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?” [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2010’
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!
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 10/7- 10/13/10
Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. Thanks to Jason at ATXBS for letting us know about some events we couldn’t find elsewhere. As always, if there is an event you know about that’s not on our calendar contact us, and we’ll [...]
Texas Custom Bicycle Show Poster!
In a followup to yesterday’s post about the bike I’m building for the Texas Custom Bicycle Show, here’s a cool poster the show came up with. Feel free to download and distribute the printable version and let others know about this locally make goodness.
T-minus 10 days until the Texas Custom Bicycle Show
The Texas Custom Bicycle Show is just 10 days away, and I’ve been liternally burning the midnight oil to get the show bike down for my Violet Crown Cycles booth. For the show, I decided on building a travel randonneur bike with some special features. As the bike is designed to breakdown into a regular [...]
Amsterdam houdt van fietsen!
One of our readers sent me this great video called Amsterdam houdt van fietsen! or “Amstedam loves bikes!” that shows you what a city is like when majority culture embraced the bicycle as a legitimate transportation choice. Lots of great shots of people wearing regular cloths (or even looking fashionable!) as well as cargo bikes [...]
Ladies Night and Cross Clinic at Dirt Derby tonight
The Dirt Derby is having their Ladies Night tonight which means any lady or guys who want to dress like a lady get to race for free. In addition, Violet Crown Sports Association will be hosting a free cyclocross clinic at 5:30. Dismounting, remounting and shouldering the bike will be covered, so you’ll be cyclocrossing [...]
Friday Film Fun: Bicycle Turn Signals
With all the new products announced at Eurobike and Interbike, this prototype bicycle turn signal system, the SEIL bag, flew under the radar for me. SEIL bag by Lee Myung Su design lab from Ben on Vimeo. The design is pretty nifty, kind of a high tech FlashBak. It’s not bright enough to replace a [...]
