Posts from ‘October, 2010’

With the increase in bike thefts in Austin recently, this short Va fa Napoli, Hipster (translates “Go to Hell, Hipster”) pokes fun at hipster cyclists and reminds us you never know who the bike thief is going to be. Enjoy this beautiful Fall weather and get out and ride your bike!

Yesterday, bike share company B-Cycle stopped in Austin to demo their kiosk style, self-serve bike rental system. Their demo was part of a City of Austin initiative to investigate creating a public bike share program in Austin. Currently, City staff participate in an employee only bike share program, but the 2009 Master Bike Plan calls [...]

Wow, October is going out with a bang with tons of chances to ride your bike! If road riding is your thing, check out the Tour de Gruene and Sweatin’ Burnt Orange Bicycle Tour. If biking socially is your thing, don’t miss the Tour de Fat this Saturday. Also, tonight the League of Bicycling Voters [...]

Bike share programs are popping up all over the country, and the City of Austin to get in on the action. Today, the City will be hosting B-Cycle, a project of Humana, Trek Bicycles, and ad firm Crispin Porter + Bogusky that launched it’s first bike share program in Denver this year. They appear to [...]

Quick quizz! Who said this: We ought to replace the automobile with bicycles. It would be better for our coronaries, our dispositions, and certainly our finances. The connection between automobile use and a poor health and an empty pocket book are not new. It turns out some visionaries were finding problems with the car culture [...]

On Sunday morning, Austinite John Simpson was hit and severely injured by a car while riding his bike to work. Simpson is a chef at the Austin Children’s Shelter and was hit at around 6 AM Sunday morning at the Berkman Drive and 51st Street.  He is at Brackenridge Hospital and is in critical condition. [...]

Tonight is another night of off road bike racing at the Dirt Derby. The Derby organizers are encouraging folks to wear costumes as they race and will be giving away special prizes for their favorites. This might take some thought as the best trick or treat/Halloween party costume might not be so great to race [...]

This was going to be my Friday Film Fun this week, but it’s too awesome not to share with you and make your Monday better. For anyone who fears change to our car culture will never come, watch this great film on a group of kids who started a bike bus in Orlando, FL. Bike [...]

Austin on Two Wheels has already recommended you get out to vote FOR Proposition #1, but the League of Bicycling Voters is making doing your civic duty a little more fun with a ride to vote this Thursday followed by the annual LOBV member party. Ride to Rally the Vote FOR Proposition 1 Time: Thursday, [...]

Thanks to my friend Hope Morrison for turning me on this week’s film. Boy, the Brits really know how to capture the joy of city riding in music video. As a nice complement to singer Lily Allen’s bike themed song, Mark Ronson & The Business Intl have put together this catchy video including pretty ladies [...]