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Blog Name: Austin On Two Wheels
Url: http://www.austinontwowheels.org
Language: English
Topics: Transportation, Cycling, Urban Lifestyle
Description: Austin on Two Wheels (formerly Austin Bike Blog) is the online magazine for Austin cycling culture with a vision of covering all aspects of Austin’s cycling community. This is a place where roadie, knobby tire, tri-geek, fixie, BMXer, and bike commuter can all come for interesting article and resources. Quiet simply, if it occurs on two wheels in the Austin area, we want to cover it.
Popularity: 48 Followers

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Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 11/25- 12/2/09
I’m hitting the road to visit inlaws today, so we’ll be going this little weekly round up a day early. This is a good thing because it gives me another chance to plug Daniel Sato’s Wednesday Night Road Ride and the Thanksgiving Gobble Wobble. 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 elsewhe
A Series of Tubes: Ferguson City Bike with Carbon Belt Drive
The latest custom Ferguson city bike with Carbon Belt Drive “Bike building is a lot like the Internet. They both involve a series of tubes.” Elliott McFadden,Violet Crown Cycles This fall, I was contacted by a customer wanting a Ferguson city bike as a possible replace
Dirt Derby a no-go this week
Word from the Dirt Derby: Sadly, the track is again too doused from rain for enjoyable riding or even parking and we must cancel. We wish you a very merry Thanksgiving and a safe Black Friday, for those who celebrate it. We are still awaiting word on whether there will be an alleycross in its place tonight.
Gobble Gobble, Turkey Day alleycat a go!
With the Thanksgiving Holiday coming on Thursday, we’ll be doing our weekly roundup of cycling events around Austin a day early on Wednesday this week. Rest assured just because the rest of us are stuffed with turkey and dressing while dozing off to football doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of opportunities to get out and ride your bike in ATX. To whet your appetite, go ahead and put this Thanksgiving Day alleycat race on your calendar so you can burn a few fun calories before packing them on at dinner.
Wanting more cyclists on the road? Look to what women want
A recent Scientific American article suggests that if we want to get serious about getting more people riding bikes for transportation we need to focus on the needs of one group in particular: women. The article quotes several reports that show cities and countries with high bicycle usage also have a near equal male/female usage ratio The U.S. by contrast has a 2:1

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