R.I.P. John

John Wessel died close to this spot in the Texas Hill Country in October 2010. He had not been in Texas very long, having moved here a short while ago to retire. It’s a truly beautiful spot on a quiet country road which follows the clear waters of Onion Creek and is surrounded by majestic live oaks.

John was a fine cyclist and took great pride in his two “top of the line” road bikes. On the road, he had the maturity that comes with years in the saddle but consistently demonstrated that he could easily “hang” with riders half his age.

He had quickly embraced our cycling club, participated in many of its activities and was already making plans to ride with us at the Easter Hill Country Tour in 2011. Sadly, we shall be riding without him.

WEEKDAY CYCLING WITH WILLIAM’S WALNUTS

Do you work from home, are between jobs or retired? Then consider riding with the Walnuts. We are a diverse and sociable group (male/female, ages 20s to 60s) and are fortunate enough to be able to ride our bikes on weekday mornings.

Most of our rides are moderately intense and are intended for self-confident riders who would consider themselves to be at least intermediate in ability. All rides are “no drop”, assuming that the participants have realistically matched themselves to the ride description. Cue sheets and/or maps are usually available. See the table for a list of rides and below the table for ride leaders, ride descriptions and start locations etc.

Last-minute rides tend to be arranged via an email distribution list which will hopefully be converted to a Google list. Check us out on http://www.williampedalson.blogspot.com/ or send an email to WilliamPedalsOn@gmail.com

Most Walnuts rides are part of the Austin Cycling Association’s “Hosted Rides” program. More details of their rides can be seen at http://www.austincycling.org/ Take a look at ACA’s other Classic and Hosted rides and learn more at the FAQ section. Membership of the Association is not a pre-requisite for riding with us but it is a truly great organization, fantastic value and well worth joining.

We also have a Facebook page which is sometimes up to date. Search under Austin Cycling Walnuts. Photos of us are at http://picasaweb.google.com/WilliamPedalsOn/Walnuts#

Last but not least we have a breakfast spot (usually Wednesdays at 8 am) at www.lacasitatx.com and a pub of choice www.draughthouse.com

Date	Time	Ride (see link below for ride details & start locations)	Leader (see below for phone/emails
Tues. 26th Oct.	8:30 am	Cotton Capers (modified)	William
Thurs. 28th Oct.	5:00 pm (approx.)	Thursday Night Social Ride. Watch email for start/meet-up.	William
Tues. 2nd Nov.	8:30 am	Mt. Bonnell > Jollyville	William
Thurs. 4th Nov.	9:00 am	Devil’s Backbone	William
Sun. 7th Nov.	9:00 am	Lone Granger ***	William
Tues. 9th Nov.	9:00 am	Pfluggerville Pflatts	David
Tues. 16th Nov.	9:00 am	Mozart’s > Creedmoor	William
Sun. 21st Nov.	9:00 am	Fischer Fissure ***	William
Tues. 23rd Nov.	9:00 am	City Park > Jollyville	William
Tues. 30th Nov.	9:00 am	Cotton Capers (modified)	William
Tues. 7th Dec.	9:00 am	Mt. Bonnell > Jollyville	William
Sun. 12th Dec.	9:00 am	Uhl Love It ***	William
Tues. 14th Dec.	9:00 am	Old San Antonio Road	William
Sun. 19th Dec.	9:00 am	Pedernales Pedal ***	William
Tues. 21st Dec.	9:00 am	City Park > Jollyville	William
Tues. 28th Dec.	9:00 am	Pfluggerville Pflatts	David
Tues. 4th Jan.	9:00 am	Mozart’s > Creedmoor	William
Tues. 11th Jan.	9:00 am	Mt. Bonnell > Jollyville	William
Tues. 18th Jan.	9:00 am	Cotton Capers (modified)	William
Tues. 25th Jan.	9:00 am	City Park > Jollyville	William

*** See www.austincycling.org/rides/classic for details

RIDE LEADERS (completed the ACA class)

Billy Martin
Chris Cambell
David Tietz	512-297-1492 (cell)	DavidTietz@me.com
Dustin Dunnam	512 873-0447 (cell)	dustin@etechsolutions.us
Ira Kaplan
Jerry Kollath
Misty Conn	----	mistyconn@speakeasy.net
William Hudson	210-387-7340 (cell)	WilliamPedalsOn@gmail.com

THE RIDE DESCRIPTIONS, DISTANCES ETC. HAVE NOW MOVED. FOR THESE, PLEASE GO TO:

https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=19o6XwZkf5Xjg94ZzgjV4nrHLAH6VBLmB55LxQneegCQ&hl=en&authkey=CJPcyLoK

He's baaaaaaaaaaaaack !!!!!!

Today was Stanton's inaugural ride as a "New Man". Fifteen of us helped him celebrate his return on the bike. Eight weeks after a massive cardiac arrest, 25 minutes or so on the "other side" and finally a successful quadruple bypass. His experiences were enlightening to us all from a temporal perspective. However, from a spiritual point of view, his ordeal was of no use to us. No insight as to what awaits us when our number is up. So I guess I will keep riding my bike on Sundays. Click on the photo for a full screen view.