New Belgium Brings Beers, Bikes, Baby Ruths and Bottle Rockets to The Triangle

There seems to be some sort of movement going on lately, a movement that we support in theory if not in action (we're lazy), but all of our friends can't stop talking about riding bikes. Thursday Night Social Rides, Monday Night Ladiez Rides, Lance Armstrong Surprise Rides, and on and on. We even had a coworker who is a serious cyclist ask us (the non-serious cyclist) what we call riding around on two wheels and a metal frame, as she wants to start a class for people who just want to tool around town. We told her, "We just call it riding bikes, as in 'Let's go ride bikes.'" We don't need fancy names to know that it is fun and good not only for us, but for our community and our environment.

With that in mind, we are very excited about the prospect of riding a fairly flat route from our house to the Triangle for New Belgium Brewery's Bike in Cinema. Tonight's feature is The Goonies, which has several of its own cycling scenes—most notably the one where Josh Brolin bikejacks Data's little sister and then, when forced to ride alongside the cheesedick driving a convertible Chrysler LeBaron, burns off the training wheels and is pitched over a cliff— is such a great film for them to hitch their wagon to, as it starts off with kids setting out on an adventure on, what else, their bikes.

There is a $2 suggested donation for admission, and $3 New Belgium Beers, with all proceeds going towards the League of Bicycling Voters, a nonprofit advocacy organization promoting better transportation policy decisions, justice for bicyclists, and more resources to increase the number of bicyclists in the Austin area. There will also be food available from the Flying Saucer and, if we're lucky, a nice breeze.

New Belgium's Tour De Fat rolls through Austin in a couple of weeks, so if you haven't been out on two wheels lately, this will be a nice primer to get you ready for that event. In between, there will be another Bike In Cinema event at the Triangle, with a screening of Bottle Rocket. While we can't remember if they ride bikes in that film or not, we do know that it has one of the best lines in cinema history: "How did an asshole like Bob get such a great kitchen." Won't you come ride bikes with us?