Community bike shops and earn-a-bike programs are on the rise across the [...]]]> Specialized Brightens the Holidays for Community Bike Shops
By Carolyn Szczepanski     Alliance for Biking & Walking: People Powered Blog
Thanks to our supporters at Specialized, this holiday season will be particularly merry for more than two dozen community bike shops and Alliance members.

Community bike shops and earn-a-bike programs are on the rise across the country, taking in recycled rides that would otherwise be landfill fodder and wrenching them back into shape for residents who need them most. In many cases, youth and low-income adults get their bike for free if they learn the skills to refurbish and maintain their bicycle. With increased…

Belt drive bikes get a boost.

Gates Belt Drive Sponsoring Design Contest at 2012 NAHBS
posted by Tyler (Editor)         www.bikerumor.com

Gates Corp., maker of the chain-replacing Gates Carbon Drive™ belt drive for bikes, has formed an all-star panel of bike industry legends and pioneers including the founders of Breezer, Ibis, WTB, Salsa and Rock Lobster to judge a new design contest at the 2012 North American Handmade Bicycle Show, March 2-4 in Sacramento.
The “celebrity” judges will cast the deciding votes in Gates Carbon Drive’s Innovative Belt Drive Bike Design Contest, which will award $8,750 in cash and prizes to qualified frame builders who create the most innovative…

The Hump Day Quick Tip – Pack a Snack
by Shawn        Texas Mountain Bike Trails
Ok, imagine this. You are out on a ride and all of a sudden you start getting weak. You feel off-balance, dizzy, and your legs just can’t push up the slight hills. Soon you start feeling hungry and off-balance feeling just gets worse. Next thing you know you are laid out on the grass next to the…

6 Rules of Night Riding
by Shawn            Texas Mountain Bike Trails

We are just about to Christmas and winter is under way. If you’re like me you’ve probably had enough of the short days and no chance to ride during the week after work. During the summer you had 4 more hours of daylight to soak up some single-track and get dirty. Now, you just feel…

Resolution Ride hosted by Bicycle Sport Shop
New Year’s Day, Sunday, January 1, 2012, 9 am
Bicycle Sport Shop, 9900 W. Parmer Lane
Start the year out ride with a bike ride! This is a social, at your own pace, ride. The full 50-mile route is to the Andice General Store and back, but riders can turn back at any point along Parmer. The route will be marked with signage and a turnaround point at ~ mile 12 for those who wish to ride 25 miles. Cost is $12, which includes 1 supported rest stop, post-ride food and 2 beer tickets.

Spring Creek Trail To Close For Repairs
by dickdavid            Bike Friendly Richardson

Here is the notice from the city about some trail closures:
Starting January 3, 2012, the City’s Parks and Recreation Department will begin rehabilitation work on the Spring Creek Trail in north central Richardson. The trail is located between Central Expressway and Plano Road, south of Renner Road, and meanders through the Spring Creek Nature Area. …

Bicycle giveaway has special meaning during House of Hope graduation
By Dan Kleiner            www.madisonvillemeteor.com

The Lord often works in mysterious ways. But sometimes, He bestows blessings and makes miracles so obvious that it’s nearly impossible to not take notice.

Such it was for the House of Hope several months ago when Andrew Morrow arrived at their doors. On the same day that Morrow, a lifelong BMX and dirt bike enthusiast, found his new home, a donation of 65 badly worn bicycles also rolled through the doors.

Morrow stood on stage at The House of Hope’s graduation Saturday night, not yet as a graduate, but as a man who has dedicated himself to healing through Christ. After exceptional music, inspired words, and even a magic show, Morrow’s healing process continued as he presented 20 children in Madison…

I think I am doing good to go 500 hundred miles without a flat.

Cross-U.S. Cyclist Had Only One Flat
The East Hampton Star

A seasoned triathlete, mountain-biker, marathoner, and long-distance swimmer, Emi Berger, a vivacious 34-year-old veterinarian, said during a recent conversation at The Star that she didn’t think one could train for the 4,000-mile bicycle trip that she and Kevin Harrington had recently made across the United States. …

“We began at Montauk — we dipped our back wheels in the Atlantic at Montauk Point on Sept. 23. Our goal was to dip our front wheels in the Pacific in San Diego. . . . The trip took 54 days — we rode for 53 of them, rain or shine, taking one day off, in Austin, Tex. The night before each day’s ride we’d plan our route — the Adventure Cycling organization puts out bike-specific maps for the U.S. We looked at those, and took those routes, for the most part, on country roads. We…

I’ve written boatloads of articles over the years about PC tech, building PCs, hardware specs, benchmarks and other topics that PC enthusiasts (read: PC geeks) care about. Geeks obsess over details. How many shader cores? What’s the latency? Bandwidth [...]]]> Geek is a State of Mind
from Improbable Insights» Loyd Case on Technology by Loyd Case

I’ve written boatloads of articles over the years about PC tech, building PCs, hardware specs, benchmarks and other topics that PC enthusiasts (read: PC geeks) care about. Geeks obsess over details. How many shader cores? What’s the latency? Bandwidth between interconnects. And so it goes.

