For those who like to punish themselves on a bike, the Tour das Hugel deserves your attention. The free annual 100 mile ride covers Austin’s toughest hills, including 10,000 feet of climbing. This year it will be on Saturday, November 13, 2010, starting at 7:00 AM under the Mopac bridge on Lady Bird Lake. The [...]
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Should we eliminate stop lights?
British film show the counter intuitive reality that stop lights make urban roads more dangerous Cyclists get the brunt of a lot of criticism for not obeying traffic laws. Whenever facilities, resources, or priorities are suggested for cyclists, the motorist first complaint is “why are we giving them anything when they routinely flout the law?” [...]
Heading to ACL? Bike there!
If you are heading to ACL this weekend, you can avoid traffic and shuttle buses by biking there instead. There will be plenty of well lit bike parking, and Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop will have a bike repair station. Rock the bike!
