Posts from ‘April, 2009’

Bike Month begins on Friday, and there are a TON of events, rides, and races going on. We’ve got not one, but two Cross Club races and two FREE alleycat races this weekend as well, plus movies, classes, and Austin Bike Zoo doing its awesomeness with on bike version of Alice in Wonderland. Here’s a [...]

For many of us, spring racing is winding down, and it’s time to build more fitness for next season. Most often, riders begin to approach their off-season by initially taking a week or two off, then going into base training. Base training is traditionally approached with a set of long rides and a substantial increase [...]

Word is just in from Glenn Thompson at Daltex confirming that the Texas Custom Bicycle Show will be in Austin Ocotber 23-25 in conjunction with the Livestrong Challenge festivities. The Custom Bicycle show will be a “show within a show” at the Livingstrong Village, the event expo.  Here’s the list of confirmed builders so far [...]

Every May when Bike Month rolls around, the Political Pedal rolls in with it. Started over a decade ago, the Political Pedal gives cyclists a chance to talk one-on-one with local elected officials as well as giving those politicians a chance to see what its like to ride a bike on our streets. The ride [...]

This was passed along by the fabulous Eileen at Mellow Johnny’s. Looks like they’re trying to start a series of movies over at the store. I love these kinds of events that bring people in the bike community together for events that don’t necessarily include getting drunk or racing in spandex (or yelling at elected [...]

First there were parties and then there were shirts. There is now yet another way to help the Austin Yellow Bike Project reach their $250,000 goal so they can build a permanent workshop on Webberville Road. You can buy this stitch pattern made available by Radical Rags Etsy Shop or available online. (Thanks Jason for letting us [...]

Early Voting started today for the Saturday, May 9 Austin City Council Election. On the ballot are the Mayor’s race as well as five other council seats, an effective super majority of the council. With issues like passage of the new 2020 Master Bike Plan and more importantly ensuring it is fully funded coming in [...]

From the Fort Myers, Florida News-Press comes this story on the state of the bicycle industry. Interestingly, the story there focuses more on bicycles being used for cheap recreation and not transport, although it just may be the location. I’ve heard that commuter sales are still going well in Austin too and that lots of [...]

GOOD MORNING! Sorry we haven’t posted as much as usual around here. Both of us have been extraordinarily busy with other projects in the past week. Our first link of this ‘Roundup’ covers one of those developments. Elliott’s Violet Crown Cycles site has launched and will have an online ordering system soon with loads of [...]

Our Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, was apparently an avid bicycle commuter until now, and wishes he still could, but security concerns are getting in the way. I wonder why his security team can’t just ride with him…guess they would be afraid of getting run off the road? Check out the full story at the Huffington [...]