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 [...]
Posts from ‘September, 2011’
The Peddler Dirt Derby mountain bike & cyclocross series starts tonight!
Tuesday night off road series starts with Ladies Night Tonight is the season kickoff of The Peddler Dirt Derby now entering its 5th season of dirty fun. The weekly Tuesday night affair offers a lighted course for short course mountain biking and cyclocross at the Del Valle Motorcross. The guys at the Derby are kicking [...]
The 3rd Annual South Austin Custom & Vintage Bicycle Show this Sunday
My apologies for leaving this event off the Thursday recommended events post. If you have a custom or vintage bike you want to show off, head on down to El Mercado on South 1st this Sunday afternoon to enjoy the free show with lots of prizes raffled off in support of local cycling non-profits. The [...]
Friday Film Fun: Are you taking things too SRSLY?
A few weeks ago, I suggested a new golden rule in response to some of the roadie bike snob sites popping up as of late. When people take themselves too seriously, satire is always there to as an antidote. Take today’s roadie spoof rap SRSLY. If you watch closely, there’s a nice cameo in there [...]
Massive cyclocross fork and big box bicycle recall announced
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced to large recalls that effect Specialized cyclocross and hybrid bikes as well as NEXT brand bikes, a low cost mountain bike hybrid sold in big box retailers like Walmart. The Specialized recall is in regards to the Advanced Group carbon forks on their Sirrus Expert, Sirrus Comp, [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 9/22- 9/28/11
Cyclocross season is at hand! This Sunday we’ll be host the last of our weekly CX practice sessions to prep for the season with the Dirt Derby starting on Tuesday, September 27. There is also lots of opportunities to ride and race mountain plus Frankenbike’s monthly chance to build up the bike you’ve always wanted. [...]
From pavement to dirt: Training
“From pavement to dirt” is a new series I am writing about my experience taking up mountain biking and training to compete in the Sabertooth Offroad division of the Natural Caverns Duathlon. This will be my first mountain bike race, and I will use the Dirt Derby series and TXBRA cyclocross races to racing myself [...]
Bicycle Sport Shop starts beginner mountain bike series
If you are just getting into mountain biking or need a refresher, these rides may be for you. Bicycle Sport Shop is kicking off a Beginner Mountain Bike Ride Series this Saturday with rides at Walnut Creek Park in north Austin and several road trips to some of the best mountain bike trails in Central [...]
The injustice of auto dominated streets
I attend church at the University United Methodist Church, and in recent months, there has been a new part of the service created to highlight an injustice in our society and to recommit as a congregation to fight against injustice in the world. This week, I was asked to lead this part of the service, [...]
Making streets safer for our kids and ignoring the bull
This morning I attended an exciting meeting at my children’s elementary school put on by the City of Austin’s Safe Routes to School program. We have been chosen as one of 6 campuses to receive support from the program designed to encourage parents to skip being a juvenile’s chauffeur and let kids do what they [...]
