This story has been circulating on local bike mailing lists and was covered by KEYE a couple of days ago: An Austin bicyclist seriously injured in an accident is taking action against the Austin Police Department. This, after he found out the officers who responded to the scene did not file an accident report. On [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2009’
BikeHacks tackle protecting your bike parts from theft
We’ve written a comprehensive guide to making sure your bike doesn’t go missing while its parked, but recently the blog BikeHacks covered some creative ways to protect your various components from getting swiped as well. They’ve complied eight ways to protect your components. My favorites are: 1. Super glue and ball bearing: Glue a ball bearing [...]
Safe Passing Bill Clears Legislature, Heads to Governor for signature
BikeTexas is reporting that the Safe Passing Bill passed both the Texas House and Senate in the last 24 hours and is headed to the Governor’s desk for signature. The final version of the Safe Passing Bill, SB 488, was passed yesterday by the Texas House. Today, the Senate voted on it, and overwhelmingly voted [...]
Bike Month Ends, Now What?
Yesterday, Bike Month wrapped up and I was happy to celebrate with friends and some new folks at the Violet Crown Cycles launch party. The after party ride for snow-cones was a blast and a nice bookend to a tremendous month. I’ve been regularly participating in Bike Month about five years and even help organize [...]
