The Bike/Ped Divison over at the City of Austin sent over this closure announcement regarding the 3rd Street Hike and Bike bridge over Shoal Creek: To Shoal Creek Trail users: There will be a full trail closure sometime this week (the week of July 20th) on the 3rd Street Bridge over Shoal Creek for the [...]
Posts on ‘July 21st, 2009’
Mellow Johnny’s Free Alps Stage Tour Watch Party this Wednesday Morning
This Wednesday, Mellow Johnny’s will be hosting a breakfast viewing the Alpine Stage 17 of the Tour de France. They will be joined by JB & Sandy from 94.7 FM, and there will be free mimosas, giveaways, and a chance to win 2 entries to the Livestrong Challenge. Tour de France Stage 17 Watch Party [...]
Bike Infrastructure: What we can learn from Seattle
Over the July 4th holiday, I visited Seattle to see some family, but I also took my travel bike with me to get in some riding and test the new Versa Shifters for internal hub (review coming later this week.) Now that I have been back in Austin for a few weeks, I’ve reflected on [...]
Growing number of iPhone apps for bicycle applications
Wired magazine recently produced a list of five iPhone applications that you can use with your bike. Most are pretty silly and not practical, but the GPS powered cyclometer Speed could help replace a Garmin with a few more features like an interface with Google Maps or MapMyRide. Also, the Gear Calucator is a cool [...]
