Posts Tagged ‘bike month 2009’

Yesterday, Bike Month wrapped up and I was happy to celebrate with friends and some new folks at the Violet Crown Cycles launch party. The after party ride for snow-cones was a blast and a nice bookend to a tremendous month. I’ve been regularly participating in Bike Month about five years and even help organize [...]

I just saw over at ATXBS that now barber shops are getting in on the Bike Month activities. All this month, Birds Barbershop is offering free shampoos to cyclists who come in for a cut on their bike. Better yet, they promise they have racks at all their locations.

Today is the first day of Bike Month, so it is only fitting that we shoot for the moon with this cycling music video put together by Copenhagenize for the City of Copenhagen to see what is possible. Copenhagen – City of Cyclists from Colville Andersen on Vimeo. Of course, we don’t have to look [...]

Bike Month begins on Friday, and there are a TON of events, rides, and races going on. We’ve got not one, but two Cross Club races and two FREE alleycat races this weekend as well, plus movies, classes, and Austin Bike Zoo doing its awesomeness with on bike version of Alice in Wonderland. Here’s a [...]

Every May when Bike Month rolls around, the Political Pedal rolls in with it. Started over a decade ago, the Political Pedal gives cyclists a chance to talk one-on-one with local elected officials as well as giving those politicians a chance to see what its like to ride a bike on our streets. The ride [...]

Russell Pickavance, Bike Month Coordinator for the Austin Cycling Association (and employee at The Peddler, huge supporter of Yellow Bike and an all around great guy) sent us this request for submissions for the 2009 Bike Month Guide he’s helping put together. Here’s what he needs: Little poems, cartoons, small stories about why you love [...]