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 [...]
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Let’s get social
Editor note: This is the first post in a series of guest posts Minor Baker is writing for us as the winner of our spring My Ride contest. Today, he writes about his first Thursday Night Social Ride by Social Cycling Austin. We’ve written about and promoted the weekly institution, but this is a engaging [...]
Sally on Two Wheels: Plannning and Packing
Editor’s Note: This is a second in an ongoing series of guest posts from Sally Miculek. an Austin mom who’s trying to ride her bike more places and leave the car in the driveway. So, when you read about bicycling for transportation, you read a bit about planning ahead. Planning for how long routes take [...]
1 mom, 2 kids, 30 days of bike: part 6
Welcome to the sixth and final installment of my month-long series about me and the 30 days of biking challenge. Over the month of April, I will take my bike out for at least a short ride every day. I’m also hoping to reduce my car use and perhaps even shed a pound or two. [...]
1 mom, 2 kids, 30 days of bike: part 5
Welcome to the fifth installment of my month-long series about me and the 30 days of biking challenge. Over the month of April, I will take my bike out for at least a short ride every day. I’m also hoping to reduce my car use and perhaps even shed a pound or two. You might [...]
1 mom, 2 kids, 30 days of bike: part 4
Welcome to the fourth installment of my month-long series about me and the 30 days of biking challenge. Over the month of April, I will take my bike out for at least a short ride every day. I’m also hoping to reduce my car use and perhaps even shed a pound or two. You might [...]
1 mom, 2 kids, 30 days of bike: part 3
Welcome to the third installment of my month-long series about me and the 30 days of biking challenge. Over the month of April, I will take my bike out for at least a short ride every day. I’m also hoping to reduce my car use and perhaps even shed a pound or two. You might [...]
1 mom, 2 kids, 30 Days of Bike: Part 2
Welcome to the second installment of my month-long series about me and the 30 days of biking challenge. Over the month of April, I will take my bike out for at least a short ride every day. I’m also hoping to reduce my car use and perhaps even shed a pound or two. You might [...]
One mom, two kids, 30 days of bike
Hi. My name is Amy McFadden. You may have seen me, or read about me, in some of Elliott’s other posts, such as the one about taking our son to kindergarten on my bike. Over the past few years I have become a pretty regular bike-rider; being married to Elliott, it would be hard not [...]
The Austin Ridge Riders: Austin’s Largest Mountain Bike Club
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.
