Posts Tagged ‘event’

From our Weekly Events Calendar:
Mellow Johnny’s Tour de France Launch Party
Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop, 400 Nueces St.
6pm-11pm, Sunday July 5
This event will celebrate the start of the 96th Tour in our parking lot with family activities, contests, raffles, and a viewing of Stage 1 on the big screen provided by Alamo Drafthouse. They hope to [...]

For mountain bike riders in Austin there are few places that compare to Walnut Creek Park. The park contains a huge variety of trails, from twisty single track to aggressive and technical downhill sections. Depending of the route taken, there can be up to 16 miles of uninterrupted riding. The only problem is that [...]

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 [...]

These photos from the 2009 Armadillo Hill Country Classic are not mine, but were posted to the Austin Cycling Association mailing list yesterday. If you like them, thank the publisher on Flickr, GadgetAdam. These look great!

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Our buds at Bicycle Sport Shop sent over this little announcement about Big Mountain Bike Adventures putting on an event at the BSS South Lamar store this Friday, the 15th.
Gravity Slideshow
Big Mountain Bike Adventures
6:00pm
at Bicycle Sport Shop Central
Free adult beverages provided

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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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This was passed along by the fabulous Eileen at Mellow Johnny’s. Looks like they’re trying to start a series of movies over at the store. I love these kinds of events that bring people in the bike community together for events that don’t necessarily include getting drunk or racing in spandex (or yelling at elected [...]

The ACA is continually getting great events together that serve elementary school students across central Texas, providing helmets and safe riding instruction along with holding special events like “bike rodeos.”
One thing they really need for all these events? You. Help them out by volunteering at one of the upcoming events below:
To volunteer contact Laura King [...]