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Last week I went to the Peddler Dirt Derby, but as a spectator, because my bike didn’t have all its bits and pieces.  I went to take some pictures, heckle riders, and help out wherever I was needed. Aside from the nasty dust storm, the evening was quite fun.  I need to give a HUGE [...]

The Austin Ridge Riders is the oldest and most well established mountain bike club in Austin. Judi Ronkartz, the president of the Austin Ridge Riders, was nice enough to sit down with Austin on Two Wheels and discuss the many facets of the club.

Bikes on the beach at Pace Bend
Bikes on the beach at Pace Bend

Ridge Riders in a nutshell…
When the Ridge Riders was established in 1987, mountain biking was still in its infancy. As mountain biking has grown, so has the Ridge Riders. If you ride on a trail in Austin the Ridge Riders have likely had a hand in it. Besides trail work, the Ridge Riders promote safe environmentally friendly biking, organize rides, volunteer at biking related events and work to the benefit of mountain biking in the greater Austin Area. The Ridge Riders are as passionate about giving back to the community as they are about having fun. Calling them a club may be selling them short as an organization. If it’s Austin and its mountain biking, it’s also the Ridge Riders. Follow the link to read more.

Are you seeking fame, fortune, and the glory of volunteer blogging? If you’re a racer or a bystander at a bike event anywhere around Austin, we need you! You’ve probably seen us at lots of events and meetings around town (Elliott’s the tall thin guy, I’m the short fat guy…) but we can’t be everywhere [...]

Today, I joined Gary Smith and Joe Ingram from custom bicycle framebuilder Independent Fabrication for a Tour of Austin ride sponsored by Bicycle Sport Shop. This ride was part of a roll out of Independent Fabrication as an offering at BSS which now joins Freewheeling as part of the IF dealer network. Gary Smith is [...]

And we get the feeling you guys like to ride your bikes Thanks to everyone who participated in the Austin Bike Blog Reader’s Survey. Congratulations are also in order to Les Bennett who won a $25 gift certificate to Bicycle Sport Shop by having his name drawn randomly from all the survey participants who left their name and [...]

Thanks to Urban Velo for alerting us to the site Someone Stole My Bike, a great new site that includes interviews with people who had their bike stolen and in some cases had a happy ending. Speaking of stolen bikes, local cyclist Eric Hougland put out a APB on his commuter bike which was stolen on [...]

Today is the last day to take our our short, 10 question reader survey for a chance to will free stuff. We are always looking for ways to improve our site and your feedback will help .  We will be giving away a $25 gift certificate to Bicycle Sport Shop in a drawing of those who take the survey [...]

We’ve had a great response so far, but I just wanted to remind anyone who didn’t see Thursday’s post about our reader’s survey or haven’t had a chance to take our short, 10 question survey. We are always looking for ways to improve our site and your feedback will help .  We will also be giving away [...]

Take our survey by Monday at 7 PM and your could win a fabulous prize! At Austin Bike Blog, we aim to be your one-stop resource for bicycle news, events, advocacy, product reviews, and humor in Austin, Texas. We are always looking for ways to improve our site and would like your help by providing [...]

“New mobility aims towards a human system. Old mobility aims at a car system.” Eric Britton, New Mobility Agenda Streetsblog posted a great video at the end of last week that covers many of the innovative things being done in Paris (France, not Texas) to make streets safer and more accessible to cyclists and pedestrians alike. [...]