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In June, cycling advocates from all over the world descended on Copenhagen for the Velo-City Global 2010 Conference. This offered a chance for folks to share what they’ve been doing to make transportation cycling safer and more accessible. It also provided Copenhagen as a venue for what can be done and how far a city [...]

This just in via Keith Byrd and ATXBS.

STOLEN BIKE ALERT!!!: quincy johnson just called me to report his bike was just stolen. it’s a blue redline single speed with disc brakes, 29″ tires with mountain bike handlebars and is covered with bike stickers including “support your local bike shop” on the stem and “i brake [...]

Editor’s Note: Austin on Two Wheels would like to welcome our latest guest writer, Sally Miculek. Sally is a friend and mother of two young children who is attempting to drive less and ride more to get around Austin. She has a nice introduction here but if you liked my wife Amy’s articles about her [...]

Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. Thanks to Jason at ATXBS for letting us know about some events we couldn’t find elsewhere. As always, if there is an event you know about that’s not on our calendar contact us, and we’ll [...]

The City of Austin Bicycle and Pedestrian Program is at work on the next addition of their very helpful City Bike Map but this time are going regional. In addition to the Austin specific map, they are working on a safe route map for the 5 county Central Texas region. To make sure the map [...]

Howdy, folks. I’m back in town after a great family vacation to Lealanau County, MI where the weather was fair and the fudge flowed. If you ever get up to that part of the world, take your bike. There is some seriously great, scenic cycling with plenty of challenging if not too long hills, and [...]

Today, I’m heading out of town for a summer break from a very busy spring and early summer. Look for 1-2 posts in the next week, but we will not return to our regular daily posting until July 12. Have a great 4th of July weekend, watch the Tour if you can, but most importantly [...]

The biggest race in cycling begins this Saturday, the Tour de France, or Tour Day Frants if you are former Team 7-11 racer and Versus commentator Bob Roll. This one proves to have all the drama of an opera: a great aging warrior suiting up for his last battle, his former teammate eager to repeat [...]

This notice is in from the City of Austin regarding portions of the Hike & Bike Trail being closed on Sunday, July 4 in preparation for the city’s firework display that evening.
Beginning at 10 am on Sunday, July 4, 2010, portions of the hike/bike trail will be closed for public safety while fireworks preparations are [...]

Austin on Two Wheels site sponsor Bicycle Sport Shop has opened a 3rd location this month at 9900 West Parmer Lane. To celebrate the new store opening, there will be a variety of events and giveaways in the second half of July:

Join us for 2 weekends of events as we celebrate the Grand Opening of [...]