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Downtown Culture Cruise this Saturday, June 5

Austin on Two Wheels' Summer Social Ride Series (http://livingontwowheels.org/index.html) kicks off this Saturday with the Downtown Culture Cruise, a ride to view some cool downtown properties and discover some great local businesses. If you missed our Spring Series or are just wanting to see our town by bike and sample what downtown living has to offer, come join us on an all inclusive, full service ride. Register and just show up with a bike (or reserve a rental), and we'll do the rest to show you a good time. PLUS we'll be drawing from ride participants at the end of the series to give away an Electra Amsterdam Royal 8 to one lucky Austinite!

Downtown Austin Blog & Austin on Two Wheels present:
Downtown Culture Cruise
Saturday, June 5
Meet up at 8:30 AM, Ride at 9:00 AM
Austin City Hall, north side of building, 301 West 2nd St

Registration: Online registration at http://livingontwowheels.org/downtownliving.html before ride day $20/person, Ride day cash only registration $25. Bring a friend and save $5! 2 persons registration: $35, Ride day cash registration $45. All food & drink, bike valet, and professional ride guides included in registration as well as a coupon book to series partner businesses. Dutch city bikes available for rental on tour.

About the Ride: The Downtown Culture Cruise is the kickoff of Austin On Two Wheel's five part Summer Social Ride Series and is being held in partnership with the Downtown Austin Blog. The guided ride will include stops to look at some of downtown's hottest condos as well as food and shopping stops to sample downtown living. We'll visit condos at the Milago, Brazos Lofts, and 904 West Ave. Stops will include food and drink at Froots in the 2nd street district, Royal Blue Grocery in the 360 building, and a vehicle presentation by Austin CarShare. Whether you are looking to move downtown, learn more about living an urban lifestyle, or just want to see some great properties, this ride is going to be a lot of fun.

Upcoming Rides:

Taste of Downtown II (http://livingontwowheels.org/tasteofdowntown2.html)
Wednesday, June 9, Meet up at 6:30 PM, Ride at 7 PM
In the second round of this popular ride, take in more of the best locally made food our town has to offer. Stops will include great burgers samplers at Your Mom's Burgers, Latin American cuisine at El Sol y La Luna, and dessert at Tart Frozen Yogurt

Eastside Home Tour (http://livingontwowheels.org/eastsidehometour.html)
Sunday, June 13, Meet up at 8:30 AM, Ride at 9 AM
Buy By Bike realtor Tiffany Russell will be join with us to show off this affordable, livable neighborhood just minutes from downtown. Stop will include restored original homes as well as more recent green additions and condos. A food stop will be provided by the Shuck Shack with stops at some additional neighborhood businesses and a brief presentation from Austin CarShare. We'll end up back at Hope Market once the market is open for a selection of organic fruits and vegetables and locally made products.

Pampered Pedal II (http://livingontwowheels.org/pamperpedal2.html)
Wednesday, June 16, Meet up at 6:30 PM, Ride at 7 PM
An evening version of our shopping and pampering ride including some private shopping. We'll be stopping to shop at two women owned stores, The Dress Shop and Plain Ivey Jane, as well as West Elm, all of whom will be offering shopping specials for Pampered Pedal participants. You can shop all you want because our ride guides will be riding cargo bikes to carry your purchases. Black Swan Yoga will keep us loose and relaxed mid-ride with a yoga session, and we'll end up with a white wine reception at the end of the ride.

BBQ & Barton Springs (http://livingontwowheels.org/bbqbartonsprings.html)
Wednesday, June 23, Meet up at 6:30 PM, Ride at 7 PM
We are still putting the finishing touches on this ride and will have more details and open registration by the end of the week. Needless to say it involves eating great barbeque and swimming in Barton Springs. This one's going to be great!