Posts from ‘October, 2009’

This is starting to resemble Ground Hog Day: New month, same weather. Things are currently ‘squishy’ out on the course. If you were at ACL this weekend, you still don’t know what mud is. At this point, an ark made of innertubes is a possibility, and also perhaps throwing rice all over the course to [...]

This weekend, the Oregon Manifest kicked off with their Oregon Manifest Constructors Challenge contest and race. The Oregon Manifest, their hand built bike show, has expanded this year from a long weekend highlighting local builders to a six week celebration of all things bicycle related. The schedule of events puts our annual Bike Month celebration [...]

In case you missed David Byrne’s visit last week to talk about his latest book Bicycle Diaries, NPR had an interview with him this morning on Sunday Edition. Of course, his Austin visit was more than just about his book and included a great discussion about urban planning for bicycles in Austin with local experts. [...]

As part of a movement to reclaim public space from cars for people, PARKing Day was established a few years ago in New York City. All over the city, individuals take over on street parking spaces and set up seating and place space for anyone who wants to join in. StreetFilms captured this year’s NYC [...]

Congrats to local triathlon shop Jack and Adam’s on winning an Honorable Mention in the 2009 Keep Austin Beautiful awards for their Green Team Bicycle Re-cycle program. They created a drop off program for old bicycle components, tires, and clothing to keep them out of land fills. Bicycle parts and frames were recycled into the [...]

The Austin City Limits Festival is this weekend, and if you plan on going, take advantage of the copious bike parking and repair center being run by Mellow Johnny’s. If you aren’t going, there is still plenty to do with the Austin Bike Zoo’s Alice in Wonderland on bikes production and the Full Moon Cruise [...]