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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Halloween bike fun
There are a ton of great parties, rides and events involving two wheels this Halloween weekend. If I didn’t have that pesky work thing, you would probably catch me at several of these places. Here’s some of what’s on tap for this weekend. …
SATURDAY
Roll Beyond Coal Bike Rallies Across Texas. Austin Rally
1pm: Gather & Register at City Hall
1:30pm: Rally at City Hall, hear from City Councilman Chris Riley and other community leaders
2-3pm: Hop on your bike (or take the pedestrian route) for the self-guided clean energy tour around Austin.
3-5pm: Social Gathering organized by Transmission Entertainment at the Ghost Room, downtown Austin
Ride of the Zombies
7:30 PM, Cafe Mundi, 1704 East 5th St.
The Austin Bike Zoo will be organizing this ride with a stop to watch fireworks and a final stop at the Zombie Ball.
The Bizarro Duathlon
The Bizarro Duathlon is a reverse duathlon, so participants will bike, run, bike. This is a great opportunity for the strong cyclists to strut their stuff! Second, you are invited (but not required) to race in costume. Those who do will be rewarded with cool prizes! Besides, it’s Halloween, you might as well race in costume, right?
SkelliCyclists Halloween Ride
This will be our first Halloween ride. It will be around 12 miles with a few hills, and we’re now starting a little earlier than the previous rides, at 1 pm, so we can all have time to relax and prep for true Halloween night festivities. We’ll have one stop at around the midway point at the Draughthouse Pub near 45th and Medical Pkwy. After a little refreshment there, we’ll take a tour through the east side and loop back toward the city ending at Dog and Duck Pub.
Halloween Alleycat benefiting the Austin Yellow Bike Project.
If you’re up early enough, the Tour de Gruene will be kicking off down south. Click here for details.
