Triple Eight recalls 30,000 kid helmets
Bicycle Retailer & Industry News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BRAIN)—Triple Eight Distribution is working with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to recall more than 30,000 kids helmets that do not comply with CPSC safety regulations.

The helmets were sold under the Little Tricky, Triple 8 and Sector 9 brands in bike and sports store and other outlets between August 2006 and November 2011. …

Loving the Commute: Edition #2
by Darryl
This is Edition two of a series on bicycle commuting by guest contributor, Aaron Madrid. These posts are all about Aaron’s experiences as a newcomer to commuting, and he’s here to share it with you.  We’re hoping this series will encourage you to become a commuter yourself?  Be sure to check out Loving the Commute: Edition #1 as well.

Loving the Commute: An Interview With Mike Kumlin
by Aaron Madrid
Mike Kumlin is a New England resident that I met several years ago at my first New York Comic Con. We became friends thanks to twitter and other various social networking sites and eventually he gave me my first opportunity to try on my writing legs. Since then we have stayed pretty close. Mike’s decision to get off the couch and get back in shape was one that inspired me to do the same. Mike’s advice was invaluable when I got…

The first one about the water bottle freezing is foreign to me but I guess that could happen somewhere in Texas.

10 Worst Mistakes to Make Winter Riding
by Singletrack.com
We’ve all done it: overestimated the temperature outside, hammered up a climb in the cold only to freeze in our own sweat on the descent, put on that extra pair of socks in an attempt to keep feet warm only to have all blood circulation cut off from the tight fit, accidentally stayed out after the sun had dipped below the horizon. There are hundreds of ways to mess up a winter ride with more dire consequences in the winter than the summer.

There are a few classic mistakes, that when avoided, can greatly enhance a winter riding experience. This is by no means an exhaustive list of things that can go wrong, and each point has a dozen variations, but the next…

College Active Transportation Safety
by donna@biketexas.org (Donna Hoffman)
BikeTexas’ College Active Transportation Safety CATS Course

Texas colleges and universities are promoting walking and cycling. They are solving parking problems, accommodating economic abilities, addressing sustainability and air quality concerns, and encouraging active, safe and healthy lifestyles for students, faculty, staff, and visitors.

Texas has the third highest number of annual bicyclist fatalities in the U.S.  The majority (70%) of those fatalities occurred in urban areas.  College students moving into urban areas to begin post-secondary studies are more economically and socially inclined to walk or cycle – some of them for the first time and…

This has past but I wanted to recognize the event.

Celebrate the Fort Worth Avenue Bike Lane Fundraising Campaign! Friday Jan 6
by The Announcer Guy
It just goes to show you that public and private sector partnerships can make things happen. Hopefully this effort will become a blueprint for others that want to see cycling improvements in their own neighborhoods. …

Dear Angry Bearded Man …
By Pam LeBlanc        Fit City
I hope your day gets better.

It can’t be pleasant starting your day (a Friday, for goodness sake!) by shouting obscenities at a couple of folks riding their bikes along Winsted Lane.

I know, I know. It was 6:30 a.m. and you hadn’t had your coffee yet. Maybe your girlfriend kicked you out of bed. Maybe you were even late to work.

That might explain why you roared south on Winsted in your late model car, traveling well above the speed limit. …

Early regiment got in gear with trek
By Bill Cullins            San Angelo Standard-Times
Do you think you’re a strong cyclist, able to ride long distances in harsh conditions over rough terrain? Could you do a long bike tour carrying camping equipment and food on your bike?

If so, try replicating the ride that a group of Army soldiers in the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps did in June and July 1897.

As part of a “field test” to determine the effectiveness of bicycles for transporting infantry troops long distances, this group of hardy cyclists rode, pushed and carried…

Biking community pushes for safer roads

AMARILLO, Texas – On the heels of a tragic incident, Amarillo’s biking community continues to push for safer roads.

46-year-old David Isom and 47-year-old Anna Isom of Amarillo were riding their bikes together Thursday when a car struck them, claiming David’s life and leaving Anna hospitalized at Northwest Texas Healthcare, where she remains in critical condition.

