Posts Tagged ‘texas’

In January, we published a list of all the upcoming charity rides in Central Texas for the spring. Austin on Two Wheels is pleased to announce our sponsorship of the LBJ 100 Bicycle Tour which will be happening Saturday, March 26. The ride is hosted at the LBJ National Historical Park with ride distances of [...]

In part three of our preview of 2011 cycling events (following the preview of century rides and road racing), today we will preview Austin area triathlons for 2011. Now triathlons aren’t purely cycling (there’s some swimming and running in there), but they are near to my heart as they got me back on a bike [...]

In a followup to last week’s preview of upcoming spring century and charity rides, today we take a look at the road racing coming our way in the Austin area. Unlike most of the country who waits until late spring or summer, much of the road racing calendar in Central Texas occurs in February and [...]

UPDATED WITH RIDES WE MISSED ON 1ST POSTING! I’ve been a busy beaver this week updating our comprehensive calendar of Austin area rides, races, and bike events for the coming months. Today, I’ll give you a brief summary of all the upcoming century and charity rides so to aid you in planning training for the [...]

Here are A2W, we are proponents of buying local whenever possible. Fortunately when it comes to bicycles and bike related items, there are a growing number of local businesses offering some great and unique items for the cyclist. Earlier this year, we created a Local Bike Shop Guide and added links by region and specialty [...]

My wife and I attended the 6pm showings at the Bicycle Film Festival Saturday and had a great time. This particular program had two shorts and one feature. The crowd size was really impressive – we got there plenty early and were waaay back in line to get in. Glad to see the festival draw [...]

One of the Texas blogs I’ve been following a while but haven’t put up on our blogroll yet is Beginning Bicycle Commuting. BBC (nice initials there, buddy) is a four-writer blog written mainly about the personal journey of starting to bike commute in Fort Worth, but also covering the local cycling scene, urban planning and [...]

We got this submission from way up north but I thought I would put it up anyway because A) it’s related to the Yellow Bike Project and B) I used to live in Lewisville as a kid so I have a soft spot for this area. Howard writes, “I volunteer for the Querencia Community Bike [...]

Just out today are the 2009 rankings from the League of American Bicyclists, and the news isn’t good for our state. Last year, we were ranked 30th by their measures of “bike friendliness” and now we’re down to 36th. Ouch. From the LAB website, a description of the rankings: The Bicycle Friendly State Program is [...]

Over the last several months, we’ve begun producing profiles of local framebuilders like KirkLee and True Fabrication. To help you find a great local maker of hand built bicycles, we recently added a new section on our sidebar links listing all the Texas framebuilders we are aware of with active businesses. Here’s a quick rundown [...]