Driver hits Denton cyclist, cyclist ticketed
from Bike Denton
After completing an early morning 30 mile ride last Sunday, Southridge resident Alex Newton did not expect to get hit by a car, lectured by a responding police officer, and ticketed for failure-to-yield, all in his own neighborhood.

I had just stopped beside the neighborhood swimming pool on Woodbrook at Hollyhill and was about to cross Hollyhill on my way home. I do not remember seeing anyone while I was at the stop sign or when I started off into the intersection, but as I was getting clipped into my pedals…

Where is the nearest java joint?

Caffeine to Improve Performance in Sports
from Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
Caffeine preserves muscle sugar. The limiting factor in racing in any sport is the time that it takes to get enough oxygen into your muscles to burn food for energy, so anything that requires less oxygen allows you to race faster. Sugar stored in muscles, called glycogen, requires less oxygen than fat or protein. Anything that helps you keep sugar in muscles longer gives you greater endurance. …

Abilene to Colorado, just to prove he could
by Abilene Reporter-News
Many people had not seen a recumbent bicycle, so they were interested. Brett got a special favor from the workers with the Texas Department of …

Sunday morning RIDE! – Doin’ it french style… | Austin Texas …
from atxbs.com
That sport is, of course, grand tour bicycle racing, and the event is none other than the … This is a 25-30 mile ride over typical Central Texas terrain. …

Fund-raiser’s goal: High school mountain bike racing
By Pam LeBlanc | Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 10:03 AM
Mountain biking as a high school sport? I wish they’d had it when I was in school …

It could happen in Texas, if the Texas High School Cycling League wins its bid to become a project league of the National Interscholastic Cycling Association in 2011. If that happens, the organization plans to start a racing league for Texas high school students in spring 2012. …

The entry titled “Fund-raiser’s goal: High school mountain bike racing.”
by Austin 360 (blog)
It could happen in Texas, if the Texas High School Cycling League wins its bid to become a project league of the National Interscholastic Cycling …

This will not take place on this Saturday’s ride! (From Giro d’Italia and Graham Watson). I am watching this daily on channel 39.2 in Houston.

Dear Dr. Mirkin: Should average bicycle riders ride with their heads as low as possible, as racers do?
(from the May 16th Dr. Gabe Mirkin’s Fitness and Health e-Zine)
Probably not.  A study from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland shows that “aerodynamic position” (with the head down near the handlebars) causes bicycle riders to tire earlier when they ride fast (European Journal of Applied Physiology, March 2010 and January 2006).  Researchers compared how quickly cyclists tired during high-intensity cycling…

Best of H.S. Cycling: Vote Now Texas High School Cycling League …
by League Director
The end of the high school season has come and gone and our new (hopefully annual) end of season “Best of Texas High School Cycling League 2010 Survey” is ready for your votes. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/highschoolsurvey2010 …

Southern tier ride: Day 21: The first leg of Texas completed!
from www.crazyguyonabike.com
We have now completed the first leg of our traverse of Texas and are taking a rest day in Del Rio….which I haven’t even had a chance to explore yet. The next leg includes the “hill country of Texas” and the weather is threatening a week of thunderstorms, so Gary and I will be splitting up. There is a flatter route through San Antonio that will be quicker and suits Gary’s agenda better. I will head for the hills and find out how well my tent really works! Before leaving Alpine on Monday I shipped 5 lbs back home and now I feel much better…

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 5/13/10- 5/19/10 | Austin On Two …
by elliott
Weekly Thursday night road racing through October that takes place on the closed car-free driving course at the Driveway. Races include Cat 3/4 women’s and juniors race at 5:00, Cat 4/5 at 6:10, Cat 3/4 at 5:30, Pro/Cat 1/2/3 at 6:45 to choose from Races …. In Austin TX, we will start an eight-mile ride originating and ending on the Pfluger Bridge. This ride will last approximately one hour. You are riding with the rest of the world in this 8th annual memorial ride. …

