The Matt Faus Blog

This weekend I took a much needed riding expedition down to the Austin area. Some friends from the riding club I participate in have moved down there, so the fun was threefold. We went to ride the awesome roads of Hill Country, hang out with some long-time friends, and even got free lodging! Thanks Michael and Lisa!

We left on the bikes Saturday morning at 7:30am. We weren’t in too big of a hurry to get down there, so we took several stops and went the back way to avoid the traffic of I-35. We made it there by noon. We headed out to lunch via a road called Lime Creek. This road was a sign of great things to come. There were all kinds of elevation changes, decreasing radius turns, and everything in between! Several 15mph turns would curve and go up with the trees hanging down over the road, so it felt like your head was going to brush up against them. In one 10mph turn, I even scraped my boot on the pavement because I was leaned over so far! I had never done this before, so it was a little weird.

We met all the Austin riders at Oasis, and the total was about 20. This place was built on a cliff, so there are several staggered patios on the back and everyone gets an awesome view. I had a huge plate of fajitas, as I was really hungry after all that riding.

After lunch, we went riding around some more, a little bit tamer than Lime Creek, but still incredible. The scenery and the roads there are truly awesome.

Then we headed back to the house to grill some burgers and hot dogs and just hang out. We had a good time, but I went to bed pretty early since I was so tired.

In the morning we met up for some breakfast burritos at this place called Rudy’s. They were really good. Then, we went out riding, and it was probably the best riding I have ever done. The roads out there are simply incredible. It was a good 2-3 hours of just twists and turns through the hills. It really re-invigorated my love for riding! I was able to really work on technique since all the turns were so closely placed, and it was a lot of fun riding in such a big group. I don’t have a video of this ride, but I sure wish I did.

After we got back to the house, we packed our stuff and headed out. We wanted to get back to Dallas before the sun set, and it was already 3pm. We made pretty good time, but we still didn’t get back until 6:45pm. Sunday alone I did 600 miles, so I was really tired. I had a steakburger from Steak ‘n Shake and crashed. All in all, it was an awesome weekend!