Posts from ‘July, 2011’

Cycle Chic is a movement started by such sites as Copenhagen Cycle Chic and Amsterdamize to show fashionably dressed people on bikes in order to, as Copenhagenize’s Mikael Colville-Andersen says, “show the bicycle as part of the Good Life.” Spandex, helmets, and logo bestrewed bikes are out. High heels, suits, and simple, upright Dutch bikes [...]

UPDATE: KXAN is reporting Austin Police arrested Jesus Salazar-Gonzalez and Jose Mendoza in the sting. The video had a cursory pan of the bikes (which did not appear that high end.) We’ll see if we can get more details on the bikes. ——– Had a bike stolen recently? Read on. It’s been a few years [...]

Editor note: This is the first post in a series of guest posts Minor Baker is writing for us as the winner of our spring My Ride contest. Today, he writes about his first Thursday Night Social Ride by Social Cycling Austin. We’ve written about and promoted the weekly institution, but this is a engaging [...]

I am a very lucky guy. This morning I awoke to the smell of pancakes. “Nice!”, I thought, but it got better when I saw the pancakes my wife had made: In addition to the bicycle pancakes shown, she also made dinosaurs, pinwheels, trains, and the Eiffel Tower. Lucky indeed!

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 [...]

Just saw this question posed over at BikeForums: Is a Fred also a Poser? What do you think? Are they mutually exclusive or one and the same? UPDATE: For whatever its worth, here’s the condensed definition of Fred from Wikipedia: Fred is a derisive term used by “serious” road cyclists to describe other cyclists who [...]

We’ve had presidents, movie stars, landmarks, and even Cabbage Patch Dolls but finally bicycles will be gracing U.S. stamps next year. The U.S. Post Office announced a new series of Forever Stamps for 2012. In an attempt to cover every cycling clique in one 4-stamp series, the stamps include a child with training wheels, a [...]

Every few months, I get an e-mail from a reader about how the police are cracking down on cyclists and how unfair it is. Usually, APD has ticketed someone for an actual violation of the law, like running stop sign or more recently failing to have brakes on your bike. Whether you think law enforcement [...]

Austin on Two Wheels is pleased to announce our latest site sponsor, Ft. Worth based Bodhi Bicycles. Bodhi specializes in a sport and step-through model of electric bikes paired with Austin’s own NuVinci gearless hub. The e-bikes are $2500 and also include nice features like leather saddle and grips and bamboo fenders. They are new [...]

The Tour de France may be making a dramatic end right now, but for today we’ll take a break from the racing to watch another Frenchman do amazing things on a bike. In this Vegas style show, French mime trickster and Bill Irwin look alike Serge Huercio tries out his latest fixed gear tricks under [...]