Biking
The Austin Bicycle Route Map shows Priority 1 routes in the Austin Bicycle Plan, Part 2. Each route is rated for the ease or difficulty of riding with current conditions, based on lane widths, traffic volumes, and traffic speed.
The most recent version of the map, 5th Edition Fall 2007, is now available.
To view a PDF version of the bike map - click on Bicycle Route Map PDF
This is a 2.9MB file. Depending on your connection speed, you might experience long download times.
Maps may be obtained from area bicycle shops or directly from the City. To obtain a copy in person, please stop by the Bicycle and Pedestrian Program office at One Texas Center, 505 Barton Springs Road, Suite 800, at the corner of Barton Springs Road and South First Street.
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If you prefer taking a ride on a trail, as opposed to riding on the street, Austin has some great hike and bike trails that may interest you. Austin has one of the best trail systems in the nation. With over 50 miles of well surfaced paths that follow natural greenbelts into all areas of the city. Just remember most of these trails are "hike and bike" trails, so you will be among other bike riders, as well as runners, and hikers. |
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Texas Cartography has created several very nice trail maps. Click below to download them as a PDF.
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This page shows you real ways you can get hit and real ways to avoid them. This is a far cry from normal bicycle safety guides, which usually tell you little more than to wear your helmet and to follow the law. But consider this for a moment: Wearing a helmet will do absolutely nothing to prevent you from getting hit by a car! Sure, helmets might help you if you get hit, and it's a good idea to wear one, but your #1 goal should be to avoid getting hit in the first place. Plenty of cyclists are killed by cars even though they were wearing helmets. Ironically, if they had ridden without helmets, yet followed the guidelines listed below, they might still be alive today. Don't confuse wearing a helmet with biking safely. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. It's better to not get hit. That's what real bicycle safety is about. |
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101 Cycling Workouts
Discover the perfect training plan to prepare you for your Century (100 mile) ride. This plan provides 15 week's worth of training building up for the event. Includes primarily endurance and hill training with some aerobic intervals included to increase your speed. This is also a great plan for other long rides, such as metric Centuries. Comes with a manual, 'How To Use a Training Plan' to help you modify this plan for your situation.
To start training today, click below.
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