It should be a beautiful next couple days to get out and ride before rain rolls into town on Sunday. There’s lots of fun events going on this weekend including the first charity ride of the season, Pedal Thru the Pines, what will probably be the biggest Thursday Night Social Ride in months tonight (with training before hand for potential ride leaders) and the hot, hot, hot release party on Sunday for The Dropout’s third issue featuring Austin pinups on bikes. If you don’t get enough titillation on Sunday, the Bike Porn film festival will be making a stop in Austin on Wednesday night.
Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. Thanks to Jason at ATXBS for letting us know about some events we couldn’t find elsewhere. As always, if there is an event you know about that’s not on our calendar contact us, and we’ll add your event on and possibly add it to the weekly round up.
Thursday, March 4
Thursday Night Bike Polo
5:30 PM, Eastwoods Park, 3001 Harris Park Ave
The Austin Bike Polo Club’s weekday match. All bikes and skill levels are welcome and spare mallets and balls are available if you don’t have any. Check out our recent article on bike polo for more info.
Social Cycling ATX Rider Leader training
6:30 PM, The Scoot Inn, 1308 E. 4th St. (Corner of 4th and Navasota)
Ever wanted to help out on the popular Social Cycling ATX Thursday Night Social Ride or other social rides. Show up for a brief training and join in on the ride later.
Thursday Night Social Ride
7:30 PM, The Scoot Inn, 1308 E. 4th St. (Corner of 4th and Navasota)
A ride from the Facebook group Social Cycling ATX. that has gotten so big it had to abandon the Pfluger Bridge start location. Meet at 7:30 p.m. leave at 8 p.m. Details on this week’s ride: “TA nice social cruise around town with a stop at a park for some bike games. Once we are through riding around, we are heading to Creekside Lounge where will have a DJ and some free beer for us on the outside patio. We will be able to bring our bikes onto the patio as long as space permits.” Read our recent article on the popular weekly ride.
Friday, March 5
Fabulous Fixed First Friday (Alleycat)
6 PM, Capitol Grounds
The first Friday of the month means Fabulous Fixed First Friday alleycat races sponsored by Fast Folks. Bring $5 and a fixed gear bike to race. No bag required this month. Come and cheer even if you don’t plan to race so you can start your weekend right. There will be an afterparty but you have to come to find out where.
Saturday, March 6
Pedal Thru the Pines
Bastrop High School, 1700 Chambers St, Bastrop, TX
The 8th Annual Pedal Thru The Pines hosted by the Family Crisis Center invites you to participate in a fun filled day that supports the Center’s vision of a safe community built on equality without the existence of violence. Cyclists will enjoy traversing the beautiful Loblolly Pines of Bastrop and Buescher State Parks and the surrounding country roads of Bastrop, Fayette and Lee counties. The routes provide a unique experience for cyclists of every level. Well stocked rest stops, friendly volunteers and a top notch veteran SAG Team add to the success of this must do event. Distances of 16, 27, 50 or 65 miles (on paved roads).
Mellow Johnny’s Scout-A-RideMueller Meander
9:30 AM, Mellow Johnny’s, 400 Nueces St
Saturday mornings spent exploring City of Austin bike routes finding new neighborhoods and ways to get around on your bike. Today’s ride cruises through the east side to check out the new Mueller development then visits Cherrywood before returning. These rides are meant for exploring so bring your questions and leave your heart rate monitor at home. Come by at 9:00 for coffee. Ride organizer: Eileen Schaubert at eileen@mellowjohnnys.com or 512-426-4851.
Mountain Bike Skills Clinic
9:30 AM, Pure Austin Quarry Lake, 210 W. Braker Ln
As part of the PURE Austin FITNESS EXPO, bring your mountain bike and join Bicycle Sport Shop’s 2010 Mountain Bike Team for a riding skills clinic and bike maintenance class at Pure Austin! Learn how to bunny hop, ride over logs, pop your wheel over a curb, ride obstacles and much more! Also learn to change a flat and the basics of bike maintenance. Come meet our team and learn more about the Bicycle Sport Shop club team and join them beginning at noon for team member-led mountain bike rides at Walnut Creek! RSVP here.
SkelliCyclists Poker Pub Crawl Pirate Ride
3 PM, The Draught House, 4112 Medical Parkway
The SkelliCyclists Bike Club is putting on this rogue ride with a chance to win prizes and treasure. Come dressed as a pirate and bring $3 if you want to play poker for the booty. Arrr!
