Bat City Cycling Group Rides
Austin cycling collective focused on building confident group riders through hand-signal skills, road communication, and inclusive social rides for beginners and casual cyclists.
The vibe
Learn to ride in a group
Most group rides assume you already know the language — hand signals, calling out “car back,” pointing at potholes — but nobody actually teaches it. Bat City Cycling does. This Austin collective runs inclusive rides specifically designed to bring new cyclists into the group riding world with the skills to actually be safe and comfortable doing it. You’ll learn to communicate with the riders around you, signal your intentions, and navigate as a unit rather than a loose collection of people who happen to be near each other.
The rides are casual and social, built around participation over performance. Who shows up tends to be people who are newer to cycling, returning to it after a break, or who have always ridden solo and want to figure out how the group ride thing actually works. The pace reflects that — nobody’s getting dropped, and the point is to ride together rather than test how hard you can push.
Locations and days vary, so your best move is following @batcitybiking on Instagram where current ride info gets posted. It’s free, it’s welcoming, and if you’ve ever sat in a coffee shop watching a group ride go by and wondered how you’d fit in — this is the on-ramp.