Posts from ‘June, 2009’

There are many things that start bizarre Hatfield and McCoy like feuds in the cycling community like tubulars versus clinchers, presta versus schrader valves, and Campy versus Shimano. Even BikeSnob NYC tried to settle many of these issues a few years ago, but the battle wages on.  Helmet versus non-helmet is one of these arguments, and we are [...]

For anyone who’s been reading Cycle Bum, you’ll know that James, the author, has been waxing poetic about his time working at Big Wheel Cycles in West Campus. Unfortunately, this walk down memory lane has been inspired by the fact that Big Wheel will be going out of business due to its lease being cancelled [...]

Is your neighborhood missing one particular bidirectional posture-challenged Bike Route sign, complete with post and radio station preference indicator? This one was last seen around 12:10am near the corner of Manchaca and Redd in south Austin by my house . I had just popped into Live Oak Market for one last Vitamin Water and saw [...]

With all the hub-hub about the Master Bike Plan in the last month, it’s easy to forget that the Bicycle/Pedestrian folks in the City Public Works Department are tirelessly working little by little each day to make our city more bicycle friendly and walkable. Recently, I’ve been helping Austin CarShare get caught up on service [...]

This event got left out of the weekly event roundup and is always fun. Midnight Ridazz: Jackie O. vs Marilyn Tuesday, June 16 9 PM Donn’s Depot, 1600 W 5th St Join in for this monthly pub crawl. This month’s theme is Jackie O. vs Marilyn. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the fight of the [...]

Local cool race and event organizer Brian Davies has put out a volunteer call for some upcoming events. Brian does a great job and could definitely use your help. Event #1 Double Down All-Ladies Alleycat Saturday, July 11 Registration begins at 4:30pm at the capitol, and the race begins at 6pm State Capitol Grounds Cost: [...]

As a little diversion from the usual bicycle news I am diving into tech geekdom, another topic near and dear to my heart. One thing you might not know about Elliott and I is that we both worked in the tech world long ago in another life. He worked in K-12 and Higher Education inside [...]

Continuing the trend, here’s one more ride this weekend that we inadvertently left off the weekly roundup. Austin Duathletes Monthly Ride Saturday, June 13 9:00am  The Flying Saucer, 815 W. 47th Street (It’s located in the Triangle) The Austin Duathletes would like to invite you to join us for our summer monthly bike rides! Our first [...]

Thanks to BikeHacks who alerted me to a cool new bike product, the Monkey Light. A computer run LED lighting system for your spokes, the Monkey Light ups the ante on the Down Low Glow and takes after dark visibility and bike bling to the next level. Available for the low, low price of $64.95 online, [...]

Thursday night, the Austin City Council voted 6-0 (Councilmember Sheryl Cole was not in attendance) to adopt the 2009 Master Bike Plan. This was a great victory for the cycling community. We have a very well written, ambitious plan and now comes the hard part: ensuring all the stuff in the plan actually gets done. [...]