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Despite sprawl and auto-mayhem, Austin is trying to be bike friendly. After all, this is the land o' Lance!
Right after Desert Camp '06, Bike Friday Customer Evangelist Lynette Chiang aka the Galfromdownunder journeys to Texas, homestaying with the fit, fab 'n' friendly Bike Friday Club of Austin ... check here for an 'over the H-bar' view of Austin and San Antonio, Texas.
Lynette will be presenting in Austin and San Antonio when? ... Check last minute updates on the Bike Friday Events Calendar
Thursday, March 23, 6:30 pm REI, 9901 N Capitol of Texas Hwy Ste 200 Austin, TX 78759 (512) 343-5550: 16,000 Feet on a Friday
Thursday, March 30, 9:30 pm Monkeywrench Books, 110 North Loop: Sustainability evening, 8:00 pm "McLibel" (75 minutes) followed by showing video of 99% self-sustainable Bike Friday owner Ann Kobsa on the Big Island of Hawaii and also 16,000 Feet if folks are still awake at that hour
Monday, April 3, 7:00 p.m. Austin Cycling Association meeting: Cuba and 16,000 Feet if you missed the REI and Monkeywrench talks.
Saturday April 8, San Antonio private screening of 16,000 Feet movie at a Bike Friday owner's potluck, but you're probably welcome if you ride a bike, or you're jolly decent and you let us know. See Bike Friday Event Calendar for contact info.
Donations for the Peru Orphanage greatly appreciated.
PHOTO GALLERIES
AUSTIN Photo Gallery: The Cathedral of Junk - kids on bikes, - a tool around the 'burbs of Austin - Rosedale Ride, BF parties, seeing how the other half live, a killer gal blues group, more ...
SAN ANTONIO Photo Gallery: More than a dust-covered enchilada: A Disneyland-meets-Venice downtown Riverwalk, Historic Missions, Wheelman rides and Bob Roll gets pinned by the Galfromdownunder ...
STORIES
Story and movie: King of Jester Hillclimb Clown bikes rule!
Still he rides! Amazing Ted Campbell in San Antonio
MOVIE CLIPS (Download free Quicktime 7 player for Mac | Windows). Clips are 1-5 minutes in length
AUSTIN MOVIES
Movie: Cathedral of Junk (3.4 Mb) A walk around this shrine to dumpster diving.
Movie: Esther's Follies finale (2.3 Mb) filmed from the freebie seat - the sidewalk!
Movie: Kids Bike Education (2.1 Mb) a PG-rated tool around Town Lake, Austin, with some kiddies.
Movie: 'Burbs of Austin (4.3 Mb) A ride around the 'burbs in the deep (15 miles from town) south.
Just for the hill of it: Clip: Adults need 'Pinchguard' too! (1 Mb) Cycling coach and former Austin Cycling Ass'n president Stanton Truxillo and other adults demonstrate why kiddie 'pinchguard' helmet clasps are good for grownups too.
Movie: Rosedale Ride (2.1 Mb) Filmed from the back of Stanton Truxillo's tandem
Movie: In and around Austin (7.7 Mb) More fun in the sun: Lance's new house (garbage bin, gnarled tree), party, the richer houses in Austin etc
Movie: Queen of Spades (6 Mb) These gals rock - in matching Victoria's Secret teddies
Movie: Austin Harmony Women's Barbershop Choir (1.7 Mb) | Intrigue Quartet (2.7 Mb) A great chorus we stumbled across while loitering in Manchaca.
SAN ANTONIO MOVIES
Movie: San Antonio City + Riverwalk (6.1 Mb) Venice in Texas!
Movie: San Antonio Wheelman Ride (3.8 Mb) Riding the Texas Hill Country
Movie: Professor Eileen Lafer, Cycling Scientist (3.1 mb) A free mini-lecture on her Celtic-inspired molecule by the Gal's host in San Antonio. Eileen and Rui rode their Bike Fridays with me in Mexico, 2004
Movie Gal meets OLN Cycling commentator Bob Roll and he owns a Bike Friday! "It goes in the suitcase, I bought it retail," he volunteered. See TDF Friday folk
A FEW SHOTS FROM THE GALLERIES
OLN Cycling commentator Bob Roll owns a Bike Friday! "It goes in the suitcase, I bought it retail," he volunteered. See movie clip!. See TDF Friday folk
A pic of bicycling bliss! Sue and Leo Anderson on their Pocket Crusoes, Austin, TX
Formidable Fridays. From left, Former Austin Cycling Ass'n president Stanton Truxillo; LAB Director Preston Tyree; Ron 'love me, love my GPS' Neher. Check out Ron's gear inches.
Rosedale fundraiser ride with Stanton Truxillo at the helm. Photo by Michael West.
The BF Club of Austin at a Bike Friday potluck. Raise your hand if you have a Bike Friday - Cycling coach and champ Stanton and Susie Truxillo have 3!
Southwest Cycling News editor Fred Meredith an Air Glide owner Nancy Meredith with a killer t-short slogan. Almost as good as 'My other Bike Friday is a Bike Friday'.
The Cathedral of Junk: A shrine to dumpster diving featuring bicycle bits to burn. Austin, Texas.
Nancy Meredith - faster than a speeding Hummer in peak hour on her Aero-Glide. More shots in the photo gallery above.
OTHER LINKS OF INTEREST
 High Gear Coaching Get fit and fitted right with Bike Friday owner and State Cycling champ Stanton Truxillo (pictured right). Lookit his medals!. Also: Stanton on the Galfromdownunder. Austin Cycling Association 1500 members with free rides every weekend Lance doesn't ride one, but ... his chiropractor, former Olympian Jeff Spencer, loves his Friday! Cathedral of Junk an insightful article Bike Friday Club of Austin There's quite a few Fridays in this town. Join the club and host a little wheeled potluck and a ride to Buda before it becomes Boston. Sebastian Wren.com This local cyclist and cognitive scientst has some incisive things to say about his beloved home town and life in general, including a nice plug for BF. Found on the ACA listserve. Gal Across America transcontinental telecommute 2006 |
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