Posts from ‘September, 2011’

I have been using my bike as a mode of transportation on and off for the last 10 years. At this point, it does not seem extraordinary to ride to the store to get a sixer of Fat Tire, take the boys to get donuts on a Saturday morning, or to ride to work.  Maybe I [...]

This weekend is the Austin City Limits Festival, and if you plan on going, please be sure to ride your bike. There is plenty of bike parking! If ACL isn’t your thing, there are some get events to benefit others coming up including the Rocky Hill Ranch Fundraiser for Bastrop County Wild Fire Victims on [...]

My Experience: The makers of Anti Monkey Butt sent me a review sample of their anti friction powder in the Original and Lady’s versions. I used the power on six rides totaling over 120 miles in lieu of chamois cream and as a post ride treatment for saddle sores for a week. Function: 1/5 Product [...]

League of American Bicyclists mounts e-mail campaign “I Bike, I Vote.” Since they were elected into power on Capitol Hill last fall, Congressional Republicans have been on a war path to eliminate government spending they consider wasteful. The latest project on the chopping block is the Transportation Enhancements (TE) program which creates safe space on [...]

If you have not been downtown this summer, you’ve missed the latest large scale art installation, the CowParade. 100 painted cow statues of different themes have been scattered throughout Austin with the largest concentration downtown. Most of the cows are too far apart to see on foot, but riding a bike to take them in [...]

With cyclocross season fast approaching, we hope you can join us for our third cyclocross skills practice this Sunday at 6:30 PM, this time at Garrison Park. Being a clinic open to beginners, we’ll tackle the most important skill newbies need to learn: dismounting and remounting the bike. We’ll also be raffling off among participants [...]

The weather is great so get out on your bike either for fitness or to enjoy the fall like temps. If you do not know how fix a flat, both Social Cycling Austin and Mellow Johnny’s are holding free flat fix classes. If social riding is more your thing, check out the Cow Parade ride [...]

UPDATE: While it is still not a done deal, cyclists looking for safer streets got a victory tonight. From the LOBV: Good news! The CNA LUT Committee approved the Original Proposal, by a vote of approximately 15-5. Thanks so much to the regular attendees and newbies (both including several LOBV members) who came out to [...]

It seems like there has been a lot of bad news lately: Washington gridlock, anemic jobs numbers, and out of control wild fires (please donate to the local Red Cross and Capital Area Food Bank to help the victims). If the current bad news wasn’t bad enough, the major media outlets are being a week [...]

Austin on Two Wheels is pleased to announce our latest sponsor, the CycleTracks Application. The smartphone application was developed by San Francisco County Transportation Authority to help determine the need for new bicycle facilities and is currently being tested in Austin by the Texas Transportation Institute at the Texas A&M University System in partnership with [...]