Posts from ‘March, 2009’

I just came across this Chicago story from earlier this week about a bank robber who was caught thanks to the quick thinking of a bike messenger. WBBM radio reported:  The robber, armed with a butter knife, is suspected of walking into the North Community Bank, 2800 N Western Ave. and threatening a teller. The [...]

In an article by Adam Voiland via the Streetsblog Network, there are some choice quotes from Rush Limbaugh about cyclists. Somehow I get the feeling  he doesn’t like us. Frankly, if the door opens into a bicycle rider I won’t care. I think they ought to be off the streets and on the sidewalk. Pedestrians [...]

It’s hard to believe, but Dumbest Product of the Week has entered its 25th edition, our silver anniversary so to speak. We’ve enjoyed skewering silly products these last seven months, and despite the seeming implosion of our economy, they just keep coming. I’d like to thank one of our vigilant readers for sending me this [...]

Last night, the Austin City Council voted 7-0 to approve the construction of an over-the-water boardwalk on Lady Bird Lake to complete the full 10 mile loop of the Hike and Bike Trail. Thanks to everyone who wrote or called in to express your support for this project. While the project has been approved, it [...]

As you may have read, during our review of the Axiom Transition Computer bag/pannier, we had a complete failure of the bag to stay on our standard bike rack, which caused extensive damage to my Hewlett-Packard laptop. Now, I have uploaded a gallery of photos of the damage caused when the bag flew off the [...]

Are you seeking fame, fortune, and the glory of volunteer blogging? If you’re a racer or a bystander at a bike event anywhere around Austin, we need you! You’ve probably seen us at lots of events and meetings around town (Elliott’s the tall thin guy, I’m the short fat guy…) but we can’t be everywhere [...]

Speaking of bikeshare concept B-Cycle which we wrote about yesterday, one of the brains behind the concept will be speaking on it at SXSW next Friday. Alex Bogusky, Chairman of Ad agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky will be at SXSW Interactive to talk about the concept. To quote their media release: In increasingly turbulent times, [...]

Spring is here which explains how we’ve inched up to 92 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. 100 events/week can’t be far away! Thanks to Jason at ATXBS for letting us know about some events we couldn’t find [...]

NPR covered Spain’s high-speed rail network recently in comparison to ours, which is obviously WAY behind. So far behind as in not really there at all (unless you count Amtrak’s Acela service in the northeast, which is kinda-sorta-high-speed in some places and at some times because our tracks suck). It’s worth a listen, especially considering [...]

Princeton Tec, makers of really, really bright bike lights, is having a contest for the best/coolest/most amazing photo of “bikes with lights.” If you think you have the photography skills and you’re on Flickr, follow the instructions on their Flickr group page and submit some! They’re giving away an SE Lager singlespeed, bags from Crumpler, [...]