In this week’s Thursday Night Social Ride announcement, Social Cycling Austin head honcho Keith Byrd put out a call to action to help grow the scope of the group in 2011. After meteoric growth in 2009 and an expansion in the number of rides offered in 2010, Social Cycling Austin is looking to create more [...]
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Stolen bike notice: Blue 29er Redline
This just in via Keith Byrd and ATXBS. STOLEN BIKE ALERT!!!: quincy johnson just called me to report his bike was just stolen. it’s a blue redline single speed with disc brakes, 29″ tires with mountain bike handlebars and is covered with bike stickers including “support your local bike shop” on the stem and “i [...]
A2W produces second social ride series for summer
In a followup to our popular Spring Urban Living Rides, Keith Byrd and I have teamed up again to put together a new five ride series for summer. The Discover the City on Two Wheels Summer Social Ride Series includes variations on some of the spring rides with new stops as well as some new [...]
Looking at the value and ROI of bicycle advocacy
Does advocacy get new people on bikes and if not, what will? May is Bike Month, and in addition to all the special rides and bike shop discounts, our local, statewide, and national bicycle advocacy groups are front and center highlighting the need for good infrastructure and encouraging us to get on bikes. Locally, this [...]
Winner of A2W Spring Ride Series announced, Summer series in the works
Thanks to everyone who joined us in April and early May in our Discover the City on Two Wheels Spring Urban Living Rides. We’d also like to thanks series sponsors Bicycle Sport Shop, Barton Place, and Barden Capital Management and ride host BoConcept for helping to make these events happen. From the feedback we got, [...]
Box biking the Gazelle Cabby around Austin
A couple years ago, I did a head-to-head comparison in cargo bike design between the long tail design made popular with the Xtracycle and the Bakfiets, the traditional box bike of Amsterdam and Copenhagen. At the time, I gave the Xtracycle the edge in its balance of day to day utility with generally fun ride. [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 4/22- 4/28/10
Weekends like this remind you why it’s great to be a cyclist in Austin. In addition to Austin on Two Wheels‘ Boggy Creek Farm Picnic ride, there are several Art Week Austin rides, multiple supported charity rides, the ACA Bikenanza Bike Show, and Frankenbike. You gotta really be trying not to ride your bike this [...]
Taste of Downtown is a wrap, Pampered Pedal up next
On Saturday, Austin on Two Wheels presented the Taste of Downtown Tour, the first in a three part social ride series called Discovering the City on Two Wheels. The weather was gorgeous, and we had over 50 riders show up with folks in their 20s to someone in his 80s. Russ and Laura from the [...]
Registration now open for A2W spring social ride series
Registration for Austin on Two Wheels’ Discover the City on Two Wheels Spring Urban Living Rides is now open, and we hope you’ll join us for these fun social rides. Austin on Two Wheels is teaming up with Keith Byrd from Social Cycling ATX offering three exceptional social rides in April that highlight the best [...]
WE DID IT! Thank you for your support of the Discover the City on Two Wheels Spring Urban Living Ride Series
To all our friends, family, the cycling community and everyone who wants to make Austin a better place, thank you for your generous support of our social ride series pilot. In 7 days, you helped us smash our goal of $5000 with a final amount of $5,808 raised on Kickstarter. Keith Byrd and I are [...]
