Posts Tagged ‘News’

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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The Austin Cycling Association meets at 7pm tonight at the LCRA Redbud Center, 3601 Lake Austin Boulevard (it’s on the south side of the road, not the north side like the other main LCRA buildings:  click for a map)
Tonight’s topic is camping by bicycle. From their website description:
If you’ve ever dreamed about doing a self-contained [...]

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.

The Caffeinated Cyclist
North Loop Neighborhoods
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Greater City: Providence
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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 [...]

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 [...]

As we reported last week, the Texas Senate hearing on the 2009 Safe Passing Act was postponed due to the big voter ID bill blowup. When it is rescheduled, we’ll let you know.
The Texas Bicycle Coalition wants to encourage you to participate in their ‘Cyclists in Suits‘ event on April 20. This is not a [...]

You may have noticed some changes in the upper right corner of our site today. We’ve added three more links in addition to our usual RSS Feed and Email digest options!
Twitter: yes we semi-old fogies have finally gotten on Twitter. Follow us for updates on rides and events along with news and other tidbits.
Facebook group: [...]