Bike lanes shouldn’t be bike pains – The Daily Texan

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from The University of Texas at Austin newspaper (full article)

By Jordan Frisby

Bicycling is a key part of Austin’s weird ethos. In other Texas cities, people are usually on two wheels only when turning corners quickly in their cars, but Austin is crawling with cyclists, from tight pants-wearing hipsters on fixed-gear bikes to UT students buzzing by pedestrians on campus to intense road bikers seeking the proverbial yellow jersey. This May, the League of American Bicyclists named Austin a Silver Level Bicycle Friendly Community, and Austin’s many bike lanes helped the city to earn this award.

Texas Time Trial Championships

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from the University of Houston  Cycling & Triathlon Team

Congratulations to Alex Black for winning the 2007 Texas Time Trial Championships in the Catagory 4 competition, with a time of 55:34. He also won the team time trial for catagory 4 with three others from Pearland Cycles (Alex Pincus, Rich Schmidt, and James Smith).

The Gearheads Earn Two Awards

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from The Dallas Morning News Business Section

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP’s Dallas cycling team, the Gearheads, has earned two awards from the Lone Star chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in recognition of its efforts in the recent Sam’s Club MS 150. The 153-member Gearheads were honored as the veteran team with the most growth, doubling in size since fielding an inaugural 70-member team in 2006. The team also was recognized for having the most improved fundraising. The Gearheads raised more than $108,000 during the May 5-6 ride, compared with nearly $43,000 last year.

Gary Achterberg, Midwestern University’s Cycling Coach

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from the Wichita Falls Times Record (full article)

Gary Achterberg’s first real 10-speed was a lime-green Schwinn “Super Sport.””By today’s standards, that thing is a tank. Nowadays if you’re going to buy a nice carbon fiber racing bike, you’re probably weighing in at 15 pounds,” said the director of cycling for Midwestern State University.

“You’re talking about half the weight (of the Schwinn) and about twice as many gears.”