Pineywoods Purgatory Was A Test of the Legs

674 riders took to the start line (about the average number). I met a couple of brothers (Dickson was their last name) from Huntsville who are frequent visitors to the Texbiker.net website. We talked about various rides. I had brought my Flip camera with the intention to shoot some video but the batteries died while [...]

Daily Blog and News Roundup for August 13th

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 8/13- 8/19/09 | Austin On Two …
by elliott
Things have quieted down a bit now that the Bicycle Film Festival has rolled out of town, but there are still lots of great regular events and a few new ones. … If you are not familiar with Gold Sprints, it is an [...]

72 Bikers Ride from Halifax to Austin

from KTRE.com
Over 72 riders cycled their way into East Texas tonight.  No, they aren’t just taking an afternoon ride on the bike.  They are the Cycle For Life bikeriders.
They have been on the road for over 10 days now.  This is part of a long journey that started back on October 14th in Halifax, Nova [...]

Pineywoods Purgatory: Hilly-arious for a Flatlander

Lufkin put out the good weather carpet for over 500 riders today at the Pineywoods Purgatory. With the temperature in the mid-60’s at the start and a gentle breeze riders lined up for a ride through the hills of East Texas.
I did not do the ride last year. I was planning on it but when [...]

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