Amarillo’s Share The Road chapter president, Kenneth Graham, says it is the fourth fatal…

NICA High School Cycling News Round-up
By: Cycling News
…In 2012, three new leagues will each run a race series: Minnesota, Texas and Utah. This rapid growth is expected to double the number of student athletes to more than 2,000 overall. NICA plans 32 races in 2012, 21 camps for student athletes, an expected 220 teams, and an expected 690,000 hours of student athlete participation. …

Charlie writes “
Old Tascosa Cycling Club
Yesterday was another sad day for bicyclers in our area. I happened to ride upon the accident and saw firsthand just how tragic an accident like this can be. I woke up this morning thinking about what we can do as a club to make our area more bicycle friendly. A few suggestions are: have more frequent meetings with programs, outreach to local civic clubs to provide speakers for club meetings, try to get to speak at small towns along our regular bicycling routes so that we can communicate to the farmers and ranchers who we share the secondary roads with. The terrible accident yesterday won’t stop the national trend of having more and more bicyclers on the nation’s roadway. OTC will continue to grow and we need to grow our programs to meet the needs of our membership. We’re about to be put on the map as Adventure Cycling completes the Route 66 bicycle route mapping. By next summer, we should start seeing “thousands” of bicyclers coming through the Panhandle on the Route 66 tour. This means the…

Ride Report for Day 4 of the Rapha Turkey Takeoff Challenge on Strava – AKA “The Marauding Minivan”
Ready for Plan B
A Normal Guy’s Journey To Plant-Based Cyclist
November 27th, 2011
Readyforplanb.com ride report for Day 4 of the Rapha Turkey Takeoff Challenge on Strava.
On the final day of the Rapha Turkey Takeoff Challenge on Strava I was greeted with temps in the thirties and the wind blowing over twenty miles per hour.  With those winds Ben and I decided we would do a leisurely tour around Dallas and enjoy the ride rather than heading out to the country and just banging out the miles.  It turned out to be a great call.

We rolled down the Santa Fe Trail and cut through a very quiet down town, enjoying the wide open streets cutting through the high-rises.  The Christmas decorations were already up and the tourists were out by the Dealey Plaza.  Still, we both laughed at how amazing it…

I Bike Richardson – Mike Freiberger
by dickdavid
It’s time for another installment of the I Bike Richardson series, where we put a face on Richardson cyclists. We’d like to introduce, Mike Freiberger. He took the time to answer a few questions about biking. Enjoy:

Name:
Mike Freiberger
dorba.org: commie-forum
How long have you been riding?
I moved to Allen in 2003 and wanted to bicycle commute to the Richardson office, but never could find a route I was comfortable riding.  In Spring 2007, I talked to a coworker (thanks Bob M!) here at the Verizon Richardson campus, and we sorted out a route for my bicycle commute.  Since January 2008, I’ve logged over 12,000 miles…

Seen at the Bike Friendly Richardson Black Friday Ride
by Christopher Curnutt            Biking in Dallas

I’m a bit behind updating things around these parts, so here goes…Bike Friendly Richardson hosted their 3rd annual Black Friday Ride which was a nice alternative to getting creamed at your local Walmart. We meandered through mostly residential neighborhoods within Richardson and then ate at the Twisted Root…

Texas High School Bike Racing League
McKinney Velo Club

McKinney Velo members Justin Hicks (pictured here) and Austin McCown are among hundreds of Texas high school bike racers who are gearing up for the 2012 Texas high school racing season.

High School boys road racing has two categories: B races for Beginner/Intermediate racers, and A races for Advanced racers. The Texas H S League also has a separate category for girls. Texas H S…

Winter Texan bikes almost 1,300 miles to get back to Valley
Zack Quaintance                The Monitor

As a child in Nebraska, Steve Vandenberg had 11 siblings and a mother who did not drive.

He pedaled all over Omaha. He rode to school, he biked to the store, hauling home small items for his immobile mother. Vandenberg, who is now 57, had inadvertently begun training for Sept. 29, 2011.