Bike On with Your Lights On
by San Antonio Current (blog)
From the files of Obscure Safety Ordinances With Expensive Fines comes a new one unanimously passed by City Council on April 8. (If by ‘new,’ we mean ‘something that has been a part of the Texas Transportation Code since 1995,’ but that’s our edgy city council for you). The ordinance in question amends the city code to “require the proper use of bicycle lighting equipment when operating a bicycle at nighttime by incorporating language contained in the Texas State Transportation Code into the City Code.” What the Texas Transportation Code consider…

#17 Ronde von Manor: Race Report « Gene’s Blog
This is a race report of Ronde von Manor, a single-day race hosted by Velossimo Racing on the 27th of March. It’s been a while since I last posted, so my memory is kind of hazy with this one. My participation in this race was pretty much on a whim, especially since the Texas State collegiate race, which would have coincided with this race, was canceled the week before. This was the first USCF race…

New bike route could be almost as much fun to visit as Mount Rushmore
by Austin American-Statesman
The original plan was to build a bike route that would run from downtown out to the West Campus area of the University of Texas. You drivers might also note …

Tuesday Morning Ride Every week in the ATX | Austin Texas Bike Stuff
A good friend of mine started up a new weekly ride last Tuesday, and as it’s almost another Tuesday again here’s the dirt on what’s going down:

The Tuesday morning ride is for those of us that are tired of sleeping off our hangovers in the mornings…and seeing how some of us don’t have to work first thing in the morning, why not get on our bikes and simply ride? …

But why? « We Are Texas Baptists
by Joshua
I can’t answer for everyone on this ride, only myself. Last fall, I was faced with what one person called a “crisis of conscience” as Peruvian orphans were standing before me, around me and in my arms. Before support from the Texas …

SMU Cycling: Mineral Wells Stage Race
by Nathan Scot
Another wet weekend in North Texas, but Nicky did not let it faze him as he won both races on Saturday (the road race and the Time Trial). Frank had consistent finishes plus won a prime and 2nd in the KOM category to accrue enough …

And the ADVENTURE Continues: HOTTER N HELL 100 MILE BIKE RACE …
by Dave
Every August in the sweltering Texas Summer HEAT, there is the Hotter N Hell 100 mile Bike race in Wichita Falls Texas. Thousands upon thousands of cyclists descend upon the otherwise nondescript location to partake in this little bike race . … (keep your mind out of the gutter…I know most of you that read this and your mind just when off road! ) On Sunday, the day following the bike race, there is a 1/2 marathon trail race to go along with the weekend. …

Discovering America on 2 Wheels: Brazosport Bicycle Tour #1 …
by Wills on Wheels
This video is the 4th video giving a virtual tour of the Brazosport Bicycle Tour #1 offered by Discovering America on 2 Wheels. This tour takes place in Lake Jackson Tx part of the Brazosport Area. This video shows the route from …

San Antonio to El Paso Texas 2010
By LuAnn Johnson – (contact)
Lytle to Uvalde: Pathfinder’s Wrong Turn and the Ruins of D’Hanis
Wednesday March 10, 2010, 79 miles (127 km) – Total so far: 153 miles (246 km)
Pathfinder had calculated it to be a 70-mile ride from Lytle to Uvalde.
However, further down the highway, the surface of the back roads changed considerably. I could tell Pathfinder was unusually taken aback. I was not going to elaborate on a wrong turn that added six miles to our ride before we even got to Highway 90 near Hondo. I had after all, added a few more miles in my determination to see the ruins of Old D’Hanis. …

MSU Weekend Texas  High School Cycling League: The Home of High …
by League Director
A successful although wet and rainy weekend of racing in Wichita Falls. Riders lined up in steady rain to start high school cycling’s first-ever street sprints. The sprints were hotly contested by all. …

Hill Country Ride for AIDS – it’s not about me
by Burnt Orange Report
The Hill Country Ride for AIDS is next Saturday. I’ve raised way more than the minimum, so I’m writing a diary about the Ride in general, and ask for donations for others. This ride is full of amazing, wonderful, beautiful people. Come with me below the fold & see…

One-day Traffic Skills 101 cycling course on April 25th
The new 1-day version of the Traffic Skills 101 course will be taught in North Dallas on April 25, 2010. This is a great way to learn how to ride safely and comfortably on city streets… or just about anywhere!

