Texas Bicycling News November 21st
Video Premiere: Fr512 Diggers with Attitude
www.ridestoke.com
The “Diggers with Attitude” and “Builder” screening. More popular than Matt Damon and James Bond combined!
Freeride512 builds and rides progressive mountain bike trails and features in and around Central Texas. We educate mountain bikers on the disciplines of all-mountain, downhill, and freeride mountain biking and help riders to progress their skills.
The post below is where I found the video above
Must watch – Central Texas trail building scene – Austin, TX – Diggers with Attitude
by trailbrain      forums.mtbr.com
If you are an Austin local or central Texas rider these are just some of the folks building our scene for the love of riding. Mountain bikers build because they want more to ride and want to progress as riders. This is not one riders story. It is a story for all of us as a mountain bike community. Cheers to …
51st Gets a Bike Lane to the Trail! (Oh, and I hear we’re gold, eh?)
Austin on a Bike      austinonabike.com
The word on the street, and I hope to confirm this myself with pics soon, is that 51st Street is now striped with our long-awaited bike lanes, buffered at that, from 51st & Springdale all the way over to 183. Perhaps that section between Springdale and Manor, too?
I’ll report back.
In other news you’ve already heard about, likely, Austin was conferred a “Gold†status this past week, as doled out by the League of American Bicyclists. Overall, Texas ranks #30 in the county, with 7 “bicycle friendly†communities.
In a Statesman article on the subject, Pam LeBlanc writes that “Mercedes Feris, executive director of Bike Austin, points to the city’s more than 250 miles of bike lanes, including 30 miles of protected and buffered bike lanes, as reasons for the city’s new high ranking.â€
It’s funny, because I was chatting recently with a local bike shop owner …
Upcoming Bike Austin Rides
BikeAustin      www.austincycling.org
Nor’easter—–(CW)
11/23 (Mon)    9:00am    B-2    47 mi
+ Pflugerville Pflats
11/24 (Tue)    8:00am    B-2    48 mi
+ 10 AM START-Tour De Southern Walnut Creek Trail
11/24 (Tue)    10:00am    D-2    20 mi
+ Some Grateful Hills (later Start)
11/26 (Thu)    8:30am    A-4    23 mi
+ Good Luck-Coupland-8 Point-Elgin Loop—
11/27 (Fri)    9:00am    B-2    52 mi
+ Taking Buda To The Mountain
11/28 (Sat)    8:00am    B-2    47 mi
+ Major Taylor Historic East Side Bike Tour
11/28 (Sat)    9:00am    E-4    6 mi
+ Family Fun Ride, Cedar Park
11/29 (Sun)    3:00pm    E-1    5 mi
+ Jones Hill Climb
11/30 (Mon)    9:00am    B-2    45 mi
+ Volente Popsicle …
“The even bigger” Big Ring Challenge – Double Lake Marathon Race
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Texas Bicycling from Twitter
https://twitter.com/GWCChuck/status/668268277987155969
Peanut butter hand ups, anybody? #handupsarenotacrime #txcx #terrax https://t.co/FM8LgHxc4Y
— Allen Kuo (@kuotient) November 22, 2015
RT athletes Jeff Shelton & @evarela73 finished 2nd & 4th at the @mellowjohnnys #CrossofAges M 40+ race today VIDEO: https://t.co/8y34DZb7lW
— ROTHE Training (@rothetraining) November 22, 2015
New report for Lake Houston Wilderness Park: Muddy (do not ride), trail is wet in all the usual places. More at https://t.co/dA9dfYIJsc
— GHORBA (@ghorba_org) November 21, 2015
Good times at the @mellowjohnnys #crossofages race today. A little heckling for the Cat 4/5's and Dan… https://t.co/RRmlknh31H
— Stefan Rothe (@stefanrothe) November 21, 2015
150 mile ride in freezing Temps and 25mph winds. Stated goal was 20mph average. We did it! Men & women, As & Ds,… https://t.co/qd91rxdXln
— MSU Cycling Team (@MSUCyclingTeam) November 21, 2015
Happy Cranksgiving!!!!
Houston scavenger hunt/alley cat pic.twitter.com/PuHAyRxWs9— I wanna be a bike. (@Fudgelump) November 21, 2015
105 miles in & we are on track. Enjoying the tailwind now too!
— MSU Cycling Team (@MSUCyclingTeam) November 21, 2015
My new mission, eradicating the world of Elipti-Go's #notabike https://t.co/C6mvPRkerT
— Mad Duck Cyclery (@MadDuckCyclery) November 21, 2015
Congratulations to our 2015 Austin Cyclocross Cup Series Team Award Winners, 787 Racing. Enjoy the awesome prizes… https://t.co/mvLLYZKooe
— ATXCXCup (@ATXCXCup) November 21, 2015
Windy day ride. I'm up for either clockwise or counterclockwise. https://t.co/Lpk3qm589N
— Tom Judson (@bikenacogdoches) November 21, 2015
New Event Added to Texbiker.net Calendar
New Event DORBA Beginner Clinic – Arlington, TX For full details, including the address, and to RSVP see:
… https://t.co/9UCNB3uICB— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) November 21, 2015