Posts Tagged ‘triathlon’

Now that SXSW and Spring Break are behind us and Spring has officially begun, the weekly calendar is chock-full of ways to ride your bike. Austin on Two Wheels‘ Urban Living Rides continue this weekend with our Cupcake Ride on Saturday and Eastside Home Tour on Sunday. Also on Saturday are two great century rides [...]

In part three of our preview of 2011 cycling events (following the preview of century rides and road racing), today we will preview Austin area triathlons for 2011. Now triathlons aren’t purely cycling (there’s some swimming and running in there), but they are near to my heart as they got me back on a bike [...]

No question Austin is a triathlon town. Our summer racing calendar is littered with races from short Sprint distance to ironman distance with races like the Capital of Texas Triathlon pulling national talent to race in our city. Go on any road ride, and more than likely you’ll see at least a few riders riding [...]

I recently got an e-mail from Heather Herrick, the author of the local triathlon blog Windy Possibilities. She wanted to let people know that Anderson Lane has been resurfaced and bikes lanes added. From today’s post: Today was my first day to ride on Anderson Lane. They resurfaced and restriped Anderson and they put in [...]

Austinites are no longer limited to a stretch of Barton Springs when looking for a triathlon specific shop for their tri needs. VO2 Triathlon and Cycles is now open in North Austin at 9222 Parmer Lane. They are open Monday – Friday, 9am to 7pm, and Saturdays, 10am to 6 pm. They carry Kestrel and [...]

Interested in doing a triathlon and want questions answered? Attend this special session tomorrow at Mellow Johnny’s and find out if the tri lifestyle is for you! There will be sessions for clothing, gear and training along with door prizes. 6:30pm-8:30pm 400 Nueces RSVP to erin@mellowjohnnys.com

OK, this is one… huge… slideshow. I took photos at the Enchanted Rock Extreme Duathlon on Sunday and culled my 450 photographs down to 300, which you see here. This should feature every single participant in the cycling portion of the event. Elliott will provide his thoughts on the event soon. See yourself in one [...]

I recently reviewed over three dozen cycling podcasts to come up with a list that I feel represent the best ones out there. Keep in mind this is my opinion, yours may vary. If you have others that you think our readers would enjoy, suggest them in the comments. The bikescape podcast: long-running audio podcast [...]

Girl Power is the theme of Austin Cycling this spring A lot of cycling is dominated by men. Head out to most Saturday morning hammerfests or even many social rides, and you’ll find the rides made up of mostly if not all men. (Even rides advertised as casual can get out of hand pretty quickly.) [...]

And Cervelo P4 spotted on the roads of Austin today So here’s your problem: You like the clean setup and simplicity of your single speed with road drop bars, but you’d really love to have more gear choices for when the rod tilts upward. In the past, your only option was a flip-flop wheel which [...]