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Photo Credit: Manny Pandya |
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| Level 1 Fundamentals Clinic |
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| We will be hosting a Level 1 Fundamentals Clinic next weekend, March 14-15 at Walnut Creek. Our BICP certified instructors will teach you neutral and ready body position, bike and body separation, pedal position, braking, scanning and looking ahead, cornering, controlling speed, gearing and cadence, timing and coordination.
ARR Yearly members receive a $100 discount on registration! This is a fantastic value for anyone looking to improve their riding. Space is limited, please register by Thursday, March 12th… |
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| | “I highly recommend taking this clinic to anyone starting out, feeling rusty, or just wanting to check in on their skills. Abel and Renee were great, they worked with everybody's varying levels of skills and abilities. Down to even handicaps, like me being half blind and having a leg injury, offering advice and different ways to do things based on those 'limitations'. I even learned how to rear wheel lift (don't think they teach it as a standard but someone asked so they showed us), which I literally thought I was incapable of. Now I can't stop doing it lol found some weak points to work on and the trail riding portion was really good for putting what we learned into practice. A++”
Thanks for the glowing review, Henry! |
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| | | If you have not had a chance to check out Manny Pandya’s excellent Cranksgiving gallery please have a look and download your photos! This is his gift to the club and riders who came to Pace Bend to support our organization!
Cranksgiving Presented by KOM Trails was a total success. We are blown away with the support from our local community! We had almost 150 in attendance, 25 hardworking volunteers, amazing sponsors, and great weather combining for the best rain-check date you could ask for. Thanks to KOM Trails for supporting the event, Jeff Daugherty for cooking lunch, Doug Brandt for flagging the route, Manny Pandya for pro photography, Ray Cashman for bringing the Dialed van and supporting riders with mechanical work, Adam DiClaudio for running sound all day, Clint Newman, Brian Preston, and Clifton Wendel for transporting gear, Joe for organizing the Trail Steward workshop, Cullen McMorrow for organizing the skinny challenge, Brooks Lawson and Dale Daugherty for event planning.
Thank you to the following volunteers: Maureen and John Howell, Juan Acosta, Meghan Kilkelly, Carolyn Peterson, Kristin Speyer, Erin Wentworth, Jessica Lebbert, Randall Baylor, Michael Shapard, Carol Graham, Ken Reed, Daniel Schwartz, Carlos Barrera, Brian Preston, Olga Ostrovskaya, Vladimir and Artur Samoylenko, Eric Cappleman, Erica Kopanic, Keith McDorman, Greg Stevens, and Ron Perry.
And thank you to our sponsors: KOM Trails, Spider Mountain, Thunderbird Lodge, Dialed Bike Co, MP Photo, Goodpop, Texas Dream Bikes, The Bike Protectors, ATX Bikes, Yellow Bike, Bicycle House, Bike Farm, Ride Lens, Premier Cycling Group, Austin Sign Factory. Thank you to our member Evan Berdis for donating two pair of Shockz headphones
Finally shout out to Pace Bend staff for accommodating our rescheduled event, and to the weather for playing ball. Cranksgiving will return to its normal date on November 28th this year. |
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| | | | | It’s been a while since we did this! Let’s take a moment to recognize these 58 fine friends who joined since September…
Lily Aaronson, Mathias Alling, Steven Ascherl, Rob Avery, Paul Browning, Joe Burkhart, Gabriel Elash, Eduardo Estrada, John Garcia, Brian Greata, David Grunow, Erica Hannan, Joshua Heibel, Nicholas Hentschel, Jimmy Hon, Jacob Houston, Billy Jones, Jim Kazmerzak, Kelly Keisling, Jacob Kelley, Erika Kopanic, Victor LaRocca, Lisa Lennon, Brian Mann, Nozomi Martinez, Bryce McMillan, Steve McMillen, Kevin McNeil, Tosha McSloy, Sai Mithinti, Bryan Moore, Levi Moore, Tristan Mosher, Craig Nadel, Andrew Neumann, Michelle, Ryker, and Tyler Nguyen, Stephen Odette, Robert Page, Jesus Pena, Ron Perry, Marc Rajs, Malou Rasmussen, Robb Ressler, Lori Rinck, Avelino Rivera, Noe Salazar, Jesus Saucillo, Matt Schiemer, Daniel Schwartz, Mj Shult, Marcin Sochacki, Christopher Throop, Stephen Vega, Johnny Villarreal, Yogesh Vohra, Gangliang Zhao
Interested in becoming a member and supporting your local trails? Click here to learn more. |
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| | | We hope everyone enjoyed our Southern Walnut Creek group ride. We had 57 riders which is great for the first time at a new (to us) system. Thank you to Derek, Javy, and Casey for leading the groups, and thank you to Texas Dream Bikes for being there for us as well! We will return to Southern Walnut Creek on May 3rd, July 5th, and September 6th.
We are visiting Georgetown Trails all this month! If you haven’t yet had a chance to ride this system you should really come join us. The Georgetown Trails Foundation has been putting a ton of work into this flowy network of singletrack.
We are also heading to SAN ANTONIO on March 28th to explore McAllister Park! Please RSVP and let us know if you can make it. Finally, our Advanced ride will be at Emma Long with the new clockwise direction. |
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| | | | | | | To view all of our currently scheduled events, click here. |
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| Reminder: Group rides will be canceled if trails are wet. RSVP to receive email alerts for any changes or cancellations. If you are interested in being a group ride leader, please click here. |
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| | Looking for Ride Leaders! |
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| We are looking for volunteer ride leaders for 2026 to help show folks around our local trails! If you would like to lead (or sweep) a group of riders please reach out to Abel, Kristen, Brian, and Alex to let them know you are interested! You’ll also get access to our special ride leader jerseys!
If you are interested in being a Ride Leader, click here. |
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| | | We are preparing to announce our local member benefits for 2026! Stay tuned. We had a few questions regarding our merch store. We will have that back online soon! Finally, if you ordered Cranksgiving merch and did not pick it up, please reach out to us to claim that, or let us know how we can send you a refund ;)
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| | | Dale DaughertyMarketing and Communications Director Austin Ridge Riders Mountain Bike Club |
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