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Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 2/2- 2/8/12

elliott — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:55:34 +0000

Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. 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, February 2

Thursday Night Bike Polo
5:00 PM, Metz Park, 2407 Canterbury St
The Austin Bike Polo Club’s holds 3 hardcourt matches a week, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays, at Metz Park. All bikes and skill levels are welcome and spare mallets and balls are available if you don’t have any. Check out our article on bike polo for more info.

Thursday Night Social Ride
7:30 PM, Plaza Saltillo, East 5th & Comal
“Hey boys and girls put on your boogie shoes because this week we are headed to Barbarella (as if half of you weren’t gonna end up there anyway) for dancing and free tallboys. This week we have a super secret code word to keep vultures off our free booze. So when you get a tallboy the free ones are only at the middle bar and the code word is HONEY BADGER. Remember the beer is free the bartenders are not so show the tip jar some love.” Meet up at 7:30, ride at 8:00. Read our article on the weekly ride. Join the Social Cycling Facebook Group.

Saturday, February 4

Bike Rodeo/Bicycle Skills 123 Training
9 AM- Noon, Dell Children’s Center, 4900 Mueller Blvd
Become certified to teach the League of American Bicyclists (LAB) Bicycle Skills 123 Clinic curriculum so you can organize and administer children’s cycling skills clinics. The curriculum offers advice on organizing and executing a skills clinic and covers administrative stations such as helmet fitting and bike inspections as well as skills stations covering bicycle handling and rules of the road. Handout materials include detailed course diagrams and recommended clinic layout. Upon completion, Youth Instructors have access to general liability insurance through the LAB’s insurance program and can apply for rodeo kits and helmets through the Austin Cycling Association and Safe Kids Austin Coalition. The certification course is approximately two hours in duration and does not require prior cycling experience. This curriculum and course is sponsored by the National Bike Dealers Association and conducted under the auspices of a NBDA member.

Mellow Johnny’s Scout-A-Ride: Another Pleasant Valley Bike Ride – Backwards!
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. This week’s theme: Another Pleasant Valley Bike Ride – Backwards! Today we venture onto a southeast Austin route with a foray over the river via Pleasant Valley Rd and rolling back through Travis Heights. It’s a mix of flat, hills, urban and creekside all within minutes of downtown. No, we won’t be riding our bikes backwards but riding the route in reverse just to experience the climbs in a new way. Join us for a pre-ride coffee or snack at 9:00 at Juan Pelota Cafe. Helmets required. If driving to the shop, please park in the street.Contact:Stephanie at Stephanie@mellowjohnnys.com.

Sunday, February 5

AFWC Ladies Ride
9:00 AM, Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop, 400 Nueces St.
Join the women of the Austin Flyers Women’s Cycling Club every Sunday for an intermediate, ladies-only ride. This friendly, 2.5-3 hour ride averages 15-16 mph, with routes varying each week. It is a great opportunity for women looking to continue their fitness, learn new routes and meet new riding partners. Beginner women are encouraged to check out the Saturday Scout-a-Route ride for a shorter, more casual route.

Tuesday, February 7

Bike-in Movie Benefit for ACA: Bicycle Dreams
Doors open at 6:15, Movie starts at 7 PM, Alamo Drafthouse 1120 S Lamar Blvd
Movie showing of Bicycle Dreams to benefit the Austin Cycling Association. Take your seat early at 6:15 pm to order from the menu and chat with fellow cyclists. Movie starts at 7 pm Get inspired and support the ACA and this award winning independent film about Race Across America. Folowing the movie, there will be a raffle and ACA’s own RAAM finisher, Susan Farago, will be on hand for a short Q&A. Buy tickets early. Only 118 will be sold.

Austin Bike Chix Beginner Ride
6:30 PM, Northwest District Park, 7000 Ardath St.
There is a new series of bike rides in town for those new to cycling or for those that just need to dust off that bike. Austin Bike Chix will be offering a series of rides to Austin Area adults. The rides will start at Northwest Park on March 22 at 6:30 PM and will continue on Tuesdays for 6 weeks. The series of rides will be more like mini clinics (with topics ranging from chains to hills) to give new riders knowledge about the bike and confidence to be able to do the shorter distances on some of the local charity rides and beginner rides in town. These rides are perfect for those wanting to do ride in the Tour de Cure or are a first time triathlete. We will be riding on the road, all bikes are welcome. All rides are free.

