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Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug, Feb 8th, 2012

I can hear the characteristic ding-ding of the train bell announcing its approach.The sound of the bell has become white noise as it rolls through my neighborhood a couple dozen times a day. This morning it’s a siren in my head. I am less than a half mile away and I can see the dual [...]

Paying-it-forward: My own personal bikeshare, Feb 1st, 2012

Hear ye, hear ye! I have successfully proclaimed my Bike Geek status far and wide among my friends. Now when they think bike, they think me. Thus, I have inadvertently become a small scale bike rental. When a friend needs a bike or a friend’s friend comes into town to visit for ACL, or when [...]

Welcome to the Herd, Jan 31st, 2012

Since becoming a parent, I have had the chance to celebrate many different milestones along the life of my boys.  Most of the milestones experienced thus far have been more significant as a parent, then as a kid (no toddler is excited about the sore gums appreciated with a first tooth).  Now that my boys are over [...]

Bicycle Advisory Council Update: January 2012, Jan 28th, 2012

Last week, Austin’s Bicycle Advisory Council held their monthly meeting in new digs at City Hall. As an alternate member of the group, here is a report on the meeting. There has been a gradual transition in the Bike/Ped department from not just infrastructure creation but also working to make cycling more appealing to the [...]

Austin Bike Zoo launches Kickstarter campaign to reimage A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Jan 25th, 2012

One of the most wonderful institutions of Austin bike culture is the Austin Bike Zoo. Their whimsical creations like the Bike Snake and pedal powered butterflies and bats are a unique addition to any parade. Back in 2009, Austin Bike Zoo produced a 2 wheeled version of Alice in Wonderland that was a highlight of [...]

Time for a Bicycle Art Kick Starter Campaign?, Jan 23rd, 2012

This is not the first time around the block for me: it’s no secret that I like bikes and I like art too. I thrive off of the feeling of inspiration that each generates in my life. I especially like when the two worlds of bicycle and art merge. I recently shared that I had [...]

Crashing made easier…and other stuff., Jan 19th, 2012

I hate falling. I hate falling when I am going fast. I hate falling when I am going slow. I hate falling when it is quite obviously my fault. I especially hate falling when it is somebody else’s fault.           If you ride your bike long enough you are bound to [...]

Bike Rage, Jan 18th, 2012

For the  most part, bicycles ride are peaceful and fun. If bicycle rides weren’t something I enjoyed I would not ride nearly as much or at all. Basic Pavlovian response stuff. I do what feels good to me. Yet, it’s not all sunshine and rainbows and unicorns all the time when on two wheels. Similar [...]

1st week in January, Jan 10th, 2012

It’s the day before Christmas Eve. It’s 4 o’clock in the afternoon, and the drury sky has been the same shade of gray and glum all day long. I’m biking across town, which is one of my favorite activities to relax. It calms me to roll through the shifts in urban landscape, and calm is [...]

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 1/5- 1/11/12, Jan 5th, 2012

It’s a New Year. Time to pedal off the pounds… or just get on a bike with friends. None of us are that motivated to hammer it, so a plethora of social rides abound on the calendar this week. If you still want to get competitive, you will have the chance as the Dirt Derby [...]

Year End Airing of Grievances – Bike edition, Dec 30th, 2011

The time is now for everyone to stand around the Festivus pole and air our grievances. I see it as my purging of the bad mojo before the start of a new year. As a highly cynical individual I have plenty of people and situations I would like to grieve, but for the purpose of [...]

The saga of James Clayton comes to an end, Dec 29th, 2011

James Clayton is dead. The wily bike thief who would befriend cyclists on group rides only to find out enough about them to steal their bikes later died on December 24 in the Phoenix, AZ area apparently from complications from a heart condition he had. Thanks to Rob D’Amico who gave us the heads up [...]

Merry Christmas, Austin, Dec 24th, 2011

From the writers at Austin on Two Wheels, here’s wishing you a Merry Christmas and a reminder of what a great town we live in. May upgrades be under the tree! Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

Shift Worker – Bike Rider, Dec 23rd, 2011

I am proud to share that I have a new career, and I’m joining the work force again as a shift worker. What does working shifts have to with bike riding, you ask? I first started thinking about the parallels of shift working and bike riding when a friend who works shifts at Austin’s School [...]

Reflections from my first season of cyclocross., Dec 21st, 2011

I have finished my first official season of cyclocross racing in Texas.  Full disclaimer here before I continue, I am using the word “full” very loosely, because I only participated in races close to the Austin area.  Along with local races, I have attended a number of Dirt Derby’s, and will continue to attend through [...]

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