Posts from ‘February, 2009’

I was browsing the Flickr Blog this morning and came across their links to photos from the Tour of California. There are some fantastic shots in here so I thought I would post a slideshow of all images tagged with the race. Note: these are NOT our photos and all copyright or other permissions belong [...]

On February 26, the Austin City Council will be voting on a proposed plan for completing the gap in the Hike & Bike trail. We reported on a city meeting on this last month, and strongly support the idea of a boardwalk trail that completes the gap. Not only is this something many people in [...]

Just received at A2W headquarters is our very own copy of Pedaling Revolution, by former Oregonian reporter Jeff Mapes.  Bike Portland is where I learned about this book first, and decided to order my own copy from their initial review. There’s a bit more on the OregonLive site. This book is a broad, but detailed [...]

Rob D’Amico writes in support of the Lady Bird Lake Hike & Bike Trail extension at the Bicycle Austin Blog. We will have a bit on this soon too. The blog for cleaning product Grease Monkey Wipes posted a bit about Lance’s bike being stolen, just as we did on Sunday. Anyone else quite surprised [...]

Before Tom Cruise, little Nicky Kidman had BMX. Art Seen Alliance is cranking up the FREE Bike-In Film screenings again this Wednesday, February 18 at 8 PM with a showing of BMX Bandits at the Spiderhouse Cafe. This movie was Nicole Kidman’s first staring role in 1983 so there’s bound to be plenty of perms and [...]

In the last two weeks, I’ve written with some excitement about the possibility of running an internal gear drive train with a road bike setup with STI style shifter brakes. Bike Commuters let us know about a new bike, the Dynamic Synergy, that runs such a system with new shifters called the Versa from Taiwanese [...]

Seen this bike? A certain Lance Armstrong wants to talk to you. Velonews is reporting that the Team Astana’s equipment truck was broken into last night at the Tour of California and four bikes were stolen including Lance Armstrong’s time trial bike. It had a unique paint job specifically for Armstrong, although there is a [...]

A few months ago, one of my neighbors spotted me taking my kids to school on our bicycle mini-van, a Trek 7200 with an Xtracycle Free Radical conversion kit and my own home made handlebars for secure child transport. Courtney e-mailed me to let me know she liked our setup and to let me know [...]

I was reading a BikePortland story yesterday about the Velib system, and was dismayed to hear that the operator, advertising company JCDecaux, had recently stated the system was in dire straits. To quote the original BBC story: Remi Pheulpin, JCDecaux’s director general, says the current contract is unsustainable. “It’s simple. All the receipts go to [...]

Daily TV coverage plus a Tour Watch Party The Tour of California starts today and runs through Sunday, February 22. (I still think it’s funny that it’s sponsored by the company that makes EPO!) It should be a good race this year with 9 days instead of 8 and a lot more mountains including on [...]