Since they outgrew the Pfluger pedestrian bridge, Social Cycling Austin’s Thursday Night Social Ride eventually settled on Festival Beach near Fiesta Gardens as their meeting spot to start the ride. This spot better accommodates the 200 to as many as 500 people who take part in the weekly ride. Working with City staff, City Councilman [...]
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Social Cycling Austin starts second Lend Your Legs series with Meals on Wheels
First training class today at 12:15! In a real effort to be more than just about drinking on a Thursday night, Social Cycling Austin is holding another series of Lend Your Legs rides on Friday afternoons starting next week. This spring, the first Lend Your Legs series provided tandem drivers on rides for students at [...]
Social Cycling Austin adds ladies ride to the mix
In their quest to schedule a ride on every night of the week, Social Cycling Austin is introducing a new ladies ride call the Femme Pedále this Sunday. OH YES IT’S LADIES’ NIGHT. Oh, what a night. That’s right, the ride you’ve all been waiting for has reared it’s head full of long, lustrous locks. [...]
Inspiring video short from Lend Your Legs rides
Social Cycling Austin is not just about riding your bike to drink beer. The leadership have taken upon themselves to give back to the community most recently with their Lend Your Legs rides. The Monday night rides through June 20 takes kids from the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired along on tandem [...]
Social Cycling Austin adds ride for greater good to the roster
Social Cycling Austin is best know for their massive Thursday Night Social Ride of chilling on two wheels and cheap or free booze, but now the group is looking to turn their good cycling vibes to the greater good with their new Lend Your Legs Ride. Starting Monday, April 18, the Lend Your Legs riders [...]
Getting in on SXSW on Two Wheels with Bike Hugger, No Badge Required
For the last several years, Bike Hugger has hosted a SXSW social ride called the Mobile Social. It started as an informal way for cyclists and bike bloggers at SXSW to get together and meet, but with the explosion of the social cycling movement, the ride has grown into an event. On Tuesday, Bike Hugger [...]
Social Cycling Austin putting out the call for help in growing activities in 2011
In this week’s Thursday Night Social Ride announcement, Social Cycling Austin head honcho Keith Byrd put out a call to action to help grow the scope of the group in 2011. After meteoric growth in 2009 and an expansion in the number of rides offered in 2010, Social Cycling Austin is looking to create more [...]
Social Cycling Austin makes lite version of Thursday Night ride with Pleasure Ride
Social Cycling Austin’s Thursday Night Social Ride is already the most popular regular ride in town. It’s not unusual to see several hundred riders partake in the weekly bike and brew affair on any given ride. I’ve never found the ride to particularly intense, but apparently Social Cycling Austin wants to make an even more [...]
Top 5 Austin Bike Stories of 2010
As the year comes to an end, Austin on Two Wheels takes a look at the stories that defined 2010 for cycling in Austin. While this year was not as eventful as 2009, much still happened to change the face of cycling in our town, some for good and some not. 5. Social cycling steps [...]
A2W hosts framebuilder roundtables at Texas Custom Bicycle Show on Saturday
Saturday, the Texas Custom Bicycle Show will kick off at the Austin Music Hall, and Austin On Two Wheels will be adding a new program to the show this year with two Q&A framebuilder roundtable discussions. These will be conversations with some of the builders about what got them into building, what goes into building [...]
