dcfan40

I am possibly looking to relocate to the Austin, TX area sometime early next year and I am interested in joining a cycling club. I am currently on a club in my area. I consider myself a B to B+ rider (ave. 17mph-20 mph) with mix terrain. The club I am looking to join would have a mix of A-C riders and even some racers who ride with the club. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I am looking for websites and information on how often they ride. I think I am looking to do group rides about 2-3 days a week with me riding another 2 days or so on my own.

FYI..I am aware of ACA. Not sure if that's a bike club or just an organization that does rides.

Any information would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Bill

MondoDave

This should get you started,

There is a good calendar at the bottom of the Page, I hope this helps!

https://bicyclesportshop.com/articles...des-pg1496.htm

dcfan40

MondoDave,

Thanks. This is a good start. I have to assume there are a lot more clubs in the area. So if anyone else has information please send a long.

Thanks,

L1NUX

The ACA isn't really a club, but they do have "Classic" rides and "Hosted" rides. I don't know much about the classic rides, but I am one of the ride hosts for the hosted rides (https://www.austincycling.org/rides/hostedRides). There are plenty of hosted rides that are of varying distances and speed, so some of them should probably fit your needs. All of the rides are free - you don't even have to be a member of the ACA. You just need to sign a waiver and have a helmet.

There's plenty of shop rides that happen frequently as well. I've been doing the Nelo's Shop ride (https://www.neloscycles.com/specials.php) whenever I have time during the week. That's a fairly fast paced weekday ride that's a lot of fun.

dougmc

If you're in the SW Austin area, there's the Circle C Ranch Cycling Club, CCRCC for short. No website, but their mailing list is CCRCC at yahoogroups.com and you can join and then look at the archives. They tend to ride a few times a week.

From this page -- https://bicycleaustin.info/getinvolved/txclubs.html -- lists these clubs in the area --

Austin Cycling Association, Preston Tyree P.O. Box 5993, Austin, TX 78763, 512-345-1154
Austin Ridge Riders, Mark Zahn P.O. Box 49143, Austin, TX 78765, 512-453-1955
Onion Creek Bicycle Club, Steve 2021 Bluebonnet #108, Austin, TX 78704, 301-539-3399
Violet Crown Sports Association, Richard Whittington 605 West 18th , Austin, TX 78701, 512--
Austin Triathletes, Andy Anderson 3616 Far West Blvd. #101-129, Austin, TX 78731, 251-8492
AMTG, Julie Wade C/O TPL 700 San Antonio St, Austin, TX 78701, 512-478-4644
Velocity, Prescott Christian Austin, TX 787

Ridge Riders are a MTB club. Don't know much more about the rest.

And this page -- https://www.usacycling.org/clubs/index.php?state=TX -- lists a whole bunch more, though many seem to be more racing teams than clubs.

Either way, I think you've got plenty of places to go looking now!

dcfan40

Dougmc,

Thanks so much. This is what I believe I am looking for. I am heading down in November for a long weekend and hoping to check out a few of these clubs.

Off hand do you know if most of these clubs ride 12 months a year or do they take the winter off? I have plans to go down in December for a week and wouldn't mind doing some riding.

Thanks again.

Bill

dougmc

This is Texas ... winter is more pleasant for riding than the summer is most of the time.

That said, I don't really have much personal experience with these clubs except for the ACA and CCRCC, and both ride year round. (Most of my group riding is with the more social groups - Austin Social Cycling, the Monthly Full Moon Cruise etc. These groups ride year round, and generally even when it rains or the weather is somehow bad.)