Posts on ‘April 3rd, 2009’

via TexBiker.net – Cycling Sports Group (formerly the Cannondale Sports Group) plans to consolidate all North American product development, marketing and business management functions for the four cycling brands Cannondale, Schwinn, GT and Mongoose to Bethel, CT, said Dorel Industries in a press release this week. Bike frame manufacturing will shift from the Bedford, PA [...]

The seller seems to be in Dallas, but if you just gotta get your own personal pedicab to give all your friends rides in, fork over $700 and this baby could be yours! Not every day you see a pedicab for sale hiding amongst all the ads for “vintage” Huffys. Is this thing up to [...]

  Long time readers of the site will remember I took a framebuilding class in December from master framebuilder Doug Fattic. I also positively reviewed the class here.   Well, Doug is teaching some more classes and has had a cancellation for his April class. The only downside is you’ve got to get yourself to [...]

The City Department of Public Works has put out this statement regarding MLK, Jr. Blvd which might effect cyclists this weekend: Weather permitting; the City’s contractor will place the final layer of asphalt on MLK, Jr. Blvd from Lamar Boulevard to Pearl Street this weekend on Saturday, April 4 and Sunday, April 5. MLK will [...]

This week, the City of Austin launched a pilot bike share program gear towards city staff to reduce vehicle emissions for short trips. Staff will be able to reserve bikes online and check them out whne they need them. Add this to the Austin CarShare program the City is doing to reduce greenhouse gases through [...]

I found this video over at How to Avoid the Bummer Life the other day. In the best traditions of Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show, I give you Kenny “Dangerous” Hicks performing his world famous two tall boy 12 oz beer can jump on his huffy tall bike. Get ready to be amazed.