How to Use This Calendar
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Each ride will begin and end at Two Bikes Chattanooga, 1810 E. Main St., unless otherwise noted.
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Each ride will include the total amount of elevation covered during the ride. For the first ten years I rode a bike, I never used a headunit (bike computer) so I had no real understanding of elevation in regards to how hard the ride would be.
In my personal experience a ride with:0-33 feel of elevation per mile is relatively flat and can be considered casual.
33-66 feet of elevation per mile is starting to get “hilly” and you can expect to spend some meaningful time riding uphill on the route.
66 feet of elevation per mile or more is going to be a challenging route with significant hills and probably isn’t going to feel like a casual ride. Also, this is where you might get awesome views, cool remote roads, or fun singletrack/gravel!
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Please bring a lock, water bottle, small tool kit, spare tube, front and rear lights, and a helmet to any ride hosted through Two Bikes.
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Helmets are required on any Two Bikes ride.
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This ride is welcome to all ages, races, ethnicities, genders, and sexual expressions. Come ride bikes y’all!
Two Bikes / The Happy Urbanist Ride
Two Bikes / The Happy Urbanist Ride
Ride Summary: We’re partnering with our friend The Happy Urbanist, to tour Chattanooga, decrypting the places we love to learn about how we can make our town more livable. This ride is not to be missed!
Meet Up: Two Bikes, 1810 E. Main St., 8:45am.
Wheels Down: 9:15am
Distance: 5.1 miles
Elevation: 125 feet
Average Pace: 7-9mph.
Link to Route: The Route!
Minimum Bike Requirements: Almost any good working bike. Please bring lights and locks.
Apparel: This ride will be very casual. Anything’ll work just fine.
Special notes:
The Lynne Welden Ride! Feat. Two Bikes
Ride Summary: We’re partnering with friend of the pod, Lynne Welden to celebrate spring with their Lynne ride! It will be a hoot, it will be a holler, it will feature things beyond your wildest imagination. It’s a mixed surface ride.
Meet Up: Two Bikes, 1810 E. Main St. Suite 100, 8:45am.
Wheels Down: 9:15am.
Distance: 23.3 Miles
Elevation: 1,145 ft. (49 ft/mi)
Average Pace: 14 - 16 mph
Link to Route: Ride With GPS
Minimum Bike Requirements: ATB, Gravel Bike, Mountain Bike, etc.
Apparel: Casual, sporty, you choose!
Special notes: This is a spirited ride that involves riding in a group, single track, and involves a decent amount of elevation.
Two Bikes / Stove Works Bird Identification Ride
Ride Summary: We’re partnering with our friends at Stove Works to host our first ever Bird Identification ride. Not to over hype this, but it’s going to be crazy. We’re going to bike to three local parks and our fearless leader and urban birder, Clay Aldridge, is going to help us identify some spectacular specimen!
Meet Up: Two Bikes, 1810 E. Main St. Suite 100, 8:45am.
Wheels Down: 9:15am.
Distance: 6.4 Miles.
Elevation: 223 feet (35 ft/mi)
Average Pace: 8-10mph.
Link to Route: Ride With GPS
Minimum Bike Requirements: Almost any good working bike, but please have the bike safety checked prior to the ride if you haven’t ridden the bike in a while. We cannot offer safety checks the morning of the ride, but we can during standard business hours.
Apparel: This ride will be very casual. Anything’ll work just fine.
Special notes: If you have binoculars, it will help to have them! I personally do not and I’m sure I’ll still have a good time!
Velo Coffee: Coffee Outside
Ride Organized By: Velo Coffee
Ride Summary: A chill-paced, sub-10-mile ride. All bikes welcome!
Meet Up: Velo Coffee, 9:00 am, Saturday, May 4th.
Wheels Down: 9:15 am
Distance: Around 10 Miles
Average Pace: 8-10 mph
Minimum Bike Requirements: All bikes welcome
Special notes: Bring your camp coffee setup for extra points! Andrew (from Velo) brings pre-made coffee, but fully realize your coffee outside potential by bringing your camp coffee setup.
Two Bikes Yoga Ride
CANCELED - Two Bikes Yoga Ride
Ride Summary: We’re headed to Renaissance Park to do some yoga!
Meet Up: 8:45am, Saturday, April 27th. 1810 E. Main St.
Wheels Down: 9:15am
Distance: 9.5 Miles
Elevation: 352 feet (37 ft/mi)
Average Pace: 8-10mph.
Link to Route: Ride With GPS
Minimum Bike Requirements: Almost any good working bike. Please bring lights and locks.
Apparel: This ride will be very casual. Anything’ll work just fine. Probably would be helpful to wear clothes you’d feel comfortable stretching in.
Special notes: This ride is lead by our board president, Hannah Lancaster! The yoga session will be beginner friendly (I do not do yoga ever, haha), and it’s BYO yoga mat. I don’t have a yoga mat, but I’m going to go anyways and just do yoga in the grass!
