With New Years Day falling on Thursday, we’ll be doing the events round up a day early today. I neglected to mention the First Night Austin festivities last week, so be sure to bike downtown and check them out if you’ve never been. Thanks again to ATXBS for help with the calendar. Wednesday, December 31 [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2008’
Texas, it’s like a whole ‘nother country
I just got back in town after visiting my in-laws in Lubbock, Texas. To say I have different world view from my in-laws and most of West Texas is putting it mildly. So it was with some amazement when I saw a Prius parked next to my brother-in-law’s house with a “Drill here, Drill now” bumper [...]
MileMeter insurance by the mile: How does it stack up?
MileMeter, car insurance purchased by the mile, is based in Texas and promises to provide significant savings for their customers who drive less than average. As it says on the front page of their website: If you have a vehicle that is driven less than 12,000 miles per year, then MileMeter insurance could help you [...]
Bicycle Blog Roundup, 12/29/08
It’s great to be back home in Austin after a week away in Oklahoma, where I saw a grand total of one urban cyclist in six days, and even better to have time to write some articles again! Here are the tidbits I’ve caught in the cycling blog world lately. Bicycle spokes in Baltimore has [...]
Dumbest Product of the Week takes Holiday break
Due to family commitments and a general post Christmas, stuffing induced malaise, Dumbest Product of the Week will be taking a one week hiatus. We’ll be back next week with more skewering of silly items foisted on the general public. In the meantime, you can reflect on the year in dumb by checking out our [...]
Merry Christmas
Austin Bike Blog hopes you have a relaxing, enjoyable Christmas Day. To get you in the mood, enjoy this version of the Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies from the Nutcracker Suite performed entirely with bicycle parts.
Upcoming Austin Bike Culture Events- 12/25- 12/31/08
With Christmas tomorrow, I decided to do the event round up for the next week a day early with ATXBS as our guide. Friday, December 26 December Critical Mass 5 PM, West Mall on the University of Texas campus The last Friday of each month means Critical Mass time. Now that you’re stuffed with turkey [...]
Holiday Week Blog News Roundup
Marcus is not here this week to do the News Roundup, so I though I’d share some holiday related posts from other blogs to add to our Christmas themed Dumbest Product of the Week and Christmas Tree hauling by bike. PacificPedalling.com has a article about a pilot program UPS is doing right now to deliver [...]
Last minute gifts for the transportation cyclist
I’m never one to do today what can be put off until tomorrow, especially when it comes to shopping for gifts during the holidays. Just look how late I waited to pick out a Christmas Tree. To help those who are like minded, I’ve put together a brief list of gifts I would think any [...]
Xmas Xtracycle
Who needs a car for Christmas errands when I have my Xtracycle Minivan As has happened the last seven years, this year I waited until a week before Christmas to get a tree. Despite dire warnings from friends of getting a Charlie Brown Christmas tree, things have always worked out. The closest we came to [...]
