Posts Tagged ‘fixed gear’

And a front light too Our local fixed gear shop Fast Folks is reporting that Austin Police are starting to ticket fixed gear riders riding bikes without a brake. Per the traffic code, APD says: A person may not operate a bicycle unless the bicycle is equipped with a brake. So it’s time to put [...]

With the growing popularity of cyclocross racing like our local Dirt Derby series, it only appropriate that some cyclists would see it as the next big thing. This video has been making the rounds this week and makes fun of the hipster trend followers searching for what will come after fixed gear riding. Watch it [...]

I’m always a fan of recycling and retooling products. Once you’ve manufactured something, most of its carbon footprint has already been established (including with cars!) so you might as well figure out another use for it rather than throwing it away and buying new. The cycling community seems to get this pretty well whether we [...]

For those of our readers who are fixed gear fanatics or are interested in Austin’s fixed gear scene, we’d like to give a quick shout out to Austin fixed blog, ATXFixed. There’s great videos, pictures, and articles about all things fixed in Austin, Texas, and occasionally nationally.  This short movie by Austinite Arak Avakian is [...]

According to the blog of east Austin store Complete Clothing, fixed gear riders are getting ticketed in San Marcos. Now, this is a real bummer, but I would attribute it more to confusion on the part of law enforcement than any sort of “crackdown on fixed gear culture.” I think it’s more likely that San [...]

Thank you to another AustinBikeBlog reader for alerting me to the existence of this week’s nominee for our Dumbest Product of the Week. This week’s winner once again attempts to solve a legitimate problem, being seen at night, but takes a wrong turn somewhere along the way and ends up at a dead end with [...]