Full Snow Moon Bike Ride
11:59 PM, Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge, Lady Bird Lake
Lunar monthly midnight ride organized by the ATex Full Moon Cruise Facebook Group. This moon is called the Full Snow Moon – since the heaviest snow usually falls during this month, native tribes of the north and east most often called February’s full Moon the Full Snow Moon. Some tribes also referred to this Moon as the Full Hunger Moon, since harsh weather conditions in their areas made hunting very difficult. Now, being that this is Austin, Texas, snow isn’t particularly likely (but then again, neither is rain, but we got a whole bunch of that last month!) but either way, rain, snow or moonshine, we’ll be out riding next Tuesday night!

Wednesday, February 8

Restorative Yoga for Cyclists
7:30 PM, Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop, 400 Nueces St
Spend your winter keeping the body warmed and relaxed with Restorative Yoga for Cyclists at Mellow’s Johnny’s. Long miles accompanied by yoga will help you release tension, stay injury-free and set you up for a blazing Spring. Our class is great for non-cyclists, beginners and elite athletes. Join us after a ride, run or long day at work or school. Every Wednesday 7:30-8:30pm (downstairs) Suggested donation of $10 or $5 if you bike ride to class. Mat provided by MJ’s.

Dirt Derby spring session delayed until Feb 21

elliott — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:48:15 +0000

Track reconstruction at the Del Valle Motorcross Park has progressed at a slower rate than expected so the Dirt Derby will not be returning until February 21:

Unfortunately the six inches or so of rain that fell this past week have forced us to delay the spring iteration of The Peddler Dirt Derby by a couple weeks. There is still some track construction that needs doing and they will be starting that up once the course is drained out. We have decided to start up again on Tuesday, February 21st. Sorry about the various delays this spring; we’re as anxious to get this up as y’all are and we look forward to racing as soon as possible.- Dirt Derby

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 1/26- 2/1/12

elliott — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:27:11 +0000

Thursday, January 26

Thursday Night Social Ride
7:30 PM, Plaza Saltillo, East 5th & Comal
“This week we will be cruising south side to The 04 Lounge for some free beers and good times.” Meet up at 7:30, ride at 8:00. Read our article on the weekly ride. Join the Social Cycling Facebook Group.

Saturday, January 28

Mellow Johnny’s Scout-A-Ride: From Mellow’s to Nelo’s & Major Taylor Meet Up
*NEW START TIME* 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. This week’s theme: From Mellow’s to Nelo’s & Major Taylor Meet Up. We’ll head north along the west side of downtown with a stop at Nelo’s Cycles new location near Steck and Mesa. Our ride will provide us with beautiful rolling hills and a downhill return. Major Taylor Meetup Rides are a call out to cyclists of color to come network and help shape the Major Taylor Austin club in anticipation of a weekend of launch events in late February. Join us for a pre-ride coffee or snack at 9:00 at Juan Pelota Cafe. Helmets required. If driving to the shop, please park in the street.Contact:Stephanie at Stephanie@mellowjohnnys.com.

FrankenBike #78/FrankenBabe #4
10 AM- 4PM, The Parlor, 4301 B. Guadalupe Street
Austin’s monthly free bike swap returns. If you’ve got bike stuff to sell or trade, just show up with a table or blanket to hawk your wares. Come and and join us for a great Saturday Party with Bikes, Bands and Brew to kick off 2012 FrankenBike and our fourth annual tribute to the lovely ladies of biking, FrankenBabe!!! BryCycle will be offering complimentary tune ups for the ladies and we have a great line up of bands including Lucas Cook and IPD

Sunday, January 29

Tuesday, January 31

Dirt Derby
Gates open at 5:30, 1st race at 6:30, Austin/Del Valle Motorcross Park, 15400 Pearce Ln
The Dirt Derby is a weekly short course mountain bike and cyclocross race series that takes place at the Del Valle Motorcross Park. It is held every Tuesday night on a lighted course. There are three racing levels, Beginner (20 mi @ 6:30), Intermediate (MTB 25 min @ 7:00/CX 25 min @ 7:30), and Open (30 min @ 8:05), and you do not need a USA Cycling license to race. In addition to weekly prizes, there will be 3 six week series racers will be scored on for more prizes. Registration closes 10 minutes before each race. Cyclocross racers start one minute behind Short Track MTB, use slightly different courses, but everyone finishes on the same lap. $10; women, beginners only $5. Second race same night $5. Kids are free!

