Mike Melanson
Writer at ReadWriteWeb. Cyclist. Austinite. Web geek. Occasional tent blogger.

Next Week

Bikes + yoga = fun!

This yoga class itself is designed specifically for cyclists and appropriate for all levels including beginners.

6:30pm Meet on Spiral Hill, hang out, meet your fellow yogis, drink some hydrating beverages, etc.
7:00pm Ride to a mystery spot where we will have an hour of yoga.
8:15pm - 8:30pm Ride bikes even more! 10 miles or...
Yoga Ride

Doug Sahm Hill · Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 7-10:00pm
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Next Month

Interactive Festival will feature five days of compelling presentations from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking events hosted by industry leaders, the unparalleled SXSW Trade Show and an unbeatable lineup of special programs showcasing the best new digital works, video games and innovative ideas the...
SXSW Interactive 2012

Austin, TX · March 9-13, 2012
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Join us for Tech Career Expo, the premier expo showcasing the best tech jobs and career opportunities Austin has to offer. If you are a professional involved in the technology industry (from engineering, programming and design, to marketing, sales and management), Tech Career Expo is the ideal place for you to meet with and discuss employment with...
Tech Career Expo @ SXSW

208 Nueces, Austin, United States · March 9-10, 2012
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Been there, done that

Last Tuesday

The moon is has reached it's first quarter phase, which means we've got about one week until the next Full Moon Bike Ride!

This moon is called the Full Snow Moon – since the heaviest snow usually falls during this month, native tribes of the north and east most often called February’s full Moon the Full Snow Moon. Some tribes also...
Full Snow Moon Bike Ride

James D. Pfluger Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge · February 7-8, 2012, 11:30pm-4:00am
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Who wants to do some yoga, ride bikes, and howl at the full moon?

So, Mr. Sun is clocking out around 6:15 these days, and temperatures are expected to be lower next week. In order to stay warm, here's the plan:

6:30pm Meet on Spiral Hill, hang out, meet your fellow yogis, drink some hydrating beverages, etc.
7:00pm Roll down the hill to...
Yoga Ride + Full Moon Fun

Doug Sahm Hill · Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 7-9:00pm
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Last Week

We meet on the ped. bridge at 11:45am, get to know your fellow riders, ride out at 12:15pm. Ride up a hill or two and head to get a refreshing beverage and ride to get lunch. Rides are between 10 and 20 miles. The route is determined on the fly.

This is a no-drop ride if we know your getting dropped. Please tell someone your having trouble keeping...
Hump Day Nooner Ride

James D. Pfluger Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge · Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 12pm-3:00pm
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Last Month

FrankenBike 2012 is here!!!!

Come and and join us for a great Saturday Party with Bikes, Bands and Brew to kick off 2012 FrankenBike and our fourth annual tribute to the lovely ladies of biking, FrankenBabe!!!

BryCycle will be offering complimentary tune ups for the ladies and we have a great line up of bands including Lucas Cook and IPD (full...
FrankenBike #78/FrankenBabe #4 (Michelle's Birthday Party)

The Parlor · Saturday, January 28, 2012, 10am-8:00pm
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Actual start time is 9:50.

Absurd sexploitation nonsense that will make you laugh a lot. I hadn't really intended to make it two weeks of Monica Gayle in a row, but here she is. You hated her as Patch in SWITCHBLADE SISTERS, you'll love her as Gepetta in this one.

THE EROTIC ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO
1971, D. Corey Allen, 89 min, R, 35mm...
I Luv Video Presents $1 Weird Wednesday: THE EROTIC ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema · January 18-19, 2012, 10pm-1:00am
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Last Year

SEE BELOW FOR MATERIALS TO BRING!
Hey BXBers and others, come teach/learn how to make bike panniers (or "saddlebags") out of recycled materials. Choose either coroplast (plasticized cardboard like the stuff elections signs are made from) or kitty litter buckets (or any square, plastic buckets). SEE YOU THERE!

