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Welcome! We cover bicycling as transportation,
with an emphasis on Austin, TX, USA. We don't cover biking for recreation, sport,
or charity.
Bicycle Austin is a volunteer project (not an organization) by Michael
Bluejay.
Advertising revenue supports local cycling advocacy.
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of the discussion actually happens on the web forum,
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And you get the list in Digest mode by default, so you'll get only one
message a day with all the day's posts, so it won't overload your
mailbox.
In practice, it's post to the web, read on the
list.
You're certainly welcome to start a discussion on the list rather than
the web if you like, but you'll have a smaller audience if you do it
that way.
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Current discussions 
Man sees his stolen bike on Craigslist, steals it back last post: 5/12 @ 1:53
The true owner met the seller, took the bike for a test ride, and just rode off with it.
The seller is selling other bikes on craigslist,...
At-fault driver kills cyclist, no charges filed last post: 5/11 @ 21:19
Here's a story we've heard before: An at-fault driver kills a cyclist, and no charges are filed.
In this case, it was an 85-year-old...
HUMMER MILITARY FOLDING BIKE for sale last post: 5/11 @ 15:46
This bike has aprox 500 miles on it, maintained well. Brand new was $750.00 a few years ago. Need to sell. Pictures can be provided. Bike...
Bike lane dividers keep the cars out last post: 5/10 @ 2:58
Many critics of bike lanes say that there's nothing to prevent a car from crossing a line of paint into the bike lane. I think they're...
Seeking questions for city council & mayoral candidates questionnaire last post: 5/9 @ 12:55
The League of Bicycling Voters is seeking questions for the Austin City Council and Mayoral Candidates Questionnaire.
By this Wednesday,...
Wow...El Cerrito's helmet law and other nonsense on the code last post: 5/8 @ 13:51
We got some inquiries from people ticketed in El Cerrito (Bay Area, California) for no helmet. They couldn't find the actual law on the...
Looking for Shower Facilities in Tarrytown (2600 Exposition Blvd) last post: 5/7 @ 22:56
Hello,
My first post. I am being offered a job in Tarrytown which is a half-hour bike ride from home _PERFECT!_
My employer is concerned...
Moontower Ride(s) - May 12th last post: 5/7 @ 11:55
Hey All-
I have been doing the Moontower ride on Saturdays that covers all 15 existing moontower locations (really 14.5 since 22nd and...
Best route from 183/McNeil to Dell Parmer Campus last post: 5/6 @ 22:57
I know, the most obvious route is to take McNeil all the way to Parmer and stay on Parmer all the way. Riding on Parmer is fine all the ...
FOR SALE: Gary Fisher AR Super Road $800 obo last post: 5/6 @ 14:45
I wanted to get into cycling so I bought this last summer. I bought it used from someone who bought it new, but I have only ridden it 3...
To the group I found tonight at 5th and Cardinal last post: 5/5 @ 16:09
I was the one on the recumbent with the flag and the light attached to the flag that rode up while you guys were hanging out at the...
2012 Austin World Naked Bike Ride (6-9-2012 @7:30pm) NEW INFO!! last post: 5/4 @ 20:19
After missing last year, the World Naked Bike Ride is back in Austin for 2012!
The ride will be Saturday June 9th, 2012. Preride...
FOR SALE: 2006 Women's Specialized Stump Jumper FSR last post: 5/3 @ 15:49
This bike is practically new because i have not had much time to ride it. It is in flawless shape. The frame is a small. It has top ...
Playwright Tammy Gomez brings SHE:BIKE/SPOKE/LOVE to the stage at MACC last post: 5/3 @ 15:00
F O R I M M E D I A T E R E L E A S E
Contact:...
Pedaling for Safer Roads, Thursday, May 3rd, Austin City Hall, 7pm. last post: 5/2 @ 19:45
Note that I think 7:00pm is the "wheels down" time -- make sure you're not later than that.
The Austin cycling community is shocked and...
Austin Riddle Ride -- Bicycle Scavenger Hunt 5/12/12 last post: 4/30 @ 8:14
Austin Riddle Ride is a cycling event that brings folks outdoors for some scavenger hunt fun on wheels! Get out and ride with friends,...
FrankenBike #81 Saturday, April 28 10am-4pm at University Cyclery last post: 4/26 @ 10:18
THIS SATURDAY!!!
April 2012 Austin's FrankenBike #81 is Saturday, April 28 10am-4pm at University Cyclery located at 2901 North Lamar. ...
More fatalities in traffic last post: 4/20 @ 13:41
Statesman says we had 23 traffic fatalities in 4 months. And not counting an intoxicated 22 year-old who was killed when descending a...
FOR SALE: Several Different Bikes (Adult, Child, One of Kind...) last post: 4/19 @ 11:03
We have several bikes of different size and variety for sale. They are all used bikes that have been completely checked over as making...
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Drivers
are at fault in over 90% of car-bike
collisions (source) and 90% of
pedestrian deaths (source).
Upcoming rides & events
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below? Just post
it on the web forum and it will show up here automatically 30
minutes later. Be sure to include the exact
date & time of your event in the
title, so that shows up too. Do NOT use
relative dates like "This Saturday" or "tonight" because your
post will still be here weeks from now, and at that time the reader
won't know which day you're referring to. (i.e., Do not write your post
as though everyone who reads it is reading it today.)
Moontower Ride(s) - May 12th (posted 4/29)
2012 Austin World Naked Bike Ride (6-9-2012 @7:30pm) NEW INFO!! (posted 4/11)
Playwright Tammy Gomez brings SHE:BIKE/SPOKE/LOVE to the stage at MACC (posted 5/3)
Pedaling for Safer Roads, Thursday, May 3rd, Austin City Hall, 7pm. (posted 5/2)
FrankenBike #81 Saturday, April 28 10am-4pm at University Cyclery (posted 4/26)
Full Moon Cruise! 4/6/2012 11:59pm Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge (posted 4/6)
Candidates Forum & N Lamar/Burnet Study - April 18th, 7pm-8:30pm (posted 4/5)
Spring Bike Sales Events (posted 3/28)
FrankenBike #80 Saturday, March 31 10-4pm at Ozone Bike Department (posted 3/7)
City Council and Mayoral Candidates Forum on Bicycling: Mar 26th 6-9pm (posted 3/23)
Bicyclists cheated out of
bond money!
Voters
passed $150 million in transportation bonds in 2000 (Proposition 1),
which was supposed to be spent at $15M per year for ten years, and was
supposed to include bike projects. In March 2006, Councilmember
Raul Alvarez asked the city to
reveal how the money had been spent so far. The answer was that
the first $67.2 million ALL went for SH 130
right of way, and not a penny for any of the the other things promised
to the bond voters on the ballot, including bike projects! As a
result of Alvarez' request, $10 million was proposed (with about $5
million so far for sidewalks). If you read the
Chronicle article, you will see that $20 million was being promised
for bike and ped projects just before the election. (info courtesy of Roger Baker, May 6, 2005)
The City now has a Bond Oversight Committee which
is an important check on the system. It makes the above kind of
bait-and-switch a lot harder to pull off.
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