The last ride completed, the farewell meal digested, the many hugs and kisses given between friends; time to leave Terlingua and start the trip ‘home.’ With Reilly having to return to Arkansas, we decided to drive to Austin, Texas for a couple days riding. Friday afternoon we pulled out of the Desert Sports parking lot, arriving later that night in the State’s capitol. Poaching a spot at an RV park for the night, Saturday morning we were on the hunt for breakfast.
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Harnessing the power of Facebook to find a recommendation, we made our way to the
Bouldin Creek Cafe for an incredible vegetarian breakfast. A cool, hip place where the staff are all tattooed and the bikes parked out front are mostly fixies. Sufficiently caffeinated, we met Hill and his friend Joe at
Bicycle Sports Shop. From there the four of us and our bikes drove north of the city about 75mins to
Reveille Peaks Ranch.
Having made his fortune in high-tech, the land-owner has built about 20miles of very demanding trails on his 2000acre granite play-land over the past 18months. Not for the novice, these trails are a stunning mix of technical granite obstacles, tight and twisty woodland single-track and even a few wet creek crossings. The weather was perfect, the trails spectacular and the crashes few, though one did cause Prince Albert to cry.
Sunday afternoon, Reilly and I again met Hill for more Austin mountain-biking. This time, the three of us rode the down-town
Austin Greenbelt trails. With out hesitation, I can confidently declare that was the most technical piece of continual single-track I have EVER ridden. The rocks and boulders, the trees and roots, the climbs and the descents; all combined to make this a very demanding, punishing yet gloriously invigorating ride. There were some sections I probably should have walked and a few sections I did. There were a few spots where I was forced off the bike rather abruptly. Throughout those trails, however, we hooted, hollered and cheered like a bunch of school boys. Tremendous.
That night the three of us enjoyed a meal of killer burgers at the very cool and even busier
Hopdoddy. From there,
ice-cream at Amy’s and a sound night’s sleep in the van in a hospital parking lot. Austin, you are my new favourite American city. We will meet again.
Good to see you over here enjoying the great riding in Austin. We hope you get back again soon for more cycling and good times in our city.
Darryl