Wednesday, February 1

Free Women’s Only Maintenance Classes
6 PM, Bicycle Sport Shop South, 517 S. Lamar Blvd
Free maintenance class covers pre-ride safety inspection, wheel removal, tire change, and proper cleaning and lubrication. You’ll learn the basics to keep your bike rolling safely and smoothly. This class is women only and taught by a woman mechanic on the 1st Wednesday of each month.

Austin Bike Zoo launches Kickstarter campaign to reimage A Midsummer Night’s Dream

elliott — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:27:22 +0000

The Rabbit meets Alice in Austin Bike Zoo's 2009 2 wheeled production of Alice in Wonderland

One of the most wonderful institutions of Austin bike culture is the Austin Bike Zoo. Their whimsical creations like the Bike Snake and pedal powered butterflies and bats are a unique addition to any parade.

Back in 2009, Austin Bike Zoo produced a 2 wheeled version of Alice in Wonderland that was a highlight of that year’s Bike Month activities. They are now putting their creative juices back to work to take on Shakespeare by bike with a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. To make this happen, they are looking for financial help from the cycling and art community via a Kickstarter campaign. They need to raise $3500 by March 16. Please visit the page and make a contribution if you want to see something really cool later this year.

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 1/19- 1/25/12

elliott — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:20:54 +0000

Thursday, January 19

Bicycle Advisory Council
6 PM, City Hall, Staff Bullpen
The Austin Bicycle Advisory Council is a committee of Austinites representing cyclists’ interests to the City of Austin and meets monthly to advise staff of the City of Austin Public Works Bicycle and Pedestrian Program.

State Bicycle Co. presents LOOPS AUSTIN TX
7 PM, Jo’s on 2nd, 242 West 2nd Street
The ride will start at Jo’s on 2nd (not Congress). We will meet up at 7PM and be on the road by 7:30. Be sure to show up early to grab some coffee, beer, and/or food. We’ll make 1-2 stop(s) and ride about 15 miles through the streets of Austin. This will be a casual / no drop pace. EVERYONE IS WELCOME. We’ll post the route very soon.
What we’ll be doing after:
We’ll land at Dive Bar and Lounge up on 17th and Guadalupe. If you’ve never been there before, check out what the Tribeza has to say about them here. See where they mention the record player? Well, we’ll pack lightly so we can stuff as many records as we can into our suitcases. They’ve also got good deal on drafts for us, and be sure to bring cash for the raffle we’ll be hosting. We’ve got some of our favorite companies and blogs including Incipio, Sub Urban Riot, the Heavy Pedal, Fyxation, Hold Fast, Animal, Vices Clothing, Pscyhlist, and more donating some clothes and parts that we’ll be raffling off along with some State Bicycle Co. swag. All the proceeds from the raffles with go back to your cycling community by the way of the Yellow Bicycle Project, The Orange Bicycle Project, Frankenbike Austin, and the League of Bicycle Voters.

Thursday Night Social Ride
7:30 PM, Plaza Saltillo, East 5th & Comal
“What are you doing this Thursday? If the answer is anything but riding bikes, then that is the wrong answer. This week we are ending at The State Bicycle Co. benefit at The Dive Bar and Lounge where there will be drinks specials and a raffle with proceeds going to many of our awesome, local, non-profit cycling organizations.” Meet up at 7:30, ride at 8:00. Read our article on the weekly ride. Join the Social Cycling Facebook Group.

