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Ya basta: Time to demand safer roads for everyone, May 2nd, 2012Sometimes 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 beneficiary of Groupon Grassroots, Apr 16th, 2012BikeTexas 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 [...]
LOBV endorsements, Political Pedal this Friday, Apr 11th, 2012This 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 [...]
Can the real bike shop please stand up?, Mar 30th, 2012The 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 [...]
Helmet or No Helmet – Lets just ride a bike!, Mar 27th, 2012Just 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. [...]
Losing that sense of safety, Mar 23rd, 2012Early 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 [...]
Solidarity. Not Charity, Mar 15th, 2012The 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 [...]
SxSWxBike, Mar 9th, 2012SXSW 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, Mar 5th, 2012So 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: [...]
Austin to Host CX Nationals in 2015, Mar 1st, 2012A 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 [...]
ATXBS back up!, Feb 29th, 2012Loyal readers of Austin bike blogger Jason Abels can now rejoice. The popular ATXBS.com has been down for the last month and many feared it might be gone for good. Luckily, it was just a technical snafu that now been fixed: Thanks to the miraculous healing touch of the resident machine god Ed, ATXBS is [...]
Bad mamma jamma on two wheels, Feb 27th, 2012The fine balance between being a post-feminism mother of two and and slut mom on bicycle with kids on board. Soccer mom tennis shoe on one foot, and a 4 inch high heel on the other. A cargo bike to haul groceries and children atop and a sleek fix geared bicycle to race through stop [...]
ARTCRANK, Feb 20th, 2012I don’t know when I first heard about ARTCRANK, but I expect it was some combination of friends in the Minnesota artist/bike communities and Twitter (those “people you should follow” suggestions may actually work). I have spent the last couple of years following the Flickr feed and ogling all of the cool posters from other [...]
Two stories to make your Friday, Feb 17th, 2012Local ABC affiliate KVUE reported 2 stories yesterday that address the bane of cyclists existence: getting hit by a car and bike theft. These are not world changing stories but it’s good to know things work out sometimes. Witnesses catch hit and run driver after cyclist injured Arrest made after UT police use bait bike [...]
First pedals, Feb 15th, 2012There is a special set of circumstances that accompanies biking with children in tow. The streets seem kinder, the traffic slower, and the world smiles with us. The light heartedness of childhood is contagious. Remember the first time you took your bicycle out with out your parents? I do. I was 5 years old. My [...]
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