Posts under ‘Cargo and Utility’

  Two years ago, the downtown Whole Foods decided to explore doing deliveries by bike.  I have been wanting to start a monthly segment highlighting jobs in the Austin area where people are making a living on a bike.  Whole Foods is a perfect starting point. I arranged a time to meet up with Matt [...]

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. [...]

Editor Note: This is our fifth winning entry in our March- May My Ride Writing Contest, Austin mom on two wheels Katie Jo Dixon. We want an autobiographical story about your experience riding a bike in Austin where previously you might have done so by car. Each week, Austin on Two Wheels will select a [...]

Editor Note: This is our first winning entry in our March- May My Ride Writing Contest. We want an autobiographical story about your experience riding a bike in Austin where previously you might have done so by car. Each week, Austin on Two Wheels will select a winning entry with a $50 cash prize (and [...]

Sponsored by Austin on Two Wheels welcomes you to a second season of extraordinary social rides from March to May dedicated to the simple pleasure of riding a bicycle with friends. More rides, more giveaways! We have expanded to 16 rides this spring with an art ride and two family fun rides in addition to [...]

UPDATE: I received a message from BoxCycles that the lighting issue I mentioned in this review is being addressed in the next shipment to the U.S. Look for better mounting options and possibly a dynamo. My experience: BoxCycles arranged for me to borrow a model of the Christiania Cargo Bike from AustinBikes for a long [...]

Entire city loses it’s mind when 1/16 of an inch of snow falls. People have been seen stocking up on canned goods & bottled water. Stranded resident, Margie Pimwater, noted she had cabin fever for the 18 minutes she was stuck inside. “How will I ever make it to Sunday when it’ll be 70 degrees [...]

Two words: Snow Day! I know our northern friends are snorting as the fact that a 1/2 inch of snow has shut down our city, but then again they they’d crumble with 6 solid months of 90 plus degree days that we weather just fine. While you probably don’t need a snow plow bike, be [...]

Austin on Two Wheels is pleased to announce our latest site sponsor, Christiania Bikes by Boxcycles. As regular readers of our site know, we are big fans of cargo bikes and are thrilled to see another option come to the U.S. market and to Austin at AustinBikes. We currently have a Christiania box bike in [...]