November Rides Announced
Fort Worth Bicycling Association
The November ride list is up. Please go to the Ride Events page for all of the exciting details!
Fort Worth South Side Architecture Tour Ride, Fort Worth TX (details)
Sun, October 23, 2011 2:00 pm
The Rusty Chain Gang Ramble, Fort Worth TX (details)
Tue, October 25, 2011 9:00 am

Why do you do what you do?
by Gil Jones        Musings of Captain Justice
…Why I do in recreation what I do is more complex — perhaps complicated in part by having more than a couple of hobbies and endeavors that I enjoy. For purposes of this analysis I think the cycling is the hardest to explain. Put the question in the context of today’s 40 mile ride and the question becomes more difficult.

At about the 32 mile point we were on the Old Spicewood Rd (Old Blanco Rd if you are coming from Spicewood)…

Dirt Derby back on Tuesday Night
by elliott        Austin On Two Wheels
After the blessed break in our drought last week, the Dirt Derby was punted due to an overly muddy course. The this week has allowed everything to dry out nicely with the series back to its regular schedule this Tuesday. As always, Austin on Two Wheels will be hosting a free beginner cyclocross clinic before the beginner race at 5:45…

Photos from the 2011 Texas Custom Bicycle Show
by elliott            Austin On Two Wheels

One of the show stoppers was this copper plated steel mountain bike from Edoz Cycles of Oklahomo
This last weekend was the 4th Annual Texas Custom Bicycle Show at the Austin Convention Center. In addition to previous exhibitors, we saw 5 new exhibitors reflecting the growth of framebuilding in Texas and beyond. There we lots of great bikes and locally made accessories. …

Ralph Lauren Rugby Partners With Pashley Cycles To Produce the Limited Edition Tweed Run Bicycle
by Christopher Curnutt        Biking In Dallas

2004 by Polo Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Rugby is an American luxury brand dedicated to rugby/preppy inspired lifestyle enthusiasts.  The focus is very collegiate yet they have recently introduced a line dedicated to the “Tweed Run” culture of vintage cycling and fashion, specifically traditional pre-WWI British cycling attire.  The…

Wayland junior dies in weekend bicycle mishap
By Jessica Thornton            www.myplainview.com
A traffic mishap over the weekend resulted in the death of a Wayland Baptist University student.

According to a spokesperson with the Texas Department of Public Safety in Amarillo, 20-year-old Aaron Ross of Tulia was riding a bicycle northbound on U.S. Highway 87 at 3:47 p.m. Sunday when he was struck by a 2003…

CS Hike & Bike Loop Helps Residents Move Across Town
Reporter: Michael Oder            www.kbtx.com
The newest addition to College Station’s hike and bike paths is the section that cuts through Bee Creek Park. The connection there at Bee Creek Park allows residents to get from one side of College Station to the other.

Some residents use the bike paths for recreation and others to get to and from school and work.

There are a lot of bikes in College Station, many of them thanks to Texas A&M. At one point, it was reported that more than…

Local Perspective
by John Willis        National League of Cities
When people use public transportation infrastructure, whether by walking on a sidewalk, driving a car, riding a bus, catching a train or pedaling a bicycle, they have a destination in mind. The public investment in transportation connects where people are with where they want to go, and how they want to get there.

One of the neighborhood leaders in my Garland, Texas, city council district is an avid and safe bicyclist. He rides his bicycle everywhere he can, and often brings up ideas to help make…

Leading the way
Project gives preview of plan to make Denton streets safer, friendlier
By Lowell Brown / Staff Writer        www.dentonrc.com
A road project on Jagoe Street near the University of North Texas offers a peek into the future if the city approves a proposed bicycle and pedestrian plan.

Jagoe recently reopened to traffic featuring a wider sidewalk, bicycle signs and shared-lane arrows, or “sharrows,” while keeping vehicle parking on both sides of the two-lane street. The street design is one…

Cyclesomatic Bicycle Fair & Showcase this Saturday
By turnerwinstonoc        bikefriendlyoc.wordpress.com
This weekend will be a first for the North Texas bicycling community!  Come out to Lake Cliff Park @ 5th St and Crawford in Oak Cliff on October 22nd from 12:00 – 6:00 pm to participate in the Cyclesomatic Bicycle Fair and Showcase sponsored by Richardson Bikemart.

This is a FREE event open to anyone interested in seeing the best our bicycling communities have to offer!  Along with bicycles, Bike Friendly Oak Cliff has teamed up with Go Oak Cliff’s Blues, Bandits, and BBQ event at the same time and location. …

It’s all about compatibility
www.gosanangelo.com
Anthony Wilson loves to run, likes to bike and tolerates swimming. His Why not Tri column will appear here every other Saturday.

SAN ANGELO, Texas — The Bombshell and I celebrate our first wedding anniversary tomorrow. Not coincidentally, I’ve had my two fastest seasons since we’ve been together.

