http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/blotter/e...

DougMC's got this shit on lock, with a facebook event and all the details on tonight's ride:

The first full moon cruise of 2012 is nearly here!

The next full moon happens in the early morning hours of this coming Monday, which means we assemble this coming Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 11:59pm CST.

This would be the "Full Wolf Moon". Amid the cold and deep snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside Indian villages. Thus, the name for January’s full Moon. Sometimes it was also referred to as the Old Moon, or the Moon After Yule. Some called it the Full Snow Moon, but most tribes applied that name to the next Moon (as I will.)

This Sunday night ... just before midnight ... Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge ... be there!
We will ride out at about 12:30 am.

As always, ride at your own risk, having lights on your bike at night is a good idea and it's always prudent to have at least enough equipment to change a flat.

There's a reason we call the man DougMC. Because he's the fucking MASTER! Be on the bridge tonight round midnight to get in on the good times.

That's right folks, bicycle thief super-villain James Clayton has passed, at least according to his facebook page, as well as the page of his lady friend. Rob D'Amico clued me in to the facebook pages, thanks Rob.

His last posting on facebook was on the 23rd, and on the 24th his death was announced. Thus ends a chapter in Austin bike history, as well as the life of a human being named James Clayton. Sure, in his day he was a prolific bike thief, now he's a dead bike thief.

So it goes.

Tonight at the Scoot Inn, Scott, Leana, and a whole bevy of beautiful pedicabber ladies are going to be showing off the brand-spanking-new 2012 Bike Taxi Babes calendar!

Here are the details from the Facebook event for if you're lazy and don't want to click your mouse again:

Though the calendar will be out for over a week before this, you know us at The Dropout. We just can't release anything without a party. This is going to be a great one too. It's our first one ever at a bar. The Scoot is the oldest bar in Austin, it's super bike friendly and conveniently located central to our pedicab shops. The bar is serving great drink specials and Jack Trades and Diyei BONES will be spinning tunes for the evening. Come dance with us! Get your calendar signed! Get lucky in a round of Chicken Shit BINGO! You've never had this much fun on a Monday.

Anyone who's been knows, ain't no party like a dropout party. If you aren't there, you probably forgot because you don't have a calendar. It's okay because you can get on on our website while they last. www.biketaxibabes.com

Show the ladies your support! This event is gonna rock. Invite your friends and please share this on Facebook too. Thank You!

Get there tonight. Shit starts around 9pm. Good times will be had by most, as it's impossible to please everybody.

That's right chill'uns, bundle up because it's gonna be a COLD ONE! Here's the word from the Facebook event page:

Looking at the calendar, the next full moon is coming fast. You know what that means

Yes, another Full Moon Cruise! As an added bonus, the full moon is coming on a weekend, so this means those of us with Monday through Friday jobs have no excuse not to make it!

This would be the Full Cold Moon; or the Full Long Nights Moon – During this month the winter cold fastens its grip, and nights are at their longest and darkest. It is also sometimes called the Moon before Yule. The term Long Night Moon is a doubly appropriate name because the midwinter night is indeed long, and because the Moon is above the horizon for a long time. The midwinter full Moon has a high trajectory across the sky because it is opposite a low Sun.

Since the full moon happens in the wee hours of Saturday morning, this means that we assemble on *Friday* night, December 9 11:59pm, and ride out at about 12:30am.

But wait ... there's more! As an *additional* added bonus, those who don't bug out early will enjoy part of an eclipse (starting at 5:33am) right before the moon sets!

Routes are typically set on the fly, but 20-30 miles is how they usually work out, and of course you can always leave and go home whenever you want. The ride goes on, rain or ((moon))shine. Looking at the weather, it's likely to be dry but cold.

As always, ride at your own risk, having lights on your bike at night is a good idea and it's always prudent to have at least enough equipment to change a flat.

Thanks Doug for keeping the best ride in town running smoothly, and keeping us schmucks in the know as to the dates and times and shit. 11:59pm TONIGHT. Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge. It's a Friday, you ain't got no job, and you got nothing to do. So be there.

Mo sent me this about a week and a half ago, but it happens in 12 hours so tomorrow during the day get your ass out to Metz Park and support the local bike polo club!

