Help Raise $100,000 in honor of Gearin’ Up Bikes.

Youth. Community. Empowerment. Since 2012, Gearin’ Up Bikes has been on a mission to create bicycle-mechanic training for youth from under-served communities in Washington, DC, simultaneously offering career development opportunities and providing access to quality, affordable, used bicycles for those in need. To all of you in the wider bicycling community who have lent their […]

Blog Post: Last updated by Anna McCormally on December 18, 2023.

Blog Post: Last updated by Anna McCormally
on December 18, 2023.

 

Make Bike Shifting Your Friend with Steve Offutt

Understanding how shifting works on your bike will make you a better, more confident and more comfortable bike rider. Join WABA Instructor, Steve Offutt, as he breaks down the process of shifting, identifies parts of the drive train and answers your questions to improve your next ride.

Blog Post, Event: Last updated by Colin Browne on July 15, 2020.

Blog Post, Event: Last updated by Colin Browne
on July 15, 2020.

 

Class

Make Bike Shifting Your Friend with Steve Offutt

Understanding how shifting works on your bike will make you a better, more confident and more comfortable bike rider.

Blog Post, Event: Last updated by Colin Browne on July 15, 2020.

Blog Post, Event: Last updated by Colin Browne
on July 15, 2020.

 

Class

Bike Buying 101 with Robyn Short

Join WABA Instructor and Black Women Bike member, Robyn, as she discusses everything you’ve ever wanted to know about buying a bike. She’ll simplify your research process to narrow down your options and identify the benefits, perils, and hidden costs of each. She’ll also discuss how to adjust your bike shopping process during the pandemic.

Blog Post, Event: Last updated by Colin Browne on July 15, 2020.

Blog Post, Event: Last updated by Colin Browne
on July 15, 2020.

 

Class

“I could never do that!”

How I built up the confidence to ride on the road.

Blog Post: Last updated by Colin Browne on January 29, 2018.

Blog Post: Last updated by Colin Browne
on January 29, 2018.

 

Women & Bicycles Demystifies Cogs, Chains, Cassettes

WABA’s Women & Bicycles helped to demystify shifting gears at our latest workshop. Don’t worry, we can help you too!

Blog Post: Last updated by Carm Saimbre on March 19, 2019.

Blog Post: Last updated by Carm Saimbre
on March 19, 2019.

 

Know Your Jargon: Filtering, Shoaling & Salmoning

Do you ride a bike? Do you salmon? Do you shoal? Want to learn what these terms mean and how to be a better bicyclist? Come join us at a City Cycling class!

Blog Post: Last updated by Colin Browne on May 9, 2017.

Blog Post: Last updated by Colin Browne
on May 9, 2017.

 

“Who knew I would get a PhD before learning to ride a bike?”

Want to learn? We love to teach.

Blog Post: Last updated by Carm Saimbre on March 19, 2019.

Blog Post: Last updated by Carm Saimbre
on March 19, 2019.

 

Wow it’s so much more fun to ride my bicycle after that!

“I came away from the class feeling super knowledgeable and confident and eager to get riding!”

Blog Post: Last updated by Sarah Katz-Hyman on September 16, 2015.

Blog Post: Last updated by Sarah Katz-Hyman
on September 16, 2015.

 

Women & Bicycles Tip: Know The Power of Shifting

This entry is part of our Women & Bicycles Bi-Weekly Tips series. Women & Bicycles is WABA’s outreach and encouragement initiative to build a stronger women’s bike community and get more women on bikes. Click here to learn more and get involved. Shifting gears; important for greater comfort, power, and in general for being a more confident bicyclist. […]

Blog Post: Last updated by Pedro Dana on July 20, 2020.

Blog Post: Last updated by Pedro Dana
on July 20, 2020.

 

Women & Bicycles Bulletin #1

It feels like we’ve been talking about our Women & Bicycles program forever. We’re preparing to finally, finally launch it officially in March—and we’ve got a lot to do before then. We sent out the first Women & Bicycles Bulletin to those who signed up for our email list today, and we’re reposting the information […]

Blog Post: Last updated by Alex Baca on February 6, 2013.

Blog Post: Last updated by Alex Baca
on February 6, 2013.

 

Women & Bicycles Bulletin #1

It feels like we’ve been talking about our Women & Bicycles program forever. We’re preparing to finally, finally launch it officially in March—and we’ve got a lot to do before then. We sent out the first Women & Bicycles Bulletin to those who signed up for our email list today, and we’re reposting the information […]

Blog Post: Last updated by Alex Baca on February 6, 2013.

Blog Post: Last updated by Alex Baca
on February 6, 2013.

 

The ABC’s of Family Biking: Photo Recap

Blog Post: Last updated by Shane Farthing on April 23, 2012.

Blog Post: Last updated by Shane Farthing
on April 23, 2012.

 

Women on Bikes: WABA’s New Outreach Campaign

This post is part of WABA’s Women on Bikes program, an ongoing campaign to create a community, share resources, and develop strategies for getting more women on bikes. To read about the project so far, click here to check out the WABA blog. To learn more and sign up to receive emails about this project, […]

Blog Post: Last updated by Daniel Hoagland on April 10, 2012.

Blog Post: Last updated by Daniel Hoagland
on April 10, 2012.

 

What are those kids doing?

On your way into work tomorrow, you may notice vast hordes of children walking, bicycling and making their way down the street. It’s quite likely that they will be pretty loud and boisterous, making you look out your window to see what the commotion is. Have no fear-it’s just International Walk and Bike to School […]

Blog Post: Last updated by Gina Arlotto on October 4, 2011.

Blog Post: Last updated by Gina Arlotto
on October 4, 2011.

 

Beat the Heat: Tips for Biking During the Worst of the Summer

You might’ve noticed that here in the DC region, we’re embroiled in our annual heat wave. Temperatures are hovering in the triple-digit range, air quality alerts and heat advisories are a daily routine. Even some of us who ride our bikes year-round don’t find too much enjoyment biking in these circumstances, but there are a […]

Blog Post: Last updated by Shane Farthing on July 22, 2011.

Blog Post: Last updated by Shane Farthing
on July 22, 2011.

 

Where Did You learn to Ride That Way?

Recently you started noticing some of your co-workers arriving in the morning with bicycle helmets, bike racks seemed to be magically appearing in front of all the restaurants and stores you frequent, and you started asking yourself “what’s up with all those red bikes?” So one day you decided to start riding a bike again. […]

Blog Post: Last updated by Shane Farthing on June 30, 2011.

Blog Post: Last updated by Shane Farthing
on June 30, 2011.

 

Winter Riding Part II: What to Wear

The story continues from Winter Riding Part I: How to Ride Hello, and welcome back. We hope you all enjoyed yesterday’s article about what to watch out for out there on winter roads. Today, we want to talk about what to do before you even get on the bike. Winter riding is all about preparation, and […]

Blog Post: Last updated by Daniel Hoagland on December 9, 2010.

Blog Post: Last updated by Daniel Hoagland
on December 9, 2010.

 

Winter Riding Part I: How to Ride

We all knew this season was coming. It seems like only yesterday we were riding around in shorts and cranking up the AC, but here we are in December already, and that means cold-weather bicycling is on everyone’s minds. Right about now, some of you are probably thinking, “Why on earth would I want to […]

Blog Post: Last updated by Daniel Hoagland on December 9, 2010.

Blog Post: Last updated by Daniel Hoagland
on December 9, 2010.