Alkek Velodrome
5/18 Friday Night Schedule: Cat 1/2/3 Keirin
Keirin – Scratch – Point A Lap – Tempo
# Category Event Distance
1 Men 1-3 Keirin Heats 5 Laps
2 Jr10-14 Scratch 2K
3 JrOpen Point-A-Lap 3K
4 Masters Scratch 4K
5 Women Point-A-Lap 3K
6 Men 4/35+ Scratch 4K
7 Men 1-3 Scratch 5K
8 Jr10-14 Point-A-Lap 2K
9 JrOpen Scratch 4K
10 Masters Point-A-Lap 3K
11 Women Scratch 3K
12 Men 4/35+ Point-A-Lap 3K
13 Men 1-3 Keirin Finals 5 Laps
14 Jr10-14 Chariot 500M
15 JrOpen Tempo 6K
16 Masters Tempo 8K
17 Women Tempo 6K
18 Men 4/35+ Tempo 6K
19 Men 1-3 Tempo 12K

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Raced my third crit last night and got 5th! And I’m down 20 pounds since January 1st. I have a feeling #mtb race season is going to be great

Training Wheels Kill
urbanvelo.org

Ok, that title is, admittedly, a little Americanized. Still, I remember my experience with training wheels as if it was yesterday, probably because I’m so emotionally scarred from the experience. Thanks a lot Dad! I remember impatiently waiting for my dad to install the trainers so I could jump on my bike and speed towards freedom, so when he gave me the all clear I did just that, but instead of riding off into the sunset of maturity and self-reliance, I made it about…

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 5/17- 5/23/12
by elliott            Austin on Two Wheels
Bike Month hits its full stride this week with Bike to Work Day on Friday and our first cyclovia Viva Streets on Sunday. Get out and ride your bike!

Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. As always, if there is an event you know about that’s not on our calendar contact us, and we’ll add your event on and possibly add it to the weekly round up.

Thursday, May 17
Bicycle Advisory Council Bike Ride
5 PM, Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop, 400 Nueces St
Call it our Intro to Advocacy Night – Mellow Johnny’s wants to help you get involved with cycling issues in Austin. First we’ll take a short ride to see different types of infrastructure including the new cycletrack on Rio Grande. Next we’ll attend the Bicycle Advisory Council meeting at City Hall from 6-8pm. Post meeting, BAC members will head to The Ginger Man for a chance to informally talk issues and answer questions. Real change…

Help Out A Fellow Cyclists
by dickdavid        Bike Friendly Richardson
Some of you may or may not have heard about bike commuter, Michael McNair, being hit by a car on his commute to work last Tuesday.

The details about the accident are still limited, but here is what was posted on the DORBA Facebook Page:

CYCLIST HIT – For those of you that know MMACH5 / Michael Tripp McNair…was hit by a car today on his commute to work. He is in the Baylor ICU unit downtown with a broken neck and hips, lacerated spleen and many other injuries… Please pass the word and put him in your…

Bike to Work on Friday, May 18
by Keith Hutchinson            news.georgetown.org
Join in the national Bike to Work Day on Friday, May 18. The WilCo Wellness Alliance is sponsoring two Bike to Work gathering spots in Georgetown for cyclists who ride to work on Friday morning.

The Bike to Work registration sites in Georgetown are on the north side of the Williamson County Courthouse, 710 Main Street, and at River Bend Drive and Dawn Drive, which is one block to the northeast of Williams Drive. Onsite registration hours are 7:30 to 10 a.m. At the sites, riders will be asked to fill out a short form and survey that will…

A Preview of the Georgetown Grand Criterium Festival
by mattivonkessing

In a very short two days, Texas racers will swarm the streets of Georgetown when Andrew Willis kicks off the first ever Georgetown Grand Criterium Festival.  There has been tremendous buzz coming from the Holland Racing camp since the beginning of the racing season, when news of road crews busy on the streets of Georgetown was released.  The road work demonstrates a commitment from the city to the racing community, which is a huge step in the process of getting national level races in our own backyard.  There is a distinct…

Bikecharge Installation And Review
Seen On The Train
I was recently riding my bicycle, listening to Howard Stern and using my speedo to track how slowly I was moving, and I saw this.

Now, the last thing I want to see is that I have a low battery, because it means no tunes and no tracking for the rest of the ride. (It also means that Mrs. The Plano Cyclist can’t call me and ask when I will be home, so it’s a bit of a mixed bag.) When I saw the notification, I mentally kicked myself, because I had a dynamo system sitting on my workbench, waiting to…

Captain’s Blog – 05/16/2012 – South Texas Tour de Cure Edition
cycling.powweb.com
The Time is NOW
Well, the time is NOW – the South Texas Tour de Cure is only 3 days away on Saturday, May 19th.   Even though this will be my 12th time participating, I still get butterflies in my stomach thinking about those final seconds before the start, when you can feel the adrenalin gushing and the hearts beating faster among all the riders, and you’re surrounded by all the color and pageantry of the team jerseys.  (As an employee of Valero for almost 25 years, I always get a special thrill seeing our company logo on the jerseys and on all the…

Pure Austin Driveway Series Week 10
By Driveway Bike Race Series