Was reading that there's a steady surcharge of 3x and up to 6x during peak hours during SXSW and traffic is usually a mess and that's before all the streets shutting down FOR sxsw. A 6 mile bike ride down 1 street doesn't really seem that bad at all to me. Plus there's stuff spread throughout the city that we can do. People can be frustrating sometimes.
The bike idea seems totally reasonable. You're going to fucking Austin, TX for God's sake. If you can't ride rental bikes in a hipster mecca, you need to get over yourself.
My friends are just bums. One of them was complaining when we were walking around RICHMOND. For all this effort they ended up bailing on the trip so now I'm headed down by myself! I have a couple friends down there who I can couch surf with or hop into someone's air bnb. Excited!
Don't think I'm buying a SXSW music wristband though. I know a lot of people doing free showcases not associated directly with the main SXSW fest. Seems weird, you spend almost 200 for a wristband and everything is first come first serve? Or sometimes you win a lottery for bigger shows? Seems frustrating. Unless I totally misread their site...