* Date: April 25, 2010
* Time: 9 AM
* Location: Jewish Community Center, 7900 Northaven Road, Dallas , TX 75087
* Registration Fee: $50.00
* Description:
o The classroom portion of this course is taken online, whenever it is convenient for you, but must be completed by April 23, 2010. Instructions for completing the online portion will be as soon as we receive your registration.
o The on-bike skills portion of the course (parking lot drills and road cycling) will be conducted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 by League Certified Instructors. We will ride to a lunch spot.
* Required equipment: helmet, bicycle, water bottle and water, spare tube, tire levers, lunch money.
Register at the BikeDFW web site

Army Live » Ride to Recovery
by ashmccall
Servicemembers and volunteers joined wounded warriors on a bike ride that took them from Austin, Texas, to Fort Hood, Texas, during the “Ride 2 Recovery” bike challenge. Ride 2 Recovery encourages the mental and physical rehabilitation …

Wild Ed’s Texas Outdoors: A Bicycle for Viewing and Hunting Wildlife
by Wild Ed
Later, I finally figured out that I could ride the bike around the deer lease and see much more game that if I went in a truck because of the noise level. I soon started riding my bike to and from the deer stand and would have deer come …

Ruth and Mary Jo’s Cycling Adventure: Day 22, Wimberley to Austin …
by Mary Jo and Ruth
Today was a day of wrong turns (bonus miles.) We started after a fabulous breakfast of blueberry pancakes. We rode in a drizzle all morning. After an hour we made a wrong turn and realized that we were riding into the small town of Driftwood instead of Buda. With our maps and trusty smart phones…

MSU Races (Including Street Sprints) Up Next Texas High School …
by League Director
Competition is strong after a successful day of racing at Baylor. Racers are trading off wins with no dominate racer running away with all the wins. The team competition for 2nd and beyond is also fierce as Amarillo ISD’s balanced …

Veterans’ bicycle  ride to pass through San Marcos
by The San Marcos Mercury
About 140 war veterans and their supporters have registered to participate in the second annual Ride 2 Recover Texas Challenge next Tuesday.

The local community is invited to venture out to Embassy Suites and the San Marcos Conference Center on April 6 to give them a San Marcos-style welcome on their first over-night stop on their six-day, 350-mile bicycle ride from San Antonio to Arlington. …

Baylor Races Up Next Texas High School Cycling League: The Home …
by League Director
After the first two weekends of the Texas High School Cycling League spring race series we have seen 29 different schools or school districts represented from across the state of Texas and even including Arkansas. …

‘Tour Dallas’ a cycling event for the whole family! | The Wheel …
by admin
A north Texas celebrity

We caught up with local biking celebrity ‘Bikin Mike’,  who is the founder and ‘brains’ behind the ‘Tour Dallas’ event.  It’s important to note that it’s ‘Tour Dallas’ which is something you DO and not ‘Tour of Dallas’ a thing or an event.

He was gracious enough, to let us bounce off a few questions of him:

How did the ‘Tour’ come into existence and what goal are your trying to accomplish?

I felt like there were no bike rides for the casual cyclist. 80% of all bikes sold…

Injured Veterans to Set off on 2nd Annual Texas Challenge
SAN ANTONIO, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–More than 100 injured veterans and their supporters will set off across Texas on April 6, starting the six-day, 350-mile Ride 2 Recovery Texas Challenge. The event is sponsored by UnitedHealthcare. Ride 2 Recovery supports indoor Spinning® Recovery Labs and outdoor cycling programs at Military and VA locations around the U.S., aiding the rehabilitation and recovery efforts of the injured veterans. …

The Road to California
By Jan Gagliano
Day 56 – Rest day in Schulenburg, Texas: Let’s go to Schulenburg, Texas – me and Irene and the bikes . . .
Friday March 26, 2010
This has been a good day. The Schulenburg RV park is not scenic. It’s fairly close quarters, just south of I-10 and right next to Hwy. 77 – but it’s a good place. We are surrounded by RV’s, which we’ve learned can be a desirable thing. Most people retreat inside at night and it’s peaceful. The toilets, showers and laundry are mostly ours and beautifully clean. The weather was still chilly last night – in the mid-40′s, but the sleeping wasn’t too bad. Today was a beautiful sunny day in the 70′s. …

