With the blizzard hitting the north and northeast parts of the country Lifehacker.com decided bikers needed some winter riding tips and hints. We don’t need these so much in Texas but they could come in handy.

Zip Tie Snow Tires: The Cheapest Way To Blizzard-Proof Your Bike
via Lifehacker by Kyle VanHemert on 12/28/10

It’s officially that time of year, with snow and slush and ice perpetually impeding your biking. What to do? Well, if you’ve got a box of zip ties and feel like getting your MacGyver on, you do this. …

Keep Biking in the Winter, but Wear Thinner Layers
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on 12/28/10
With the right maintenance and equipment trade-outs, you can keep biking in winter. One thing you shouldn’t do, though, is wear a heavy coat. It furnaces the heat you create when pedaling, and then freezes your sweat during your frequent stops. …

Cycling – Nice post-Christmas ride with Gil Jones
from Don Bynum’s Blog by donbynum
Hopefully this missive will find everyone basking in the warm afterglow of Christmas/Hannuka (pick your own spelling)/Winter Solstice goat dances, or whatever.

Yesterday, Gil Jones (riding his shiny new Scattante 570 Prostate Crusher) and I did a 28 miler out to the northeast of Burnet, around to the south to Bertram, stopped at the Hungry Moose in Bertram, then on to the southwest to catch CR330 back into Burnet.  Even in the dead of winter, the Hill Country…

2010 saw addition of bike lanes
by Austin 360 (blog)
Back in 1998, when I moved back to Austin from McAllen, Texas, we had about 60 miles of improved bike lanes in the city. Today we’ve got more than 170 miles …

Texas Mountain Trail Daily Photo: Pinto Canyon Road Ride
by Beth
Yesterday we took a bike ride down the paved portion of Pinto Canyon road (FM 2810) heading southwest out of Marfa. This scenic road takes you by buildings from the site of Fort D.A. Russell and just a bit further to the east on the …

Group wants bicycle paths along MoPac
by Austin News
AUSTIN (KXAN) – The League of Bicycling Voters , a group created to monitor bicycling safety and accessibility, is pushing for bicycle and pedestrian paths to be constructed along Mopac from Caesar Chavez to Parmer Lane. …