Last week, we announced Bodhi Electric Bicycles as the newest site sponsor of Austin on Two Wheels. On Saturday, they had a demo day at their local retailer, Alien Scooters, and I stopped by to take a look at their new bikes. I met the co-founder and President of this Ft. Worth based company, Paul [...]
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New A2W Site Sponsor: Digifit
Austin on Two Wheels is pleased to announce Digifit™ as our latest site sponsor. Digifit is a hardware and iPod/iPhone/iPad software package that allows you to track and analyze all your training with digital heart rate monitors and power meters. You can find out more about Digifit and take advantage of their holiday special pricing [...]
Friday Film Fun: Bicycle Turn Signals
With all the new products announced at Eurobike and Interbike, this prototype bicycle turn signal system, the SEIL bag, flew under the radar for me. SEIL bag by Lee Myung Su design lab from Ben on Vimeo. The design is pretty nifty, kind of a high tech FlashBak. It’s not bright enough to replace a [...]
Friday Film Fun: Yet more cargo from Interbike
As a cargo bike aficionado, I’m living in some pretty good days with everyone from Trek to Puma putting out car-replacing offerings. Interbike, the bike industry’s annual trade show, is this week and with it the roll out of some new products. First, cargo bike maker Madsen has come out with a new and improved [...]
Friday Film Fun: Convertible electric cargo bike
Earlier this week, I wrote about some new electric versions of tried and true cargo bike designs that are set to hit the market in the coming months. Also on the horizon is this prototype electric trike called the Biquattro Electric bicycle that converts between what is essentially a bike for everyday riding and a [...]
Cargo bikes goes electric and electric pink
Cargo bikes have been making real in-roads in the last few years. Bike companies as varied as Trek, Kona, and Yuba have taken the long tail design made successful by Xtracycle and developed their own versions of go anywhere cargo bikes. Madsen has gone the route of combining the useful and child friendly box design [...]
Another local bike theft and the Copenhagen Wheel making theft a thing of the past
Earlier this week, we reported on the theft of We Robinson’s black Santa Cruz Tallboy. Unfortunately, we have to report another theft this time from City of Austin Bicycle Program staffer Nadia Barrera. I got my bicycle stolen some time between 10:30 PM last [Monday] nightand 8:30 AM this morning. It has a black GT [...]
Friday Film Fun: Beauty and the Bike
On Monday, we discussed how a community’s bike -friendliness and level of transportation cycling is tied to how well they address the needs and concerns of women. Essentially if you aren’t closing in on gender equity in cycling use, you are never going to make the strides toward real growth in biking as a viable [...]
Cannondale enters city bike fray with Dutchess concept bike
UPDATE: Wytze van Mansum, a Dutch engineer who created this concept in conjunction with Cannondale, contacted me to let me know more about it. The photos from Carlton Reid are the initial prototype which is evolving with development (including the eventual inclusion of a kickstand.) The riding position is a little more variable with handlebars [...]
A Series of Tubes: Xtracycle Long Tail with Stokemonkey Pedal Assist
“Bike building is a lot like the Internet. They both involve a series of tubes.” Elliott McFadden,Violet Crown Cycles In April during one of my first ventures to the Sunset Valley Farmer’s Market with the Violet Crown Cycles tent, I met an individual who loved the look and functionality of my Ferguson city bikes but [...]
