HEART OF TEXAS BMX OPENS NEW BMX RACING TRACK IN FLORENCE, TEXAS
Florence, Texas (September 12, 2011) – Heart of Texas BMX (HOT BMX), a non-profit organization based in Austin, Texas, has opened a new bicycle motocross (BMX) track at 12250 N Hwy 183 in Florence, TX. The track is 40 miles north of Austin and just 12 miles north of the intersection of Hwy 29 and Hwy 183 in Liberty Hill. HOT BMX is the only sanctioned BMX race track in the Austin area.

HOT BMX is all about BMX riders and their families, providing the community with the opportunity to experience the thrill of BMX racing in a clean, family-friendly environment.  “HOT BMX offers practice…

Wounded warriors join Bike MS ride
Vets overcome mental, physical injuries with bikes.
By Jessica Belasco        www.mysanantonio.com

A bomb blast in Iraq crushed part of U.S. Army Spc. Terry Ligman’s left leg in 2007. A year later, Ligman rode a handcycle — a three-wheel bicycle powered by the arms instead of legs — 150 miles from San Antonio to Corpus Christi during a charity ride for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

But it wasn’t easy.

“It was horrible,” Ligman recalls. “It’s hard on those hills on the hand bike. You can’t stand up and put your weight…

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 10/13- 10/19/11
by elliott.        Austin on Two Wheels
This weekend framebuilders from all over Texas and beyond will descend on Austin for the 4th annual Texas Custom Bicycle Show Saturday and Sunday at the Austin Convention Center. If you missed the North American Handmade Bicycle Show when it came to Austin in February, this weekend is your chance to get the flavor of NAHBS with some great local builders. If you did make it to NAHBS, you should come anyway as there were several Texas builders who did not show at…

Bike builder enjoys success of small business
By Sarah-Grace Sweeney        The Daily Texan

Brad Cason knows the devil is in the details.

He is a man who takes pride in his workmanship, something he views as a bit of a lost art form. And he hopes his work will visible at this weekend’s Texas Custom Bicycle Show.

Cason is the man behind KirkLee Bicycles, a company that creates custom-made carbon fiber bikes. He builds them according to arm length, leg length and even shoe size, all in a…

Putting foot to the pedal for MS
By Jessica Belasco            www.mysanantonio.com
The Bike MS: Valero 2011 Alamo Ride to the River, presented by H-E-B, is not for wimps.

An estimated 2,000 cyclists will pedal 45, 65 or 95 miles from the AT&T Center to New Braunfels on Saturday. After staying overnight at the Comal County Fairgrounds, …

Bicyclists to ride in support of MS sufferers
By Pamela Howell        www.mysanantonio.com

Eleven years ago, Gina Shy was a competitive ballroom dancer.

“I was in the middle of a dance competition and started feeling dizzy,” Shy, 44, recalled, adding she made an appointment with an ear, nose, and throat specialist.

“I just thought it was allergies and that’s why I went to the (ear-nose-throat specialist). I just thought it was an inner ear infection, they’d put me on some medicine, the…