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Broken Hearts and Bicycle Parts

Becky Striepe — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:00:10 +0000

Sopo Bicycle Co-op’s annual fund raiser, bicycle scavenger hunt, and dance party is coming up this weekend in Atlanta!

At least year’s event, 150 cyclists raised over $2000 for the local nonprofit.

Located right in the heart of East Atlanta, Sopo Bicycle Co-op is an amazing resource for local cyclists. The shop provides tools, education and free bicycle maintenance to anyone who pops in with a ride. You can even build your own bike there! Frames and various parts are available on a suggested donation basis, and their knowledgeable volunteers are always around to help out during shop hours.

Community Bicycle Project Comes to the Southeast

Becky Striepe — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:00:45 +0000

[Image Credit: Timothy J on Flickr under a Creative Commons license]

Each year, community bicycle projects from around the country (and abroad) come together at the Bike!Bike! to talk shop and come up with ideas for making their communities more bicycle-friendly. Atlanta’s Sopo Bicycle Co-op is teaming up with Bike Collectives Network to bring this annual conference to the Southeast for the first time this January!

Two Wheels Good, Four Wheels Baaad: Atlanta’s Sopo Bicycle Co-op

Becky Striepe — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:41:24 +0000

[image via Sopo Bikes]

The co-op got started in 2004 when a group of local cyclists were lamenting the high price of maintaining their bikes. For most of them their bikes were their primary mode of transit, so they couldn’t afford to leave them at a bike shop for a long period of time. Their solution? A collectively owned bike shop, where folks can share their tools and their knowledge! They started out as a mobile shop, doing repairs where their resources and expertise were needed. Now, they have a permanent space in East Atlanta and keep regular hours.

With more and more folks ditching their cars for pedal power, SoPo just keeps growing! They do all sorts of great community outreach, like offering affordable bike parking racks to local businesses.