Despite nearly 1600 RSVPs, last night’s Bike Hugger Mobile Social did not reach its turnout zenith of nearly 1000 riders last spring. Instead of a Saturday afternoon like last year, the ride was scheduled for a Tuesday night and took on a Social Cycling Austin Thursday Night Social Ride vibe with around 250 riders joining [...]
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Getting in on SXSW on Two Wheels with Bike Hugger, No Badge Required
For the last several years, Bike Hugger has hosted a SXSW social ride called the Mobile Social. It started as an informal way for cyclists and bike bloggers at SXSW to get together and meet, but with the explosion of the social cycling movement, the ride has grown into an event. On Tuesday, Bike Hugger [...]
Over 1000 cyclists take to the streets for the BikeHugger SXSW Mobile Social
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 [...]
Bike Hugger sets larger Mobile Social for SXSW
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 [...]
BikeHugger Mobile Social at SXSW Slideshow
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 Bike Culture Calendar Events: 3/12-3/18/09
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 [...]
ArtBike! to appear in Austin at SXSW
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 [...]
Bike Hugger looking for some cycling muscle for SXSW after party
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 [...]
Dumbest Product of the Week, Blasphemy Edition, The BergmönchThe
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 [...]
Woah! 195 pounds of clip-n-seal on an Xtracycle?
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 [...]
