Posts from ‘May, 2009’

For mountain bike riders in Austin there are few places that compare to Walnut Creek Park. The park contains a huge variety of trails, from twisty single track to aggressive and technical downhill sections. Depending of the route taken, there can be up to 16 miles of uninterrupted riding. The only problem is that Walnut [...]

Today, Austin bike builder Violet Crown Cycles will be having its launch party to celebrate the roll out of its Ferguson line of full custom city bikes. Violet Crown Cycles Launch Party Sunday, May 31 4- 6 PM (with a short social ride at 6PM) Mother Egan’s Irish Pub, 715 West 6th St In addition [...]

Generally speaking, people think of interval work as the short, intense work bouts followed by varying rest periods. However, there are times when a longer, less intense interval can really boost your abilities. Almost every athlete I take into my coaching program, particularly the mountain bikers, reports a similar racing pattern: shorter steeper hills are [...]

Leslie Luciano and Chris Carter at Bicycle Sport Shop have been writing at an official blog for the store for around two months now. They have a lot of good advocacy and event content up there now and I highly recommend giving their site a look. Recent articles on the BSS Blog have included coverage [...]

This came in from the COA Bike and Pedestrian Program. Cyclists should stay involved in Capital Metro’s future planning so we can make sure that bike access gets the priority it needs at their facilities. City of Austin Bicycle Stakeholders, Please see the attached information (see the document below) regarding CapMetro’s Service Plan 2020.  This [...]

These graphics should be familiar to anyone who has been to presentations on global warming in the past year or two, but it’s worth showing this updated version. CNT (the Center for Neighborhood Technology) has a new site highlighting CO2 emissions for many regions of the country both per acre and per household. For example, [...]

Bike Month is winding down, but there are still lots of great events going on this week including Critical Mass, the Real Ale Ride, and the launch party on Sunday for Violet Crown Cycles. Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. Thanks to Jason [...]

I would like to introduce myself. My name is Logan Maynard. I am the newest contributor to Austin on Two Wheels. With my mountain biking experience I hope to compliment the experiences of Marcus and Elliott. I am still getting familiar with the layout, but I hope to contribute to all aspects of Austin on [...]

Quick update on a story we ran yesterday about a cyclist who was hit Thursday night during the City Council meeting on the Master Bike Plan. We repeated a report from ATXBS that the cyclist had passed away over the weekend. This afternoon, Jason at ATXBS corrected the story upon hearing from APD that the [...]

As part of the work of New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan  to retake city streets as public space, parts of Time and Herald Squares were closed in the last week to all automobile traffic indefinitely. This is part of an overall plan to reduce traffic by removing cars from Broadway between 42nd [...]