A light, happy heart, as it turns out, leads to fleeter feet.

Along with sharing the same world view, moral compasses, senses of humor, work ethics, child-rearing sensibilities, and (most importantly) a best friendship, Christina…

Local couple pedal for MS
Felicia Frazar         seguingazette.com
SEGUIN – Terry Mendicino-Trowbridge and her husband Philip are venturing out for a rather long bike ride.

On Saturday, the couple will pedal out with thousands of other cyclists as part of the Bike MS: 2011 Valero Alamo Ride to the River.

This will be the first time the pair has traveled such a great distance together, Terry said.

“My husband has done it before, from Houston to Austin,” she said. …

Two Rides This Sunday Oct 16
by The Announcer Guy        Biking in Dallas
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff brings you Bicycle Photo Scavenger Hunt:

Photopolus.com and BFOC are bringing back the Bicycle Photo Scavenger hunt this Sunday! Grab your bike, grab your camera, and come on over to Eno’s at 12:00 this Sunday for another adventure on two wheels.  Sign up at info@photopolus.com.  Teams can be from 1 to 4 people.  An after party will be held in the alley beside…

Texas Custom Bicycle Show this weekend, October 15-16 at Austin Convention Center!
Austin on Two Wheels
Saturday, October 15- Sunday, October 16
10 AM- 5 PM
Austin Convention Center, 500 E Cesar Chavez St
Tickets: $5, $1 of each ticket goes to benefit the Austin Cycling Association

Friday Film Fun: New City of Austin Share the Road PSA
by elliott            Austin on Two Wheels
The Austin Master Bicycle Plan calls for the education and promotion of cycling through public education, and to that end the City of Austin has released this new feel good Share the Road PSA ad.

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…

Kid Trips — Sat, 11/19, 9 am, BSA T165, Pace Bend County Park.
www.austinridgeriders.com
Volunteers to be there at the East Trail Head Parking Lot at 8 am (Right furthest corner, just past the RV area that is ARR Race Set-Up.)  This is BSA T165 from Round Rock.  They will be our first BSA Troop that is camping at the Trail for the Kid Trips Event. …

This weekend is NWCC’s Fall Kick-off.
www.northwestcyclingclub.com
Grab your camping gear, your family, and your bikes (road and MTB).  Join us for any one, or all three of the following fun events!

All weekend:  Club Camp-out at Huntsville State Park
We have 4 sites reserved, tents or trailers welcome.
Check-in as early as Thursday evening.  Check-out Sunday.
When you get there, call Val (cell 713-397-1158) for directions to the campsites. …

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 9/29- 10/5/11
by elliott            Austin On Two Wheels
Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. Thanks to Jason at ATXBS for letting us know about some events we couldn’t find elsewhere. As always, if there is an event you know about that’s not on our calendar contact us, and we’ll add your event on and possibly add it to the weekly round up. …

Minnehaha pannier long-term review
by bikedenton

I snagged one of these Minnehaha canvas utility panniers last year (on sale at Restoration Hardware – weird, right?) and have put it through daily rides since then. Minnehaha touts the “Utility without a utilitarian look”, which I think means it doesn’t look super sporty like…

Texas Custom Bike Show Oct 15-16th in Austin Texas
by The Announcer Guy        Biking In Dallas

If you missed NAHBS in Austin this year there’s still time to repent!  In less than a month the best handmade frame builders from Texas (also Oklahoma, Arkansas, & New Mexico) will gather in Austin Texas for the 4th Annual Texas Custom Bicycle Show. This year’s show has 24+ exhibitors and…

Recreational Sports Calendar & Sign-up Sheet – Sept. 28, 2011
San Antonio Express-News
Bicycling: Today, 8 a.m., Wheelers Senior Ride, 30 miles, Floore’s Country Store, Helotes. 210-643-0314.
Bicycling: Saturday, 8 a.m., Bullis County Park Ride, 21, 34, 48 and 66 miles, Bullis County Park. 210-862-6559. …

Friday Film Fun: Everyone needs cyclocross practice
by elliott        Austin on Two Wheels
This Sunday, we’ll be hosting another cyclocross skills session plus a hot laps practice. Why? Because everyone needs cyclocross practice.

As this film from the 2007 World Cyclocross Worlds shows, even the best racers in the world…

New Series: From pavement to dirt
by elliott        Austin on Two Wheels
If you have been reading this site long, you will know that I have a bias towards road riding and racing. This is partly due to the focus we’ve had on urban cycling and getting more people out of cars and on bikes. It is also based on how I got back onto a bike after over a decade off the bike. It’s finally time to find my dirty side. In a new weekly series, I will share my experience converting to knobby…

Texas Custom Bicycle Show looking for volunteer help
by elliott        Austin on Two Wheels
In a little over a month, a showcase of Texas bicycle framebuilders will descend on Austin for the 4th Annual Texas Custom Bicycle Show. This is a great chance to see the latest creations from Austin area and other Texas builders and based on the list of builders confirmed this will be the biggest show to date. For 2011, the show will…

