Mar 19th, 2010
by elliott.
Just when you think we are making progress towards all getting along on the streets, radio boneheads like ESPN’s Washington DC host Tony Kornheiser make stupid “jokes” like this to run down cyclists who get in your way:
Within hours of this broadcast, Lance Armstrong created a Twitter storm that resulted in a big mea culpa [...]
Mar 16th, 2010
by elliott.
Though some may of thought there was a bike summit going on here in Austin, the tenth annual National Bike Summit was held this last weekend in DC. Here’s an overview from StreetsFilm.
Also, if you are attending SXSW Interactive, there will be a session today at 11 AM called Change the World, Lives, with Bikes [...]
Mar 12th, 2010
by elliott.
This week the European Pro racing season kicked off in earnest with Paris-Nice, the Race for the Sun. With the race, comes the return of the play by play commentary of Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwin and all their unique metaphors. Like anyone who watches coverage provided by this duo regularly, I’ve often had their [...]
Mar 10th, 2010
by elliott.
Bike Month is less than 60 days away, and the newly created Austin Bike Poster Show is looking for artists to submit their take on promoting cycling and celebrating Austin bike culture. The show will select 25 posters to be part of the show which will run May 6- June 5 at Frame Corner at [...]
Mar 5th, 2010
by elliott.
In case you haven’t been following the site in the last week, the 2010 North American Handmade Bicycle Show was held last weekend in Richmond, VA and ended with the exciting announcement that the show is coming to Austin in 2011. This will be our chance to see some of the finest crafted bicycles made [...]
Feb 26th, 2010
by elliott.
The North American Handmade Bicycle Show is this weekend in Richmond, VA, and while I’m a framebuilder, events in my life have conspired to prevent me from attending this year. Since A2W will not have direct coverage there, here are some recently made films from various great North American framebuilders to get you thinking about [...]
Feb 19th, 2010
by elliott.
No Friday Film Fun today. Instead, I cannot resist posting this auto ad brought to my attention by Copenhagenize.
The ad which ran in Canada a few years ago was a more radical departure from the automotive industry’s usually more subtle attempt to make alternative transportation less appealing than throwing down tens of thousands of your [...]
Feb 12th, 2010
by elliott.
In addition to my framebuilding business, Violet Crown Cycles, there are only a handful of U.S. custom builders focusing on bicycles truly designed to replace cars as a valid transportation option. Mike Flanigan, formerly of Independent Fabrication, is one of those builders making great roadster style bikes under the name Alternative Needs Transportation or A.N.T. [...]
Feb 5th, 2010
by elliott.
OK, many of you may not find talking about the assignment of liability particularly fun, but it is more relevant considering the recent report that three months after the passage of Austin’s 3 foot safe passing ordinance, APD has issued no tickets under the new law. For those of us riding on the streets, we [...]
Jan 29th, 2010
by elliott.
With all the hubbub around the release of Apple’s new iPad, it’s only appropriate that we reach way back in the archives to the mid 1980s Steve Jobs for this clip showing the bicycle as the most efficient form of transportation on the planet.
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