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11/11/2026:  Austin, Texas Bicycle News Roundup

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Austin, Texas has a vibrant cultural scene, and bicycle people are one small but not insignificant part of the whole. Here are some recent and upcoming happenings that might interest you to know about, whether you live here or not.

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Ciclovia ATX

This free event just happened November 7, 2026. It was modeled on a movement that started in Bogotá, Colombia in 1970, where cyclists could and still do ride in streets shut down to cars, usually on a weekend day. In the US, it has been more of an open streets type festival event. In Central Texas,

Quoting and paraphrasing from Wikipedia, “Austin’s first Ciclovía took place on May 20, 2012 under the name Viva! Streets Austin. Produced through a partnership between the City of Austin, local businesses, and nonprofits, that inaugural car-free street event closed down a stretch of East 6th Street for cyclists, pedestrians, and community activities. It ran for four years. In 2025, Ghisallo Cycling Initiative renewed the event, and this was its second year.”

GCI says, “Cyclovia ATX is a free open to the public all-ages, all-abilities, family-friendly Living Streets event produced by GCI. While the event has a focus on bicycling, it includes a wide range of activities, performances, and showcases involving mobility, sustainability, and community. Think of it as a festival of human-powered transportation with lots of other fun activities and community focused engagements mixed in… the event includes half a mile of Living Streets (closed to motorized vehicles), a 1 mile Bike Parade, live music, and food trucks.”

Sources say it was well attended and a good time. The list of participating groups was long, about 50, many not bike-related. It included some names that may be familiar to repeat readers of this blog:  ATX Bicycle Meals, Safe Streets Austin, UT Orange Bike Project, Yellow Bike Project, Austin Ghost Bike Project, Bike Story Night.

Basically it’s a huge, free, educational, fun event backed by the weight and money of some corporate entities and government agencies that sponsor it. But anything that leads to putting more butts on bikes is mostly fine with me, though. Look for the third annual repeat of the event early next November.

Learn more at https://CicloviaATX.org

Bike Story Night

This free event just happened tonight, 11/11/2026. Like it sounds, it brings people together to hear stories from bike riders. I enjoyed  the event and hearing from different types of bike riders when I attended. See my review from then: 4/4/2025:  Bike Story Night in Austin, Texas.

Since founding this event in 2021, BNS has happened mostly here and in a few in other cities. They have also held several bike rides to go on camp outs, which are perfect for sitting around the fire and telling… yep, you guessed it! More bike stories!

Learn more at https://www.bikestorynight.com

Safe Streets Austin

This one is Friday, November 13th (ooh — spooky!), from 7:00-9:30 pm, so you may still be able to get your ticket. Safe Streets Austin, the merger of Bike Austin, Walk Austin, and Central Texas Families for Safe Streets will have another fundraiser and party.

Food and drink will be served, music will happen, and there will be schmoozing amongst the bicycle intelligentsia, transportation nerds, government workers, and well-connected allegedly bike-friendly big wigs. The no-doubt rousing keynote speech will be made by City Councilmember Chito Vela. Executive Director Adam Greenfield will give a state of the nonprofit, and maybe talk about how safe it is (or isn’t, if we’re really being honest) to bike in Austin.

Tickets are a mere $100 buckaroos, but you get to bring a guest for nada and did I mention the free food and drink? Dine first though. (Parking not included, natch). If you’re a member of SSA, your ticket is 70% off. Cool factor: It’s on the rooftop of the award-winning Austin Public Library. Hot tip: If you bike there, lock it very, very well, but be forewarned, bikes DO get stolen there.

Learn more at https://SafeStreetsAustin.org

Frankenbikes & a Bike Show

“FrankenBike:  A free bicycle swap meet held once a month in select U.S. cities that is open to anyone who wants to buy, sell or trade bicycles and bicycle related gear or parts. FrankenBike was founded in Austin, Texas in June 2005.”

It is having 3 local shows before the end of the year. The first is in combination with the Tacos & Tires bike show on November 14 from 10am-4pm with the swap meet and sale held next to it. San Antonio also gets a sale.

The second is its usual swap meet and sale on November 28, 10am-2pm at Central Texas Cyclery.

And the third is also a regular swap meet and sale on December 26, 11am – 2pm at the Crown and Anchor Pub. See the images for details.

Learn more at https://frankenbike.net

That’s All, Folks!

Of course there are all the social and club rides, and occasional races nearby. But given how Google et al. are NOT sponsoring A Dude Abikes, it’s time for me to sign off. So, there you have it. I hope you learned some cool stuff about the Austin bike scene. Tune in next time for this once in a while series.

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Two Years of Daily Bicycling: Simple, Not Easy

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Something kinda big just recently happened, and I forgot to blog about it. What with that fellow blogger guy coming to town and my big birthday ride (which I’ll get to another time, I reckon), I sort of overlooked a major milestone: two years of riding every single day! That’s somewhere upwards of 12,000 miles. By now, the mileage goals I’ve set and met are almost like literal mileposts on a highway. I pass them by, and they’re in the rearview mirror. Not forgotten, but I’ve seen them and moved on. I suppose that’s what we do here at A Dude Abikes. We keep on bikin’. (And walkin’ and doin’ yoga, and, well that’s mostly it for exercise.) Writing about my journey makes it more real somehow. And 731 days of riding is very real, rest assured. Hmm, some rest would be in order by now, you’d think. And if you did, you’d’ve thunk correctly. But there’s no rest for the weary. So on we go. How I got from I to we, I/we don’t know. Let’s go to the next paragraph, shall we?

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Autumn Has Fallen: 100 Days to Go in 2021

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September 22 was the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s the first day of the coolest, if not the coldest, season. That’s because leaves turn colors and fall off the trees, my birthday falls within it, not to mention Halloween, Thanksgiving, and things like the Texas Book Festival, Austin City Limits Festival (too expensive but still cool), and the Moontower Comedy Festival. The latter began tonight and I was there to volunteer, as I did at this past weekend’s Writers League of Texas Agents & Editors Conference, which I wrapped up in this post.

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Photographs and Memories: A Weekend in the Biking Life in Austin, Texas

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Like many people in the modern era who are privileged enough to have a smart phone, electricity and mobility, I take a lot of pictures. Some good, some not, a few great. Who’s to say, though? If you like them, great. If not, move along. Trouble is, I don’t use that photo platform named after your grandmother, so when I’m riding my bicycle and take a pic, it goes either here, on my Strava fitness app (follow me there if you’re a bikester) or doesn’t see the light of day. Occasionally I post a blog with a lot of photos and some words to explain them. This is one of those times. Enjoy the whole “picture paints a thousand words” thing, yada yada.

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