Posts from ‘December, 2011’

The time is now for everyone to stand around the Festivus pole and air our grievances. I see it as my purging of the bad mojo before the start of a new year. As a highly cynical individual I have plenty of people and situations I would like to grieve, but for the purpose of [...]

James Clayton is dead. The wily bike thief who would befriend cyclists on group rides only to find out enough about them to steal their bikes later died on December 24 in the Phoenix, AZ area apparently from complications from a heart condition he had. Thanks to Rob D’Amico who gave us the heads up [...]

From the writers at Austin on Two Wheels, here’s wishing you a Merry Christmas and a reminder of what a great town we live in. May upgrades be under the tree!

I am proud to share that I have a new career, and I’m joining the work force again as a shift worker. What does working shifts have to with bike riding, you ask? I first started thinking about the parallels of shift working and bike riding when a friend who works shifts at Austin’s School [...]

With the Christmas/New Year’s holiday week approaching, there will be fewer and fewer organized opportunities to ride so our Thursday morning preview of recommended two wheeled events will be taking a holiday break the next 2 weeks returning on Thursday, January 5. The next 2 weeks is not completely without chances to ride. You can [...]

I have finished my first official season of cyclocross racing in Texas.  Full disclaimer here before I continue, I am using the word “full” very loosely, because I only participated in races close to the Austin area.  Along with local races, I have attended a number of Dirt Derby’s, and will continue to attend through [...]

Capital Metro is looking for feedback from cyclists with a brief online survey to improve and expand their services. Please take a feed minutes to take the survey. Bicycles paired with transit makes a lot of sense. Transit greatly expands where you can go with your bike, and bikes help make transit more practical for [...]

I like things I can do myself. Do-It-Yourself. DIY, for short. I enjoy the sense of accomplishment that comes at the end of task. When I can stand back and say, “Yeah, I did that myself.” Just yesterday, I wanted to make some home-made, all-from-scratch sunflower seed, cocoa-powder brownies, a mouthful to even describe. However, [...]

In between holiday parties, we hope you are getting a chance to ride your bike. To help you with that, here is our last pre-holiday round up of recommended cycling events. 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 [...]

I never thought riding my bicycle would make me an advocate for change…but somehow I find myself in that boat, er, rather on that bike. A comedian that makes me laugh so hard I cry, Louis C K, says “Everything’s amazing & Nobody’s happy.” He talks about the current shifts in time and technology. An [...]