Posts Tagged ‘police’

Our good friend Karl-Thomas Musselman over at political site Burnt Orange Report lives carfree and recently had his bike stolen. We’re hoping he can still get it back. Description follows. My blue/black Trek 3700 that I bought back in 2004 and have put a few thousand miles on probably, was stolen from 902 E 5th [...]

Since theft is the hot topic of the moment in the cycling community, here are some extra resources for people trying to make sure they won’t be the next victim. We have a pretty in-depth section on secure ways to lock up your bike here, but the sites below are also very good and approach [...]

According to the blog of east Austin store Complete Clothing, fixed gear riders are getting ticketed in San Marcos. Now, this is a real bummer, but I would attribute it more to confusion on the part of law enforcement than any sort of “crackdown on fixed gear culture.” I think it’s more likely that San [...]

A friend here in the office alerted me to this story on our local Fox affiliate (channel 7), which looks like almost nothing more than an outright attack on austin cyclists. Well, I would guess it’s about 95% attack on cyclists, 1% reminder to drivers to “share the road” and about 4% lamentation on the [...]