Despite the snowfall this week, spring is right around the corner, and it shows with the plethora of activities this week. Tonight will be a fundraiser for Mariel Mentink who was hit by a car on New Years Eve while on Monday APD Chief Art Acevedo will be the guest of a forum on bike [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Frankenbike’
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 1/28- 2/3/10
My apologies for getting the weekly event round up out late this week, but our full calendar of events needed some major updating and now has all the upcoming ACA rides, Traffic 101 classes and mini clinics and TXBRA road races as well as most of the charity rides on the calendar for this spring. [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 11/12- 11/18/09
This Saturday offers yet another crazy amount of cycling goodness in addition to all the other regular rides. You’ve got not one but TWO huge bike swaps going on plus trail work, riding and camping with the Austin Ridge Riders AND the Tour Das Hugel for those who want to ride 14,000 vertical feet around [...]
Mellow Swap coming Nov 14
If you’ve read this site long, you are no doubt familiar with Frankenbike, the local monthly bike swap. You can buy, sell, or trade great stuff to put together a great ride. Mellow Johnny’s is stepping it up a notch with their second annual Mellow Swap on Saturday, November 14, 9 AM- 5 PM.
I plan [...]
Don’t forget Frankenbike!
When I did this week’s cycling calendar round up, I inadvertently left Frankenbike off the list. If you’ve not been to Frankenbike, it’s Austin’s monthly bike swap where anyone can set up a tent, table, or blanket to recycle their bike parts into to the community and pick up a little extra cash. If you [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 8/27- 9/2/09
With school back in session this week, things have quieted down a bit, but there is still plenty to do. Critical Mass on Friday, Frankenbike on Saturday, Cemetery Cats Bike Wash Fundraiser on Sunday, and the return of the Dirty Derby Cyclocross/Single Track racing on Tuesdays. Get out and ride your bike!
Here’s a quick run [...]
Do you Scraper Bike?
Since Frankenbike this weekend is at Austin art bike central, the Austin Bike Zoo, it’s only fitting that Street Films recently did this recent piece on scaper bikes, an art bike movement out of Oakland’s African American community.
If you want to put your own scraper bike together, Frankenbike might be the place to start. The [...]
Annual UT bike auction set for September 3
Once a year, the University of Texas Police Department holds an auction of unclaimed or seized bicycles from the UT campus. It has been scheduled this year for Thursday, September 3.
You can view the bikes to be auctioned at the UTPD site. Bikes are in varying degrees of entropy, but if you are looking for [...]
Images from Frankenbike 48
The 48th installment of Frankenbike occurred this Saturday, July 25 at Buck’s Bike’s in Northwest Austin. The turnout was a bit lighter than usual perhaps due to the far north location which is not particularly bikeable. Still, there was a good showing of part swappers including quite a few more frames and frame sets than [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 7/23- 7/29/09
With summer showers keeping the temperatures below 100, you might just want to get out and ride your bike. Still, there is indoor respite with Jack and Adam’s sponsoring a Tour Watch Party of the possible decisive penultimate stage on Mont Ventoux on Saturday night with lots o’ schwag and the GoldSprints Series starting on [...]
