APD decides to start targeted cracking down on bicyclists without warning Back in March, APD Chief Art Acevedo addressed the Austin Cycling Association in an attempt to “reach out” to the cycling community and hear our concerns. The general consensus from the meeting was that he got a lot of tough questions and handled them [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2009’
Hard Men with Soft Bellies: Austin’s Cycling Blogroll grows by one
Over this weekend, a new Austin cycling blog, Hard Men with Soft Bellies, launched authored by Austinite Clif Wright, a man who was “once a soft man with a softer belly.” Here’s text from the inaugural post explaining the site: Dedicated to hard men, soft bellies, road riding, dirt riding, dirt road riding, french cyclotouring, rough stuff, [...]
Photos from the Driveway this week
Elliott raced at The Driveway this week and I tagged along to enjoy the great weather brave the 100-degree day and take some photos. This week’s course was a short distance, I believe it was trimmed down to 0.8 miles (correct me if I’m wrong). Much credit due to all the racers who did endure [...]
Update on Safe Passing Bill: Gov Perry Vetoes SB 488
The word in tonight from BikeTexas is despite broad bipartisan support and the support of the cycling community and organizations like AAA, Governor Rick Perry vetoed SB 488, the Safe Passing Bill. This bill would have required automobile drivers to give cyclists three feet of space when passing. Here’s the response from BikeTexas: Dear fellow [...]
ACTION ALERT ON SAFE PASSING BILL – VETO IMMINENT
From BikeTexas: *Action Alert* *Safe Passing* ACTION ALERT: GOVERNOR PLANS TO VETO SAFE PASSING BILL TODAY Forward this email to every cyclist you know! Dear Fellow Texas Cyclists, Every cyclist in Texas must call Governor Perry today and insist that he allow SB 488 to pass! The governor mistakenly thinks that the bill puts all [...]
Get to Bicycle Sport Shop and Win $100?
Just posted by Brooks Goldsmith of Social Cycling ATX: From Wantandfound.com: The first person to visit the Bicycle Sport Shop South Lamar location and tell an employee at the front register “wantANDfound.com says Ride Your Bike Everywhere!” gets a $100 gift card, absolutely free. In order to spread the love, we’ll give the next five [...]
Friday Film Fun: Fixed gear tricks are old school, like penny farthing old school
In the cycling blogosphere, fixed gear is its own vibrant sub-culture that has really taken to the technology to share in the passion. It’s not really my scene, but I do visit quite a few of these sites including our own ATXFixed which was recently absorbed into the statewide site Third Coast Fixed. One thing that [...]
Fox reporter charged with dragging cyclist four blocks in Central Park
The blog Gawker is reporting that a Fox News writer, Don Broderick, could face a year in jail for recently striking and dragging a cycling four blocks in NYC’s Central Park with his car then fleeing the scene. Brodericks’ rational when a writer for Gawker asked him about the incident: . . . when we asked a [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 6/18- 6/24/09
Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. Thanks to Jason at ATXBS for letting us know about some events we couldn’t find elsewhere. As always, if there is an event you know about that’s not on our calendar contact us, and we’ll add your event on and [...]
Trailer for the 2009 Bicycle Film Festival plus more details
The International Bicycle Film Festival is scheduled to make a stop in Austin August 5-9, and the organizers have just released this cool promo for the film tour. This is a cool event and appears to be much better organized for the Austin stop this year. As we mentioned earlier this week, you can help make [...]
