Posts from ‘December, 2009’

Recently, the New York City cycling advocacy group Biking Rules had a bike safety PSA contest to come up with more creative way to inform cyclists how to be safe on the road. There were three 30 second spot winners that were pretty good, but I have to say I’m a big fan of the [...]

In a followup to yesterday’s post about creating a Nueces Street Bike Boulevard and next Wednesday’s design open house, StreetFilms just released this great video of what makes bike boulevards work and the idea of creating living streets, streets for people instead of streets for cars. Also included was a link to a guide book [...]

Assuming the impending winter weather doesn’t throw a kink in things, there is a bunch to do this weekend including the Urban Farm Bike Tour, Congress Avenue Roll, and Austin Cycling Association Holiday Party. Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. Thanks to Jason [...]

ATXBS just posted these video clips from the Dell Lounge series featuring our very own local Austin Texas Bike Polo Social Club which also includes a nice bit about Austin’s only fixed gear shop, Fast Folks. We’ve written about the club in the past, and you can join in on the fun Thursdays at 5:30 [...]

Nadia Barrera from the City of Austin Bicycle/Pedestrian Program has alerted us to some upcoming open houses on designing a proposed bike boulevard on Nueces Street. If you are not familiar with the concept, bike boulevards are on-street bike routes that either prohibit car traffic or limit it to slow, local only traffic with the [...]

Like may blogs, Austin on Two Wheels has a Twitter feed so you can follow us on the go. Up until recently, we’ve used Twitter mainly as a place to let you know about the latest posts on our site for the most part. In the last couple weeks, we’ve started using Twitter to share [...]

For the past 13 years, Mix 94.7 has put on the Bikes for Kids project each holiday season giving away over 11,000 bikes to local children in need of two wheels. For most of us, the bicycle was our first taste of freedom of movement, seeing our community without constant adult supervision. Bikes have helped [...]

Yesterday, we mentioned the Dirt Derby was canceled but hoped an alleycross would sprout in its place. Success! Want to race in freezing rain and mud? Is there anything better for cyclocross? Bring $5 to the Lamar Blvd Plfuger Pedestrian bridge by 7 PM tonight to make it happen. If you are not up for [...]

Urban Farm Bicycle Tour sponsored by Edible Austin returns for a second year this weekend and promises to offer great locally grown food in a bike tour open to families. We interviewed Edible Austin’s editor, Marla Camp, last year about the first tour and are happy to see it return. The connection between sustainable eating [...]

If you’ve wanted to road race or are just looking to improve your skills, now’s your chance to learn from some of the best local pros. Bicycle Sport Shop’s pro team, Super Squadra, will be hosting a series of road racing clinics in January for both the beginner and more advanced racers. The Beginners classes [...]