Earlier this week on Tuesday, former Austin Cycling Association President and current Board Member Stanton Truxillo suffered a massive heart attack while on a group ride. A passing motorist stopped to perform CPR and got Stanton’s heart pumping again until paramedics arrived. Once at St. David’s South, he was put into an induced coma and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Austin Cycling Association’
ACA to offer first in the nation “defensive cycling” classes for ticket dismissal
In partnership with the Austin Municipal Court, the Austin Cycling Association is now offering the first “defensive cycling” classes in the country that may be used for ticket dismissal. Just like defensive driving classes, individuals may take the class to dismiss a ticket once every 12 months. If you’ve been ticketed by Austin Police for [...]
ACA to hold Bikenanza Bike Show this Saturday
If you can’t make it out to the Boggy Creek Farm Picnic ride or just want participate in some bike voyeurism, the Austin Cycling Association wants you and your bike for their Bikenanza Bike Show and Fundraiser this Saturday at The Peddler. Five dollars gets you one entry into one of the four categories: Single [...]
ACA holds first Poker Run ride on Feb 27
Registration limited to 1st 100 registrants To further shake things up at the Austin Cycling Association, the group will be hosting the first ever Poke Run ride on Saturday, February 27. The 14 mile social ride will start and end at the Peddler Bike Shop with stops to draw cards at Longhorn Bikes, East Side [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 1/28- 2/3/10
My apologies for getting the weekly event round up out late this week, but our full calendar of events needed some major updating and now has all the upcoming ACA rides, Traffic 101 classes and mini clinics and TXBRA road races as well as most of the charity rides on the calendar for this spring. [...]
ACA to offer Fun Size Traffic Skills 101 Mini Clinics
If you’ve ever wanted to brush up on your bike safety but cannot swing the time for the full Traffic 101 classes offered by the Austin Cycling Association, here’s your chance to pick and choose the portions you need help with in bit sized amounts. ACA will be offering Traffic Skills 101 Mini Clinics starting [...]
A2W at Austin Cycling Association meeting tonight
Tonight is the first Austin Cycling Association meeting of the year and the first meeting to leave the LCRA meeting rooms for more sociable settings. I’ll be the guest speaker talking about the state of Austin bike culture and what lies ahead. Austin Cycling Association January Meeting Monday, January 4 6:30 food and drink, 7 [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 12/31/09- 1/6/09
On Tuesday, I mentioned that in 2009 over 4200 bike related events occurred in Austin yielding an average event every 2 hours. 2010 doesn’t seem to be letting up. Social Cycling ATX’s Thursday Night Social Ride and the Full Moon Cruise tonight will ensure you can ring in the New Year on two wheels in [...]
Austin Cycling Association adds e-newsletter, revamps meetings
The Austin Cycling Association is going through a bit of a rebirth in member and general community communication. In the last year, ACA created an e-mail listserv, and this fall launched a redesigned website with better calendar system and more interactive information and established themselves on Twitter and on Facebook. Even their logo has gotten [...]
Tour de Fat looking for volunteers
The Tour de Fat, a one day celebration of the bike, is this weekend, and in addition to being a whole lot of fun, the New Belgium Brewery donates all the beer sales to local cycling organizations. In our case, that means Austin Yellow Bike Project, Austin Cycling Association, and Austin Ridge Riders Mountain Bike Club. In [...]
