Here are the details from Decatur Commissioner Fred Boykin…

Tuesday, March 18! Please join fellow cyclists, metro area mayors and other elected officials for the ninth annual Georgia Rides To The Capitol event as we ride to the state capitol in support of better cycling conditions in Georgia. The Decatur ride will be led by Decatur City Commissioner Fred Boykin and leaves from the E. Lake MARTA station (north parking lot) at 10:45 am. The route is an easy paced, 5 mile ride and will be police escorted to the capitol (not the return).

Governor Nathan Deal is expected to address the cyclists at noon. FREE registration (registrants are covered by event insurance).  FREE commemorative leg bands for all who register. Donations gladly accepted! Details on the web site. Click here for the details.

If the “here” link doesn’t work – the site address is www.GeorgiaRidesToTheCapitol.org

As the Saporta Report reports, Atlanta just put out a Request for Proposals on a bike share program that would eventually span to both Atlanta and Decatur.   The initial Bike Feasibility Study (funded by the Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation) gives great background on the initiative, including the map above that shows Atlanta/Buckhead and Decatur as the “Phase 1 Market Service Areas”.   (You’ll find a more detailed map on page 6 of the study.)

According to the study, Decatur would initially have 30 bikes at 3 different stations throughout the city, while Atlanta would have 540 bikes at 54 stations spanning the city’s core and up in Buckhead.

The executive summary of the study states that a bike share program “can work in Atlanta and Decatur” and estimates the initial capital and operational costs at $6 and 12.9 million over a six year period.

All this on the heals on the launch of NYC’s new bike share program over the weekend.

UPDATE: One additional point of clarification from Rebecca at Atlanta Bike…

the RFP is for a City of Atlanta system only. COA can’t issue an RFP for Decatur. Our hope is that Atlanta and Decatur will select the same vendor so that people would only need one membership to use bike share in Atlanta and Decatur.

Our bike share feasibility was a joint project between City of Atlanta and Decatur,

My wife mentioned to me last night that it looked like the old Kaleidoscope space – between Sawicki’s and Cakes & Ale on West Ponce – had finally been leased due to some general renovations and clean-up in the space.  Today an anonymous tipster gave us the 411 on who it is!

Bike shop “Tri Your Best” is moving from its current Stone Mountain location to downtown Decatur next month.  From the shop’s website…

Tri Your Best will officially be closing it’s doors in Stone Mountain on Thursday, Jan 27th at 2pm. We would like to thank all of our customers for their continued support and can’t wait to see all of you in our new location in Downtown Decatur! We should be up and running over there about the 2nd week of Feb. Stay tuned for further developments. We will keep all of you in the loop!

Not sure if they’ll be sticking with “Tri Your Best” or if they will take on the “Decatur Bikes” name that is their new URL.  Lots more info about their existing business over on their website!