As part on their ongoing and multifaceted fundraising drive to build a new permanent workshop, the Austin Yellow Bike Project is doing a series of limited run t-shirts designed by local artists under the name Yellow Shirt Project. April’s design by Paul Fucik is incredibly cool and now available for purchase online. Get ‘em while [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2009’
Framebuilder Profile: Cody Baron, Clark Davidson, and Cole Thompson of True Fabrication
Editor’s note: This article is a continuation in a series of articles we are doing to profile Texas handbuilt framebuilders. A few weeks ago I stopped by the north Austin workshop of framebuilders Cody Baron, Clark Davidson, and Cole Thompson, the team behind True Fabrication, one of Austin’s great local bike brands. I spoke with them about [...]
Golf carts, Bike Plan at the UTC Tuesday
The golf cart taxi company Capital Cruisers will be on the agenda at the Urban Transportation Commission meeting on Tuesday. Our first story on this a few weeks ago has generated quite a bit of conversation between the golf cart proponents and pedicab drivers. If you’re interested in coming and putting your two cents in [...]
Urban Assault event Tuesday
From the guys at Social Cycling ATX comes a different kind of ride from their usual: Faster, more deliberate ride than Thursday’s; In/thru traffic, 9th St jumps, parking garages & sessioning cool spots; This is not a road ride, it’s “Urban Assault!” Tuesday, April 14 7:30pm-11:30pm at the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge
Austin Cycling Association needs volunteers for school events
The ACA is continually getting great events together that serve elementary school students across central Texas, providing helmets and safe riding instruction along with holding special events like “bike rodeos.” One thing they really need for all these events? You. Help them out by volunteering at one of the upcoming events below: To volunteer contact [...]
“The Devil” builds art bikes too
Pro cycling season is going into full swing with Paris-Roubaix, The Hell of the North, one of my favorite races today. With the races comes the crazy Eurofans including the famous German fan Didi Senft, better known as The Devil. Well, it turns out he also builds funky art bikes with angled wheels. Check out this [...]
Race Report: Fort Davis Hammerfest 2009
Bryce Davis raced in the Fort Davis Hammerfest and wrote up this race report. Thanks, Bryce! We arrived in Marfa, about 20 miles outside of Fort Davis, late Friday night. We checked into our hotel, found some great food to eat, and then set the alarm for an early Saturday morning. Saturday came sooner than [...]
Cyclist hit by Houston Fire Department truck dies
From the Houston Chronicle: (and thanks to Tom Wald for putting this out this morning on the BIKE email list) Authorities found the ladder truck driver, Warren Ducote, at fault for the crash that injured 11 people. They say he ran a red light. A police official said on Saturday it was too early to [...]
ACA Release on the 15th Annual Armadillo Hill Country Classic
Austin Cycling Association Celebrates the 15th Annual Armadillo Hill Country Classic Proceeds allow ACA to provide free helmets for children, along with helmet fittings and safety training classes Austin Cycling Association (ACA), a nonprofit organization that serves the interests of Central Texas cyclists, invites bike riders to join them in the 15th annual Armadillo Hill [...]
Bike Hall of Fame moving to Davis, California
A great thing for the American cycling community: the Bicycle Hall of Fame has deserved to be in a city like Davis for a long time. From this morning’s Sacramento Bee: The city of Davis broke away from a pack of cities Friday to be named the new home of the U.S. Bicycling Hall of [...]
