They’re here! It’s been a long wait, but Austin bicyclists finally will get their first taste of sharrows (shared lane markings) when the city installs the thermoplastic stencils on Guadalupe, Lavaca and 51st streets tomorrow (weather permitting). The sharrows are part of a pilot project, which is required by the Federal Highway Administration before cities [...]
Posts on ‘October 21st, 2009’
Texas Custom Bicycle Show rolls into Austin this weekend
This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, the finest custom bicycle builders from all over the Lone Star state (plus one honorary Texan from Philadelphia) will converge on Austin for the second annual Texas Custom Bicycle Show. The show is free and open to the public and will be a part of the Expo at the LiveStrong [...]
Roadie Night Ride returns weekly starting next Wednesday
After a 7 month hiatus in lieu of the Driveway Crit Series (this Thursday’s is the last of the season), the Roadie Night Ride organized by Daniel Sato returns next Wednesday. I did a couple of these earlier this year and wrote about them here. They are a lot of fun and a bit of [...]
Hammerhead Bikes Demo Ventana stolen
I just got an e-mail from Matt Harold at Hammerhead Bikes that one of their demo bikes was stolen yesterday. The Orange Ventana El Rey that Hammerhead bikes uses as a demo bike was stolen yesterday morning (10/20) from the garage of a home in NW Austin. The bike was stolen around 7:30 am from [...]
