Posts from ‘November, 2010’

For those heading cross town along the Lance Armstrong Bikeway, there has been a small gap downtown at Shoal Creek and 3rd Street for several years now. The one block section between the bridge over Shoal Creek and West Avenue has been at times pretty rough as construction vehicle working on the Seaholm Plant have [...]

If you haven’t made it out to the Dirt Derby this season, there are just a few more nights of short track and cyclocross racing. Tonight, the Derby is taking on the cold winter weather with beer & s’mores over an open fire. This fire is perfect for: Keeping warm Warming up hotdogs Warming up [...]

Here’s the overview of the Bicycle Film Festival Austin this weekend. The full list of films and tickets can be purchased from their website. BFF10: Bicycle Film Festival Austin, December 2- 5, 2010 Its the Bicycle Film Festival’s third year in Austin, and the tenth anniversary of the international Bicycle Film Festival. In tandem with [...]

No weekly calendar round up this week. Instead, I wanted to give thanks for some things that make Austin a great place to ride a bike. City of Austin Bike and Pedestrian Program: I’ve had my gripes in the past, but I’m thankful for a city staff that is doing a great job expanding bike [...]

Unfortunately, I’m heading out of town today otherwise I’d totally be at the Dirt Derby tonight with my Xtracycle (heck maybe even a bakfiets!) It’s another fun night of racing this week at the Bicycle Sport Shop Dirt Derby, with a special trailer/Longbike/trail-a bike race. Haul a kid or at least an extra person behind [...]

I just saw this amazing video over at Copenhagenize about how cycle paths, i.e. separate bike only roads running parallel to automotive roads, got started in the Netherlands. Who knew Napoleon was the genesis of bike paths and that conflict between bicycles and horse carriage, not cars, caused the Dutch to adopt separate facilities. It [...]

The City of Austin’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Program is considering improvements in bicycle infrastructure on South Congress between downtown and Oltorf including bike lanes and back in parking spaces (similar to those installed on Dean Keaton). Last week, the Bicycle Advisory Council passed a resolution in support of this action calling for the following: a [...]

Thanksgiving is a time not only to give thanks for all the universe has given us. It’s also a time to take that spirit of gratitude and give back to those in need. BikePortland recently posted an article about the B-Share program. Portland’s trike based delivery service B-Line is partnering with local non-profits to deliver [...]

With the holidays on the horizon, the racing has died down and cyclists are turning to warm food and good drink with friends. There are an awful lot of social riding going on. Social Cycling Austin is doing a weekend camping expedition with groups leaving Friday and Saturday, Midnight Ridazz ATX is making a return [...]

Yesterday, we posted audio from the first framebuilder roundtable at the 2010 Texas Custom Bicycle Show. Today, here is the second roundtable which included Brad Cason of KirkLee Bicycles and Dimitri Harris of MEECH Custom Bikes. Framebuilder Roundtable #2, Part 1 of 3 Framebuilder Roundtable #2, Part 2 of 3 Framebuilder Roundtable #2, Part 3 [...]