An Austin road club whose free weekly group rides span every level, from a beginner-intermediate Saturday cruise to an advanced 18-20 mph Bagel Ride. Most rides launch from Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop downtown, and membership is just $45/year ($1 for juniors) if you want to race or get team apparel.
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Austin
Hill Country base camp. Year-round riding, brutal summer heat, deep gravel and group ride density west of MoPac.
Cycos Score7.0/10 · Excellent
Score breakdown
Scored on climate and bike infrastructure — each computed from a real datapoint, not a guess. Ridership and sport-scene dimensions are on the way. How scoring works.
Climate
6.7/10
244 rideable days/yr · Open-Meteo daily history 2019–2024 ↗
Bike infrastructure
7.2/10
525.2 km cycleway within 10 km of center · OpenStreetMap (Overpass) ↗
The Austin cycling scene
Austin's road scene runs on the Hill Country west of town: endless 360-style loops with real climbs. Gravel access is excellent. Summer is so hot most weekend rides start at 6 AM. CX scene exists but is overshadowed by gravel.
Start here
Tuesday Nighter is the legacy weekly group ride; weekend Hill Country rides typically post on Strava clubs.
Routes & trails
0 routesThe climbs, trails, and rides that define riding here, the ones locals ride and recommend first.
No routes documented yet for Austin. Suggest a route or check back soon.
Group rides & cycling clubs
4 clubsBike Austin Rides
Bike Austin's volunteer-led rides program is the city's most newcomer-friendly on-ramp: rides are no-drop and led by a trained ride leader unless noted otherwise. The calendar lists rides nearly every day, rated by intensity (E through AA) and hilliness so you can pick one that matches your fitness before showing up.
Breakfast Club ATX
A community-driven Austin riding crew best known for its big monthly supported ride with vehicle escorts and a pace group for everyone, drawing hundreds of riders. Also runs Babes Rides for women, women-identifying, and non-binary cyclists twice a month from its East Austin clubhouse.
Austin Ridge Riders
Austin's mountain bike club, advocating for trails and riders since 1987 with 600+ members. Its free Sunday group rides at Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park are explicitly no-drop and split into pace groups from beginner (4-6 miles) through advanced (15-20 miles), making it an easy place to start off-road.
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This page was last verified on 2026-05-30. Cycos curates listings from public sources (club websites, Strava club pages, Reddit threads) and verbal recommendations from local riders and shops. We don't scrape behind logins. If a listing is wrong or you're a club/shop that wants it removed, email hello@cycos.cc and we'll update or remove it within 7 days.