Posts Tagged ‘Bike Hugger’

On Saturday, SXSW was in full swing, and Seattle based BikeHugger hosted their fourth SXSW Mobile Social. This year’s was huge with over 1000 two wheelers, but luckily BikeHugger brought in the pros at SocialCyclingATX who regularly handle 100s of cyclists on Austin’s streets without major conflict with cars.  Their able ride leaders shepherded us [...]

Plus other bike related SXSW activities
The Seattle based site Bike Hugger will be returning to SXSW this March 13 with a larger Mobile Social, their itinerant social cycling ride. In addition to the ride, they will be putting on a a variety show at Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop.
This event is about you and your talents [...]

Elliott and I were at the BikeHugger Mobile Social today and had a blast. Good ride, good food, and lots of terrific cyclists. Elliott also won an XtraCycle FreeRadical kit and is about to have a two XtraCycle family! We had a terrific time talking to Tim from the great Seattle blog Carfreedays, who rode [...]

Austin’s cycling community is doing it up right with spring break and SXSW starting this weekend! You could spend all day Saturday going from event to event and never leave your saddle yet still pick up some grub, suds, and swag. Sweet!
Thanks to Jason at ATXBS for letting us know about some events we couldn’t find elsewhere. [...]

The Bike Hugger SXSW Mobile Social just got better with the addition of ArtBike!.
What is ArtBike!? It is a street art/sculpture/installation art exhibition, that is open to all and brings creative progressive people together through community, bikes and art! ArtBike! is an effort to create a community buzz about just how cool it is to be both [...]

On Saturday, March 14, the Seattle bloggers at Bike Hugger will be holding a Mobile Social here in Austin as part of the SXSW festivities. The Mobile Social will start with a leisurely ride around Austin and end with a BBQ party where they’ll be giving away a Madsen cargo bike, Gary Fisher Simple City, and looks [...]

I want to give a shout of thanks out to Bike Hugger who saved me from writers block in penning my weekly diatribe against stupid products. I was having a hard time figuring out what to write about this week, so I took up surfing all my favorite sites to delay the inevitable and came [...]

I was over at Bike Hugger this morning and came across this cool article about a Xtracycle user who used his bike to transport 195 pounds of clip-n-seal to the post office. Here’s the video proof:
 
This is impressive and makes me sorry it did not make it in the most recent Austin Bike Blog Contest. [...]

I know this is way early, but the bloggers over at Bike Hugger have announced they will be holding a cycling mobile social during the South by Southwest Interactive conference. All cyclists, hipsters, and SXSW attendees are welcome.
Bike Hugger SXSW Interactive Mobile Social
Saturday March 14
Ride: Susanna Dickinson House, 409 E. 5th (5th between Trinity & Neches)
2- [...]

I was very disappointed to hear today that my Xtracycle Free Radical kit is on back order for at least 30 days. (Thanks for psyching me out and thinking you had it in stock, eBikeStop!)
However, I was heartened to find this video over at Bike Hugger of the Waffle Bike. The rider of this bike [...]