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The other bike summit in DC this week

Though some may of thought there was a bike summit going on here in Austin, the tenth annual National Bike Summit was held this last weekend in DC. Here’s an overview from StreetsFilm.

Also, if you are attending SXSW Interactive, there will be a session today at 11 AM called Change the World, Lives, with Bikes [...]

Over 1000 cyclists take to the streets for the BikeHugger SXSW Mobile Social

On Saturday, SXSW was in full swing, and Seattle based BikeHugger hosted their fourth SXSW Mobile Social. This year’s was huge with over 1000 two wheelers, but luckily BikeHugger brought in the pros at SocialCyclingATX who regularly handle 100s of cyclists on Austin’s streets without major conflict with cars.  Their able ride leaders shepherded us [...]

Bike Hugger sets larger Mobile Social for SXSW

Plus other bike related SXSW activities
The Seattle based site Bike Hugger will be returning to SXSW this March 13 with a larger Mobile Social, their itinerant social cycling ride. In addition to the ride, they will be putting on a a variety show at Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop.
This event is about you and your talents [...]

Bikes: the official vehicle of SXSW

Bikes are everywhere at SXSW. Here’s a small gallery of bikes seen and a look at just how many were parked around the convention center. Racks? totally full. In one photo above, you can see that all the stair railings on the west side of the building have been put to work too.
By the way, [...]

Fast Folks Cyclery sponsors all day free bike fest on Wednesday

I just saw over at ATXBS that Fast Folks Cyclery, which I’m supposing is a new bike shop, is sponsoring an all day music festival at their new location, 2513 A. East 6th St., from 2 PM to 11 PM. They’ve arranged to have something like 19 bands from all over North America play which is pretty impressive. 
Here’s the [...]

BikeHugger Mobile Social at SXSW Slideshow

Elliott and I were at the BikeHugger Mobile Social today and had a blast. Good ride, good food, and lots of terrific cyclists. Elliott also won an XtraCycle FreeRadical kit and is about to have a two XtraCycle family! We had a terrific time talking to Tim from the great Seattle blog Carfreedays, who rode [...]

Meet B-Cycle partner Alex Bogusky at SXSW on the 13th

Speaking of bikeshare concept B-Cycle which we wrote about yesterday, one of the brains behind the concept will be speaking on it at SXSW next Friday.
Alex Bogusky, Chairman of Ad agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky will be at SXSW Interactive to talk about the concept.
To quote their media release:
In increasingly turbulent times, it seems like [...]

ArtBike! to appear in Austin at SXSW

The Bike Hugger SXSW Mobile Social just got better with the addition of ArtBike!.
What is ArtBike!? It is a street art/sculpture/installation art exhibition, that is open to all and brings creative progressive people together through community, bikes and art! ArtBike! is an effort to create a community buzz about just how cool it is to be both [...]

Bike Hugger looking for some cycling muscle for SXSW after party

On Saturday, March 14, the Seattle bloggers at Bike Hugger will be holding a Mobile Social here in Austin as part of the SXSW festivities. The Mobile Social will start with a leisurely ride around Austin and end with a BBQ party where they’ll be giving away a Madsen cargo bike, Gary Fisher Simple City, and looks [...]

Bike Hugger announces mobile social for SXSW Interactive

I know this is way early, but the bloggers over at Bike Hugger have announced they will be holding a cycling mobile social during the South by Southwest Interactive conference. All cyclists, hipsters, and SXSW attendees are welcome.
Bike Hugger SXSW Interactive Mobile Social
Saturday March 14
Ride: Susanna Dickinson House, 409 E. 5th (5th between Trinity & Neches)
2- [...]