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Full Wolf Moon Bike Ride

Public · Hosted by Doug McLaren
Wednesday, January 11 at 11:55 PM - 4:20 AM

James D. Pfluger Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge
Austin, Texas 78703

Created for ATX (((MOON)))

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This full Moon appeared when wolves howled in hunger outside the villages. It is also known as the Old Moon. To some Native American tribes, this was the Snow Moon, but most applied that name to the next full Moon, in February.

But us? We ride!

Join us at the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge Wednesday night, January 11th, 2017 at 11:59pm, and we ride out at about 12:30am!

The schedule for upcoming full moon rides can be found at http://cycling.frenzied.us/full-moon-rides.

As always, ride at your own risk, having lights on your bike at night is a good idea and it's always prudent to have at least enough equipment to change a flat.

Full Wolf Moon Ride Facebook Event Here

Thursday Night Social Ride - Holiday Lights Ride III
Public · Hosted by Ricardo El Rey Treviño

Tomorrow Dec 29, 2016 at 7:30 PM
· 48–64° Cloudy
Festival Beach 1100 Nash Hernandez Sr Rd, Austin, Texas 78702
Created for Social Cycling Austin

Facebook Event, here:
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Come ride with us and burn off some of that Holiday Cheer.
Last and FINAL Holiday Lights Ride. We’re sticking to the WEST side tonight. We’ll pedal around town spreading holiday cheer and hang out at the Zilker Holiday Tree befor heading to Uncl Billy's.
We will meet up around 7:30 PM for some social time and plan for wheels down around 8 PM.

Bring: Lights, Locks, ID, and Cash for some tastey Uncle Billy's beers.

MEET UP: Festival Beach 1100 Nash Hernandez Sr Rd, Austin, Texas 78702
(http://goo.gl/maps/6IYXy)

TIME: 7:30 PM (Wheels down at 8 PM)

END: Uncle Billy’s. They’ll give us a Pint Night Special $3.50 pints.
http://unclebillys.com/

Social Cycling Austin rides AS traffic and NOT AGAINST it. We stop at red lights, yield the right of way and let cars pass as best we can. We don't block intersections. We are nice to both our fellow riders and the other traffic on the road. LISTEN TO the volunteers helping to lead the ride. They are some nice folks and have you best interest in mind. If you have any questions about the rules, I suggest you check here:http://bicycleaustin.info/laws/austin.html

REMINDER: The goal has always been to create a safe environment for all riders, but we cannot control, nor do we desire to, every rider's behavior. We promote personal responsibility, and it is each rider's responsibility to take care of themselves, and if they choose to ride with us, then they accept those risks inherent in riding a bicycle with a large group of other people riding bicycles.
www.socialcyclingaustin.org

UPS Begins Delivering Packages via E-Trike in Portland

Deliveries by e-trike: Now happening in Portland. Photo: Bike Portland
By Angie Schmitt    Dec 8, 2016

"Delivery trucks are terrible for city streets, polluting the air, blocking bike lanes, endangering pedestrians and cyclists. But cities need the goods they carry.

One way around the problem of big trucks is to divide deliveries into smaller loads, carried with smaller vehicles. Jonathan Maus at Bike Portland reports on an encouraging development on that front: UPS is piloting the use of an electric-assist trike for deliveries. There were already independent companies using trikes for deliveries in Portland, and the UPS move suggests larger companies may want to get in on the action..."

This is good news for Portland and for the future in many US cities. As the article says these are common in Europe so it's good to see them coming to the US.

An interesting bit is the cost savings from avoiding parking tickets. Perhaps a bit of encouragement to report those who violate bike lanes and maybe change their behavior more than just staying out of the bikeways.

In 2013 UPS was paying NYC over $4 million per year in parking tickets and Fedex nearly double that.

"Just in the first three months of this year, FedEx racked up $1.8 million in parking violations. A spokesman for UPS said the Atlanta-based delivery company was also paying the city more than $1 million a quarter for parking infractions...."
Parking tickets: All in the cost of doing business

A million here and a million there and pretty soon we're talking real money.

Interesting bit of UPS history:

UPS WAS FOUNDED BY TWO TEENAGERS WITH ONE BICYCLE AND $100 BORROWED FROM A FRIEND
June 29, 2010    Daven Hiskey
"Today I found out UPS was started by two teenagers with one bicycle and $100 borrowed from a friend.

The date was August 28, 1907 and the two kids were 18 year old Claude Ryan and 19 year old Jim Casey.  The two had one bike between them and $100 (about $2400 today) borrowed from a friend to found the “American Messenger Company” in Seattle, Washington.  The company was initially run in a hotel basement at Second Avenue and Main Street in Seattle...."

Full Cold Moon Bike Ride
Public · Hosted by Doug McLaren

Tuesday, December 13 at 11:55 PM - 4 AM
Dec 13 at 11:55 PM to Dec 14 at 4 AM
James D. Pfluger Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge
Austin, Texas 78703
Created for ATX (((MOON)))

It's that time again, time for another Full Moon Cruise!
Join us at the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge Tuesday night, December 13, 2016 at 11:59pm, and we ride out at about 12:30am!

The schedule for upcoming full moon rides can be found at http://cycling.frenzied.us/full-moon-rides.

As always, ride at your own risk, having lights on your bike at night is a good idea and it's always prudent to have at least enough equipment to change a flat.

Facebook event, here :