Pace Bend Race (Mountain Bike). -  03-29-2010
from www.texasphotoforum.com
So, I helped out with a race over the weekend. Helped fill water bottles on day, the race day set out to get some pictures. Few things I learned. Be sure to apply sunblock. I did but it was already after I noticed I was getting a little burned. …

After only a few weeks, it’s clear peopleforbikes.org has hit on something pretty powerful.

So far, more than 6,500 people have signed our pledge in support of biking — and our numbers keep growing every hour. Riders across the country are showing that Americans of all walks of life think that bicycling is important and warrants further support from our leaders.

We’ve got big plans to build this movement, but we also know the best ideas will come from riders like you. As one of the first people to sign the pledge, your opinion on how we shape the future of peopleforbikes.org is important to us.

Dr. Gabe Mirkin’s Fitness and Health E-Zine
April 4, 2010
Benefits of High-Intensity Interval Training.
To be competitive, all athletes must train very intensely some of the time.  New research from McMaster University in Canada shows that short term, high-intensity interval training  on a bike can also provide you with all the health and fitness benefits of exercising less intensely for a much longer period of time (The Journal of Physiology, March 2010).  Subjects used a standard stationary bicycle and performed a workout of ten 1-minute sprints with a 1-minute rest between each at 95 percent of their maximal…

Trinity Bicycles to the Rescue
from Rat Trap Press
A few days ago I mentioned that bloggers, and cross country bike tourists Russ Rocca and Laura Crawford (The Path Less Pedaled and The Epicurean Cyclist) will be riding into Fort Worth sometime in late March or early April. They have been doing photo and video presentations all along their route and are interested in doing one here. After some brainstorming about venues with the BABBLE folks I decided to contact Trinity Bicycles and see if they would be interested in teaming up. …

Learn how to ride safely and effectively on city streets
from Bike DFW
BikeDFW is offering a new one day version of the the Traffic Skills 101 cycling course on March 21, 2010 in North Dallas. The new format includes online instruction (taken at your convenience) and 5 hours of on-bike parking lot drills and riding (to lunch) with Certified Cycling Instructors on city streets. For more information and registration, see the Current Courses section of the BikeDFW web site. …

Finished Baytown Gator 100k
from Life on a Baron
Fast flat fun ride southeast of Houston, spent most of it with the front group swapping spots.
61.5 miles
3 hours 5 minutes
20.2 mph average

rbent Forum – Baytown Gator 100k
Baytown Gator 100k. Yesterday at 9:21pm … If you can make it to Houston you must do this ride, the only hill was over the Fred Hartman cable bridge, …

To Be a Puddle: New Bicycles, Brevets, and such
by Puddle
After thinking that I was not going to have my new bicycle for Hell Week, I was pleasantly surprised to get a call on Tuesday that it was completed. I arranged to take off work on Friday so my husband and I could make the trip to Tennessee. I am excited as we head out. … I worry that the guys rode the course so much faster than we did and I know they are going to hurt me badly in Texas, but I convince myself that we will adapt as we have in previous years. …

GREASE MONKEY WIPES: Jack’s First Tri
by Tim
I was, after all, fresh off a 1600 meter run victory and bronze in the 3200 at the Texas High School Championship Relays. How hard could a little tri be? I thought I knew all there was to know about swimming, biking, and running. …

San Marcos American Legion Post 144 to host cyclists April 6 – San …
from www.myhosttoday.com
San Marcos — San Marcos American Legion Post 144 will host a dinner for the men and women participating in the “Ride 2 Recovery” bicycle ride’s second annual Texas Challenge Tuesday, April 6, at 6 p.m. at the San Marcos Conference …

