Posts from ‘February, 2009’

One of my favorite coffee shops in Austin, Caffe Medici (actually this is unfair to say because every coffee shop in Austin is my favorite coffee shop in Austin), is starting a group ride club, the “Medici Bike Club,” or MBC. Their first ride will cover a bit under 6 miles and go from their [...]

Bicycle frame builder and component maker Salsa has issued a recall of 8,600 CroMoto SUL Salsa threadless and quill stems made from November 5, 2007 to December 31, 2008. There was a defect in the manufacturing of these stems which can cause the stems to break. They have set up a website, www.salsacromotostem.com, with information [...]

Both locations of Bicycle Sport Shop will be closed this Sunday, March 1 in memory of Carol Masterson, a BSS staffer who recently past. I didn’t know Carol, but I remember her always being helpful and saying funny things when I’d check out. A memorial service will be held from Sunday, from 10am-Noon at the Lady Bird Johnson [...]

Austin City Council Place 1 candidate Chris Riley Austin City Council Place One candidate Chris Riley is an avid cyclist who lives carfree. Part of his outreach to the cycling community is a bicycle rally the weekend of SXSW. The ride will highlight the progress and needed improvements to our bicycle infrastructure, especially bike lanes, trails, and [...]

I was just leaving work when I saw link over at ATXBS to a Craig’s List posting about a non-profit bike sale on this Saturday morning. Here’s the scoop from Craig’s list:  Bike Sale this Saturday, 9am The Austin Arts and Music Partnership. 411 West Monroe at South First Street. 9am until we run out [...]

The fashion industry has inspired us to pen more than one Dumbest Product of the Week. When fashion and cycling converge as they often do with clothing maker Rapha, we have pay dirt. Some of you may recall Rapha’s $750 Tweed Softshell as our 16th edition Dumbest Product winner. This softshell may be OK for [...]

Next Saturday, March 7 is the deadline to submit a film for the 2009 Bicycle Film Festival. Entries should be submitted in a DVD or miniDV format, and while they’ll accept films of any length, those “shorter than 10 minutes are easier to program.” Basically, a long film has to be really good to be part of the [...]

Austin cyclists are engaged and excited about what’s coming. That was the message city staff heard loud and clear last night at the bicycle plan open house held at Mellow Johnny’s. Political campaigns and local organizers are also paying attention to the increased excitement. Representatives from the Chris Riley Austin City Council campaign were there, [...]

Last night, my wife introduced me to the site FAIL blog where sometimes funny, sometime pitiful photographic and video examples of failure are shared. While there, I came across this video of not so cool BMXers. Enjoy.

I just saw over at ATXBS that  Annie P has christened the February Critical Mass ride with a Mardi Gras theme. Never mind that Lent has started, and us non-heathens should be putting our wayward ways behind us for at least the next 40 days. It’s still an inspired theme.