Saturday, January 21

Mellow Johnny’s Scout-A-Ride: Southern Culture (off the grid)
*NEW START TIME* 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. This week’s theme: Southern Culture off the Grid. This 18-mile route takes us south of downtown via Bouldin, rolling through the Emerald Forest and returning via Forest Wood and Robert E. Lee. Join us for a pre-ride coffee or snack at 9:00 at Juan Pelota Cafe. Helmets required. If driving to the shop, please park in the street.Contact:Stephanie at Stephanie@mellowjohnnys.com.

Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day
9:30 AM, Walnut Creek Metro Park, 12138 North Lamar Boulevard
This is a great chance for you to pass your passion for pedaling on to kids! For 2012, we are offering four opportunities for parents, teachers and/or mentors to take a kid mountain biking. We’ll end with IMBA’s (International Mountain Biking Association) National Take A Kid Mountain Biking. Helmet required.

Sunday, January 22

Bicycle Sports Shop Beginner Mountain Bike Ride
1:30 PM, Walnut Creek Metro Park, 12138 North Lamar Blvd
Our good friends at Bicycle Sport Shop are now holding a regular Beginner Mountain Bike Ride RSVPs are requested. What to bring: Helmet is required, Gloves, Water & Food, Spare Tubes, Pump and Tools, Mountain Bike.

Tuesday, January 24

Wednesday, January 18

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 1/12- 1/18/12

elliott — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:41:31 +0000

Thursday, January 12

Thursday Night Social Ride
7:30 PM, Plaza Saltillo, East 5th & Comal
“RIDE BIKES ON THURSDAY NIGHT!!!!! And if thats wasn’t plenty….. FREE KEG AT THE JACKELOPE AFTER!!!!!! touch gloves and come out riding. i want a clean ride. follow my direction at all times. Let’s get it on, Let’s get ready to rummble, etc.” Meet up at 7:30, ride at 8:00. Read our article on the weekly ride. Join the Social Cycling Facebook Group.

Friday, January 13

Hill Country Ride for AIDS Kickoff Party
7:30 PM, Austin Music Hall, 208 Nueces
We’re kickin’ off the Ride on the luckiest day of the year! Join us on January 13, 2012 (Friday the 13th!) for food, fun, music and camaraderie that can’t be beat! This year we are lucky to have a special performance by the Austin favorite, Minor Mishap Marching Band – “Best Marching Merrymakers” in the Austin Chronicle’s Best of Austin 2011 issue. The Hill Country Ride for AIDS is an annual cycling event that rolls through beautiful central Texas this April 28th, 2012! Riders and volunteers raise money for life saving support for thousands of Central Texans living with HIV/AIDS. It’s a Ride, not a race, all levels are welcomed and celebrated.

Saturday, January 14

Mellow Johnny’s Scout-A-Ride: Mueller Meander (extended) & Major Taylor Meet Up
*NEW START TIME* 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. This week’s theme: Mueller Meander (extended). This 20+ mile route takes us into the wonderful rolling hills of east Austin to check out the new Mueller development. We’ve changed up the route a bit to add some distance. Major Taylor Meetup Rides are a call out to cyclists of color to come network and help shape the Major Taylor Austin club in anticipation of a weekend of launch events in late February. Join us for a pre-ride coffee or snack at 9:00 at Juan Pelota Cafe. Helmets required. If driving to the shop, please park in the street.Contact:Stephanie at Stephanie@mellowjohnnys.com.

ACA’s New Year’s Resolution meeting
3 PM, Howson Library, 2500 Exposition Blvd
Join ACA for the New Year’s Resolution meeting and sign up for the ACA New Year’s Resolution Challenge! Here’s how it works: each participant enters their cycling fitness goals for 2012 on a “pledge” form, for example frequency of riding, miles, hours in the saddle – something quantifiable. Then once a month, you send your actual numbers to vp@austincycling.org. At the ACA Holiday party in December, everyone who met or exceeded their goal will be awarded a small prize.

Sunday, January 15

Tuesday, January 17

Wednesday, January 18

Dirt Derby winter session start pushed back to Jan 31

elliott — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:04:46 +0000

We just heard from our friends at the Dirt Derby that their 1st time winter session has moved from starting this Tuesday to Tuesday, January 31. Apparently, the owners of the Del Valle Motorcross Park have been doing some major course rebuilding, and it will not be ready until later this month.

