The Austin Cycling Association is going through a bit of a rebirth in member and general community communication. In the last year, ACA created an e-mail listserv, and this fall launched a redesigned website with better calendar system and more interactive information and established themselves on Twitter and on Facebook. Even their logo has gotten [...]
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Armstrong rumored to be jumping the Astana ship
As the Tour de France heats up in the Alps, the rumor mills are swirling around who will be riding for who in the current Astana powerhouse. VeloNews is reporting that Johan Bruyneel, the director of Astana and for Lance Armstrong during all his Tour winning years, will be leaving as the head of Team [...]
Shepard Fairey designs bikes for Lance Armstrong
These pictures are posted here via Lance Armstrong’s twitter feed, so if you’re following him you’ve already seen these. The bikes look great, though, so I wanted to get them all together in one place for people who might have missed this over the weekend. Shepard Fairey, he of the Obama Poster and ‘Giant’ poster [...]
Urban Assault event Tuesday
From the guys at Social Cycling ATX comes a different kind of ride from their usual: Faster, more deliberate ride than Thursday’s; In/thru traffic, 9th St jumps, parking garages & sessioning cool spots; This is not a road ride, it’s “Urban Assault!” Tuesday, April 14 7:30pm-11:30pm at the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge
Social Cycling ATX weekly ride tomorrow night!
Social ride group Social Cycling ATX has a standard Thursday night ride time you should be aware of. Each Thursday, they gather at the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge on Lady Bird Lake at 7:30pm and then go off on an easy (no hammerheads) ride, finishing up at a pub for drinks and even more socializing. If [...]
Lance Armstrong becomes a cyborg
If you are not one of the 466,000 people following Lance Armstrong on Twitter, check out the photo of the work and pins put in his clavicle here: http://twitpic.com/2nc5o . Scary.
What ya doing this weekend? Be in the know with the Austin Cycling Events Calendar and Social Cycling ATX
It’s just amazing how two things can work together so perfectly. On Tuesday we wrote about a new Twitter list called Social Cycling ATX for getting short-notice rides organized and going. Their group is growing fast, with 57 followers on Twitter at last count and a Facebook group with 77 members. So now you can [...]
Safe Passing bill delayed but making progress
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 [...]
More ways to keep up with Austin Bike Culture at A2W
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. [...]
SocialCyclingATX – a new group for planning rides
Reader Brooks sent in an announcement of a new social group for planning rides quickly he’s formed on Facebook and Twitter. Here’s the scoop: “SocialCyclingATX is a grass roots group born into the powers of twitter and facebook getting rides started in a day’s notice. If you’re in Austin and want to ride join the [...]
