Two words: Snow Day! I know our northern friends are snorting as the fact that a 1/2 inch of snow has shut down our city, but then again they they’d crumble with 6 solid months of 90 plus degree days that we weather just fine. While you probably don’t need a snow plow bike, be [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2011’
Pfluger bridge extension to open tomorrow
Extending the Pfluger bridge on Lady Bird Lake to cross over the busy West Cesar Chavez Street has been a dream of the cycling community that was over a decade in the making. After breaking ground on the extension last spring, the Austin American Statesman is reporting that tomorrow the bridge will officially open. With [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 2/3- 2/9/11
Baby, it’s cold outside . . . but that doesn’t mean you can’t ride your bike. Check out the excellent primer on winter riding from Streetfilms and don’t let the winter weather stop you. Also, if you can make it tonight do attend the Shifting Gears presentation by BikeTexas. It’s free (RVSP requested) and previous [...]
Yes, it’s cold in Austin but at least we don’t need a bike snow plow
It’s cold. It’s frickin’ cold alright. But that doesn’t mean you can’t still ride your bike, right? Fair weather friends, indeed we can if we follow a few guidelines in bundling up as laid out by Streetfilms: Winter Biking Primer from Streetfilms on Vimeo. Last week I joked on Twitter that I didn’t need this [...]
More thoughts on how we sell cycling to the masses
Pictures of highway flyovers and commuting to work doesn’t sell cars and it won’t sell bikes either As our city and our country tries to move away from the oil dependent lifestyle of the last 65 years, many efforts are being made to encourage every day people to choose cycling over driving. Some small progress [...]
New A2W Site Sponsor: Christiania Bikes by Boxcycles
Austin on Two Wheels is pleased to announce our latest site sponsor, Christiania Bikes by Boxcycles. As regular readers of our site know, we are big fans of cargo bikes and are thrilled to see another option come to the U.S. market and to Austin at AustinBikes. We currently have a Christiania box bike in [...]
No Leander/Cedar Park Social Ride er, tomorrow night, potluck instead
If you were planning on joining the Leander/Cedar Park Social Ride tonight tomorrow night (EDIT: momentarily forgot what day it is), you’ll be heading indoors instead. The arctic blast has forced the cancellation of the weekly ride, but being social, the group is still getting together for a potluck. We are going to be BIG [...]
Now that’s the way to sell cycling!
Last week while introducing the Hollywood Golden Age on two wheels site Rides a Bike, I intimated that part of the problem with how cycling is sold to the public is lack of sex appeal. It’s really not the bike industry’s fault. It’s a male dominated, techno focused trade that is more impressed with gear [...]