While I’m bummed the weekly short course mountain bike and cyclocross race series is not back yet, I’m looking forward to the possibility of some new course action. See you on the 31st!

Weekly event recommendations takes a winter break

elliott — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:36:23 +0000

With the Christmas/New Year’s holiday week approaching, there will be fewer and fewer organized opportunities to ride so our Thursday morning preview of recommended two wheeled events will be taking a holiday break the next 2 weeks returning on Thursday, January 5.

The next 2 weeks is not completely without chances to ride. You can always check our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events to see find a ride. Here are a few other rides of note before our regular posts return.

Thursday Night Social Ride: Bike Trail of Lights
Thursday, December 22, 7:30 PM
Plaza Saltillo, East 5th & Comal
“Put on your Santa hats and elf ears it’s time for the Thursday Night Social Ride Christmas Edition. Our very own Timaeus Martinez has been tirelessly searching for some of the best lit streets in Austin for us to ride through on Thursday. So we shall take a tour of the west side to see all the sparkly lights then we will jingle all the way to my favorite bar in Austin, The Jackalope where they are giving us a keg of beer for Christmas. ” Meet up at 7:30, ride at 8:00. Read our article

End of Year Critical Mass Ride
Firday, December 30, 5 PM
West Mall UT Campus
This bike jamming ride is designed to shout to the world that bikes belongs and occurs on the last Friday of the month. You never know what will happen, but don’t miss this foundation of the Austin bike culture we know today.

Resolution Ride hosted by Bicycle Sport Shop
New Year’s Day, Sunday, January 1, 2012, 9 am
Bicycle Sport Shop, 9900 W. Parmer Lane
Start the year out ride with a bike ride! This is a social, at your own pace, ride. The full 50-mile route is to the Andice General Store and back, but riders can turn back at any point along Parmer. The route will be marked with signage and a turnaround point at ~ mile 12 for those who wish to ride 25 miles. Cost is $12, which includes 1 supported rest stop, post-ride food and 2 beer tickets.

Reflections from my first season of cyclocross.

minorbaker — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 02:56:24 +0000

I have finished my first official season of cyclocross racing in Texas. Full disclaimer here before I continue, I am using the word “full” very loosely, because I only participated in races close to the Austin area. Along with local races, I have attended a number of Dirt Derby’s, and will continue to attend through the end of the series in February. None of the races I participated in were sloppy, so I didn’t learn anything about MUD (maybe next season) but there were still lessons to be learned throughout the season.

Know Your Bike - Knowing your bike is critical when racing cyclocross because you are constantly faced with the prospect of making an in-race adjustment or spending lots of time running. Assuming you make it through the race without a problem you are still beating the crap out of your bike for 45 minutes on a Saturday, and you have to turn around and have your bike ready for racing the next day, very few bike shops do that kind of turnaround. In two different races this year, I had to race the second half of the race without front brakes, because significant brake rub was further slowing down my already slow laps. Performing maintenance on the fly could be the difference between finishing in the money and not, or in my case, finishing near the back or not finishing at all. The HULK may not be a thing of beauty but I know how to keep her up and running.
Come Early/Stay Late/Heckle throughout – Cross is community and if you want to enjoy the experience you have to come for the early races and stay through the end. In order to properly warm-up arriving early is also key….this is especially the case the colder the weather turned. The race I showed up and just raced without a proper warm-up was the race I was completely blown with over half the race still remaining. Staying late allows you to participate in my second favorite element of cyclocross – HECKLING. You may be a crap racer, but you can still give some of the best racers stick, for being slow, having an ugly bike, or just being rude for not taking the dollar or beer you are offering them.
Learn to ride the sand - Unless you want to be heckled mercilessly (just ask Daniel Curtin). Sand is so much a part of cyclocross, and although we may not have it as readily available as they do in Belgium, if you can venture in and make it through…you too may win GLORY IN THE SAND (is it me or does that sound slightly dirty?)
Celebrate the small victories within the race - Cyclocross is kind of like golf, (probably the first time you have heard that comparison) being awful at golf has not prevented millions of people from enjoying it each week, cyclocross has similar positive rewards. It can take you 12 shots to complete a hole, but all you can think about is the monster drive you hit off the tee box, and cyclocross is the same way, there is ample opportunity to find the small victories in each lap . You may be fighting off the turtles at the back, but all you can think about is riding the next run up or making it through the next sand pit (see above).

