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 [...]
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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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Photos from Frankenbike #47
This Saturday was the 47th incarnation of Frankenbike, Austin’s monthly bicycle and bike parts swap. I’m building a randonneuring bike for Marcus and a road bike for myself, so Marcus and I headed up to Hammerhead Bikes, this month’s host, to look for some low cost, lightly used components before we buy new. Not only [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 6/25- 7/1/09
It’s a hot one out there, but if you can stand the 100 degree days, there’s lots to do. Just bring plenty of water where ever you go. Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. Thanks to Jason at ATXBS for letting us know about [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 5/28- 6/3/09
Bike Month is winding down, but there are still lots of great events going on this week including Critical Mass, the Real Ale Ride, and the launch party on Sunday for Violet Crown Cycles. Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. Thanks to Jason [...]
