There are a lot of bike shops in Austin, but none that I've been to that have C&V content. If there is one, I'd like to know about it.
There are a lot of people riding around Austin, but in my experience it isn't a very easy city to ride around. Bring your low gears, and traffic is horrendous.
We used to ride out 2222, it is all downhill that way. <g>
+1 on 6th St. No cover and some great bands.