Off Course: City Fees Trip Up Athletic Events

Organizers of local running, cycling, and triathlon events grapple with increased traffic-control costs

"...Dilloman Triathlon in Austin, with some 200 kids swimming, cycling, and running their hearts out in Austin's Jester Estates...."

July 27, 2007 News Feature by Laurel Chesky

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Our readers talk back.

"...Finally, cycling as an alternative mode of transportation isn't necessarily about..."

July 14, 2006 Column

Bike It – You Might Like It

"...eating a burger, and smoking a cigarette simultaneously. Finally, cycling as an alternative mode of transportation isn't necessarily about..."

July 12, 2006 Postmarks

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Our readers talk back.

"...Chris BakerGiving Up on Bicycling So as Not to Be KilledDear Editor,..."

June 16, 2006 Column

Giving Up on Bicycling So as Not to Be Killed

"...of mine was recently hit by a driver while cycling as well, breaking both of his legs. The driver..."

June 13, 2006 Postmarks

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Our readers talk back.

"...Alan CookCycling LimitsDear Ms. Babich,..."

April 29, 2005 Column

Bikes on a Road to Nowhere?

"...a bicycle lane. Like many other city projects, local bicycling initiatives typically involve planning gridlock between city staff, City..."

May 23, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

Austin cycling activists worry that bicyclists and pedestrians' concerns will lose out to drivers' interests in the implementation of the Seaholm District Master Plan.

"...the grease, which helps explain why a few outspoken cycling advocates are making so much noise over the rehabilitation..."

June 15, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

Naked City

Local news this week in Austin.

"...Brown Act" and supported by many in Texas' vocal cycling community -- got their first hearings in the House,..."

April 6, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...Austin has been named one of 10 Best Cycling Cities by Bicycling magazine. The annual survey examines cycling..."

Feb. 5, 1999 News Feature

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The Xicanindio Poet

"...right to use the roads. These commuters generally choose cycling for the health benefits, the convenience, the savings, or..."

April 11, 1997 Column

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...ready to retreat. Bobby Sledge of the League of Bicycling Voters, which is leading the petition drive to repeal..."

Jan. 17, 1997 News Feature

Austin Cyclist Becomes First Openly Gay Man to Bike Around the World

Along the way, he raised money for the Trevor Project

"...Andrew Mortensen, a UT-Austin alum, has completed an epic bicycling odyssey, spanning 27,461 miles across 37 different countries. The..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature by Hannah Uebele

Perfect Days

A toilet cleaner in Tokyo quietly goes about his days in this stirring Oscar nominated picture

"...Hirayama is an American culture junkie (not unlike Wenders), cycling through Velvet Underground, Otis Redding, Patti Smith, and Nina..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Qmmunity: Sporty Spice

Wherever you fall on the sporty spectrum, Austin's queer scene has a place for you

"...the first nonbinary champion of Unbound Gravel, a four-day gravel-cycling race across Flint Hills, Kansas, and channeled it into..."

July 21, 2023 Column by James Scott

Austin Bike Shops Face Uphill Climb

With unprecedented demand for new inventory, parts, and repairs throughout quarantine, local bicycle shops struggle to keep up

"...says Curtin, who speculates that Austin's renewed interest in cycling could increase community support for expanded bicycle infrastructure...."

July 10, 2020 Sports Feature by David Sotelo

The Traitor

True-life Mafia story inverts the conventions

"...time to lock faces to names, the film begins cycling through a series of high-profile assassinations. Since The Traitor..."

March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Tomb Raider

Lara Croft is back again!

"...than previously, instead looks like she recently forsook soul cycling muscle tone in favor of krav maga, kickboxing, and..."

March 23, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

SXSW Adds Speakers, Films

Buzz Aldrin, Kesha, Cory Booker, Cecile Richards, and more

"...Cycling Pathways to Mars D: Lex Halaby, Daniel Schechter, Guil..."

Feb. 7, 2017 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Announces New Batch of Featured Speakers

Game of Thrones showrunners join tech, health innovators, and more

"...the healthier side, the CEO of increasingly popular indoor cycling studio SoulCycle (there’s one in the Domain, natch), Melanie..."

Jan. 11, 2017 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Give Beth a Leg Up on Saturday

Injured cyclist Elizabeth English raises funds for a prosthetic leg

"...counting) are in collections. To that end, local USA Cycling squad Team Super Awesome is hosting a Give Beth..."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Spitting Into Fires

Mayor Adler rolls out bond proposal on tight deadline

"...is fully fund the Bike Master Plan, something many cycling advocates have been pushing, and for which several council..."

May 27, 2016 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Public Notice: Bikes, Toll Roads, TNCs

A miscellany of mostly transportation

"...National Bike Month, and to kick it off, the bicycling education and awareness organization Please BE KIND to Cyclists..."

May 1, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Best of Austin – Thursday

BOA all day, erryday

"...5204 FM 2222, 512/346-3664, www.countyline.com. NIGHT Social Cycling Austin..."

March 20, 2015 Features Feature

Season of the Brit

Tour de France spotlight: Christopher Froome

"...For the past three years, the British cycling team, Team Sky, has dominated in major cycling events...."

June 2, 2014 Sports Post by Larysa Pachulski

Gay Place: Behind The Masquerade

An Angel shows her halos and Queer Ride gets porny

"...KINKY KOLLAGES Special edition QR pedals porn and the cycling connection, concluding the ride from the Long to the..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

Alex Gibney Untangles The Armstrong Lie

How a comeback documentary became something else entirely

"...AG: I’m not that experienced of a cycling journalist, so it was hard for me to tell...."

Nov. 7, 2013 Screens Post by Chase Hoffberger

Armstrong Comes Clean … Sort Of

Lance Armstrong sits down for an interview with Oprah

"...scandal, ruled that Armstrong would be banned from professional cycling and must relinquish his seven Tour de France titles...."

Jan. 17, 2013 Sports Post by Anne Harris

Lance Armstrong Resigns From Livestrong

Last week a report accused Armstrong of orchestrating doping scandal

"...negative effects as a result of controversy surrounding my cycling career." Find the full report here...."

Oct. 17, 2012 News Post by Monica Riese

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"...agency has already ruled to ban Armstrong from competitive cycling and void his seven Tour de France titles, but..."

Oct. 12, 2012 News Feature

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