Mellow Johnny's

Bike to Work Day 2012

mellowjohnnys — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:43:14 +0000

May 18, 2012; 7:00 am to 9:00 am
Location: Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop
400 Nueces
Austin, TX 78701

Bike to Work Day at Mellow Johnny's Wear a Tie and Win a Shopping Spree! Friday, May 18 • 7-9 am Ride down to Mellow Johnny's on your way to work and get a free taco, coffee, and samples from Thunderbird Energetica. Win a $300 shopping spree at Mellow Johnny's. Here's how it works: • Ride down here Friday morning. [...]

Commuter Safety Ride with the Bikin’ Betties

mellowjohnnys — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:03:29 +0000

May 14, 2012; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Location: - Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop
400 Nueces St
Austin, TX 78701

Want to try commuting but have reservations? Join us for night of talking bike safety with a ride to demo some of the ways to get along better with your fellow road users. The Bikin' Betties from Social Cycling Austin will be riding early with us and this week the men are invited to join. [...]

Chrissie Wellington’s “A Life Without Limits” Book Signing

mellowjohnnys — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:42:03 +0000

May 17, 2012; 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop
400 Nueces St
Austin, TX 78701

Mellow Johnny's is hosting a book signing for four-time Ironman World Champion Chrissie Wellington for her new book A Life Without Limits. Part memoir, travel diary, and training guide, A Life Without Limits is Chrissie’s firsthand account of her unlikely rise to the top. In addition to her personal story, Chrissie shares training tips, stories [...]

Bicycle Advisory Council Bike Ride

mellowjohnnys — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:10:50 +0000

May 17, 2012; 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Location: - Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop
400 Nueces St
Austin, TX 78701

Call it our Intro to Advocacy Night - Mellow Johnny's wants to help you get involved with cycling issues in Austin. First we'll take a short ride to see different types of infrastructure including the new cycletrack on Rio Grande. Next we'll attend the Bicycle Advisory Council meeting at City Hall [...]

Commuter Bike Clinic

mellowjohnnys — Thu, 03 May 2012 17:22:04 +0000

May 8, 2012; 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop
400 Nueces
Austin, Texas

Ever dreamed of living car free? Join us at Mellow Johnny’s for some easy and realistic ways to reduce your car dependence. The goal of this clinic will be to help its attendees to trade more of their car trips with bike trips, even if just a couple per week. We will [...]

Team Perla’s Greenbelt Ride

mellowjohnnys — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:02:47 +0000

April 12, 2012; 8:30 am to 11:00 am
April 19, 2012; 8:30 am to 11:00 am
April 26, 2012; 8:30 am to 11:00 am
May 3, 2012; 8:30 am to 11:00 am
May 10, 2012; 8:30 am to 11:00 am
May 17, 2012; 8:30 am to 11:00 am
May 24, 2012; 8:30 am to 11:00 am
May 31, 2012; 8:30 am to 11:00 am
June 7, 2012; 8:30 am to 11:00 am
Location: Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop
400 Nueces
Austin, Texas

Led by Team Perla’s every Thursday. The Team Perla’s Greenbelt Ride will meet at Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop at 8am, the ride departs at 8:30am. This is an 18 mile, 2.5 hour, co-ed, no drop ride for intermediate riders. The ride offers a mix of singletrack, doubletrack, technical climbs and descents, rock gardens and long chances to [...]

Scout-A-Route Austin’s Cultural Campus Concert Crawl

mellowjohnnys — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:43:37 +0000

April 14, 2012; 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Location: - Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop
400 Nueces St

Explore art, history, the humanities, and science while enjoying a casual bike ride! Co-hosted by Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop and the Austin Cycling Association, this no-drop, co-ed group ride is perfect for the cyclist new to riding or bike commuting, returning to the bike, or just looking for a more casual ride. Total mileage is [...]

Bike Snob NYC Book Signing

mellowjohnnys — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:56:37 +0000

March 31, 2012; 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Location: Mellow Johnny's
400 Nueces St

Join Bike Snob NYC for a ride and book signing of his most recent book: "The Enlightened Cyclist: Commuter Angst, Dangerous Drivers, and Other Obstacles on the Path to Two-Wheeled Transcendence." Bike Snob will lead a ride from the shop at 1:30pm, followed by a book signing and talk about his upcoming book at 3pm. Plenty [...]

Scout-a-route: Fusebox-Pay Phone Revival Project

mellowjohnnys — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 23:56:25 +0000

April 28, 2012; 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Location: - Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop
400 Nueces
Austin, Texas

"The Pay Phone Revival Project reanimates abandoned pay phone booths by commissioning artists and designers to use them as the epicenter for creative interventions in the urban landscape. The resulting installations transform abandoned pay phone booths into objects that inspire play and interaction, create a new function, or tell a story. The project is curated [...]

Giant Women’s Demo Walnut Creek

mellowjohnnys — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:30:01 +0000

March 6, 2012; [ 5:00 pm] March 10, 2012; 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm
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Join Mellow Johnny’s for a great day of ladies rides.The events hosted by Liv/Giant and Mellow Johnny’s Staff will give ladies a chance to ride select Giant road and mountain bike models, learn valuable riding and maintenance skills, as well as make new friends. Road/Mountain Bike Demo Helmets required for all rides and demos [...]