Tour of Austin - Pickle Crit

The Tour of Austin was a three day race held over Labor Day weekend. I checked-out the Austinbikes Pickle Criterium on Sunday. More to come soon.

Breaking Away: Austin Style

In 1979, before Lance, Lemond, and the 7-Eleven team, there were the Cutters. Breaking Away was and is one of the all-time great cycling movies. No, it doesn't take place on the roads of France, Italy or Belgium. It takes place in Bloomington, Indiana. Four townies, or "Cutters" as they're called, go head to head with the fraternity boys in the Little Indy 500 at Indiana University. While a majority of the movie is fictional, the Little 500 is very real. It's a massive event held every spring at I.U. In honor of the movie, and the event, local bike shop Mellow Johnny's put on their own "Little Indy 500" at Kealing Middle School on the east side of Austin. The race was followed by a party and screening of Breaking Away. I caught the race but didn't make it to the movie. Here's how the action went down (use the lower-right arrows to go full screen):

Another visit to the Driveway

I paid another trip to the Driveway last Thursday to catch some cycling action.

Thursday Night @ The Driveway

The Driveway, just east of downtown Austin is normally a motor sports track but on Thursday nights Austin cyclists take over the two plus mile track. Everyone from kids to Cat 1's and 2's (for you non-cyclists, fast people, like the one's pictured here) hits it up for some fast and furious criterium racing. [Arrows on the lower right give you a full screen view].

Big Bend and Marfa, April 09

We took a trip to Big Bend and Marfa back in April and I finally put together this slideshow. Important lesson learned: It's really hard to shoot black bears with a 50mm, so be a man and take the 70-200 even if it adds too much weight to your pack. Watch for some panoramics coming soon. Click the arrows/box in the lower right corner of the slideshow for a full screen view.

Saturday Morning on the Lake