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PSA Screening and Bicycles - Part Two by Rabbi Ed . Posted Fri 09 Jul 2010 12:00am PSA screening is not a good idea if you’ve been on a bike during the 48 hours preceding your visit to get your blood drawn. Other activities to avoid before a prostate cancer screening are sexual intercourse and an infection such as prostatitis. These are comments I underscored a couple of days ago in the first of this two-part ... Read on »

PSA Screening and Bicycles - Part One by Rabbi Ed . Posted Wed 07 Jul 2010 12:00am PSA screening was on the minds of two men, who recently contacted me by phone for prostate cancer health coaching. One man was a dentist and the other was a clergyman. Both were in their mid- to late fifties. These two gentlemen contacted me because they felt I could help them deal with their fears about their first-time ... Read on »

A Penny-Farthing Bicycle, Part II by Lisa .. Posted Tue 23 Feb 2010 5:00am My brother Michael was kind enough to stop by the Burbank house and take pictures of the penny-farthing bicycle statuette I had mentioned in my post last Friday. It was a great surprise to find these photos waiting for me in my inbox The bottom reads, "Bike Rider That Was", #5. Artists last name: Elmore Speaking of penn ... Read on »

2010 Texas Custom Bicycle Show Framebuilder Roundtable, Part 1 by Marcus S. Posted Tue 16 Nov 2010 8:42am The weekend of October 16-17, 2010, framebuilders from all over Texas and beyond descended on Austin for the third annual Texas Custom Bicycle Show . In addition to all the great show bikes and cyclocross racing, I hosted two framebuilder round table discussions on Day 1 of the show. The idea was to expand on the framebuilder profiles I’ve alre ... Read on »

2010 Texas Custom Bicycle Show Framebuilder Roundtable, Part 2 by Marcus S. Posted Wed 17 Nov 2010 12:55pm Yesterday, we posted audio from the first framebuilder roundtable at the 2010 Texas Custom Bicycle Show . Today, here is the second roundtable which included Brad Cason of KirkLee Bicycles and Dimitri Harris of MEECH Custom Bikes . Framebuilder Roundtable #2, Part 1 of 3 Framebuilder Roundtable #2, Part 2 of 3 Frameb ... Read on »

Now Hiring: Part-Time Mechanic at Hammerhead Bicycles by Marcus S. Posted Wed 14 Jan 2009 6:55pm Hammerhead Bicycles, a bike shop in North Austin that specializes in boutique high-end mountain bikes, road bikes, parts and accessories, is looking to hiring an experienced, part-time mechanic. According to their Craigslist posting, they are looking for someone with lots of experience. In addition to standard service you must be able to do c ... Read on »

Let your old bike parts become part of a downtown landmark by Marcus S. Posted Sun 11 Jan 2009 4:36pm This fall, the Downtown Austin Alliance chose three artists to produce sculptures to be installed on Congress Avenue that will also serve as bike racks for the community (Download the really big PDF of all the designs here.) With the possible elimination of thousands of de facto bike racks downtown in the near future, this could not come at a bet ... Read on »

Kiawah Island Bike Ban: Part 2 by Dave M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Fri 12 Sep 2008 10:37am Apparently I made a wrong assumption when I saw the above sign, (See my previous post and the comments.) although I am not clear what assumption I was supposed to make. A sign that has a picture of a bike with a big red circle and a red line over it, still means “No Bikes” in my book. I am told Kiawah does encourage bicycles; the ban on a ... Read on »

bike tech: cross bike buildup part 2 by Beth H. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 15 Mar 2009 3:52pm I had some free time today to putter, so I went to work converting the drive-train on the Cross bike. Removing the old ATB cranks was necessary, both because they take 4-bolt rings (ick), AND mostly because at 175 mm they're too long for my legs. I swapped in some budget cranks that should hold up to my style of riding, with the beautiful Surl ... Read on »

Video: Don't be a bike drafting klingon with Joanna Zeiger (JZ bike tip part 4) by Roman M. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 09 Sep 2010 9:01am Last time we checked in with professional triathlete and Olympian Joanna Zeiger, she showed us how to change a rear bike wheel without ever getting her hands dirty. You can check out that story HERE . Today Joanna and her training partner Brandon show you how not to be a bike drafting klingon. Let's face it we all hate it whe ... Read on »