Posts under ‘News’

Sometimes there is a moment when we say enough of the abuse, enough of the threats to our lives, enough of public resources devoted to one form of transportation. The simple act of riding a bike should not be dangerous just because some of our neighbors want to get to work or the store a [...]

BikeTexas is one of the featured organization this week on Groupon’s non-profit fundraising site, Groupon Grassroots. Here are the details: The Campaign: Bike Lights and Helmets for Kids If this Grassroots campaign raises $400, then BikeTexas can provide bike lights for 40 Texas cyclists to ensure they have the necessary equipment to ride to work [...]

This week the League of Bicycling Voters released their endorsements for the Saturday, May 12 City Council election: Mayor: Both Lee Leffingwell and Brigid Shea Place 2: Mike Martinez Place 5: Bill Spelman Place 6: Sheryl Cole Visit their site for a full list of reasons behind the endorsements. If you want to vote in [...]

The Inverted Bike Shop from Show Love on Vimeo. In a confluence of bloggy excellence, I have been thinking about biking (well duh) but more specifically bike shops. Four things I have read over the last couple of months along with conversations with local bike shop owners has really got me thinking about the role [...]

Just last week Mrs. B completed a video of myself and the boys out for a ride.  For her first attempt at making a video, I think she did a pretty darn good job.  Obviously I wanted to share this video with friends and family spread around the globe, so I posted it on Facebook. [...]

Early Sunday morning, the dwindling hours of South by Southwest combined with Saint Patrick’s Day, in addition to the last official night of Spring Break. I awake in the darkness, the birds are still sleeping, but this poor baby is awake. To shake of the sleepiness in the morning I read the latest news. I [...]

The fog was so thick that if I squinted to look at the street lights in the darkness, I could pretend with minimal imagination that I was in a shire in Ireland. The artificial lights glowed orange and out of the thick humid air, a scattered group of runners appeared. At intervals they would emerge [...]

SXSW launches today, and with our downtown streets packed with conference goers, going by bike is the only way to go. In addition, there is lots of SXSW themed bike goodness going on as well including social rides that require no badges. Getting around The streets get crazy downtown, especially by the end of next [...]

So many bikes, so little time. That has been the motto of my bicycle interactions of late. Every time I see a stylized bicycle in use that I have never personally tried before, adrenaline starts dripping into my blood stream. I try to imagine what the ride would be like. A few cases for illustrating: [...]

A tie is like kissing your sister.  I don’t know who originally said this, but today a tie was not at all like kissing my sister what I think kissing my sister is like.  Two months ago, Austin was named as a finalist city for the chance to host Cyclocross Nationals in 2014 and 2015.  Along with other finalist [...]