Posts under ‘Cycling in the Media’

Last week while introducing the Hollywood Golden Age on two wheels site Rides a Bike, I intimated that part of the problem with how cycling is sold to the public is lack of sex appeal. It’s really not the bike industry’s fault. It’s a male dominated, techno focused trade that is more impressed with gear [...]

With this year being the 20th anniversary of the iconic Austin movie “Slacker”, it’s only fitting that the Independent Film Channel (IFC) has come out with its own tribute to the slacker capital of the northwest, Portland. In their new show Portlandia, comic actors Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein write and star in a collection [...]

Just came across this brilliant Dutch student film via Copenhagenize and couldn’t wait to share for Friday Film Fun. This just goes to show you the ridiculous time, money, and effort we put up with for the “freedom” of automobile ownership. Again, brilliant.

I was having coffee/beer with my bud, Keith Byrd, the leader of Social Cycling Austin. He was telling me he’s thinking about having a tall bike built for him and the arms race that has broken out in the tall bike crowd. If you go on many social rides in town, eventually you’ll see a [...]

From all the writers at Austin on Two Wheels, we wish you a Merry Christmas and safe holiday week. Enjoy these bike related Christmas videos, and we hope you get out and ride your bike! Recycled BiCycle ParT Xmas Tree @ Yahoo! Video

Last weeks, Copenhagenize author Mikael Colville-Andersen gave a brilliant speech at the TEDx Copenhagen conference about the effect our culture of fear has on reducing bicycle use. He takes on several assumptions about the protective quality of helmets and our curious exemption of automobiles, the leading cause of accidental death in the Western world, from [...]

Yesterday, the Austin stop of the Bicycle Film Festival kicked off with two programs of bicycle shorts and featured films. Today is the second and final day of films with 4 programs starting at 3:00. All the films are being shown at the art studio SUPER! ALRIGHT!, 301 Chicon Ave. Ste. A. Tickets are $10 [...]

Today, the Bicycle Film Festival kicks off in earnest in Austin with 2 programs of feature length bicycle films. Here are the details. Program 1: The Birth of Big Air 7 PM at SUPER! ALRIGHT!, 301 Chicon Ave. Ste. A It’s about time Mat Hoffman’s story was told and now it has been done by [...]

In the past, we’ve covered best practices for locking your bike securely, but this lock design from the German company Conrad takes it to a new level hoisting your bike out of the reach of all but the most acrobatic thieves. No idea what it costs, and I’m not sure we want our city littered [...]

I just saw this amazing video over at Copenhagenize about how cycle paths, i.e. separate bike only roads running parallel to automotive roads, got started in the Netherlands. Who knew Napoleon was the genesis of bike paths and that conflict between bicycles and horse carriage, not cars, caused the Dutch to adopt separate facilities. It [...]