The City of Austin has released a draft of its 2020 Bicycle Master Plan. This is the first update to the City’s bike plan since 1998. City staff will be having an open house to answer questions and get feedback: Bicycle Master Plan Open House Wednesday. March 4 5:30- 8 PM One Texas Center, 505 [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2009’
The James Clayton saga continues with the arrest of Layne Severson
The Austin American Statesman is reporting that there has been second arrest in the James Clatyon bike theft ring (hey, there are two people now so its a ring!) Austinite Layne Severson was arrested yesterday on felony money laundering charges by passing $8,500 through her accounts for Clayton. Interestingly enough, Jason at ATXBS mentioned the fact that when [...]
Lance Armstrong’s TT bike recovered
Cyclelicious is reporting that yesterday Sacramento police recovered Lance Armstrong’s one-of-a-kind time trial bike that was stolen on Saturday at the Tour of California along with 3 other Team Astana bikes. A local resident turned it in but is not considered a suspect. The pictures from Cyclelicious show the found bike without wheels so it looks like [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 2/19- 2/25/09
Every week it grows. There are now 84 cycling related events for the coming week on our comprehensive calendar of Austin Cycling Events. That means on average there is a cycling event happening every two hours. Think we can crack 100 by March? Thanks to Jason at ATXBS for letting us know about some events we couldn’t find elsewhere. As [...]
Say what you will about APD, I’ve never been pepper sprayed over my bike
Rob at Bicycle Austin Blog recently found a video from New Zealand’s News 3 (which is apparently REALLY sponsored by Mazda) about a guy who was pepper sprayed and rammed because he wasn’t wearing a helmet. I know Kiwis are known for extreme sports like bungie jumping, but I didn’t know they were into extreme arrests. [...]
Hays jury finds driver guilty of reckless driving in fatal wreck with cyclist
The Austin American Statesman is reporting that a Hays County jury found Austinite Bradley Danz guilty of reckless driving in a 2007 crash that killed a cyclists. The Statesman reports: Danz hit Adam Raymond, 36, of Austin, head-on while rounding a curve on Mount Gainor Road just south of Dripping Springs on March 23, 2007, killing [...]
Alleycat race for all ages next Saturday
Local cyclist Nikki Ulug is organizing an all ages alleycat race called The Bridge to Mexico Biking Extravaganza next Saturday, February 28. An informal in town race and scavenger hunt, alleycat races are a blast and not to be missed. This one will take place at Butler Park and involve collecting tokens from as many check points as you can. [...]
Streetfilms video – the Transformation of Madison Square
This Streetfilms video about Madison Square in New York has a lot of footage of citizen feedback, better illustrations of what was actually done to an area of chaotic, wide roads to transform the area into a great space for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists alike. It shows what can be accomplished with a minimal budget [...]
Training with Sara Krause: Fueling your ride
Austin On Two Wheels has now launched a Training section that will include posts from Sara Krause. You can learn more about Sara and follow her articles on our new Training page! One of the most frequent questions I get asked is: what should I eat during a hard workout or race? During strenuous exercise, [...]
Had Some RSS Feed Problems – Now Resolved
Sorry to all of our subscribers using RSS feeds or email subscription. We had a small glitch that had stopped our feed from working correctly, and none of you were getting stories refreshed since Sunday. That problem has now been fixed, and you should have all of the updated articles between now and then. If [...]