Sunday, March 7
Sunday Morning Fixie Ride
10:20 AM, Posse East, 2900 Duval St
The ride is focused on fixed-gear bikes, but everyone is welcome. The ride will proceed at a social pace from the UT campus on various routes of 25-35 miles.
Weekly Ladies Ride presented by Mellow Johnny’s
3:30 PM, Mellow Johnny’s Bike Show, 400 Nueces St
Starting at 3:30 sharp, it’s a 2 hour ride for ladies only. Join experienced riders from Mellow Johnny’s for a friendly and moderately paced social ride (14-16mph average). Get more comfortable riding in a group, learn tips & tricks, and meet other like-minded cyclists. Stay afterwards for champagne and strawberries at Royal Blue Grocery across the street! Some things to keep in mind before meeting us for this ride: Have a road bike in good working condition, Bring a helmet, Wear cycling clothing, Bring plenty of water, Are able to ride comfortably for 2 hours without stopping.
The Dropout Issue 3 Release Party
7 PM, Fast Folks Cyclery, 2513 East 6th St
Austin’s very own cycling zine, The Dropout, is putting out it’s third issue and this one is hot, hot, hot with bicycle pin-ups featuring some of Austin’s loveliest ladies. There will be free Lonestars and $5 will get you a copy of this issue while it lasts.
Yellow Bike Benefit at Beerland
9 PM, Beerland, 711 Red River St
Yellow Bike Project is finishing out there new workshop on Webberville and need you financial support to get the project done. Featured music from The Royal Butchers, The Fleshlights, and DJ Brian Tweedy.
Tuesday, March 9
Tuesday Night Bike Polo Match
5 PM, Joslin Park, Manchaca St & Redd St
In the last month, Austin Texas Bike Polo Social Club has added matches in South Austin on Tuesday nights.
Wednesday, March 10
Hump Day Ride hosted by Social Cycling ATX
Noon, Lamar Blvd Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge, Lady Bird Lake
The latest new ride from Social Cycling ATX. Social paced ride for the riders that can make it out during the work week. We will have a few stops one at a coffee shop and one for lunch. All levels are welcome. Share with your “funemployed” friends.
Weekly Bike Maintenance and Flat Repair Classes hosted by Mellow Johnny’s
6 PM, Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop, 400 Nueces St
Every Wednesday at 6pm Mellow Johnny’s has bike maintenance and flat repair classes. Learn how to fix a flat tire and add life to your bike with simple maintenance and repairs. Please RSVP to Chuck at chuck@mellowjohnnys.com if you plan on attending on of the classes. Classes fill up quickly so RSVP soon so you don’t get left out!
Wednesday Night Road Ride XXXI
7 PM, Check site for start location
Formerly the Thursday Night Road Ride. All levels of riders are welcome on this 20-25 mile night ride with stops to regroup. This is a “friendly drop” ride. This means that if we can see your lights, you won’t drop be dropped. Lights are mandatory and helmets strongly recommended. Come early and enjoy drinks and food before and after the ride.
Bike Porn 3: Cyclebound
10 PM, Dobie Theater, 2nd Floor, 2025 Guadalupe St
VENUE CHANGE: 11 PM at Coldtowne Theater, 4803-B Airport Blvd. (next to I Luv Video)
A national film festival showing shorts combining bicycles and sex. $8 or $6 for Austin Film Society Members, seniors and students.
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on Mar 4th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
A “rouge ride”? Is this one for the ladies or can anyone with a sensibility towards color-coordinated cosmetics attend?
on Mar 4th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Damn you, auto correct! I’ve made the change so wearing rouge is now optional, Pirates of the Caribbean not withstanding.
on Mar 4th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Love the YBP benny poster.
on Mar 5th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
YIKES! The Dobie’s corporate masters at Landmark Theaters are not allowing Bike Porn to show!
They are trying to reschedule for a new venue but so far most places have been unable or unwilling to help.
Keep your eyes trained on http://www.BikeSmut.com for the lattest info
on Mar 5th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
Hmm, I seem to recall seeing “Blonde Emannuelle in 3D” at Dobie many years ago — hardcore porn (we were expecting it to be softcore, but the 3D was still funny as Hell.) Of course, this was nearly 20 years ago, so things must have changed.