Ever since James Clayton was arrested last week on felony charges of high end bike theft and burglary in Austin and Arizona, the cycling community has been abuzz with discussion about the case, but on forums and blogs. Well, add one more source to learn more information about this serial liar and thief. Today, the [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2009’
Austin Bike Culture Events: 2/12- 2/18/09
My, oh my, how our cycling calendar grows. At last count, there were 76 cycling related events for the coming week on our comprehensive calendar of Austin Cycling Events. That means there is a cycling event happening a little over every two hours on average. There is not a day of the week where you [...]
Urban Transportation Commission Adopts Recommendations for Downtown Austin Plan
Last night, the city’s Urban Transportation Commission (UTC) adopted the following recommendations to send along as input for the Downtown Austin Plan, which is in progress: Whereas the Downtown Austin Plan intends to create the best multi modal system possible, the Bicycle and Pedestrian Subcommittee of the Urban Transportation Commission recommends to the full Commission, [...]
Unclear on the concept II
Late last week, I snapped this photo around the corner from my office of an interesting locking job. In light of the news of James Clayton’s arrest last week, there might some relaxing in security among cyclists, but this person remained vigilant. Unfortunately, their choice of hitching post was less than idea. Obviously, there are [...]
Framebuilding makes it to the small screen
Bike Portland is reporting on a new ad campaign by Northwest Community Credit Union which features Portland framebuilder Tony Pereira of Pereira Cycles. Not only are there some cool shots of his workshop shop (which make the 40+ hours of to build a frame look easy) but cyclocross makes an appearance at the end reminding [...]
The addition of Yellow Bike and Yellow Categories to our Austin Cycling Events Calendar
Learn to wrench, use great tools for free, and give back to the community We have now updated our comprehensive calendar of Austin cycling events to include the open shop hours for the Austin Yellow Bike Project. YBP offers regular open shop hours to allow you to use shop space and tools to repair and maintain [...]
Bicycle News Roundup, 2/10/09
Paul Dorn of the Bike Commute Tips Blog has written a completely fantastic column about experiencing the world as a cyclist versus being in a car, focusing on that great biking town Davis, California. Pretty much representative of its industry, the North American Handmade Bicycle Show says they are “holding firm” in this rough economy. [...]
A film of what could be: “Two Wheels is All. Amsterdam”
Filmmaker Jay Savsani recently produced this short documentary on transportation bike culture in Amsterdam, a city where over 40% of traffic moves by bicycle. One of women interviewed in this film mentioned that when she moved to Amsterdam, she thought it was old fashioned that everyone rode bikes, but now she can’t image otherwise. There is [...]
The Weekend Review of Austin Bike Culture Events- Feb 5- 8, 2009
In case you missed some of the 47 Austin cycling and bike culture events that happened this weekend, he’s a quick highlight of some of the cool things that happened. Don’t want to miss out on this weekend? Visit us on Thursdays for our highlight of the week’s coming events or visit our comprehensive calendar of Austin cycling [...]
Within Reach – the journey to find and learn from sustainable communities
What sustainable communities are forming or established in the US? What ideas can they share with each other? How do we “spread the seed” of sustainable living? Mandy Creighton & Ryan Mlynarczyk pondered these questions and decided to take a round-trip across the United States, twelve thousand miles in one year to find answers and, [...]