Two Bikes / OBED Bikes present Urban Gravel
Two Bikes / OBED Present Urban Gravel
Ride Summary: We’re going to connect your favorite bits of urban single track in this adventurous ride.
Meet Up: Saturday, 4/20, 8:45 am and wheels down at 9:15 am. 1810 E. Main St. Chattanooga, TN 37404.
Distance: 16.1 Miles
Elevation: 863 feet (53.9 ft/mi)
Average Pace: 10-14 mph.
Link to (tentative) Route: Ride with GPS
Minimum Bike Requirements: A dedicated ATB, Gravel bike, cross bike, or mountain bike is highly recommended. This is an advanced ride that requires tires at least 33mm wide.
Apparel: I’d wager the ride will be split between folks in kits and casual apparel. Wear what’s comfortable.
Special notes: Please provide ample space between you and the rider in front of you. This is. technical ride that requires skilled bike handling. Additionally, if you’re a faster rider please migrate to the front of the ride for the single-track bits. We will regroup after each technical section.
Two Bikes / Strong Chattanooga Ride
Two Bikes / Strong Chattanooga Ride
Ride Summary: We’re headed through town with music in tow!
Meet Up: 5:45pm, Saturday April 13th, Two Bikes Chattanooga, 1810 E. Main St.
Wheels Down: 6:15PM
Distance: 7.8 Miles
Elevation: 220 feet (28 ft/mi)
Average Pace: 6-10mph.
Link to Route: Ride With GPS
Minimum Bike Requirements: Almost any good working bike. Please bring lights and locks.
Apparel: This ride will be very casual. Anything’ll work just fine.
Special notes: We’ll be ending the ride at Lo Main! Stick around for a Lo Main afterparty.
Grand Opening!!!
Grand Opening Party!
Location: The side entrance of 1810 E. Main St. Chattanooga, TN 37404
Hours: Saturday, April 13th, 12pm - 6pm
What We Offer: Community work space, affordable refurbished bikes, youth workforce development, community bike rides, and free bicycles for underserved community members.
What to Expect: Two Bikes is an inclusive space designed to promote cycling. We operate a full store front with recycled bicycles, new and used parts and accessories, and a space for the public to work on bikes. When available, we’ll help you wrench on your bike too! For our grand opening we’ll be working on bikes, listening to music, and grilling food all day. There might even be some special appearances from regional celebrity cyclists (like Pharris, Gaston, Tom, Lynne, Derick, Maggie, Hannah, Jarrod, Andrew, maybe some Nashville folks, and maybe some Asheville folks!).
Community Work Station: Two Bikes Chattanooga has one fully equip public work station with professional quality tools for public use.
Affordable Bikes: We offer affordable, recycled bicycles to help create more access to the benefits of bicycling. You can expect us to have about 30 bikes for you to test ride anytime!
Free Bikes: We partner with local nonprofits to distribute free bicycles as transportation to underserved community members. We donate a bike for each bike sold!
Food: My plan is to get the grill running around 1 with a little luck! Expect dogs and veggie dogs.
Velo Coffee: Cloudland Campout
By Velo Coffee
Full Info and Tickets Here
The Cloudland Campout is an in-town, overnight trail ride with summercamp vibes. Think of it as the official going away party for winter.
The River to Clouds Trail is a unique network of bikepath, gravel and dirt connecting downtown Chattanooga with Cloudland Canyon State Park on top of Lookout Mountain...and it's one of the raddest things in Chattanooga! The route for this trip is a slightly modified version of the R.T.C. trail that sprinkles in a little extra pavement and gravel. However, the majority of the route is on dirt, either single track or double track, and none of it very technical.
We will meet and start at Velo Coffee the morning of April 6 and ride as a group the approximately 35-mile route via the Riverwalk, the Guild Trail and a series of dirt trails known to many by the CCT.
We recommend riding a mountain bike or your most comfortable bike with fat tires. Suspension is encouraged and fat tires are necessary. Expect some twisty single track, a couple steepish climbs and some generally rooty/chunky trail sections. We will be posting the final route prior to the date, but expect aboout 3700 feet of elevation gain. The route back on Sunday, April 7 is identical (just a hell of a lot easier).
Our destination is the group lodge at Cloudland Canyon State Park- about half-a-mile from the final trail head on the route. The lodge has a kitchen, a controlable climate??, bunk beds, a fire ring and summer camp vibes in spades.
Your ticket price includes:
Coffee the morning of departure.
Transportation (by car) of one back-pack sized bag - and it's gotta be "carry-on" size.
One night stay at the group lodge (bunk beds, bathrooms and kitchen)
Dinner - provided at the lodge at the completion of the ride on Saturday.
Continental- style breakfast and Coffee on the morning of April 7 (Sunday.
A kinda difficult but rewarding ride.
Party vibez.
You're expected to provide:
Your own tools and tube replacement in the chance of a minor mechanical repair.
