XMAS TREE

December 22, 2011

 Shenyang, China. (ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)

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MYSTERY PHOTO QUIZ

November 21, 2011

Win a CABA intro. membership

It’s been a while since we’ve had a quiz, but we have some tempting morsels lined up for you to chew on. Be the first to identify the location below and we send you a FREE annual membership card good for  10% discounts at 14 area bike shops and the feel-good pride that you are supporting the cause of safe, healthy and fun cycling for young and old alike. Just send us  your snail-mail address and answer to charlottebikes@gmail.org or use the comment bubble below.

That's a real bike folks. Not part of the sculpture.

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MYSTERY PHOTO QUIZ – WHERE IS THIS ?

November 5, 2011

..and the winners are >

Keihly Moore and Randy Godfrey

Congratulations! You correctly identified the location as Caribou Coffee on East Blvd. near Scott Ave!  Keihly tells us she is a grad student at UNCC in urban design, and a loyal CABA volunteer, and Randy tells us he hangs out with the Critical Mass gang of single-speed social deviants (well, not exactly).

Not only do you receive a FREE 1-year membership card, but you will also receive a FREE set of perma-frozen caribou antlers and a FREE year’s supply of stale coffee grinds. Who could ask for anything more ?

You also get 10% discounts at 14 area bike shops and the feel-good pride that you are supporting the cause of safe and healthy cycling for young and old alike in metro Charlotte.

Stay tuned. We will have another quiz next week !

Thanks to Ilan Paltrow and the folks at Bicycle Sport for being good corporate citizens !

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IN MEMORIAM: STEVE JOBS

October 15, 2011

Take a few minutes 

View this YouTube video..

…then pass it on.

A brilliant analogy – presenting the thesis that “the computer is the bicycle for our minds“.

A younger Steve Jobs speaks on memory and the imagination for a Library of Congress documentary

Thank you to Treehugger online and others for letting us know.

And his more recent comments at the commencement exercises of Stanford University:

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.

Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice.

And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

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Steve Jobs’  inventive genius, commitment and profound passion to causes larger than himself will be sorely missed.

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