Yesterday, I posted a photo gallery from this weekend’s North American Handmade Bicycle Show. Here are more photos taken by my classmate from Doug Fattic’s framebuilding class who was able to make it to this year’s show. There are some really great bikes here and get’s me even more excited about the show coming here [...]
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2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show to be held in Austin
I just received word that the North American Handmade Bicycle Show will be held in Austin in 2011. With the growth of local framebuilding and the success of the Texas Custom Bike Show, Austin has been in the running in years past, but this is great news and a sign we are growing as one [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 2/25- 3/3/10
Despite the snowfall this week, spring is right around the corner, and it shows with the plethora of activities this week. Tonight will be a fundraiser for Mariel Mentink who was hit by a car on New Years Eve while on Monday APD Chief Art Acevedo will be the guest of a forum on bike [...]
Tonight the last in a series of open houses on the Nueces St Bicycle Boulevard
Nueces Bicycle Boulevard Open House #3
Wednesday, February 24 @ 6 PM
Pease Elementary, 1106 Rio Grande St.
Join Social Cycling ATX for a social ride and movie viewing party after the open house tonight!
As the first major project in the new Austin Master Bicycle Plan, the City of Austin is considering creating the first bicycle boulevard on [...]
City of Austin to hold first Austin Ciclovia planning meeting March 12
As part of Bike Month this year, the City of Austin has committed to holding its first ciclovía, a day where sections of public streets are shut down to automotive traffic and opened up to pedestrians and bicycles. The were first started in Colombía as a way to reclaim public space for people instead of [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 2/18- 2/24/10
This weekend should be beautiful, and there are plenty of chances to get out and ride your bike. For those wanting to raise their heart beat there are two separate road races and for those wanting something more social the Tour D’Vegan will be visiting many of Austin’s better eateries offering vegan fair.
Here’s a quick [...]
OrganicAthlete puts on Tour D’Vegan food tour this weekend
Consider it the antidote for the grease of the Trailer Up Tour. The Austin chapter of OrganicAthlete is planning a Tour d’Vegan bike ride around Austin this Saturday including stops at vegan-friendly eateries with everything from raw food to vegan cupcakes. The ride, about 24 miles at an easy pace, starts at 9:30 a.m. at [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 2/11- 2/17/10
The potentially icy weather today has forced the cancellation of the Thursday Night Social Ride, but there is still plenty to do this weekend. ACA will be doing their second Traffic 101 Mini class and optional ride. For the ladies, the Austin Flyers are doing a road racing clinic, Bicycle Sport Shop will be having [...]
Icy weather causes Social Cycling ATX to cancel Thursday Night Social Ride
We’ll have the weekly event round up shortly but wanted to make sure everyone was aware that Social Cycling ATX has canceled their popular weekly Thursday Night Social Ride due to the potentially icy weather tonight.
This week it just ain’t going to happen. The streets will be extra slick from the ice and unless you [...]
ACA holds first Poker Run ride on Feb 27
Registration limited to 1st 100 registrants
To further shake things up at the Austin Cycling Association, the group will be hosting the first ever Poke Run ride on Saturday, February 27. The 14 mile social ride will start and end at the Peddler Bike Shop with stops to draw cards at Longhorn Bikes, East Side Pedal [...]