***FOR EACH PANNIER***

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PANNIER WORKSHOP (DIY teach/learn with recycled materials)

Dirtnail · Tuesday, December 20, 2011, 7-10:00pm
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Good Field/Horse Plus Donkey/Grace Park and The Deer/Books Died On

Club de Ville · Thursday, December 15, 2011, 8:30-11:30pm
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Though the calendar will be out for over a week before this, you know us at The Dropout. We just can't release anything without a party. This is going to be a great one too. It's our first one ever at a bar. The Scoot is the oldest bar in Austin, it's super bike friendly and conveniently located central to our pedicab shops. The bar...
Bike Taxi Babes Release Party TODAY!!!

Scoot Inn · December 12-13, 2011, 9pm-2:00am
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Howdy doo all!

I've been shooting video of the Austin Cycling Community since mid-September and have a screening for the finished documentary on Sunday, dec. 11th. There's a collage of events and people included from social cycling events like TNSR and the Moon Bike rides, BMX Jams, cyclocross competitions, Tour de Fat, bicycle polo,...
Austin Cycling Community documentary screening & others

UT Student Activity Center · Sunday, December 11, 2011, 6-10:00pm
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...It's cold. Whatever lets ride bikes.

Photo I took. See larger version here http://www.flickr.com/photos/brooksgoldsmith/4252604554/in/set-72157623031075371/lightbox/

We meet on the ped. bridge at 11:45 am, get to know your fellow riders, ride out at 12:15 pm. Ride up a hill or two and head to get a refreshing beverage and ride to get...
Hump bh b brrrr

James D. Pfluger Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge · Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 12pm-3:00pm
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Meet at 6:30PM or so, we will leave at 7:00PM.

Alright, ya'll. Another beautiful tuesday, another ride. It is getting colder but don't let that deter you from the class or ride. As the saying goes, there is no bad weather, only bad clothing. Wear something to wick away moisture for the butt-kicking part of class. Perhaps bring an extra...
Yoga Ride! Don't worry, I won't let you get cold ;)

Alice in Wonderland table just north of pedestrian bridge · Tuesday, December 6, 2011, 6:30-9:30pm
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Caboose Eatery Grand Opening

1120 West 5th Street · Saturday, December 3, 2011, 1-4:00pm
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Come spend Thanksgiving with us at the Hyde Park Honeypot!

Thursday we will have an Orphan Thanksgiving - don't have family, don't like your family, consider your friends your chosen family or want to bring your family to our house? Come feast with us!

This is a potluck, so please bring a dish to share, and post on this wall what you...
Thanksgiving Weekend Potluck Open House

The Hyde Park Honey Pot · November 24-27, 2011
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We are deep frying two turkeys, smoking two, and one turducken. You are bringing other food to this meatstravaganza, preferably some veggies. It is like Thanksgiving, but without your family, the long trip, and wholesale slaughter of indigenous people. Oh we are getting a keg also but that doesn't mean you shouldn't bring booze.
Turpocalypse

Brolly House · November 20-21, 2011, 7pm-8:00am
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Lovingly presenting 3 great acts.

Vana Mazi! Awe striking crazy pants!
Shenandoah Davis. From Colorado
Loves It! Shake em up Shotgun Party mash up!
secret show.

head west on Barton Springs road into Zilker Park. On your right you will see a rocky outcropping in the middle of the grassy sports fields where they have ACL. Seek shelter there. · Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 9pm-12:00am
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The time of the next ride is nearly upon us!

The next full moon happens at Thursday November 10, 2:16PM CST (yes, daylight savings time will have ended!) which is pretty much smack dab in the middle of the day -- but it's a tiny bit closer to a Wednesday night ride than a Thursday night ride, and so Wednesday night is the night we ride!

This...
Full Beaver Moon Bike Ride

James D. Pfluger Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge · November 9-10, 2011, 11:30pm-4:30am
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Come hear some music about bicycles and earthquakes and gardens.