Coming Back Out of The Saddle With Armstrong: Andrew Armstrong’s …
by Andrew
After three weeks pretty much off and out with the crud… or sinus infection – bronchitis – sinus infection triple whammy, I started training again the second half of this week.  My last day of doing any hard riding or working out was on Sunday, February 7th, and after 24 days without intensity due to resting or just putzing around on easy rides for one to just under two hours I did a workout…

One last West Texas post … Marathon | The Path Less Pedaled
by Laura
After a couple of delightful days in Big Bend National Park, we began the long ride north to Marathon. Normally, the winds would have been at our backs. But, a storm decided to blow in, and we crazily decided to just push through. (Note to self: The next time you wake up to howling winds, just go back to sleep!) After spending a night at Stilwell Ranch, we slogged 45 very long miles…

22nd Annual Beauty and Beast Bicycle Tour
by Jacksonville Daily Progress
The event is expecting over 700 cyclists and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the East Texas Food Bank. The Tour will be Saturday, March 20 beginning …

Discovering America on 2 Wheels: Big thicket Super 8 in Kountze Tx
by Wills on Wheels
I’m at the northernmost point of my 400-mile Bicycle Tour through Southeast Texas and am currently at the Big Thicket Super 8 in Kountze Tx. I posted a video to YouTube on the Big Thicket Super 8. …

McKinney Velo Club: Lago Day Two & Texas Tech HS Races
by Doc
Although Justin, a McKinney High sophomore, is not quite a year into his bicycle racing career, he raced like a true veteran in men’s HS B division races in Lubbock. On Saturday, Justin won the opening road race and then took 2nd in the …

Life, Language, and Bicycling.: Let the races (and disease) begin.
by Adraper
So I had my first collegiate bicycle race last weekend and it was a lot of fun. It was in Lubbock, Texas tech hosted. It was very well organized, and everything but the road race was extremely technical. That included a time trial and …

Rise Across Texas Challenge – Day 2 « ReOverThinking
by kipmcc

Rick Perry, The Governor of Texas, joined us for the entire ride today (see picture above). Two thoughts: Lesson learned: whenever possible, ride with the Governor…the police escort rocks; The Gov can ride for real (wish I could say the …

Bicyclists Will Pedal 850 Miles Across Texas in the Rise Across …
by PR Newswire
Motivated by the physical challenge and the desire to see Texas from the seat of a bike, the cyclists are driven even more by the mission of the ride: to raise funds for the nonprofit Rise Schools of Texas. …

Cycling Diary: Wind Wind go Away
by Cycling Diary
Another gorgeous day in North Texas with the exception of the south wind. I waited for the group right by my house. It is very exciting to see them come up the road knowing I will be jumping into the pack. Talked with Steve a bit and …

Cyclists  Pedal Toward Five-Million-Dollar Goal in Rise Across …
from www.competitor.com
Cyclists will ride across Texas, from east to west, to raise money for Rise Schools. Photo: Courtesy Rise Across Texas

Texas is big. How big? You could drive from Texarkana in northeast Texas to Chicago, Illinois on the shores of the Great Lakes in about the same time it would take you to get from Texarkana to El Paso, on Texas’ southwestern corner.

So when organizers designed the Rise Across Texas Challenge bike ride, they naturally had to give it Texas-sized dimensions. Starting Saturday, March 6 in the east Texas town of Orange…

Pedal Pushers: Pedal Thru the Pines
by Roy and Christine
Our bike tour season has started, and to jump start the season, Pedal Thru the Pines at Bastrop, Texas is an excellent place to begin. Pedal Thru the Pines has all of our expectations of a good ride: scenery, plenty of hills, excellent support, and several choices of ride distances.

This year marked the 8th annual ride in support of the Family Crisis Center of Bastrop. As implied, the tour has plenty of volunteers; excellent support from the Police, Sheriff, and Fire Departments; and attentive ride marshals and SAG trucks. …

The B-log: Piece #2
by PunchintheCRUX
Yesterday was a good mountain bike ride and I discovered some crazy trails at Memorial, borderline unrideable but I tried anyways. Maybe it would be a good paydirt effort to get them into shape. While I was out riding Lauren chopped 9 inches of her hair off and she’s gonna donate it to Locks of Love. …

