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I’ve lived in Austin most of my life, but until Sunday had never climbed to the overlook at the Pennybacker Bridge on Loop 360. I made the steep walk up a pitifully eroded trail to reach the top, where I discovered a flat, rocky area with a nice view of Lake Austin. A...

If you like your mountain bike riding tricked up with berms, gaps, jumps and pump rollers, try the new Flow Trail at Milton Reimers Ranch Park in Western Travis County. I headed to the park this morning, and warmed up on the beginner’s mountain bike trail before...

Austin’s losing another home-grown retailer. Hill Abell announced this week that after 35 years, he and his wife Laura Agnew are selling Bicycle Sport Shop to Trek Bicycle. That means Austin is losing its sole Specialized dealer. Bicycle Sport Shop also sells Santa...

Heads up, cold water swimmers. The pandemic has frozen plans for the 2021 Polar Bear Plunge at Barton Springs Pool. City officials have cancelled the event “after careful consideration of the local characteristics of the virus and related community priorities.” Barton...