Posts from ‘September, 2009’

I don’t know how this got missed in our weekly cycling event round up, but if you can make it out tonight, you’d be helping a brother cyclists. Here’s more on Todd, the accident, and why we need universal health care in this country. Todd V. Wolfson, award-winning Austin photographer noted for his insightful portraits [...]

UPDATE: A Facebook page has been created for the Texas Custom Bicycle Show so if you want to keep up the latest on the show and see cool pictures from exhibitors, you can join as a Fan of the show here. ___ I’ve been working with Glenn Thompson, the owner of Daltex and founder of [...]

As the saying goes, there are “lies, damn lies, and statistics”, and there appears to be a case for as much in cycling. We recently referenced a report through the Freakonomics blog that indicated that drivers were at fault in 90% of accidents that involve cyclists in Toronto. This finding seemed to contradict the widely [...]

Eurobike is wrapping up and Interbike, the North American bicycle trade show, will be starting up in the next few weeks. In the past, this has been the place where bicycle companies big and small try to wow dealers and industry writers with the lightest, most aero on everything from bikes to wheels to shoes. [...]

“Bike building is a lot like the Internet. They both involve a series of tubes.” Elliott McFadden, Violet Crown Cycles To followup on my initial post in this series on frame building, I wanted to share some of the work and challenges that went into designing a randonneuring bike for Marcus, my co-editor. The frame [...]

If you’ve taken a look at our comprehensive calendar of Austin cycling events lately, you’ll notice there are a ton of weekly group rides of all ilks to get your heart rate pumping or just enjoy some company on your weekend rides. There are usually at least 15 rides rolling out on Saturday or Sunday [...]

With the start of the Dirt Derby series this week, it’s time to dust off your cyclocross skills or find some if you never had any. I mentioned earlier this week a VeloNews ‘cross tutorial video, but came across this gem from the late 80s by British racer and coach Martin Eadon called Off the [...]

Though Dominion Bicycle Company is a relatively new addition to the Austin frame building scene, company owner and builder Scott Ross is anything but a newbie when it comes to building bikes or working with his material of choice, steel. His experience with the material shows in artfully built bikes that function as well on [...]

The Tour of Austin this weekend offers some of the first multi-stage racing in a while in Austin with the Omnium format where you gain points for overall placement based on your placing in each individual race. Things are getting more interesting with the return of the Giro d’ Ghetto, a multi-stage, multi-discpline  affair organized [...]

If you are ready to suit up, there is a whole lot of racing going on this week. In addition to the old standby Driveway Crits, the twice monthly RunFar Time Trial, and the return of the Dirt Derby, the Tour of Austin cranks up with some serious road racing all holiday weekend. Here’s a [...]