As the year comes to an end, Austin on Two Wheels takes a look at the stories that defined 2010 for cycling in Austin. While this year was not as eventful as 2009, much still happened to change the face of cycling in our town, some for good and some not. 5. Social cycling steps [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2010’
Abridged Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 12/30/10- 1/5/11
No full roundup of our comprehensive calendar this week. We’re in holiday hangover mode here plus there is not a lot of non-regular rides going on so here a few events you might want to know about. Austin’s New Year (ANY) Celebration Friday, December 31, 5 PM- 10:30 PM, Fireworks at 10:15, Auditorium Shores This [...]
Friday Film Fun: Merry Christmas from Austin on Two Wheels!
From all the writers at Austin on Two Wheels, we wish you a Merry Christmas and safe holiday week. Enjoy these bike related Christmas videos, and we hope you get out and ride your bike! Recycled BiCycle ParT Xmas Tree @ Yahoo! Video
No calendar roundup this week
With little other than the regular weekly rides on our comprehensive calendar this holiday week and us still recovering from this week’s hacking of the site, we will be forgoing the weeking event round up this week. As last minute events pop up, we’ll post and otherwise look forward to returning to the regular weekly [...]
Austin framebuilder James Flatman makes 2011 NAHBS poster
The North American Handmade Bicycle Show is coming to Austin in February, and this week they released their promotional poster for the event. I was happy to see my friend and fellow framebuilder James Flatman of Alchemy Bicycle Company is the featured builder on the poster. Congrats to James on the much deserved recognition! To [...]
A2W site was down last few days
Austin on Two Wheels readers, If you tried to access our site in the last couple days, you probably found our site down. Unfortunately, we got hacked. We hope to get back to some regular posts soon, but please note the site may come down for periods of time in the next week or two [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 12/16- 12/22/10
With the holidays coming, events are winding down a bit and this post is especially short this week. Still, there are plenty of regular rides to get you out on your bike. Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. Thanks to Jason [...]
Bike-in Movie Wednesdays with Black Label Bike Club
ATXBS is reporting a new weekly bike-in movie series is starting up with the Black Label Bike Club tonight. This week will feature Machette, the Robert Rodriguez film that recently got it’s state incentive funding pulled after it reached theaters. Here are the details on the event: BIKE IN MOVIE WEDNESDAYS!!! We’re meeting on the [...]
A2W Bike Shop map and guide updated for holiday shopping
It’s been way too long since I updated the A2W bike shop map and guide, a contact list and interactive map of all the bike shops in Austin. Since Christmas is right around the corner, I wanted to make sure everyone had current information on where to get bikes and accessories. We’ve also had some [...]
Last Dirt Derby tonight plus video from Saturday’s Aphlacross
Tonight is the final Dirt Derby, and barring any alleycross races that pop up, this marks the end of cyclocross season in the Austin area. While mountain bike racing will start picking up again in the spring, this will also be your last chance until next fall to race the Dirt Derby’s unique motorcross course. [...]
