Riding your bike is like being in a parade, a daily parade if you commute with your bicycle. I feel like the center of attention with all eyes on me when I am the sole bicycle with 3 cars at a all-way stop sign. Should I Miss America wave or throw some candy? Instead I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Tour De Fat’
Tour de Fat from the eyes of a 7 year old
When I get on a cargo bike with my children, I think about what effect bicycle transport will have on their future. Will they break the American wealth draining cycle of car ownership? Will they be better prepared for peak oil? I don’t know, but I do know riding with them is a supremely more [...]
Tour de Fat bike parade and festival this Saturday
It must be fall finally! I awoke to positively cold morning temps and the Tour de Fat is rolling into town. The celebration of the bike produced by Fat Tire Beer will occur in Austin again for the 5th time this Saturday, October 23 at their usually stomping grounds, Fiesta Gardens. All beer sales will [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 10/28- 11/3/10
Wow, October is going out with a bang with tons of chances to ride your bike! If road riding is your thing, check out the Tour de Gruene and Sweatin’ Burnt Orange Bicycle Tour. If biking socially is your thing, don’t miss the Tour de Fat this Saturday. Also, tonight the League of Bicycling Voters [...]
3rd annual Tour de Fat-Austin rolls in this Saturday
Though it is only in its third year in Austin, the Tour de Fat has become a well antipated event in the cycling community. A one day celebration of all things bicycle and funeral for the car the festival has a great bike parade, music, a funky bike pit, and good food and brews with [...]
Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 10/15- 10/21/09
Thursday is the night to end all nights with cycling events this week. Along with the regular Driveway Crits, Bike Polo, and Thursday Night Social Ride, there will be the LOBV Bike-in Movie, ride with the author of Boneshaker, Get Your Art on Ride, and Bicycle Advisory Council. Whew. Friday is a bit of a [...]
Trade your car for a bike? New Belgium Brewery wants to put you into some great wheels
Tour de Fat organizers still looking for a luck soul to trade your car for an awesome bike (and a whole lot better life) One of the best parts of the Tour de Fat is the New Orleans style funeral service for the car at 1:30 PM after the parade. Seeing the old gas guzzling, [...]
Tour de Fat looking for volunteers
The Tour de Fat, a one day celebration of the bike, is this weekend, and in addition to being a whole lot of fun, the New Belgium Brewery donates all the beer sales to local cycling organizations. In our case, that means Austin Yellow Bike Project, Austin Cycling Association, and Austin Ridge Riders Mountain Bike Club. In [...]
Bike fest Tour De Fat scheduled for Saturday, October 17
The Tour de Fat, a one day festival celebrating the bike sponsored by New Belgium Brewery, has been scheduled to stop in Austin on Saturday, October 17 at Fiesta Gardens in East Austin. The entry is free and proceeds from beer sales benefit Austin Yellow Bike Project, Austin Cycling Association, and the Austin Ridge Riders [...]
Boneshaker Almanac’s second issue is out!
I asked Evan Schneider of Boneshaker Almanac to send us some information on their second issue, which has just been released. We don’t have a copy of this one in our greasy little hands yet, but we’re looking forward to doing a full review as soon as we can. We greatly enjoyed the first issue. [...]
