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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Urban Assault just around the corner
I’ve always wanted to try this event, it sounds like a blast. Plus, it started in Austin. You have to love this town. …
The Urban Assault Ride is the biggest bike scavenger hunt series in the world! On June 28th, you and a teammate will take to the Austin streets on a city-wide bike adventure on. Plot your own course to checkpoints around town where you’ll take on physical and mental obstacle courses. Be the first team to hit all the checkpoints and you’ll win a pair of New Belgium Brewing cruiser bikes (and be the first team to the beer tent).
The event is well known for its funky obstacle courses which must be completed before moving on. We’re talking modified Big Wheels, Bike Jousting, The Keg Walk, Inflatable Slides…and much more. Obstacles change every year and at every UAR. It’s a killer event for anybody who can pedal a bike (ages 7 and up). After the fun at the checkpoints there’s a ragin’ after party with a huge prize raffle and plenty of New Belgium beer.
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Bicycle Advisory meeting Thursday night
There’s a Bicycle Advisory Council meeting on Thursday night. The details from Jason at ATXBS.
Tomorrow evening is the monthly Bicycle Advisory Council meeting, which occurs at 6:30pm on the 8th Floor of One Texas Center (505 Barton Springs Rd). Last month the meeting was canceled due to the impending vote for the 2020 Bicycle Plan Update which didn’t actually happen on time, but thanks to the June 11th City Council meeting the plan was passed unanimously.
What does this mean for us? It means that there’s a lot of work to be done in the future, and though the current City staff is doing an admirable job of doing what they can, they’re going to need a lot of help from the citizens of Austin to make sure that everything mentioned in the master plan is actually implemented in a timely fashion.
This month’s meeting agenda includes several big topics of conversation, including:
- Bike Plan Update
- Lake Austin Boulevard Bike Lane Update
- North Acres Bridge Project Update
- Lance Armstrong Bikeway Update
- COA Bike Program Presentation - Bike Lanes and Facilities Installation
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Win a folding bike
Inhabitat.com is giving away a Strida SX folding bike to one lucky rider. If you have a crappy bicycle but can’t afford a new one, take your digital camera and photograph it, use your computer and photo editing software to resize it to exactly 537 pixels wide, then sign up for their newsletter and leave a comment on that post and upload the image.
