Posts from ‘December, 2009’

On Tuesday, I mentioned that in 2009 over 4200 bike related events occurred in Austin yielding an average event every 2 hours. 2010 doesn’t seem to be letting up. Social Cycling ATX’s Thursday Night Social Ride and the Full Moon Cruise tonight will ensure you can ring in the New Year on two wheels in [...]

After having a guest ride leader last week, Daniel Sato is back with his weekly Wednesday Night Road Ride tonight and promises a special one time route to finish out the year. Wednesday Night Road Ride XXVI 7 PM Drungo Ice House, 29th & Rio Grande If you can’t wait for this evening to ride, [...]

2009 was a momentous year for cycling in Austin with several mile stones passed and the volume of people moving on two wheels growing. Here is a quick run down of what I think are the top ten Austin bike related stories in order of importance. If 2010 is anything like this year, Austin’s cycling [...]

The Bicyclists Craftmaster Independent DVD available online at The Bicyclists website Overall impression: 3/10 Last night, Portland filmmaker Carl Jameson was kind enough to provide a free showing of The Bicyclists, his feature length film about characters he developed in his online series, The Bicyclist. Both the web series and the film focus on Conrad, [...]

Rio Grande Restaurant closes Jan 1 Austin Cycling Association is trying to mix things up a bit with their monthly meeting moving from the staid LCRA meeting rooms to more festive locations. Their first attempt for January’s meeting ran into a snag just before the holidays when it was discovered that their meeting place, the [...]

On Christmas Eve, I received an e-mail from Carl Jameson, the Portland based film maker, who is currently in Austin for the holidays. Jameson has put together a screening of his movie The Bicyclists this Sunday, December 27 at 6 PM at Cafe Mundi, 1704 East 5th St. The Bicyclists is a feature length version [...]

Santa is already at work in part of the world, but not necessarily with a reindeer and sleigh. In Vancouver, Santa has slimmed down and gone green by riding a bike. Meanwhile, closer to home Bike Friendly Oak Cliff recently organized a Dallas Santa Ride to benefit Toys for Tots. Check out these pictures from [...]

Here’s is the week that was in cycling via the abridged version of Austin on Two Wheel‘s Twitter feed. This gives those not on Twitter or who missed our Tweets a chance to check out interesting bike related articles, photos, and videos from the week that might not warrant a full post on our site. [...]

With Christmas coming on the weekend and lot of folks out of town, this week’s event round up is very light. Please not the Social Cycling ATX Thrusday Night Social Ride and Monday Night Heavy Metal Fitness Ride are canceled for this week. Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week [...]