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December 3, 2015 - In This Issue:
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Looks like you are not a Bike Austin member!
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Bike Austin members are the lifeblood of our organization. Please consider joining or renewing your membership today, and you'll enjoy one of the best perks of Bike Austin Membership - Free entry to our annual Holiday Party, complete with open bar at Hops and Grain. Plus, every membership contribution through December 31st will be matched dollar for dollar by Bicycle Sport Shop. Join today, then RSVP for our party!
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Thank you to the following people who signed up or renewed their Bike Austin membership in the last month! Not a member? Sign up here!| Teresa Anderson | | Doug Ballew | | Sanora Baptiste | | Aniko Belim | | Sophia Benner | | Bouldin Creek Cafe | | Timothy Bray | | Jonathan Buten | | Louis Cloete | | Tim Cookingham | | Don Day | | Linda Doering | | Alan Fisher | | Eric Guerrero | | Dan Hamre | | Alex Hendrex | | Douglas Hills | | Gatlin Johnson | | Darrell May | | Andy McKenna | | Ed McKenna | | Eryn Moris | | James Morris | | Alex Oliver | | Todd Olmstead | | Vanessah Pace | | Michele Pain | | Nirav Patel | | Jeff Paulsen | | Mary Pustejovsky | | Nicole Renaux | | Walter Rhee | | John Robinson | | Timothy Rueger | | Kara Salmanson | | John Salzman | | Amy Scofield | | William Shoaf | | Keith Snodgrass | | Jake Spidle | | Abby Tatkow | | Julie Unruh | | Stewart Whitehead |
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UPCOMING BIKE AUSTIN EVENTS
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Mesa Drive Family Walk & Ride
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Saturday, December 5 at 10am at Doss Elementary School
As you may have heard, the bike lanes on Mesa Drive are under attack by a small group of neighbors who want to put a handful of parking spaces ahead of safe places for kids to ride their bikes and walk to school. Join Northwest Hills residents to rally for bike lanes on Mesa Drive, and enjoy a short bike ride along the street. RSVP at bikeaustin.org/mesafamily, and sign our petition at bikeaustin.org/mesa.
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Sunday, December 6 from 9am-1pm at African American Cultural Heritage District
Join us for a FREE family-friendly bike tour of historic East Austin! The Major Taylor Historic East Side Tour celebrates the birthday of the world champion cyclist and brings together the community to learn more about the rich heritage of Austin's East District. This ride is sponsored by Major Taylor Austin, Black Girls Do Bike, and Bike Austin. This is a family-friendly event, all ages are welcome! Register via Eventbrite.
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Member Appreciation Holiday Party
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Tuesday, December 8 from 6:30-9:00pm at Hops & Grain Brewery
Thanks to the support of Bike Austin members this year, we ushered in new protected bike lanes on 51st Street, taught every CapMetro bus driver how to safely drive around bicyclists, lead over 500 group rides, expanded Austin b-Cycle and helped earn Austin a shiny new Gold Bicycle Friendly Community ranking. Now it's our turn to say Thanks! Because we can't pay you for all your incredible work, we'll provide the next best thing: Free Hops and Grain beer all night and great conversation with Austin's best bike advocates and educators. Members get in free.Click here to Join Bike Austin then be sure to RSVP to the Holiday Party.
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Saturday, December 12 at 1pm at Midway Field House
Riverside Drive is one of Austin's most dangerous streets - at 6 lanes wide, it's an urban highway that divides our neighborhoods, hinders local businesses and takes a catastrophic toll on human life. Join residents from Southeast Austin, Council Member Sabino "Pio" Renteria and Bike Austin for a ride on Riverside to call for badly-needed protected bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements on the street. Bring your best extreme sports gear to highlight how dangerous the street is in it's current configuration. RSVP Here! Also, don't forget to Sign the petition.
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Chase the New Year's Baby Ride
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Friday, January 1 at 10:30am at Bicycle Sport Shop
Bring in the New Year with the right peddle stroke. Let's go for ride on New Years day! Ride with us or meet us at the finish, either way just ride! Join Bike Austin & Bicycle Sport Shop for a not so early ride to CHASE THE NEW YEARS BABY around our great city. Did you celebrate a little too much on New Year's Eve, No Worries, we got the cure for you with the HAIR OF THE DOG that bit you. We will have Black-eyed peas, Real Ale and Tito's!!! Feel free to bring a dish if you like! This is a family friendly event so bring the kiddos, or not . . . RSVP here!
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Neighborhood Bike Advocacy Committee Meeting
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Wednesday, December 9 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm at Bike Austin, 1000 Brazos St.
Bike Austin's Neighborhood Bike Advocacy Committee empowers neighborhood residents like you to run grassroots campaigns for " Complete Streets" with safe space for everyone.
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Unsilent Night Bicycle Ride
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Sunday, December 13 at 5:30pm at Texas State Capital
Unsilent Night is an original composition by Phil Kline, written specifically to be heard outdoors in the month of December. It takes the form of a street promenade in which the audience becomes the performer. Each participant gets one of four tracks of music in the form of a cassette, CD, or Mp3. Together all four tracks comprise Unsilent Night. The fact that the participants play different "parts" simultaneously helps create the special sound of the piece. Participants carry boomboxes, or anything that amplifies music, and simultaneously start playing the music. They then walk a carefully chosen route through their city's streets, creating a unique mobile sound sculpture which is different from every listener's perspective. Click here for more information.
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