Your own snacks and hydration - We will make 2 seperate on-route resupply stops each way/day. We highly recommend bringing at least two water bottles.
Whatever gear you deem necessary for a comfortable night at the lodge. There are bunkbeds for ticket-holders but we recoommend bringing your trusted sleep system (pad, light sleeping bag, camp pillow etc.). Tents are not necessary as we will be sleeping inside.
Drinks you'd like to enjoy at camp - transported by car with the gear.
Strava route link:
https://strava.app.link/EFqGSAGGUHb
Ride With GPS link:
Velo Coffee: Coffee Outside
Ride Organized By: Velo Coffee
Ride Summary: A chill-paced, sub-10-mile ride. All bikes welcome!
Meet Up: Velo Coffee, 8:45 am, Saturday, March 2nd.
Wheels Down: 9:15 am
Distance: Around 10 Miles
Average Pace: 8-10 mph
Minimum Bike Requirements: All bikes welcome
Special notes: Bring your camp coffee setup for extra points! Andrew (from Velo) brings pre-made coffee, but fully realize your coffee outside potential by bringing your camp coffee setup.
Sellout Ride: The Book and Cover
Ride Summary: The sellout series is all about generating support for local businesses. This week we’re headed to Northshore to support one of Chattanooga’s best local bookstores, The Book and Cover. Ride with us, grab a book, and come see the progress at the shop so far!
Meet Up: 8:45 am at Two Bikes, 1810 E. Main St.
Wheels Down: at 9:15 am
Distance: 11.3 Miles
Elevation: 413 feet (36 ft/mi)
Average Pace: 8-10mph.
Link to Route: Ride with GPS
Minimum Bike Requirements: Almost any good working bike. Please bring lights and locks.
Apparel: This ride will be very casual. Anything’ll work just fine.
Special notes: Please consider picking up a book at the Book and Cover!
Greenhouse Growlers Bike Club: Group Ride
Ride Organized By: Adam Karlstad and Oddstory Brewing
Ride Summary: A relaxed paced group ride with post-ride drinks and tacos at The Greenhouse Barrel and Taproom.
Time / Date / Location: 5:45 on Wednesday, February 7th. The Greenhouse, 336 E. M L King Blvd. Chattanooga, TN
Wheels Down: 6:00pm
Challenge Level: “Party pace”
Distance: Around 10 Miles
Average Pace: 8-10 mph
Minimum Bike Requirements: All bikes welcome
Apparel: The 60’s?! Oh, it’s lookin’ nice.
Special notes: Make Sure to bring lights for the ride and a lock for your bike if you want to hangout afterwards.
Greenhouse Growlers Bike Club: Group Ride
Ride Organized By: Adam Karlstad and Oddstory Brewing
Ride Summary: A relaxed paced group ride with post-ride drinks and tacos at The Greenhouse Barrel and Taproom.
Time / Date / Location: 5:30 on Wednesday, January 10th. The Greenhouse, 336 E. M L King Blvd. Chattanooga, TN
Wheels Down: 6:00pm
Challenge Level: “Party pace”
Distance: Around 10 Miles
Average Pace: 8-10 mph
Minimum Bike Requirements: All bikes welcome
Apparel: Dress warm! It looks like it’ll be in the 30’s by the time the rides over, and it’s chilly when the sun’s down.
Special notes: Make Sure to bring lights for the ride and a lock for your bike if you want to hangout afterwards.
Velo Coffee: Coffee Outside
Ride Organized By: Velo Coffee
Ride Summary: A chill paced, sub-10-mile ride. All bikes welcome!
Meet Up: Velo Coffee, 8:45 am, Saturday, January 6th
Wheels Down: 9:15 am
Challenge Level: “Party pace”
Distance: Around 10 Miles
Average Pace: 8-10 mph
Minimum Bike Requirements: All bikes welcome
Apparel: Dress warm! It looks like it’ll be in the low 40s with some clouds.
Special notes: Bring your camp coffee setup for extra points! Andrew (from Velo) brings pre-made coffee, but fully realize your coffee outside potential by bringing your camp coffee setup.
Two Bikes Road Ride
A spirited road ride that leaves from downtown Chattanooga. Afterwards, we’ll hangout at the cafe.
September Critical Mass
Ride Summary: Let’s ride bikes together! We’ll provide some drinks and food during this fun-forward bike ride.
Meet Spot: Velo Coffee, 509 E Main St #3, Chattanooga, TN 37408
Meet Time: 5:30pm
Wheel Down: 6:00pm
Challenge Level: Party Pace, a recreational ride. You’ll need to feel comfortable riding on the road and in a large group.
Distance: About 10 miles.
Elevation: Very Flat
Average Pace: 8-10 mph, casual.
Link to Route: TBD
Minimum Bike Requirement: Lights are required for the ride.
Special Notes: It will definitely be getting dark on us! Please remember to bring your lights, so we can be safe on the road.