Call Me in the Morning

Meet the Wheeler Brothers and their armload of Austin Music Awards

"...Sawdust coats Handlebars, slabs of plywood covering its walls, and the owner's..."

April 13, 2012 Music Feature by Luke Winkie

The Joy of Bicycling in Austin

A one-person sociological study of springtime biking where every ride is his favorite

"...parking garage. I pedal just once then turn the handlebars to the perfect angle as gravity zips me down..."

April 21, 2023 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Doc doesn't quite capture the spirit of the brilliant iconoclast

"...even one that’s got two spoked wheels and some handlebars...."

July 15, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Against Helmet Law

"...this helmet did its job. Having gone over my handlebars, I was rotating in a forward direction while traveling..."

Sept. 18, 2006 Postmarks

Denying Marisol

Third Place

"...pink bike, the one with the fringe on the handlebars, down farm road 491, in the direction of Las..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Books Feature by Nancy Moser

Pollock

"...road with a case of beer slung over the handlebars of his bicycle, Pollock roaring drunk -- petulant and..."

March 9, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Top 10 Festival Films of 2023 You Haven’t Seen Yet

From the Toxic Avenger to school shootings, the best of the fests

"...bike clubs in the Midwest. Four years behind the handlebars later, he produced seminal photobook The Bikeriders, a long..."

Dec. 19, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Kaitlin Armstrong Found Guilty of Murdering Mo Wilson in Austin

Jury deliberated for two hours

"...they had found Armstrong’s DNA on the seat and handlebars of Wilson’s bike...."

Nov. 16, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

The Luv Doc: Juke, Bob, Weave, and Sidestep

Not even Obama has good enough Obamacare to run that gauntlet

"...clinch on my brakes, launching me headfirst over my handlebars in a heroic attempt to save the life of..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

Federico Archuleta Has More Murals to Make

The artist who made “‘Til Death Do Us Part” isn’t letting the pandemic stop him from making art

"...two-wheeler out of a Texas tall tale (cow skull handlebars, rattlesnake tires, cactus seat, barbed wire chain), and he..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

This Is Who We Are #8: Performance Encounters' Home Entertainment 2009

A daily affirmation of Austin’s creativity from the Chronicle archive

"...and customized bicycles with steering wheels in place of handlebars. Moore feeds Collin’s tales with a jaunty, cackling pleasure..."

May 15, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Getting to Oz Through Austin Arts

Area arts events make a Yellow Brick Road to The Wizard of Oz in Zilker Park

"...a Kansas twister couldn't dislodge her stranglehold on the handlebars or keep her from pumping the pedals. One wonders,..."

May 19, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Bicycle Built for Tunes

Steve Parker creates a music-making bike with Lo Fi Cycle

"...bike we rode as kids – horn on the handlebars and playing card clothespinned to the spokes – taken..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Playback: Upholding the Code

Keeping SXSW safe selectively?

"...locked a bicycle to their patio fence and its handlebars extended six inches into the fire exit. Owner James..."

April 3, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Science Goes to Court

Death row case sets new state law against prosecutorial resistance

"..."focal" injuries to the abdomen, such as by bicycle handlebars – injuries that are often deadly...."

Nov. 1, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Gray Band

How can a band singing almost exclusively about serial killers engender so much life?

"...news via a transistor radio dangling from his bike handlebars seven mornings a week in the suburbs of Northern..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Remembering 'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie'

CinemaTexas program notes

"...draggy, romantic material: chunks of time spent on glinting handlebars, hippies solemnly sprinkling the earth with seeds at sundown,..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature

City Hall Hustle: Lee Leffingwell's Big Adventure

The new mayor promises a safe landing

"...complete with basket, compass, and shock-white streamers on the handlebars – the first thing that came to mind was that..."

June 26, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Home Entertainment 2009

A lovely, loving tribute to the Eastside's Blackland neighborhood and playtime past

"...and customized bicycles with steering wheels in place of handlebars. Moore feeds Collin's tales with a jaunty, cackling pleasure..."

June 5, 2009 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Making It, Weirdly

A little elbow grease and perseverance pays off for creative entrepeneur Luke Iseman

"...cell phone, looses electric pulses through a stolen bike's handlebars to shock the bike nabber's hands...."

Oct. 3, 2008 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

Day Trips

Don't mess with javelina, and they won't mess with you (hopefully)

"...the road, Cisler's helmet was crushed and his titanium handlebars were broken. Luckily, his injuries were limited to a..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

New Bar Smell

A sensory experience? In a bar? Leave it to the Aussies

"...with a hemp-based bag of granola swinging from the handlebars" is still being debated...."

Aug. 19, 2008 Design Post by Audra Schroeder

YBP Moves With Heavy Load, Light Heart

Yellow Bike Project moves two semi-trailer trucks' worth of stuff – minus the trucks, of course

"...Allen Demling could be seen loading a box of handlebars onto a repurposed kid-hauling trailer. "What's happening here is..."

June 27, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Bike Helmet Saved Me

"...20 years ago I flew head first over my handlebars onto pavement while trying to avoid a motorist. I..."

June 11, 2008 Postmarks

New Study Raises Specter of Helmet Law

This just in: booze and bikes don't mix

"...tricycle with a makeshift drum set affixed to its handlebars. Some riders tooted noisemakers to Bluejay's drumming as the..."

June 6, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

The Revolution Will Not Be Motorized

Will the city create a path to give bicyclists a little respect?

"...here – a handmade fixed-gear bike with custom wood handlebars and rear rack. I've admired Rucker's bikes on her..."

May 9, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Jingle Bell Rides! Not Walk!

"...bows, complete with Dr. Seuss’ Grinch strapped to its handlebars … ready for the annual Jingle Bell Ride! This..."

Dec. 26, 2007 Postmarks

Claus & Effect

The holiday how-to guide for the perpetually perplexed

"...with both feet on the ground and reach the handlebars (arms slightly bent), then it's a fit...."

Dec. 15, 2006 Features Feature by Meredith Barnhill

Bike Spill Leaves Former Mayor Todd in Stable Condition

He survived battles with Daryl Slusher ... surely he can get through this

"...is believed to have taken a spill over the handlebars, landing face down on his right side. "They told..."

Dec. 2, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

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Our readers talk back.

"...running up his/her back and launching them over the handlebars. Keep a respectable distance. Remember a motorcycle can stop..."

May 21, 2004 Column

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