Component maker SRAM working with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a voluntary recall of the PowerLock connection for 10 speed chain due to “a potential for the PowerLock connector link outer plate to fail.” This recall does not effect chains nor connectors on 8 or 9 speed chains. Only PowerLock connectors at [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2009’
Friday Film Fun: Mellow Johnny’s/Rapha Little 500
Back in July, Mellow Johnny’s and Rapha celebrated the 30 anniversary of the release of the film Breaking Away by putting on our own Little 500 and showing the film later l. I was there and took these pictures, but Rapha has released this video of the race. Breaking Away w/ RAPHA & Mellow Johnny’s [...]
Anderson Lane update from another great local tri blog
I recently got an e-mail from Heather Herrick, the author of the local triathlon blog Windy Possibilities. She wanted to let people know that Anderson Lane has been resurfaced and bikes lanes added. From today’s post: Today was my first day to ride on Anderson Lane. They resurfaced and restriped Anderson and they put in [...]
New Yellow Shirt and other updates from Yellow Bike Project
The Austin Yellow Bike Project has been feverishly raising money at frequent events all summer and through a new microlending Bike Bonds campaign. All of this is helping them close in on the $300,000 needed to build a new shop on Webberville Road. In their latest newsletter, YPB reports that they have raised over $46,000 [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 8/13- 8/19/09
Things have quieted down a bit now that the Bicycle Film Festival has rolled out of town, but there are still lots of great regular events and a few new ones. If you missed out of the bike film fun, head on over to the screenings of Freedom Riders and if you missed the Goldsprints, [...]
Electronic kiosk parking going in downtown, more bike racks on the way
The City of Austin is moving away from traditional parking meters for on street parking to electronic kiosks, but fortunately for cyclists, more bike racks are being installed to replace the lost parking meters. The system offers the advantage of letting people pay by credit card as well as cash, varying rates by time, higher [...]
A Series of Tubes: Articles on the Art and Science of Framebuilding
“They want to deliver vast amounts of information over the Internet. And again, the Internet is not something that you just dump something on. It’s not a big truck. It’s a series of tubes. And if you don’t understand, those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, [...]
Call for cyclists to star in PSA on bike safety
Eileen Schaubert from Mellow Johhny’s and Adam Pruitt are working on a PSA on bike safety for Interbike and are looking for cyclists to “star” in and help with the film. Here are the details: I am volunteering to produce a bike PSA about riding safety when around parallel parked cars and I want/need your [...]
Screening of Freedom Riders August 13 & 14
If you missed out on the Bicycle Film Festival or just want some more bike films, you’ve got another chance this week as Bicycle Sport Shop is hosting a screening of the film Freedom Riders at Jo’s South Congress this Thursday and Friday night. Tickets are $10 and include bike valet, drinks by Real Ale, [...]
Bike Industry Profile: Brad Beneski of FlashBak
If you have been on any of the Thursday Night Social Rides, you will have seen Brad Beneski. Well, you may not have seen Beneski, but you certainly will have seen his flashing back, lit up like a helicopter landing pad. The lighting system that he is sporting, called the FlashBak, was developed by Beneski [...]
