Posts Tagged ‘austin’

On the evening of Wednesday, May 20th, 2009, cyclists all over the world will ride in honor and in memory of fellow cyclists that have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways.
In Austin TX, we will start an eight-mile ride originating and ending on the Pfluger Bridge.
Start: 6:15pm
This ride will last approximately [...]

Eileen from Mellow Johnny’s sends this fun event in for tomorrow’s Bike To Work Day breakfast stations:
The Juan Big Breakfast Ride – Celebrate Bike to Work Day by not going to work! Plan your route and visit as many Bike to Work Day stations as you can in 2 short hours. This is all in [...]

Biking to work on Friday and want to get some little reward for your efforts, spend a little time with your fellow cyclists and generally get in on the good vibes from Bike Month? Obviously you need to come to one of the Bike To Work Day breakfast stations on Friday!
From 7am-9am on Friday, May [...]

The ‘Original Alamo’ is putting on a bike event, which is good news for all fans of the Bike-In-Movie. This one is a classic, most definitely. Pee Wee’s Big Adventure! This showing will be outside next to Progress Coffee on East 5th, and they’re planning a bike ride to go along with the whole thing [...]

Incredibly scary-logoed Fast Folks Cyclery over on east 6th is having a grand opening party on the 16th!

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Last night was Movie Night at Mellow Johnny’s, a series of weekly events they are trying to continue at least through bike month. This week’s movie night featured local framebuilders in person along with some other custom bikes from various builders.
One bike there was a Hetchins, a beautifully kept vintage bicycle from England featuring incredibly [...]

Just sent over from Leslie Luciano at Bicycle Sport Shop:
Attention all Austin Commuter Challenge participants! There will be a Happy Hour tonight at Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant from 5:30pm to 7pm.
Meet at the pedestrian bridge at 5pm or meet us there. The first 10 people at Rio Grande will receive a complimentary beverage. Enjoy food [...]

From our events calendar:
Give your old bike a new life by donating it to the Austin Yellow Bike Project during Bike Month!
REI Austin Downtown (6th and Lamar) will host a bike drive on Sunday, May 3rd, 2009, for the Austin Yellow Bike Project. The donated bikes will be fixed up by Yellow Bike Project [...]

I’ll have a full writeup later today but I had to get over to an early morning event at Mellow Johnny’s. For now, here’s a slideshow of Friday’s Political Pedal and Cyclist Happy Hour. I was very glad to see our Police Chief Art Acevedo there.

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Don’t forget: Bike Month officially kicks off at Austin City Hall, 11:30ish today. Then this afternoon around 4:50pm gather at City Hall again for the 13th annual Political Pedal and happy hour!
Keep up with all the Bike Month events on our event calendar and the Austin Cycling Association Bike Month calendar.

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