Posts Tagged ‘media’

GOOD MORNING! Sorry we haven’t posted as much as usual around here. Both of us have been extraordinarily busy with other projects in the past week. Our first link of this ‘Roundup’ covers one of those developments.
Elliott’s Violet Crown Cycles site has launched and will have an online ordering system soon with loads of options [...]

Want more opinions than mine on the GM-Segway “PUMA” concept? Car news site CarJake offers their two cents’ worth with some surprising insights. Geeks Are Sexy notes that South Park already invented something similar to the PUMA in an episode mocking the Segway.
The CommuterPageBlog from Washington, D.C. answers suburban critics along with a plea for [...]

BSS is really giving me a lot of news fodder lately. Their latest effort is launching their own blog for the shop, which is currently focusing on Austin Commuter Challenge news, naturally. Here’s the link: bicyclesportshop.wordpress.com.

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As we reported last week Russell Pickavance is gathering stories for the Bike Month Guide 2009 and his deadline is April 15. I talked to him at the Austin Cycling Association meeting last night and he still wants to hear from you.
The Bike Month Guide  is going to be a tabloid-size (like the Chronicle) paper, [...]

Yesterday at Eastwoods Park I ran into something I haven’t seen EVER before while out shooting photos for our story on bike polo: somebody else was doing it too! I had to stop and talk with my fellow photographer and found out he was Daniel Liebowitz from local cycling blog Thy Neighbor’s Bike. What a [...]

Searching through Google news these past two or three days, I’ve come across a TON of mentions of the City of Austin Bike Sharing program. Kudos to them so far on the initial interest and coverage and let’s all hope this will translate into enthusiastic usage of the program.

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It’s been a long while since we’ve done a Bicycle News Roundup around here! Every time I start to put one together it seems like the stories are big enough to merit their own post. While you’re enjoying this beautiful weekend, be sure and check out these notes:
We might be behind our peer cities in [...]

There will be a noon press conference at Austin City Hall tomorrow for the Austin Commuter Challenge contest. Registration for the Challenge will begin shortly after.
From their press release:
May is Bicycle Month in Austin, and Bicycle Sport Shop would like to celebrate with a friendly challenge for Austin and the surrounding area. The Austin Commuter [...]

It’s just amazing how two things can work together so perfectly. On Tuesday we wrote about a new Twitter list called Social Cycling ATX  for getting short-notice rides organized and going. Their group is growing fast, with 57 followers on Twitter at last count and a Facebook group with 77 members.
So now you can have [...]

Reprinted from a League of Bicycling Voters email. This is your chance to tell your next city council members that you want safe cycling to be a priority, and find out where they stand on our issues.
Want to make an impression?
The best way to advance safer and more accessible bicycling in Austin is to show [...]