Sick flyer, badass people, and a good time on 2 wheels. Get your ass down there and play some polo if you've never given it a shot. Who knows, you might like it.

Somebody stole one of Chalo's bikes last night. Though the original frame might just be a dyno beach cruiser, the bike in ir's current form is far beyond that and should stick out like a sore thumb to any bike nerds around town:

Bike and bike trailer stolen: Bike- Dyno cruiser, highly customized, black and cream frame, large Lepper leather saddle, nuvinci hub. Custom trailer built by Pete Murray - they got the frame without the box it holds. (We don't own a car- this is how we get our groceries, do our laundry and how I carry my gear to gigs... its theft is a big problem for us). If you see it listed for sale or parked anywhere, please contact Chalo at East Side Pedal Pushers: 826-3414.

Normally I don't advocate fucking someone up over a bike, but if ANYONE sees this bike being ridden by anybody save Chalo, do whatever you feel you need to do. I guess the thief didn't know who they were stealing from or else they wouldn't have even considered it.

I'm coming out of my cave to inform everybody that today in a few short hours the SIXTH annual Motherfucking 100 is happening at 21st Street Co-op. Check it:

Like to drink beer and watch your friends do dumb stuff on bikes? Show up around 2pm and experience the glory that is the MOTHERFUCKING 100!

Doug just posted up a Facebook event for the Moon Tower Tour happening this weekend, so I figure I should get off my ass and actually post it to the Calendar. Check out what's going down this Saturday evening:

Get yer keyster to the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge at 11:59pm Saturday, November 5 for the best damn ride of the year. No one's gonna make you pedal, but ...
... it'd be a lot cooler if you did.

For more details --

http://atxbs.com/?q=node%2F5035

Note that this is the night that daylight savings time switches, so you get an extra hour. Why not spend that extra hour on your bike?

This really isn't a "Full Moon Cruise" ride -- the full moon happens a few days later -- but I figured it would interest many of the full moon riders, and I didn't find an actual event on Facebook for it, so here we go.

In the past, the ride has been about 25 miles or so, but who knows? If you're wondering what you might be in store for, here's some pictures of past rides that may or may not give some ideas --

http://cycling.frenzied.us/2010-06-18-Moonlight_Tower_Tour/
http://cycling.frenzied.us/2008-11-29-Midnight_Moonlight_Tower_Tour_Stri...

My friend Max is running the action and also generated the dope flyer that's attached above. The route he's set up takes us by all 15 remaining towers, and I think a couple spots where the old towers used to stand. Saturday night on the Lamar Pedestrian Bridge at around 11:30pm is when and where you want to be if you want to do this thing. Bring your riding legs and plenty of beverages. People get thirsty.

We're nearly upon yet another all-hallows eve, which means all my favorite undead come out to play and ride the third iteration of the Skellies Halloween Bike Ride!

Happy Skellies Halloween!!!

It's that time of the year again! Halloween! We've already declared this a national skellies holiday! It's a celebration! The previous two Halloween rides, the 1st & 2nd Bones were pretty damn amazing, but I'm sure we can top it this year!

Full details below ... get your Halloween costumes together, skeletons are always dope by-the-way ;) and we'll be hittin up a huge halloween house bash this year after a little bit of riding.

There will be a Skellies prize for best skeleton, not that you have to be a skeleton, but we like skeletons :)

-skellies

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Skellies! Get excited for our annual Skellies Halloween Ride! We're going to bike around and have some fun. Our route will take us around town on a nice short & leisurely ride ultimately landing at:

Blood & Glitter: A Halloween Ball
event info: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=162319537193583

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Bring your bikes, locks, ID's, lights & wear your best costumes! It's Halloween damnit! Show me those costumes and bones!

Unlike certain OTHER riding groups (*cough*TNSR*cough*), this one actually dresses to the occasion so be sure to wear something spectacularly ghoulish, ghastly and gruesome, as you most certainly won't be the only one looking excellent. If bones are involved, all the better! 8pm at The Grackle is the place to meet, but if you miss the ride launch you can always meet up with them at the Blood and Glitter Halloween Ball afterward. Easy peasy.

Dress the fuck up. It's Halloween. Jeez.