Posts from ‘February, 2011’

For those who use the Stratford Trail at Barton Springs Drive to get in and out of the Zilker Park area, please note starting today the trail will be closed for a few weeks. Here are the details from the City of Austin: Starting on Monday, February 28th the City of Austin will be closing [...]

Yesterday, the 2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show wrapped up in Austin with awards given for the best bikes from the show. Austin based carbon bike maker KirkLee took home the honors for Best Paint Job with their version of Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night painted on a frame. Congrats to Brad Cason and his [...]

Today is the final day of the North American Handmade Bicycle Show at the Austin Convention Center with bicycles on display from framebuilder from all over the US. On Day 1, I was only able to cover 1/2 the floor (yes, the show is that big and that awesome.) Here are shots from the other [...]

The North American Handmade Bicycle Show continues today at the Austin Convention Center with framebuilder from all over the US in Austin. Here are some shots I took from Day 1 including my favorite bike so far, a beautiful randonneur bike with wicked cool integrated lighting built by Herbie Helm. I’ve also included some pictures [...]

The North American Handmade Bicycle Show begins today at the Austin Convention Center with framebuilder from all over the US descending on Austin with all manner of two wheeled creations. While I’ll be exhibiting, I’ll also be shooting pictures and sharing each day. Here is a gallery of shots from the yesterday’s pre-show parties including [...]

The North American Handmade Bicycle Show starts tomorrow, and the Austin American Statesman did a nice write up on some of the local Austin builders including my friends at KirkLee, True Fabrication, and Alchemy Bicycle Company. They also wrote a bit about my framebuilding company, Violet Crown Cycles. I specialize in building custom city bikes [...]

So we’ve been cruising along nice and quiet through the winter until ***BOOM** this weekend hits with an absolutely insane number of cycling events going on. First there is this little get together called NAHBS, then comes a bike-in movie premier, forum on getting cycling more diverse, 2 road races (turns out they are next [...]

One winner each week this spring sharing the experience of your ride

Last week, we announced our 2011 Spring Urban Living Ride series, and expanded series of 16 guided social rides which start on Saturday, March 5 with the Taste of Downtown #1 with stops at Austin Java at City Hall, How Do You Roll?, and Gonzo Juice. The rides are dedicated to the simple pleasure of [...]

With all the activity involving NAHBS this weekend, I wanted to make sure everyone knew about this forum happening on Friday. It’s been mentioned that getting more women on bikes is critical to reach the goal where cycling becomes a main stream transportation choice. On Friday, City of AustinBicycle/Pedestrian Project Coordinator Nadia Barrera and Mellow [...]