Free bike frames available. Just add wheels and they’re ready to go. There is one catch. These bikes only travel in one direction: South. From Austin, Texas to south of the border into Mexico. These are bikes on a mission. Their goal is to travel 230 miles, give or take, and make their final destination [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bikes Across Borders’
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 12/3- 12/9/09
Assuming the impending winter weather doesn’t throw a kink in things, there is a bunch to do this weekend including the Urban Farm Bike Tour, Congress Avenue Roll, and Austin Cycling Association Holiday Party. Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. Thanks to Jason [...]
Book Review: Nowtopia, by Chris Carlsson
Summary: a vision of a utopian society beyond our current wage-slave capitalism, one that incorporates growing independent movements. Rating: 5/5 Available at: Processed World, Amazon, etc. I bought my copy at City Lights in San Francisco. Are you ready for post-capitalist society? In Nowtopia, author and Critical Mass founder Chris Carlsson looks at growing movements [...]
Last minute change: Bikes Across Borders Benefit location changed
The location for Saturday’ benefit for Bikes Across Borders has changed to the Club Deville, 900 Red River St. It had been at the Rhizome Collective, but the city is closing down the Rhizome Collective warehouse due to code violations with orders to move out by Monday. More on the drama with the Rhizome Collective here. It’s unknown how this [...]
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 [...]
Bikes Across Borders benefit This Saturday
The first Saturday of spring break is going to be a busy one, but we wanted to make sure you knew about this great event for a good cause. Bikes Across Borders has organized more than ten bike delivery caravans since 2001, sending over 500 bicycles to Cuba, Mexico, and Central America.At our home base [...]
