With the Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow, we will be doing our round-up of bike culture events a day early. I’ve also included events through next Saturday as there is a particular event I want to make sure you don’t miss. As always, thanks to ATXBS for helping provide listings for the calendar of events. Happy Turkey Day, everyone.

Thursday, November 27

Gobble Wobble – Thanksgiving Alleycat Race
Meet at 10 AM, Race 10:30-12:30, Lamar Street/Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge
An informal in town race and scavenger hunt, alleycat races are a blast and not to be missed. This race, started years ago by the staff at Bicycle Sport Shop, is open to all and should be great as car traffic will be at a minimum. Worst thing you can do is not show. Best thing? Come dressed as a gigantic turkey. Ride any bike you wish; just make sure you can carry some stuff! So pop your turkey in the oven at 350º and head out for some alleycattin’.

Friday, November 28

November Critical Mass
5 PM, West Mall on the University of Texas campus
The last Friday of each month means Critical Mass time. Now that you’re stuffed with turkey and football, ride it off counter culture style. This bike jamming ride designed to shout to the world that bikes belong had over 400 participants last month and in September took a peaceful ride on the upper deck of I-35. You never know what will happen, but don’t miss this foundation of the Austin bike culture we know today.

Saturday, November 29

Yellowbike at Downtown Austin Farmer’s Market
Booth, 9 AM – 1 PM, Workshop: Pannier Building Workshop (register here), 10 – 11 AM, Yellowbike tent at the Austin Farmer’s Market, 4th & Guadalupe
11:30 AM- Tent Revival Bike Choir
The good folks at Austin’s Yellowbike Project now have a tent set up at the Austin Farmer’s Market each Saturday with general information, t-shirts, and access to a full tool kit and repair stands for your basic bike maintenance needs. They are doing a series of workshops to help you learn basic bicycle self-sufficiency with this week’s on pannier building. Afterwards at 11 AM, there will be a performance of the Tent Revival Bike Choir who will save you from the damnation of the automobile with riotous blessing of voices. YBP asks that you please register here so they can prepare enough materials for each workshop.

Bike Capture the Flag
9:13 AM, 9th Street BMX Park, 9th street about a block east of Lamar, just past the Shoal Creek Greenbelt
The fine anarchists with F@#kin’ A Rodeo have organized (or as organized as anarchists get) a free bicycle capture the flag game. Teams will be assigned and rules explained Saturday morning.

Midnight Moonlight Tower Tour
11:59 PM, Lamar Street/Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge
For those of you who missed the Moonlight Tower Tour earlier this month and can stay up past ten, here’s your chance to see all 15 of Austin’s remaining Moonlight Towers. Multiple stops will be made along the way to imbibe fresh libations.

Tuesday, December 2

Is the Dirty Derby in your future?

Dirty Derby Cyclocross race series
Registration begins 6 PM, First race at 6:30, Austin/Del Valle Motorcross Park, 15400 Pearce Ln, Del Valle
Discover the fastest growing type of bike racing in America, cyclocross. Ride yourself into oxygen debt on road and off road while also dismounting occationally to carry your bike. It’s way more fun than it sounds. This series with beginner, intermediate, and open races runs every Tuesday until January 6.

Friday, December 5

ATXFixed Fast Friday 3 – Alleycattin’ on the East Side
5 PM Registration ($5), Chicon & 4th Street
An informal in town race and scavenger hunt, alleycat races are a blast and not to be missed. The writers over at ATXFixed have put together this fixed gear bike only alleycat race to start the weekend off right. A party with live music will follow the race.

Saturday, December 6

Bicycle Sport Shop presents: Urban Farm Bicycle Tour
The Main Event send off is 10 a.m. from the Downtown Market (10 mile ride)
9 a.m. from Bicycle Sport Shop South Lamar (14 mile ride)
9:30am from Sunset Valley Farmer’s Market (24 mile ride)
Austin Flyers Women’s Cycling Team will be leading this tour of Austin’s urban farms in conjunction with Bicycle Sport Shop and Edible Austin. The tour will depart from 3 locations with the Sunset Valley starters going straight to the first farm. The route will visit local farms in East Austin including Boggy Creek Farm, Rain Lily Farm, with an optional route extension to Hands of the Earth Farm, site of the Urban Roots Youth Launch farm. There will also be stop at the Edible Austin Tea Party, hosted at Zhi Tea Gallery. Registration is $25 for an individual and $40 for families and online registration closes at midnight on Friday, December 5. All proceeds will go to Urban Roots, a youth development program that uses sustainable agriculture as a means to effect lasting change for youth participants and nourishes East Austin residents who have limited access to healthy foods.