Posts on ‘February 4th, 2009’

Austin’s fastest growing cycling site broadens to cover all aspects of Austin Bike Culture You may notice some changes here at Austin Bike Blog, changes like we’re no longer called Austin Bike Blog. From this point forward, this site will have the new name Austin on Two Wheels to better reflect our new scope of promoting [...]

Help YBP reach their goal and build a permanent headquarters at East 12th and Webberville The Austin Yellow Bike Project is a community supported ALL-VOLUNTEER 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing human-powered transportation for the people of Austin, running a community bike shop, and educating kids and adults. In addition to leaving bikes to be shared [...]

James Clayton’s home raided by police for stolen bike parts Jason at ATXBS has broken a story about the police raid and arrest of James Clayton, a local Austin cyclists that has been accused of rampant bike theft. The Travis County Sheriff’s Booking Records indicate that Clayton is being charged with 2nd Degree felony for [...]

- and stop a $50 billion giveaway to the road lobby This is not directly related to cycling, but transit is a key component in making biking for transportation work. I just received an action alert from Transportation for America stating that two Republican senators, Kit Bond of Missouri and Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, have [...]

Dynamic to offer bike with STI shifter to work with Shimano 8 Speed internal gear hubs For those of us who like both the general design of road bikes and internally geared hubs, our options have been few and far between in recent years. While Shimano’s 8 speed internal hubs are the same width as [...]

Yesterday, we let you know about how Cafe Mundi offers all day happy hour pricing to cyclists all day on Tuesdays. In response, Jason over at ATXBS let us know about other special discounts he’s found out about and chronicled on his site. Included on his site is a special Wednesday happy hour at Club [...]