Product Recall – Easton Sports EC90 Seat Post
from Bicycle.net | Attitude is Everything by editor
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

Name of Product: Bicycles with 2010 EC90 Zero seat posts.

City of Austin building $1.1M in bike lanes
by Bizjournals.com
Austin City Council approved a deal Thursday with the Texas Department of Transportation to build 10 miles of new bicycle lanes. The city and the state are …

New events can help change culture of health in Corpus Christi
by Corpus Christi Caller Times
I hear it all the time, Corpus Christi residents complaining that Austin is so much more fun, so much more beautiful, just plain better than Corpus Christi.

I disagree with all those, and for the record, think comparisons between Corpus Christi and Austin are patently unfair. Corpus Christi never will…

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events 10/28/10 to 11/03/10
from Austin On Two Wheels
Sweatin Burnt Orange Bicycle Tour 830 AM Blanco High School 1215 Fourth St Blanco TX In its fifth year the Sweatin Burnt Orange Bike Tour has established …

100 Days As A Cyclist
Published on 25 October 2010 in Journal. from silver-starlight.net
One hundred days ago I bought my first nice bike (a.k.a. my first bike purchased from a bike shop and not a department store). What possessed me, aside from the thrill of learning that I’d passed my quals for the last time ever? Well, Joe and I had rented bikes to ride the Cades Cove loop in Great Smoky Mountains National Park a few weeks earlier, and, despite the absolute clunkers we rode and my abysmal performance as a rider, I’d had just enough fun to consider taking the plunge. …

Texas High School Mountain Bike League Launch Party
from weareaustin.com
The Texas High School Mountain Bike League and its sponsor, Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop, will host a launch party for the league, which will introduce the sport to Texas high schools.

The League was selected to be a part of the National Interscholastic Cycling Association in 2010. There will be skills camps and training…