Posts from ‘January, 2010’

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 all the hubbub around the release of Apple’s new iPad, it’s only appropriate that we reach way back in the archives to the mid 1980s Steve Jobs for this clip showing the bicycle as the most efficient form of transportation on the planet.

My apologies for getting the weekly event round up out late this week, but our full calendar of events needed some major updating and now has all the upcoming ACA rides, Traffic 101 classes and mini clinics and TXBRA road races as well as most of the charity rides on the calendar for this spring. [...]

Daniel Sato, the organizer of the Wednesday Night Road Ride, just sent out this e-mail indicating there will be no ride tonight: Sorry guys, but I’m way too busy to lead a ride tonight! Heck, I’ve been way too busy to even realize I was supposed to until just now! Sorry for the late notice. [...]

A model process for the future or the Son of Shoal Creek? This week, City staff from the Bicycle and Pedestrian Program will begin convening a steering committee with the goal of creating a compromise solution on what has turned out to be a contentious proposal for Austin’s first bicycle boulevard. The committee will be [...]

Sara Krause, regular contributor to Austin on Two Wheels is putting on a free lecture at Pure Austin for those interested in endurance racing or getting ready for the The Dirty Dozen or Super 6 Hour Mountain Bike Races. Location:  PURE Austin Quarry Lake on Tuesday, February 2 at 7:15pm Cost: FREE! “PURE Endurance for [...]

If you’ve ever wanted to brush up on your bike safety but cannot swing the time for the full Traffic 101 classes offered by the Austin Cycling Association, here’s your chance to pick and choose the portions you need help with in bit sized amounts. ACA will be offering Traffic Skills 101 Mini Clinics starting [...]

My experience: Over two weeks, I used the thinksport stainless steel 750ml bottle to carry ice cold water on bike trips around town. Function: 3.5/5 Style: 4/5 Build Quality: 5/5 Overall: 4/5 Availability: Stainless steel double walled thinksport bottles are available online at the thinksport store in 350 ml ($15.99) and 750 ml version ($19.99). [...]

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. [...]

The Austin Texas Bike Polo Social Club is celebrating their one year anniversary this weekend with a two day, three match weekend of bike polo. While wide spread bike polo is a relatively new part of current bike culture, it actually is a sport that is 100 years old and was very popular in the [...]