Team San Angelo: Spring is almost here!
by Bill Cullins
…I’ve seen a lot more folks riding Burma Road over the past few weeks. For those of you new to San Angelo, Burma is a favorite local ride that has a number of short but moderately steep hills. It’s a great natural interval session … work the up hills hard and then recover on the descents. Most people start their Burma ride in or at the edge of San Angelo, and ride Arden Road out west of town until they reach the Burma turn off. Here’s a link to the Burma route, although the ride can be longer or shorter…

Problems Persist for Pedal-Pushers
by NBC Dallas-Fort Worth
President of the Lockheed Martin Recreation Association (LMRA) Bicycle Club Jim Wilson said we can tell how far behind DFW is from being bike-friendly by …

Perry ‘tentatively’ in Orange Saturday
by TheRecordLive.com
Orange, selected as the starting point of a 15-day bicycle ride to raise funds for Rise Schools, which serve children with and without special needs, may have a special guest Saturday.

A spokeswoman with the Vollmer public relations group tells The Record Newspapers that Gov. Rick Perry is scheduled to take part in the first leg of the ride, which begins at 9 a.m. at Ochiltree-Inman Park. …

Please Be Kind to Cyclists ride
by Austin 360 (blog)
Nearly four years ago, Gay Simmons-Posey was struck and killed by a hit-and-run motorist while riding her bicycle on Loop 360. She was 40 at the time, and training for the BP MS 150 Bike Tour from Houston to Austin.

At 8 a.m. next Saturday, Austin cyclists will gather for a ride to honor her and others killed while biking on area roads. The third annual Please Be Kind to Cyclists ride starts at 8 a.m. March 13 in the parking lot of Pure Austin gym, 907 W. Fifth St. …

Boswell Graduate to Ride 180 Miles for MS | Saginaw Texas
by Admin
Trey Lyon, a 2007 Boswell HS graduate and junior at Texas A&M will be riding his bicycle 180 miles from Houston to Austin on April 17 to benefit Multiple Sclerosis research. Please see his page, make a donation and help support a good …

‘Riding pretty’ on a bicycle « Jim’s Bike Blog
by jimsbikeblog
The tweed ride contagion crept into North Texas without my notice. Since cyclists in London staged the first Tweed Run on Jan. 24, 2009, the fad of dressing up in tweed and riding around on vintage velocipedes has spread like swine flu …

News from our National Parks MARCH 2010 « News Blog | Travel …
by EditorialStaff
(Texas) — On March 27, visitors to the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park can go on a bicycle ride originating and ending on the LBJ Ranch. Participants may choose from a variety of routes that span seven distances from the …

DA2W – Big Thicket National Preserve – Kountze
from www.youtube.com  01:29
Discovering America on 2 Wheels – This video was shot in Big Thicket National Preserve on the Kirby Nature Trail in the Turkey Creek Unit. The Big …

How cute!!! « Connie’s Bike MS: Sam’s Club 2010 Ride Blog
by connie98
The Sunday morning at The Bicycle Path is too!! We’d love to see you there! And, as always, I will be shooting cyclists in action (with the camera, that is!). See links below for both venue locations! Saturday: Corinth Cycling 8:00 a.m. …

Don’t get caught on broom wagon — learn cycling lingo
by San Angelo Standard Times
By Bill Cullins SAN ANGELO, Texas — Every sport has its own unique language, and cycling is no exception. A typical example of a conversation might go like …

Pedal Pushers: Beginners Page # 14 CompuTrainer Chapter 5
by Roy and Christine
Wednesday, when we went into Randy’s CompuTrainer room, Jack Lomax was still working out. Jack was on that 62 mile course with a constant 3% grade, and he was about to finish a grueling 1 1/2 hour ride. I know how tough it is as Randy had Christine and me do that one once. I think I went about 9 miles in an hour session. Jack, on the other hand, was over 18 miles…

Dallas area Races Up Next: Register Now Texas High School …
by League Director
One week away from the Dallas area High School Race Weekend on March 13th and 14th in Aubrey, Denton, and Celina. Pre-registration is encouraged and is cheaper so be sure to do that now, before it’s too late. Saturday, March 13th …

