Posts Tagged ‘Urban Velo’

As we mentioned yesterday, the North American Handmade Bicycle Show is coming to Austin next February. This is exciting news and a chance for all you bike geeks to see some of the world’s best crafted bikes up close and person.
Our city also got honors at this year’s show with Austin’s own Nick Crumpton picking [...]

ATXBS is reporting that a weekly Gold Sprints series called 42Below Gold Sprints has started up and will be running every few days through mid August. If you are not familiar with Gold Sprints, it is an indoor race where two bikes on trainers are set up next to one another and riders sprint against [...]

I came across this video at Urban Velo, and while I understand virtually none of it, it’s still awesome. A covered recumbent pedicab? We should be so lucky.

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In the latest issue of Urban Velo you may want to take a look at page 81, ’cause right there in the mix is an ad for a little company we know a thing or two about. See for yourself in the online version!

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I have to admit I’m a bit of a Retr0-grouch. I preferred handmade lugged steel to mass produced carbon and TIG welded frames, high polished metal components to carbon and plastic ones (even when it comes to floor pumps), and wool jerseys to lyrca. This is more about my fashion sense than any dislike of [...]

Thanks to Urban Velo for alerting us to the site Someone Stole My Bike, a great new site that includes interviews with people who had their bike stolen and in some cases had a happy ending.

Speaking of stolen bikes, local cyclist Eric Hougland put out a APB on his commuter bike which was stolen on Saturday [...]