Posts from ‘October, 2011’

According to U.N. estimates, the world human population will reach 7 billion today. Whether this milestone is good or bad, it should give us all serious pause in the attempt to export the current American lifestyle. The average American home has 2.28 cars. This means one car per adult. Now apply that to the world [...]

Minneapolis’ Midtown Greenway: Good for Biz, Good for Bikes. from Streetfilms on Vimeo. This brief little film came out just a couple of weeks ago, and from the moment I saw it, I knew that I wanted to write about what I saw and felt as I watched the video.  Having lived in MSP for [...]

This is the second part of Rob D’Amico’s series looking at Tour Das Hugel and his attempt to do the 2011 ride. See here for Part I.  He also is hosting a fundraiser that lets you donate a set amount for each mile he completes, with all proceeds going to local bike nonprofits. About Me: [...]

Halloween is nigh so its time to put on a costume and ride your bike… whether it’s for the Thursday Night Social Ride, the special Sunday edition of Frankenbike, or just to head to the 6th street zoo! Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of [...]

Riding your bike is like being in a parade, a daily parade if you commute with your bicycle. I feel like the center of attention with all eyes on me when I am the sole bicycle with 3 cars at a all-way stop sign. Should I Miss America wave or throw some candy? Instead I [...]

On a blustery cold December morning last year I saddled my bike and headed out into the hills. It was supposed to be the beginning of a transformation, a year-long effort to mold myself into a cyclist that could conquer Austin’s toughest ride—Tour Das Hugel, 108 miles of punishing ascents meandering through the hills west [...]

When I get on a cargo bike with my children, I think about what effect bicycle transport will have on their future. Will they break the American wealth draining cycle of car ownership? Will they be better prepared for peak oil? I don’t know, but I do know riding with them is a supremely more [...]

Very shortly after I started this site, I got my first cargo bike, an Xtracycle Free Radical. At the time, we had a trailer for our kids that they were out growing, and the kit which converts most bikes to long tails with room for 1 adult or 2-3 kids seemed like a good idea. [...]

It finally feels like fall is here! This week will be the final 2011 edition of the Driveway Crits and the Tour de Fat rolls into town. If riding long is more your style, check out the very cool three day Destination: Leakey ride and Sunday’s Sweatin’ Burnt Orange Bike Tour to benefit the The [...]

It must be fall finally! I awoke to positively cold morning temps and the Tour de Fat is rolling into town. The celebration of the bike produced by Fat Tire Beer will occur in Austin again for the 5th time this Saturday, October 23 at their usually stomping grounds, Fiesta Gardens. All beer sales will [...]