Posts Tagged ‘austin’

Here are A2W, we are proponents of buying local whenever possible. Fortunately when it comes to bicycles and bike related items, there are a growing number of local businesses offering some great and unique items for the cyclist.
Earlier this year, we created a Local Bike Shop Guide and added links by region and specialty to [...]

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 [...]

For over three decades, Austin developers and citizens have been dreaming up something big for the Waller Creek corridor, the area along Waller Creek downtown from Lady Bird Lake up to the University of Texas campus, and it looks like things are finally rolling.
According the City of Austin official page on the project, urban planning [...]

Reminder from Nadia Barrera at the City of Austin:
This is just a reminder of tonight’s Bicycle Theft Resolution Subcommittee Meeting. Our meeting will be held at the Austin Police Department’s Headquarters building located at 715 East 8th Street, on the 4th Floor in the CompStat Room. Please enter the police department through the east entrance [...]

August came early this year. Unfortunately for those of us in Texas, that means we have a long, hot summer in store for us. With triple digit temperatures becoming the norm, I have been receiving workout reports from clients that, I can safely summarize as saying, “who turned on the furnace? I’m melting [...]

Elliott raced at The Driveway this week and I tagged along to enjoy the great weather brave the 100-degree day and take some photos. This week’s course was a short distance, I believe it was trimmed down to 0.8 miles (correct me if I’m wrong). Much credit due to all the racers who did endure [...]

A2W reader Ashley writes:
I am going to be in Austin from 6/18-6/21.  My friend and I will be staying around Lamar/ Thornton (sp) area and we will be mainly staying between there and Congress/ Barton Springs area.  We wanted to stay away from renting a car and wanted to rent bikes instead so we can [...]

This came in from the COA Bike and Pedestrian Program. Cyclists should stay involved in Capital Metro’s future planning so we can make sure that bike access gets the priority it needs at their facilities.
City of Austin Bicycle Stakeholders,
Please see the attached information (see the document below) regarding CapMetro’s Service Plan 2020.  This plan offers [...]

There’s a lot of excitement on the route finding and mapping front these days. One company in particular is working on Ride the City, below. In my opinion, it has one of the best interfaces out there and is definitely heading the right direction. They want testers and feedback on improving the mapping for Austin, [...]