On Saturday, SXSW was in full swing, and Seattle based BikeHugger hosted their fourth SXSW Mobile Social. This year’s was huge with over 1000 two wheelers, but luckily BikeHugger brought in the pros at SocialCyclingATX who regularly handle 100s of cyclists on Austin’s streets without major conflict with cars. Their able ride leaders shepherded us [...]
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Social Cycling ATX to offer the tweed ride alternative, the Denim Ride, this Thursday
Tweed Rides have gotten a lot of press lately, but for us Texans, denim and boots are more our style. Social Cycling ATX has picked up on this and is making this week’s Thursday Night Social Ride themed as a Denim Ride.
I want to see stitched denim, bedazzled denim, jorts, denim jackets, denim loin cloths [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 2/25- 3/3/10
Despite the snowfall this week, spring is right around the corner, and it shows with the plethora of activities this week. Tonight will be a fundraiser for Mariel Mentink who was hit by a car on New Years Eve while on Monday APD Chief Art Acevedo will be the guest of a forum on bike [...]
Icy weather causes Social Cycling ATX to cancel Thursday Night Social Ride
We’ll have the weekly event round up shortly but wanted to make sure everyone was aware that Social Cycling ATX has canceled their popular weekly Thursday Night Social Ride due to the potentially icy weather tonight.
This week it just ain’t going to happen. The streets will be extra slick from the ice and unless you [...]
Help injured cyclist Mariel Mentink at benefit party tonight!
Social Cycling ATX is pulling out all the stops to help Mariel Mentink, a cyclist put in ICU by a hit and run driver early on New Year’s Day. They are organizing a Friday night version of their social ride with the final stop being a benefit for Mariel’s medical fund.
The Benefit Ride and Party [...]
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 [...]
Special Wednesday Night Road Ride on for tonight
After having a guest ride leader last week, Daniel Sato is back with his weekly Wednesday Night Road Ride tonight and promises a special one time route to finish out the year.
Wednesday Night Road Ride XXVI
7 PM
Drungo Ice House, 29th & Rio Grande
If you can’t wait for this evening to ride, you can meet up [...]
Ten biggest stories of 2009 in Austin cycling
2009 was a momentous year for cycling in Austin with several mile stones passed and the volume of people moving on two wheels growing. Here is a quick run down of what I think are the top ten Austin bike related stories in order of importance. If 2010 is anything like this year, Austin’s cycling [...]
RENEGADE Heavy Metal Fitness Ride tonight and Wednesday Night Road Ride is ON!
Although the folks at Social Cycling ATX are taking a break from the regular Monday Night Heavy Metal Fitness Ride until the New Year, this ride has become so grass roots that a renegade version is on for tonight. ATXBS is reporting that those who show up to the Lamar Blvd Pfluger bridge tonight at [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 11/12- 11/18/09
This Saturday offers yet another crazy amount of cycling goodness in addition to all the other regular rides. You’ve got not one but TWO huge bike swaps going on plus trail work, riding and camping with the Austin Ridge Riders AND the Tour Das Hugel for those who want to ride 14,000 vertical feet around [...]