Coming To North Dallas – Northaven Trail
by dickdavid        Bike Friendly Richardson
BFR friend, Jenny posted some interesting, north Dallas trail news in the Suburban Assault Facebook group:

The Northaven Trail Phase 1 will soon be under construction just south of us, in Dallas. Phase 1 will go from the White Rock Creek trail to the Dallas North Tollway. A couple of the amenities as designed are a water bottle filling station and a bike repair station. According to their site, they’ve already had their ground breaking ceremony back…

Clean Up The Trail Day – Northaven Trail Sept 10
by Christopher Curnutt        Biking in Dallas
From the Northaven Trail website:
Clean Up the Trail Day
Saturday, September 10
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Dealey Park – behind Dealey Montessori off of Royal Lane and Edgemere Road

As part of the “It’s My Park Day” event sponsored by the Dallas Park and Recreation Department, Friends of Northaven Trail invites neighbors and friends to join us in picking up trash along the Oncor easement between…

TRENDING: Paul hits the bike trail
By: CNN Political Producer Rachel Streitfeld
Lake Massabesic, New Hampshire (CNN) – Politicians often seek to portray youthful vigor, but at age 76 Congressman Ron Paul may have to work harder than others.

He showed Friday he’s up to the challenge.

Paul, who famously rides his bicycle for exercise throughout the sticky, sweltering summers in Houston, Texas, invited some New Hampshire staffers and reporters on an hour-long bike ride around…

Bicycle-riding pastor recycles for church building project
Bicycle-riding pastor recycles for house of worship building project
BY JENNIFER PREYSS – JLPREYSS@VICAD.COM

Pastor Johnny Moore is collecting recyclable metals (copper, steel, aluminum, tin, brass, iron, lead) to raise money for building his church, the Church of the Heart.

Surrounded by piles of metal furniture, broken and rusted appliances, beer cans strewn on the lawn and cat food cans placed neatly in plastic bins, Johnny Moore began to sing a gospel hymn. The 51-year-old self-professed…

Local alum reflects on charity ride to Alaska
By Chris Roark, croark@acnpapers.com
Elizabeth Peters experienced a lot of things this summer.

Like all Texans, she endured temperatures well into triple digits, but she also got to live through freezing temperatures, rain and snow.

The cooler weather was coupled with beautiful scenery, wildlife and a chance to raise money for a charitable cause, and Peters would say it was…

Area athletes prove true Triple Threats
by Anthony Wilson     www.gosanangelo.com
I’ve gotta brag, so please indulge me.

I have the toughest (and fittest) friends in town.

That was borne out last weekend in Wichita Falls during the hottest Hotter’N Hell 100 ever — 109 degrees! That did not, however, stop four Angelo athletes from completing what is surely one of Texas’ toughest endurance events — the Triple Threat challenge.

This year, the HHH celebrated its 30th anniversary. Wichita Falls’ annual bike ride draws approximately 15,000 cyclists from every corner of the country and the…

Big Cedar Wilderness Trail
by Shawn    Texas Mountain Bike Trails
Trail Head
5950 Eagle Ford Drive, Dallas, TX 75249, United States
Parking is next to the transformer station behind the church.
…Description
Big Cedar Wilderness Trail is the best trail in DFW and one of the top in the entire state. The terrain here is varied, going from smooth soft singletrack, to long sweeping descents, and finally some incredible Texas climbing. I sincerely hope you…

First T-Shirt Winner of the “Share your Hotter ‘n Hell bike ride experience”!
by WB admin        The Wheel Brothers
Congrats to Dick Nowell, who will receive one of our Wheelbrother T-Shirts, for submitting this write up about his first Hotter ‘n Hell Experience back in 1994!

A Rookie Bicyclist Attempting the Hotter ‘n Hell 100 in 1994
By Dick Nowell

In the spring of 1994 I decided that I would attempt the 100mi. ride at the HH100.  I had been a runner for quite a few years but my left knee had taken a beating and it was time to stop the pounding. I had read some stories…

Find a bike that best suits you
by San Angelo Standard Times
SAN ANGELO, Texas — One of the most common questions that I get from new cyclists is, “What type of bike should I buy?” That’s a great question, …

A2W hosts framebuilder roundtables at Texas Custom Bicycle Show …
by elliott
Saturday, the Texas Custom Bicycle Show will kick off at the Austin Music Hall, and Austin On Two Wheels will be adding a new program to the show this year with.

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 10/14/10 – 10/20/10 | Austin On …
from Austinontwowheels.org
After a relatively quiet fall, things are picking up event wise in October. There are a ridiculous amount of things going on this weekend and the weather should be perfect for riding your bike. Make sure to stop by the Texas Custom Bicycle Show and there are not one, but two cyclocross races this weekend (one at the TCBS so you can kill 2 bird with one stone!)

Here’s a quick run down of recommended events…