On that day, he left home on his bicycle. During the next 16 days, he pedaled 1,295 miles. He rode all the way from his front door in Omaha to his winter home in Edinburg, averaging about…

Texas 4000 Benefit Tonight [Show Preview]
austinist.com
Ever fathomed riding your bike from Austin to Anchorage, Alaska? Us neither, but every June a group of UT students make the journey with the noble goal of raising money for cancer research. Traversing over 4500 miles over three months, 50 brave souls share information and give hope to towns throughout America and Canada while they ride. Tonight, the Texas 4000 for Cancer, a non-profit organization at UT, seeks to raise money for the cause with a quartet of excellent bands.

Shakey Graves tops off the event with his talented one-man-band act. Alejandro Rose-Garcia, a talented Texan currently living in LA, has cultivated an enthusiastic following after releasing his debut album Roll the Bones. Available for streaming and…

As In the Tour De BBQ Days, I’m Doing a Quick Check in today.
by Justin             The Plano Cyclist
I hope you have enjoyed the last two days of questionably good content in the blog, but I’m afraid that I have some bad news to report. I was injured in an epic bike battle over Thanksgiving weekend, and I hurt my wrist enough to prevent me from either riding or wrenching for a few more days. I had put some articles and reviews in the hopper, hoping to get ahead, but I ended up waiting for parts anyway, so I have come to a dead stop, bicycle wise.

I did sell my Suteki for my asking price (which was a bargain) to some happy cyclist that had just discovered “skinny tire vintage bikes”, moved to Uptown, and decided that he needed one. He told me that no matter what he looked at, he kept coming back to this bike – even…

El Paso Bicycle Club Ride
Sunday, September 18
Lower Valley Ride
Description:     Meet at Cotton Eyed Joe’s Restaurant at I-10 Clint exit. Ride through the farmlands around Clint, Fabens and San Eli and stop at the historic square in San Eli before returning. 35 moderately paced miles. Breakfast after at Cotton Eyed Joe’s. Jim Weaver, 775-9757.

San Antonio Wheelmen Rides
Saturday, September 10:  Boerne “Is this the last hill?” Ride
Sunday, September 11:  Woman Hollering Creek Ride
Saturday, September 17:  La Vernia Wild West Hammerfest Ride
Sunday, September 18:  Comal Elementary Ride
Saturday, September 24:  Cibolo Ride
Sunday, September 25:  Comfort-Ladybird Loop Ride
Saturday, November 12:  Soldier Ride San Antonio

Families of hit-and-run victims wait for answers in anguish
by Adriana M. Chávez \ El Paso Times
Months after a motorist struck and killed bicyclist Heinz Duerkop, his neighbors scoured streets and driveways looking for the motorist’s vehicle.

They looked at cars in parking lots and driveways, inspecting every white or light-colored vehicle, looking for some kind of clue: a blood stain, a dented fender, any type of damage that may have been caused by hitting Duerkop’s bike. …

FWBA Ride List
Beginners and Casual Ride
Saturday, September 10, 2011 8:00 am
Saturday, September 17, 2011 8:00 am
Saturday, September 24, 2011 8:00 am
Art’s Park and Trail Head – Go south on Winscott to Memorial Oak. Trail Head is at the end of the road. Cost: 1 dollar for entrance to the State Park. Distance: up to 20 miles all on trails and park roads. Ride will normally be from Trail Head up thru Benbrook Lake Park to HI 377 and back. This is…

According to the article below there were an estimated 16,000 bikers at the Hotter’n Hell Hundred this year.

At 109 degrees, bike ride lives up to its name
The Norman Transcript
WICHITA FALLS, Texas — The trickle of brown water moving under the bridge didn’t do justice to the name Red River on the elevated highway sign above it. Rivers are deep and wide. This was shallow and slow. It was too thick to drink and too thin to plow.

I shouldn’t have been surprised. This area has lacked rain for months, receiving only three inches in a year that should have brought more than 20. A local rancher said the last good rain was in…

Mountain Bike Race Series
by League Director in News
Season two of the Texas High School Cycling League Mountain Bike Race Series is here!

The race schedule was just finalized and we’re really looking forward to our second season so be sure to get out your mountain bike, dust it off, borrow a friend’s mountain bike, and recruit new kids from your schools that might be into mountain biking.
September 24-25: U. of Texas 3-race MTB weekend at Comfort, TX
October 8-9: U of Houston 2-race MTB weekend at Smithville, TX
November 12th: Tyler Speedwaves MTB race at Tyler, TX…

The summer heat has not arrived in southeast Texas yet but when Texas hits full summer heat stroke can be a real threat. Dr. Mirkin has information about heat stroke and a possible companion problem of drinking too much water in the latest e-newsletter.

