Our summer sizzling heat can’t keep us down. There’s lots to do on two wheels this week including Waterloo Cycles 20th Anniversary Party tonight, Jack and Adam’s Tour de France watch parties Friday and Saturday night, and the Hill Country Kid’s and Family Triathlon on Saturday. Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2011’
Bike beats airplane?
This week, a section of Los Angeles freeway was closed for repair spawning press hysterics of a “Carmageddon.”(why must everything end with -mageddon or -gate?) Apparently, Los Angelenos can not go a day without their blessed highways. As a publicity stunt, JetBlue was offering a 12 minute flight from Burbank to Long Beach. A group [...]
Yellow Bike Project looking for children’s bikes to restock for release
Austin’s Yellow Bike Project does a lot of good stuff, but one of its best public service is the release of children’s bicycles to kids who can’t afford two wheels. After a very successful bike release earlier this year, YBP has found their kids bike stock extremely low. If your child has out grown their [...]
Bike facilities closures on Shoal Creek & LAB this week
The City of Austin has put out notice of some construction road closures that will affect popular bike routes. Shoal Creek Boulevard Closure The northbound and southbound bicycle lane on Shoal Creek Blvd. will be closed today near the intersection with 46th St. for most of this week. The closure is needed for the Shoal [...]
Austin on Two Wheels heading to the hills this week
After a very busy spring putting on our Urban Living Rides and a busy few weeks in the workshop, Austin on Two Wheels is taking some much needed R&R (and an attempt to get a break from back to back 100 degree days). I’m hoping to get some soul riding in along the way. Look [...]
Friday Film Fun: The Spectacle of La Grande Boucle
The Tour de France is wrapping up its first week, and this one has been great so far. The pre-race anointing of Alberto Contodor ran into a one and a half minute, crash induced time gap on Stage One followed by a further deficit on Stage 2 thanks to a relatively weak team in the [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 7/7- 7/13/11
Things are slowing to a mid summer haze this week but Social Cycling Austin’s Femme Pedále is keeping things interesting by opening their ladies ride to guys that ride in drag. 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 [...]
A Series of Tubes: From two wheels to three
“Bike building is a lot like the Internet. They both involve a series of tubes.” Elliott McFadden, Violet Crown Cycles It’s been a while since I shared a customer build from Violet Crown Cycles, but this recent project was both challenging and satisfying in that I got another person on a useful bike that they’ll [...]
Bicycle Sport Shop looking for volunteers for Tres Burritos rides
This Saturday, July 16, Bicycle Sport Shop is producing three unique rides from their 3 store locations to benefit Boltage, a program that tracks the number of times students ride their bikes to school and rewards them for their participation. The Tres Burritos Ride has three distinct rides depending on your fitness and interest: Climb [...]
Friday Film Fun: Le Tour, Baby!
Today, I am going to share some Tour de France inspired videos and give you a little preview of the stages to watch. The Tour stages tomorrow, and if you don’t plan on watching all 21 stages, I’ve put together a list of recommended stages to watch to get the flavor of the race and [...]
