Posts on ‘March 19th, 2009’

As we reported last week, the Texas Senate hearing on the 2009 Safe Passing Act was postponed due to the big voter ID bill blowup. When it is rescheduled, we’ll let you know. The Texas Bicycle Coalition wants to encourage you to participate in their ‘Cyclists in Suits‘ event on April 20. This is not [...]

Sitting around people watching a bit on second street Tuesday I saw this cyclist fly by and grabbed a quick photo with my Blackberry. I though it was impressive how his bike and safety vest matched so exactly. This is one commuter who will be SEEN in traffic.

My experience: About a six weeks ago, I put a VO Model 8 saddle on my Xtracycle and have been riding it several times a week. Function: 5/5 Style: 5/5 Build Quality: 4/5 Overall: 5/5 Availability: Retails for $85 in Brown or Black at retailers who stock Velo Orange products or directly from the Velo [...]

Thanks to Bicycle Sport Shop‘s Leslie Luciano for sending over this revised, texas-focused release about the 2009 National Bike Summit! Record Number Attended 2009 Bike Summit! In total, 580 registrants from 47 states and four countries (Canada, Denmark, Czech Republic and the USA) visited more than 350 Congressional offices on Thursday, March 12. More than [...]

Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. Thanks to Jason at ATXBS for letting us know about some events we couldn’t find elsewhere. As always, if there is an event you know about that’s not on our calendar contact us, and we’ll add your [...]