Jack and Adam’s Bicycles: Jack’s First Tri
by Skeese Greets
As people started to arrive, I noticed the differences between my rusty old mountain bike and some of their $2000 race machines. My confidence, however, was not crushed; I was still sure I could win. After racking my bike, I headed over to the pool area where …

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events 3/4 – 3/10 | Austin On Two Wheels
It should be a beautiful next couple days to get out and ride before rain rolls into town on Sunday. There’s lots of fun events going on this weekend including the first charity ride of the season, Pedal Thru the Pines, what will probably be the biggest Thursday Night Social Ride in months tonight (with training before hand for potential ride leaders) and the hot, hot, hot release party on Sunday for The Dropout’s third issue featuring Austin pinups on bikes. If you don’t get enough titillation on Sunday, the Bike Porn film festival will be making a stop in Austin on Wednesday night.

Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week…

Cyclists Gearing Up For 26th Annual BP MS 150 From Katy Area To …
by John Pape
Cyclists are gearing up for the 26th Annual BP MS 150 benefitting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society: Lone Star and, once again this year, the three Houston-area starting points will all be in the Katy area.

RIDING FOR A CURE – Cyclists make their way through downtown La Grange headed to Austin during last year’s BP MS 150. This year’s ride will take place April 17-18.

This year’s ride will be April 17 – 18 and will begin at sunrise at Rhodes Stadium in Katy; Omni Houston Hotel Westside, 13210 Katy Freeway and Waller High School Stadium, 20735 Stokes Rd. in Waller. …

Old Fat Man Adventures: Near Disaster
by Barney (The Old Fat Man)
Ever since the first time my eyes saw the Aransas Wildlife Refuge road, it has been on my list of places to ride a bicycle. This ride was accomplished today as the new Sneaky’s first full performance. … About 97% of the mosquitoes would have to die off to have the area deserve a “bad” rating. Texas coastal mosquitoes drink DEET for a breakfast juice. My guess is this was a once in a lifetime ride for me. One fellow joked about my blood donor shirt must mean for the …

Day 28: San Carlos, Texas, to Austin, Texas « Just Another Bike …
by brendanpleonard
At about 1:30 p.m. today, I turned from Barton Springs Road onto Congress Avenue in Austin, got a face full of tall buildings and was riding in 6 lanes of traffic. I felt like I was home in Denver again, complete with some fashionable dude on a fixie riding towards me.

I felt like a sailor pulling into port, after 14 straight days of riding, and looking forward to a rest day in Austin tomorrow (except, of course, I have to find someone to look at, and possibly replace my bottom bracket since it’s making noise). …

The Austin Chronicles: First Bike Ride as a Austin Resident
by Cára
Wednesday, March 3rd 2010: my bike and I made our first appearance as an Austin residents. It was something I had been thinking about doing for a very long time, well since I did my first LiveStrong Challenge 4 years ago. I remember riding around Austin, thinking about what a neat town it was and wondered what it would be like to live here. Now, here I am living in Austin for one month and I finally had the courage to take my bike out for a spin. …

Blue Bike Perimeter Ride: February 26, to Langtry, TX: Road Angels
By Nancy Wright
… I pulled up to a cafe in Comstock. It was kind of a sad little place, with a local woman finishing her meal and complaining constantly about everything imagineable. The two owners sat at another table, chain smoking. It was a little depressing, but I needed to eat. They had decent BBQ sandwiches.

Once I left the cafe, I knew I had to make a choice. It would be 30 miles to Langtry, the next town where I was supposed to stay. With this wind, I calculated that I wouldn’t get there before dark. I was to stay…

Results From Weekend 1: Tech Race Texas High School Cycling …
by League Director

This link has the table with the results.

