Posts from ‘January, 2009’

“New mobility aims towards a human system. Old mobility aims at a car system.” Eric Britton, New Mobility Agenda Streetsblog posted a great video at the end of last week that covers many of the innovative things being done in Paris (France, not Texas) to make streets safer and more accessible to cyclists and pedestrians alike. [...]

There’s some really great cycling news out there, the national stimulus package notwithstanding (although having $10 billion for transit in there can’t be all bad, can it?). Here’s what I’ve found in the past week and wanted to share: Treehugger has a great roundup of their own showcasing innovations in bicycle infrastructure around the world [...]

Last week, we let you know about some contest submissions that might be of interest to cyclists. We’d like to let you know about one more that involves some pretty cool prizes as well as a chance to make the world a better place. The Fat Cyclist, a great cycling blog, is having a contest [...]

Summary: Lovingly photographed and well written, The Golden Age Of Handbuilt Bicycles by Jan Heine will satisfy the velo-Francofile and handbuilt framebuilders in every way but may be of limited appeal to general cyclists. Rating: 3.5/5 Price: $60 Availability: Order directly from Vintage Bicycle Press or purchase at finer local bike shops Jan Heine, the [...]

Earlier this week, we reported on how the Secret Service has banned bikes from the Obama Inauguration festivities as ”items determined to be a potential safety hazard.” While this is a slap in the face to cyclists, all is not lost. Washcycle, a Washington D.C. cycling blog, posted a story today with video of D.C. Mayor [...]

And Cervelo P4 spotted on the roads of Austin today So here’s your problem: You like the clean setup and simplicity of your single speed with road drop bars, but you’d really love to have more gear choices for when the rod tilts upward. In the past, your only option was a flip-flop wheel which [...]

There seems to be a real trend in recycling bike parts lately. In just the last week, we reported on Bike Furniture Design, a company that recycles bike parts into furniture, and let you know about an open call for your old bike gear cogs to be used to build iconic bike rack sculptures in [...]

I want to give a shout of thanks out to Bike Hugger who saved me from writers block in penning my weekly diatribe against stupid products. I was having a hard time figuring out what to write about this week, so I took up surfing all my favorite sites to delay the inevitable and came [...]

Last night, Austin Chronicle reporter Dan Mottola had his bike stolen from his house near 38th and Guadalupe. Bummer! He sent out this e-mail asking everyone to keep an eye out for it. I was getting ready to go out and had the bike in my back yard for maybe 10 minutes while I took [...]

Jason at ATXBS has a very good synopsis of several things that were discussed at the BAC Thursday night, including the upcoming funding of bike boxes in test locations (yay!), the Austin Bicycle Plan being almost ready for a review (having an open house for comments on March 9 was tentatively discussed, sign our petition [...]