Social ride group Social Cycling ATX has a standard Thursday night ride time you should be aware of. Each Thursday, they gather at the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge on Lady Bird Lake at 7:30pm and then go off on an easy (no hammerheads) ride, finishing up at a pub for drinks and even more socializing. If [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2009’
Electric bikes growing sales in Europe
Electric bicycles were featured in an article in this month’s Bicycling magazine here in the U.S. and just today I came across and article in Bike Europe, an industry publication for cycling showing that e-bikes are also taking off in the Netherlands and Germany. From the article: AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands – The e-Bike was the [...]
Bicycle News Roundup, 4/8/09
Want more opinions than mine on the GM-Segway “PUMA” concept? Car news site CarJake offers their two cents’ worth with some surprising insights. Geeks Are Sexy notes that South Park already invented something similar to the PUMA in an episode mocking the Segway. The CommuterPageBlog from Washington, D.C. answers suburban critics along with a plea [...]
Openings at the Bicycle Advisory Council: Apply now
Received this email from Nadia Barrera at the City of Austin Bicycle and Pedestrian Program. They’re looking to fill one full member and two alternate member positions for the Bicycle Advisory Council. Here’s the info: The Bicycle Advisory Council (BAC) is a group of citizens who represent all aspects of the cycling community. They meet [...]
After 124 years, GM thinks two-wheeled vehicles might just work
Unfortunately, it’s not the kind you’re thinking. I saw this on Clever Cycles‘ Twitter feed this morning and thought it was worth checking into but wow, when I saw the photos… What the hell is this thing anyway? Huffington Post has a photo gallery of this uh, thing and it ain’t pretty. In fact, I [...]
Bicycle Sport Shop gets own blog
BSS is really giving me a lot of news fodder lately. Their latest effort is launching their own blog for the shop, which is currently focusing on Austin Commuter Challenge news, naturally. Here’s the link: bicyclesportshop.wordpress.com.
Commuter Class tonight at 6pm
Thinking about trying bike commuting but don’t know where to start? Bicycle Sport Shop has put together a series of classes this month that can help you figure out what to get, how to dress, road rules and more. Tonight’s class from 6pm-7pm held at both store locations is a general introduction to commuting. It [...]
Eight days left for Bike Month Guide submissions
As we reported last week Russell Pickavance is gathering stories for the Bike Month Guide 2009 and his deadline is April 15. I talked to him at the Austin Cycling Association meeting last night and he still wants to hear from you. The Bike Month Guide is going to be a tabloid-size (like the Chronicle) [...]
ACA Meeting Tonight at 7pm: Camping by bike
The Austin Cycling Association meets at 7pm tonight at the LCRA Redbud Center, 3601 Lake Austin Boulevard (it’s on the south side of the road, not the north side like the other main LCRA buildings: click for a map) Tonight’s topic is camping by bicycle. From their website description: If you’ve ever dreamed about doing [...]
Thy Neighbor’s Bike – another great local cycling blog
Yesterday at Eastwoods Park I ran into something I haven’t seen EVER before while out shooting photos for our story on bike polo: somebody else was doing it too! I had to stop and talk with my fellow photographer and found out he was Daniel Liebowitz from local cycling blog Thy Neighbor’s Bike. What a [...]
