Crank ‘N Drank
South Austin Trail Network
Every Tuesday - 6PM
Crank ‘N Drank is a South Austin Trail Network Tuesday evening tradition.
Wheels down at 6pm. This is considered an ADVANCED level ride, meaning the slowest group is not a beginner group. Crank N Drank is not reccommended for beginners. There is a BYOB chill out after the ride. Bring a cooler, your favorite brew, a chair, and some money for Dominoes, Tacodeli, or TCBY which are in the shopping center.
Remember, this is an advanced level ride. Generally the groups are:
Group 4/Social: 8-9 MPH with breaks
Group 3: 9 MPH with a few breaks
Group 2: 9-10 mph with very few breaks
Group 1: 10-11 mph with very few breaks
*There is a Race Pace group but I am going to get on my soapbox here as someone who cares about our community and the impression we leave: race pace has no business in mixed use public trail systems. Keep it in private systems/one way trails. If you ride in this group please remember that one of the easiest ways of bringing negative attention to the off road cycling community is to give the impression that we are irresponsible and rude. As individuals other trail users can easily write us off as inconsiderate; however, in a group it looks more like poor trail culture in the community.
Please be respectful of the riders behind you. IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO KEEP UP MOVE ASIDE AND LET THE GROUP THROUGH.
planned Route
Uploaded by noon the day of ride.
Route Notes
If trail conditions are poor, route will be gravel and road.
Night Ride season is here. YOU WILL NEED LIGHTS!
Route Notes: Start with "Alamo Swamp," under MoPac at the cowbell and proceed south on "Inside Passage," and cross the creek to "Love Rollercoaster." Continue south on "Love Rollercoaster" to "Bowie Stonewall" (first 3/4 only), cross the creek to "Wolftrap Escape" and out to Wolftrap Drive. Cut through the neighborhood to Brodie Lane and head south on the sidewalk to Indian Point Drive and cross Brodie at the light. Head back north on Brodie and take Squirrel Hollow into Bauerle. Once in Bauerle, take "Dead Man's Drop" across the creek and STAY on the southside of Slaughter Creek to "Surf's Up." After dropping down Big Kahuna, continue east through Canterbury (NORTH Canterbury) to the train bridge. Proceed NORTH on "Train Spotting" to the start of "Tracking Mary." Take "Tracking Mary" into Mary Moore Searight Park. Once in the park, take the gravel trail along the entrance road NORTH to Slaughter Lane, hang a slight right at Slaughter and cross the road at the "Palace Parkway" light. Take "Palace Parkway" north and enter Dittmar Park and proceed WEST on "Boggy Ditty westbound." Head WEST until the trail ends at Monitor Drive. Climb Monitor and take a right onto Seminary Ridge Drive. From there hop on "ZzzAttack Westbound" to "Swamp Thing" to "Bella Bella" to Davis Hill and down to Brodie Lane. Cross Brodie and take "Smucker's South" to "DDT Express" and west on the pipeline back to Slaughter Lane. Head back to the shop using "Quarantine Cutthrough" through MoPac Tunnel, to "Northbank" and end with "Front Door."
Meet behind ATX Bikes. Please do not park behind Domino’s Pizza, or in front of Austin Diagnostic Clinic!