I’m also a fairly serious amateur photographer. I obsess over which lenses would be ideal, how fast they should be, ISO settings, which noise reduction app works best. I suppose you could call me a digital photo geek, but I’m a pale shade of some of the real pros out there.

Then there’s bicycles.  …

Texas looks at options for transportation
by abc13.com
The state also spoke about the best types of transportation to improve mobility including roadways, bicycle facilities, airports and passenger rail. …

Parmer Location Opens With A Bang! « It’s Time To Ride!
by djcurtin
While the new store officially opened its doors on June 1, two July weekends saw Bicycle Sport Shop’s Parmer store christened with a series of Grand Opening events to introduce Bicycle Sport Shop to the greater Cedar Park/Round Rock area.

The festivities began on Saturday July 17, with the annual Bicycle Sport Shop Chipotle Ride.  Over 300 riders came out to brave the hills and wind on an out-an-back ride from the Parmer Store…

LOBV presents: Hottest Day of the Year Ride and Benefit! | Austin …
by Jason
But in all seriousness, the LOBV is an AMAZING organization, and for years now have been responsible for a lot of the behind the scenes (and in your face) political workings around town as they pertain to bicycles and alternative …

HS sports switch gears to two wheels | KXAN.com
Mountain biking has long been the sport of choice for people seeking a fun and challenging way to exercise outdoors. Now, the sport is on the verge of becoming a staple in a new setting: Texas high schools.

The Texas High School Mountain Bike Racing League will create mountain biking teams in high schools across the state. Founding Committee Chair, Vance McMurry, said the interest in mountain biking teams…

Anti-cancer advocates pedal through city
It’s a journey that’s 6,400 kilometres (4,000 miles) in the making – taking in a varied terrain of mountains,
By Stephanie Waddell on August 4, 2010 at 3:44 pm

JOURNEY’S END IN SIGHT – The University of Texas bicyclists posed for a photo Monday in Whitehorse.

It’s a journey that’s 6,400 kilometres (4,000 miles) in the making – taking in a varied terrain of mountains, the coast and prairie – all in the name of a worthy cause, and today, it set out of Whitehorse.

With only about 10 days left on their trek from Austin, Tex., to Anchorage, the 53 cyclists who are taking part…

A tip of the hat goes to our member blog Fort Worthology for being part of the bike parking solution in Fort Worth, Texas.

Just a few months [...]]]> Streetsblog.net » A Boom in Bike Parking for Forth Worth
A growing population of bicycle riders in Forth Worth needs more racks than these. (Photo: Fort Worthology)

A tip of the hat goes to our member blog Fort Worthology for being part of the bike parking solution in Fort Worth, Texas.

Just a few months ago, the city approved an ambitious “Bike Fort Worth” bicycle transportation plan, which aims to create nearly 1,000 miles of bike lanes — up from 100 miles today. Of course, the growing number of people on bicycles…

Bike Barn leases retail space in Houston, Texas at …
Regency Centers (www.regencycenters.com), a national owner, operator and developer of
grocery-anchored and community shopping centers, has leased retail space in Houston, Texas at Weslayan
Plaza East to Bike Barn.  Houston’s largest bicycle shop Bike Barn has leased 10,480 square feet of retail
space and is slated to open for business in August.  Bike Barn was represented by Patrick Keegan and Brad
Sondock with The Retail Properties Group. …

Media dis&dat: Cycling transforms the life of a Texas amputee
by BA Haller
It was a bicycle that changed his life again. For the past four years, Cruz, 59, has participated in Amputees Across America’s annual cross-country bike ride to raise public awareness that amputees can have active, fulfilling lives. …

Parmer Grand Opening Celebration « It’s Time To Ride!
by cartertx
The Chipotle Ride, hosted by the Bicycle Sport Shop Super Squadra team and our friends at Austin Cycle Camp, will begin at our Parmer Store and head north to Andice. This out and back 50 mile ride will feature plenty of turn around points for those looking for a … Volunteers from Bike Texas and Safe Routes to School are sponsoring a kid’s riding skills clinic and workshop including fitting and bike safety checks, free water bottles for each child while supplies last. …

USA Cycling 2010 Junior, U23 Elite Road Nationals
from www.truesport.com
Junior road race champions crowned on opening day of the USA Cycling Juniors, U23 & Elite ….. S Fernanda Polanco, Major Motion Cycling Club, El Paso, TX …

Last month, I interviewed Leslie Luciano, Community Relations Manager, about the shop and got some quite interesting facts and tidbits about [...]]]> Bicycle Sport Shop is the behemoth of Austin bike shops. Whatever you want, they probably have it tucked away in a corner of their massive, warehouse-like central shop at south Lamar and Barton Springs.

Last month, I interviewed Leslie Luciano, Community Relations Manager, about the shop and got some quite interesting facts and tidbits about Bicycle Sport Shop and its history. Here’s what she had to say.

You guys have been around for a long time (over 25 years) in Austin. How has the shop evolved over the years?

Read the complete interview at austinbikeblog.org