Austin On Two Wheels Rotating Header Image

A2W Contest: Free passes to Bikes Rock kickoff concert for the Bicycle Film Festivals

On Wednesday, August 5 at 8 PM, the Bicycle Film Festival will kickoff it’s tour stop in Austin with the Bikes Rock concert at La Zona Rosa featuring The Black Angels and Tia Cerrera. Tickets are $15 and can be ordered online.

In partnership with the BFF, Austin On Two Wheels will be giving away four pairs of tickets to this great concert. In order to win the tickets, you need to correctly answer these questions about Austin bike culture.  UPDATE: We will draw winners from the the submissions with the most correct answers. If you don’t know all the answers give it a shot anyway! OK, we’ve received over 4 submissions with all eight questions correctly answered. The bar has been raised by our knowledgeable local cycling community, so you have to answer all 8 correctly to be in the drawing.

The answers to all of these questions are all found in the pages of Austin On Two Wheels. Please e-mail us with your answers, your name, and a phone number we can reach you at by 5 PM on Tuesday, August 4. We’ll announce the winners Wednesday morning as well as the answers to all these questions.

  1. What monthly bike jamming event happens in Austin on the last Friday of the month?
  2. In June, the Austin Master Bike Plan was updated by the Austin City Council. What year was the first Austin Master Bike Plan adopted?
  3. What company will be sponsoring Lance Armstrong’s cycling team next year?
  4. This year was the 30th anniversary of the movie, Breaking Away. Earlier this month, there was a single speed track race in Austin to commemorate the movie’s release. What was the name of the real life race depicted in the film that the event sought to imitate?
  5. Name at least one local, Austin bicycle frame builder.
  6. In Texas, cyclists can legally treat stop signs as yield signs, only having to stop when yielding to another vehicle. True or false.
  7. In January, Austin police arrested a bike thief who targeted owners of high end bikes by befriending them on bike rides, finding out where they lived, and then breaking into their homes to steal the bikes. He then sold the bikes online and when arrested had over $60,000 worth of stolen bikes and components in his possession. What was this notorious thief’s name?
  8. This fall the second annual Texas Custom Bicycle Show will be held in Austin. What are the dates of the show?

Good Luck!

BFF-BikesRockFlyer-A4

1 Comment on “A2W Contest: Free passes to Bikes Rock kickoff concert for the Bicycle Film Festivals”

  1. #1 meligrosa
    on Aug 1st, 2009 at 1:06 pm

    this is rad. iwanna hop on a plane and go. i beyond love the black angels. <3333333333

Leave a Comment

Subscribe to a comments feed for this story (RSS)