Our West Texas Adventure | The Path Less Pedaled
by Laura
You will hurt if you climb this road on a bicycle, but it will be absolutely worth it when you get to the top and have the chance to experience this amazing spot. Camping is $14 per night, and there is drinking water and a sky full of …

Massive turnout by cycling community at Third Nueces Street Bike Boulevard Open House
Opposition to Bike Boulevard shown to be loud but not deep
In the largest turnout to date, the City of Austin held its third and final open house on a proposal for Austin’s first bicycle boulevard on Nueces Street downtown. City staff estimated a total of 500 people attended the meeting while over 300 of these attendees came out in support of the League of Bicycling Voters proposal for the facility. …

The Endeavors of Payson McElveen: Warda Race Report

by Payson McElveen
The rest of Team Bicycle Sport Shop didn’t do too shabby either, with Matt Gordon finishing 2nd, Brian Kuehl in 10th, and strong showings and good starts to the season for our other Pro/Cat 1 racers. Freddy Moore was 3rd in Cat 1 40-49 and Chris … Here’s a wonderfully flattering picture of me that close friend Ian Fleming took… and of course felt the need to post on the General Texas racing forum that 1000s of people read. Sweet. Had to do a bit of explaining on this …

Long road ahead . . . « Texas Tailwind
by Ben
Target the State TT championships, defend my Texas Time Trial Championship and do the State Championship road race and any other new races that pop-up on the calendar and look interesting. Should also have some interesting stuff soon to …

Day 26: Uvalde, Texas, to San Antonio « Just Another Bike Ride  …
by brendanpleonard
Guy outside gas station in Uvalde this morning: Where y’all headed? Me: Florida. Guy: Yeah? Me: Yeah, it’s a long ride. Guy: I can’t believe that big guy over there can even ride a bicycle! Look how tall he is! …

Day 27 San Antonio to San Marcos Texas « Just Another Bike Ride  …
by brendanpleonard
There is a story about this bike ride probably several of them maybe about America’s small towns maybe about old friends maybe about two kids who grew up in …

Wednesday – Hump Day! « Connie’s Bike MS: Sam’s Club 2010 Ride Blog
by connie98
SO, I was back to the MS ride and upcoming t-shirt rallies. I was ECSTATIC to hear “yeahs!” when I announced the Bike MS ride last night. It turns out I had members from Team Texas Tough and Team Bikemart in my classes. …

My Knee is Killing Me! « Cycling
by admin
I’ve already decided to skip Pedal Thru the Pines, a wonderful hilly ride through some state parks near Bastrop, Texas this weekend. It would kill me to miss more. So for now, Bike Noob is out of the saddle. I’m pretty grumpy, …

Council OKs safe-passing ordinance
from www.mysanantonio.com
San Antonio’s new rules say drivers must, when possible, change lanes when passing a cyclist.

Bicyclist Ryan Wohlrabe stood in front of the City Council on Thursday, his arm in a sling tucked inside his flannel shirt.

Riding south on Silicon Drive two weeks ago, he was hit by a car as he pedaled through the intersection at De Zavala Road. The northbound driver never saw him. …

A fellow rider for the Jalapeno 100.

What a Week! « Connie’s Bike MS: Sam’s Club 2010 Ride Blog
by connie98
I have a ride in South Texas on the 13th – Jalapeno 100. This ride is something else. The last time I participated in this ride was two years ago. It’s a 50 mile (with other routes of 100 and 63 miles) out and back route. …

San Antonio Cycling Club: Traditional AfterRide Meal
by Pedro
We are one of the newest bicycle clubs in San Antonio Texas. If you would like to ride with a club that focuses on bicycling only and has rides for everyone, come join us. Tired of riding alone? It is safer to ride in a group and much …

Texas Tech Race  Info Now Available! Texas High School Cycling …
by League Director
Check out the race flier with all the key information here. And go to the Race Series page (here) for other links about this and upcoming races whose links will be added as soon as I get them and can upload them. -andrew- …

The Accidental Cyclist: Zentriathlon Base Camp 2009: My View
by Dawn
He’d never ridden in central Texas before past cows or horses while I can barely imagine riding in Malibu. Rich emits solid calm strength. He is a wonderful riding. I hope I get to ride with him again. …. The road bike: a most beauteous Bianchi Dama Elle. The Mountain bike: a Schwinn hardtail I picked up for $30.00. I recently attended a triathlon base training camp and this is motivating lifestyle changes. Happy, single, red-headed, dharma friend sharing my home with a …