This is not the first time around the block for me: it’s no secret that I like bikes and I like art too. I thrive off of the feeling of inspiration that each generates in my life. I especially like when the two worlds of bicycle and art merge. I recently shared that I had [...]
Posts under ‘Austin Bicycle Industry’
Bike Taxi Babes: The Calendar and the Release Party
It was sadden when I heard this spring that Leanna Bloom Mooradian and Scott Cannon were ceasing the publication of their local zine The Dropout. I always enjoyed the unique writing and great photography of the Austin bike scene in each issue. Well, luckily Leanna and Scott have not be idle, instead working on other [...]
Photos from the 2011 Texas Custom Bicycle Show
This last weekend was the 4th Annual Texas Custom Bicycle Show at the Austin Convention Center. In addition to previous exhibitors, we saw 5 new exhibitors reflecting the growth of framebuilding in Texas and beyond. There we lots of great bikes and locally made accessories. Look for the show to return next fall but maybe [...]
Texas Custom Bicycle Show this weekend, October 15-16 at Austin Convention Center!
This Saturday and Sunday the Texas Custom Bicycle Show will be bringing framebuilders and bicycle accessory makes from the Lone Star State and beyond to our fair city. Since its humble start at the Frisco Velodrome in North Dallas four years ago, the show created by Daltex‘s Glenn Thompson has grown each year with over [...]
Local bike zine The Dropout stops publishing
Crap! Urban Velo is reporting that Austin’s own local bike zine, The Dropout, will no longer be published. I knew publishers Leanna Bloom Mooradian and Scott Cannon were taking a break to raise some more money, but I am extremely bummed to hear they are calling it quits. Producing any magazine is a tough job, [...]
Austin Bike Share Update: City moving closer to final plan
In an update at yesterday’s Downtown Austin Alliance Mobility and Transportation Committee, Austin Bicycle/Pedestrian Project Coordinator Nadia Barrera laid out the City of Austin’s current plan for bringing a bicycle sharing system to Austin by spring 2013. The short term bike rental service similar to systems in San Antonio and Minneapolis would allow one way [...]
First look at the Bodhi Electric Bicycle
Last week, we announced Bodhi Electric Bicycles as the newest site sponsor of Austin on Two Wheels. On Saturday, they had a demo day at their local retailer, Alien Scooters, and I stopped by to take a look at their new bikes. I met the co-founder and President of this Ft. Worth based company, Paul [...]
New A2W Site Sponsor: Bodhi Electric Bicycles
Austin on Two Wheels is pleased to announce our latest site sponsor, Ft. Worth based Bodhi Bicycles. Bodhi specializes in a sport and step-through model of electric bikes paired with Austin’s own NuVinci gearless hub. The e-bikes are $2500 and also include nice features like leather saddle and grips and bamboo fenders. They are new [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
