I took around 150 shots at the Texas Custom Bicycle Show today and have a slideshow to share here from Flickr. Enjoy, and look for more over the weekend! The show goes on all weekend, so come out to see some beautiful bikes and support these great Texas framebuilders!
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My wife and I attended the 6pm showings at the Bicycle Film Festival Saturday and had a great time. This particular program had two shorts and one feature. The crowd size was really impressive – we got there plenty early and were waaay back in line to get in. Glad to see the festival draw [...]
On the evening of Wednesday, May 20th, 2009, cyclists all over the world will ride in honor and in memory of fellow cyclists that have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways.
In Austin TX, we will start an eight-mile ride originating and ending on the Pfluger Bridge.
Start: 6:15pm
This ride will last approximately [...]
How did you feel about Bike To Work Day 2009? From what I saw it was VERY busy at all the stations in the downtown area. Since I work at home, I didn’t have anywhere in particular to go so I followed the lead of Eileen and just rode around to a few stations to [...]
Eileen from Mellow Johnny’s sends this fun event in for tomorrow’s Bike To Work Day breakfast stations:
The Juan Big Breakfast Ride – Celebrate Bike to Work Day by not going to work! Plan your route and visit as many Bike to Work Day stations as you can in 2 short hours. This is all in [...]
Biking to work on Friday and want to get some little reward for your efforts, spend a little time with your fellow cyclists and generally get in on the good vibes from Bike Month? Obviously you need to come to one of the Bike To Work Day breakfast stations on Friday!
From 7am-9am on Friday, May [...]
These photos from the 2009 Armadillo Hill Country Classic are not mine, but were posted to the Austin Cycling Association mailing list yesterday. If you like them, thank the publisher on Flickr, GadgetAdam. These look great!
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Just out today are the 2009 rankings from the League of American Bicyclists, and the news isn’t good for our state. Last year, we were ranked 30th by their measures of “bike friendliness” and now we’re down to 36th. Ouch.
From the LAB website, a description of the rankings:
The Bicycle Friendly State Program is a two [...]
Mike Hoffman was kind enough to write this up about the Seattle International Bike Expo, and posted it as a comment yesterday. I really appreciate his insight so I’m promoting it to a full post. His full comments are below – what a great community!
I went to the 2009 Seattle Bike Expo. It was funny [...]
Bikes are everywhere at SXSW. Here’s a small gallery of bikes seen and a look at just how many were parked around the convention center. Racks? totally full. In one photo above, you can see that all the stair railings on the west side of the building have been put to work too.
By the way, [...]