Jedidiah Rodriguez will be opening. Don't miss it.
Pink Miss Liss and the Mandolin Man

GypsyLounge · November 8-9, 2011, 10pm-1:00am
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Hello! Air up your tires, grease down your chain, and then join us for some cycling and yoga! Meet at fiesta gardens, under 35 on ladybird lake . We'll ride around a while then stop in a lovely city park for an hour of vinyasa flow and stretchy yin yoga. The class will be both beginner friendly and challenging for advancing students.

***We...
The Yoga Ride LEAVING AT 7

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&gl=us&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=209696457639082421592.0004920d7434b2098c2d2 · Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 6:30-9:30pm
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COSTUMES! Woohoo! Let's ride bikes and do some yoga in costumes! Also, if it's chilly, consider bringing an extra jacket for your savasana (corpse pose) at the end. We will be practicing in the grass.

Meet at fiesta gardens/festival beach, under 35 on ladybird lake . We'll ride for about six miles at a friendly pace, then land at...
The Costumed Yoga Ride DIA DE LOS MUERTOS EDITION

Thursday Night Social Ride, Festival Beach · Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 6:30-9:30pm
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Thursday the 27th is our 5th anniversary of being a real thrift store! A lot of people worked hard to make their dream of a collectively run thrift store a reality. We want to say thank you to those people and to all you who have shopped and donated over the years. Come celebrate with us and wish Treasure City a happy birthday!

There will be:...
Treasure City Thrift 5 year Birthday Party

Treasure City Thrift · Thursday, October 27, 2011, 7pm-12:00am
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UPDATE to the UPDATE: THERE WILL BE NO FREE HELMET HANDOUT. It turns out that the ACA didn't have as many helmets on hand as we thought. They are kindly ordering us more helmets and they SHOULD arrive in a matter of days. So stay tuned for the next free helmet giveway happening very very soon.

UPDATE: We are giving away helmets again before...
TNSR - SPOKEtacular Halloween Ride

Plaza Saltillo · Thursday, October 27, 2011, 7-10:00pm
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A little known hidey spot beside the creek with high cliff walls. A place I would tell everyone and no one about.

This month we feature:

The Lonesome Heroes!
Could it be true? Our long lost heroes back long enough to play with us in the woods like we did so long ago? It's true.

The McMercy Family Band
The Annie street house gospel band...
Secret show

Go to the entrance to the Blunn creek nature preserve on St. Edwards Dr. that is just before a little bridge with silver railings. Hike into the preserve and take the first left (not far) · Tuesday, October 25, 2011, 9pm-12:00am
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Come celebrate the unveiling of our painfully nerdy blog, "Up This Word." What? Here, click this link. That's what.

http://upthisword.wordpress.com/

In honor of our unhealthy relationship with the dictionary, we encourage our esteemed guests to dress up as their favorite word. "Sexy," "hot," and...
Get down with Up This Word

The J-Plex · October 15-16, 2011, 9pm-3:00am
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It's been far too long (over three long weeks!) since the Annual Moonlight Cruze, but the full moon is finally coming around again, and so is the next Full Moon Cruise! The weather is finally beginning to cool off, so what could be finer than a nice bike ride under the moonlight with a few hundred friends?

October's full Moon is often...
Full Hunters Moon Bike Ride

James D. Pfluger Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge · October 11-12, 2011, 11:30pm-4:30am
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THE OCCUPATION HAS BEGUN!!!
http://OccupyAustin.org
Location: City Hall
Occupation will start at 10AM on 10/6/2011. General Assembly will be at 3PM. Occupation will continue from there...

"We stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters who occupy Wall Street and occupy around the world. We are dedicated to non-violently reclaiming...
OCCUPY AUSTIN

Austin City Hall · October 6 - December 6, 2011
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Mike Melanson
Writer at ReadWriteWeb. Cyclist. Austinite. Web geek. Occasional tent blogger.

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Writer at ReadWriteWeb. Cyclist. Austinite. Web geek. Occasional tent blogger.