About Us

I guess everybody's supposed to have one of these pages, so here's mine. Also, some people have complained or raised an issue with the language used on this website so I wanted to get this out of the way early. If you can read the following statement without being too offended, welcome to the site:

If not, you might feel more comfortable at one of these places. The rides and events I promote on my site often involve drinking, (occasional) nudity, profanity, late night shenanigans, fence jumping, pool hopping, and all sorts of stuff your mother warned you about. If you can't hang with a few naughty words, well, then I guess you're fucked.*

* Just kidding I love you all, even if you can't hang.

Our thing:

Keeping people updated on local bike-related goings-on, promoting rides and events, and getting fine biker asses onto bike seats. RIDE YOUR BIKE, show up to rides, organize events, and our mission is accomplished.

About ATXBS.com:

Though it had been prophesied of since time immemorial, Austin Texas Bike Shit came into existence on September 29th, 2007. Honestly it was the day prior where the idea was hatched, due to much drunken ramblings over the sorry state of Austin bike websites and web logs. Thankfully things are much better now (with several other blogs starting up in the past 6 months) but at the time the main local resource hadn't been updated in several years, specifically with regard to upcoming events and rides beyond the standard roadie fare. I'd only been involved in the Austin cycling community for a year at that point but was frustrated that finding out about rides was managed with a combination of luck, occasional word of mouth, and happening upon a bike shop at the right time to see a flyer. I knew that there could be something better, but there wasn't.

Following the September 2007 Critical Mass ride the mass stopped at the Beer Barn on Guadalupe to score a keg. Rather than take it all the way back to someone's house, we drug it to Lobo's back parking lot and got to work. I guess it was the spirit of the event or something, but I was both blown away by what was going on and struck by how much more awesome it would be if this thing was 10x as big. I mean a thousand plus people, all riding together, pitching in, throwing a party, that would be badass!

So how to do this? Armed with my trusty pen and notepad, I stood up and made an ass of myself, yelling to everyone to give me their email addresses if they wanted to be put on a bicycle event mailing list. I figured the more word gets out, the more people hear about events, the more people show up. I'm around a computer all the time so why not spend a few seconds here and there getting the word out? That mailing list quickly evolved to a web log, and here we are.

Fame and Fortune:

In 2008 we won a "Best of Austin" Critics Pick from the Austin Chronicle for "Best Blogger Aptly Reppin' Austin's Bodacious Bike Culture".

To this honor I have to say:
a) Thanks y'all!
b) TAKE THAT SUCKAS!

Media:

Austin Monthly Article (by Rob D'Amico) - June 2008 - http://damicoaustin.com/articles/damico_austinmonthlybikes.pdf

Momentum Magazine Article (by Marsha Ungchusri) - September/October 2008 - http://www.momentumplanet.com/austin-bike-culture

Austin Chronicle "Best of Austin" Critics Award - October 2008 - http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Awards/BestOfAustin/?Year=2008&B...

About Jason:

Who knows where this hulking, tattooed, monstrous, scarred, mockery of a human comes from. Some say hell, others say Ohio. Both are probably right, but maybe the truth is even more sinister. His first bike was a Banana Yellow Schwinn Stingray which he was given at the age of 5, from that point on he was hooked. Unfortunately his enthusiasm outpaced his skill on a bicycle, therefor it was rare to see him without at least a scraped knee, a patch of road rash, and a black eye (or two). From these humble beginnings arose the creature you all know as "Jason", or "that ATXBS guy" as is often the case nowadays.

Regardless of his origin, these days Jason busies himself as a full-time computer-geek, part-time hater, half-assed web logger and full-assed lunatic. Thankfully riding his bike and running this site has kept the madness in check, but for how long is anyone's guess. Heaven help us if he ever stops riding or writing. He's still a wreck on his bike, but has moved on from the Stingray and now occupies himself with a stable of bikes ranging from a 20" Mutiny BMX up to a 29er Karate Monkey monster bike, with a pair of IRO fixed gears (one commuter, one fun) and a Litespeed road bike to round out the pack.

About Ed:

The enigmatic "Ed" is a product of dank, dark network operation centers and the dusty trails of Walnut Creek. Part man, part cyborg, all awesome. Skilled in the ancient arts of the machine god, he maintains all the technical aspects of the website and through diligent application of kinetic therapy keeps the monolithic MASTER CONTROL SERVER PRIME (which in turn runs ATXBS) humming and in only a partial state of "sentient". Were it not for him, MCSP would fully awaken and doom us all in a robotic-bicycle apocalypse.

If this ever were to happen Ed's weapon of choice with which to defend the innocents will be a single speed 29er Redline mountain bike, no doubt. Trust this man, and buy him tequila.

Bottom line:

Ride your bike, have fun, be nice, and don't hurt yourself too bad. Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.

Everything on this website is a lie, including this statement.