Practice dismounts and carrying your bike - I am serious about this….it isn’t hard to carry your bike over a 12 inch barrier….but carrying it over at race speed is something completely different. >My knees are living proof, after a season of banging my pedals and other bikes into them, they are beginning to look like I got into a knife fight with a midget (I don’t normally throw out insulting references about Little People, but figuring I haven’t seen one midget on a cyclocross bike, I am assuming this should be safe).
Smooth is fast and fast is smooth - at the start of the season a friend conveyed this little blurb of wisdom and as the season has wore on, I have found it to be true. Finding the right line and keeping things flowing made for a much better race experience at the end of the day.

Photos in post were taken by Jim Hicks.

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 12/15- 12/21/11

elliott — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:03:11 +0000

In between holiday parties, we hope you are getting a chance to ride your bike. To help you with that, here is our last pre-holiday round up of recommended cycling events.

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, December 15

Thursday Night Social Ride
7:30 PM, Plaza Saltillo, East 5th & Comal
“We will ride our bikes. We will go to Frontier Bar. We will drink free beer.” Meet up at 7:30, ride at 8:00. Read our article on the weekly ride. Join the Social Cycling Facebook Group.

Friday, December 16

15th Annual Bikes for Kids Giveaway
6- 10 AM, Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop, 400 Nueces
Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop is partnering with Mix 94.7 and the JB & Sandy Morning Show for a fourth year to provide bicycles to needy Central Texas children through the 15th Annual Bikes For Kids campaign. Donations have been raised by individuals and large corporate sponsors such as Freescale and Whataburger, as well as seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong and his foundation, LIVESTRONG. A donation of $150 will provide a child with a bicycle, lock and helmet. The giveaway will take place on Friday with a JB & Sandy Morning show live broadcast from the event.

Saturday, December 17

Mellow Johnny’s Scout-A-Ride: Fabulous Thunderbird Coffee Ride and Major Taylor Meetup
*NEW START TIME* 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. This week’s theme: Trekkin’ The Fabulous Thunderbird Coffee Ride and Major Taylor Meetup. The Fabulous Thunderbird coffee route takes us along Shoal Creek and over to Crestview. We will make a stop at Thunderbird Coffee so bring along some spare coins to enjoy a warm beverage (or a cool one). Then we will roll on back to the shop. This route is about 18 miles. Today’s ride is also a Major Taylor meetup ride hosted by the Saturday Scout-A-Route to help launch Major Taylor Austin. Join us for a pre-ride coffee or snack at 9:00 at Juan Pelota Cafe. The Major Taylor Club of Austin focuses on inspiring a love of cycling in minority communities, as a healthy alternative mode of transportation, a competitive sport, a way of staying fit and as a way of building community through subculture. Helmets required. If driving to the shop, please park in the street.Contact:Stephanie at Stephanie@mellowjohnnys.com.

Sunday, December 18

Fat Chuck’s Revenge Bike Race
8 AM, Rocky Hill Ranch, Smithville, TX
Mountain bike race with 2 distances: Marathon=42 miles and Half Marathon = 21 miles. Saturday (December 17) course open for pre-riding.

Social Cycling Austin Bike Smut Pre-Ride
6:00 PM, Plaza Saltillo, 5th & Comal
We are going to have a pre-ride to Bike Smut meeting at Plaza Saltillo (same spot as the TNSR) We will roll out from there around 6:30pm for a cruse around town and end at the film fest a little before 8pm. After the film their is a dance party with dollar beer all night.

Bike Smut: Austin Tour Stop
8 PM, 29th Street Ballroom, 2906 Fruth Street
Bike Smut is a collection of short erotic films made by inspired cyclists from all over the world. It is creative, clever, funny, and aware! $5 suggested donation with PopNoir SoundSystem hosting a smutty dance party after.

Tuesday, December 20