Posts Tagged ‘bicycle’

Editor’s note: Seattle writer Paul Andrews was kind enough to catch Metrofiets at the Seattle International Bicycle Expo for us and wrote this fantastic article. by Paul Andrews You’re thinking about taking the plunge and ditching the car. But you wonder: How will I shop for groceries? What about the toddlers? And what if I [...]

It’s not official or a done deal by any means, but let’s just say the odds of getting bike lanes on Red River are looking good right now. City staff has been working behind the scenes with the Downtown Austin Plan staff to see what they can do to provide for all kinds of cyclists [...]

Bike Friendly Oak Cliff has an interview with Boston’s Bike Coordinator, Nicole Freedman. Guess what? They’re installing bike lanes like crazy up there, trying to catch up with other cities. For even more National Bike Summit news, look no further than D.C.’s own TheWashCycle, which reports on the free sessions and speeches. The Bicycle Advocacy [...]

Sorry to start the roundup with sad news, but 52-year-old Burleson County cyclist Donald Nelson was killed last Monday outside of Caldwell. On Wednesday, a six-year-old was run over by an SUV in Dallas. Which vehicle is the dangerous one again? Rob D’Amico reports in a “virus-induced fog” (his words, guess I’ll trust him that [...]

In an article by Adam Voiland via the Streetsblog Network, there are some choice quotes from Rush Limbaugh about cyclists. Somehow I get the feeling  he doesn’t like us. Frankly, if the door opens into a bicycle rider I won’t care. I think they ought to be off the streets and on the sidewalk. Pedestrians [...]

I was browsing the Flickr Blog this morning and came across their links to photos from the Tour of California. There are some fantastic shots in here so I thought I would post a slideshow of all images tagged with the race. Note: these are NOT our photos and all copyright or other permissions belong [...]

Rob D’Amico writes in support of the Lady Bird Lake Hike & Bike Trail extension at the Bicycle Austin Blog. We will have a bit on this soon too. The blog for cleaning product Grease Monkey Wipes posted a bit about Lance’s bike being stolen, just as we did on Sunday. Anyone else quite surprised [...]

Since theft is the hot topic of the moment in the cycling community, here are some extra resources for people trying to make sure they won’t be the next victim. We have a pretty in-depth section on secure ways to lock up your bike here, but the sites below are also very good and approach [...]

So I was just reading over at ATXBS that bicycles are on the list of  ”items determined to be a potential safety hazard” and are banned by the Secret Service for the Obama inauguration. WTF? Airlines are starting to charge for bikes even if the fold into normal sized luggage, the Dallas bike coordinator is [...]

Austin Bike Blog reader Frye sends in a very late, but pretty entertaining, tale of carrying a laaarge object on his bike’s front basket. Here’s what he had to say. This picture was from Thanksgiving day, 2007, when i was still living in Denver. My friends threw a party at one house the night before [...]