Dr. Gabe Mirkin’s Fitness and Health E-Zine
May 22, 2011
Heat Stroke and Hyponatremia
The most likely cause of death during hot weather sports is heat stroke, when the body temperature rises so high that it cooks the brain (Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, July 2008).  Nobody should ever die of heat stroke because your body sends you warning signals as your temperature rises.  Those most likely to suffer heat stroke are those who have arteriosclerosis, are overweight or are in poor shape.  The treatment for a person…

Cycling notebook: Expect a little two-wheel traffic
by Houston Chronicle
I hope everyone is enjoying National Bicycle Month. I also hope everyone can get on their bikes Friday morning on National Ride to Work Day and head to the office despite a slight chance of showers.

Come to think of it, that might be the best way to ensure a drought-busting downpour. So let’s mount up and challenge the rain gods en masse. …

Two Wheels, 236 New Miles
Austin unveils new bicycle map in time for Bike to Work Week
By Lee Nichols

The city of Austin has released a revised version of its bicycle map – the first update to the map since 2008 – and the changes are substantial. The city has upgraded or installed new bike amenities on 52 miles of roadways since then, and the new map…

Cottonwood Trail Ribbon Cutting Ceremony – Friday, May 20
by dickdavid  Bike Friendly Richardson

…On Friday, May 20th at 10:30am there will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the completion of the Cottonwood Trail at the DART Forest Lane transit station. If you can, arrive on on your bike! Riders should show up for media shots on the trail at around 10AM, and to perhaps stay after the press…

Fort Worth Transportation Authority may start bike-sharing program
by Fort Worth Star Telegram
Refreshments and free bike inspections will be provided, and an electric bicycle that offers a power boost from a rechargeable battery will be demonstrated. The North Central Texas Council of Governments posts information about trails and potential …

Woodlands Road Closures for Ironman Texas
from woodlandsonline.com
On Saturday, May 21, 2011 more than 2,500 athletes from around the world will be competing in the Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas in The Woodlands. Over the course of 17 hours, they will race throughout The Woodlands as they complete a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike and 26.2-mile run. During this event there will be several areas of congestion around town as follows: …

We Love The Tues Night Crit
by MC  McKinney Velo Club
We love the weekly war that happens on Tuesday night… p/b Simply Fit Meals

Every Tuesday those of us on MVC get a chance for glory at the infamous Tuesday night crit. The Tues nighter, the crit that Armstrong has raced, the crit where many pros like McCarty and Dahlheim got their first racing fix. On any given Tuesday one can encounter a number of domestic pros on the course. But last night it was all…

NEW VIDEO!! 2011 Bicycle Sport Shop Pace Bend Race presented by The North Face and ARR
Submitted by Laura Scagno Austin Ridge Riders

Check out the action on the latest video created by Unlimited Production Group Video Marketing

El Paso Bicycle Club Ride
June Birthday Babies ride
Description:     Meet at 6049 Ojo de Agua for this annual ride where the route will be 1 mile for every year-baseline is a 44th birthday. Food and treats will be available afterward, Bring your bathing suit! Please park on Via Descanso behind our house. Moderate pace. Patty Van Tine, 915-667-0202.

6:30pm – Bicycle Path Time Trial Series
by Scott Franklin  Corinth Cycling Club
When: Wed May 25, 2011 6:30pm to Wed May 25, 2011 7:30pm  CDT
Where: Denton Airport
Event Description: http://www.thebicyclepath.com/community The Bicycle Path will be hosting the Wednesday Night Time trials once again! All levels of riders are encouraged to attend and there is no cost. 6:30pm For more information visit www.thebicyclepath.com or come by the shop

7th Ride of Silence: Dead, injured bicyclists remembered
by Midland Daily News
After the ride, Holmes said his closest call on a bicycle was years ago when a car door opened in front of him while he was riding on Ashman Street in downtown Midland, near the current site of The H Hotel. Holmes slammed on his bike’s brakes, …

Bike Out Hunger participants insist: ‘It’s not about the ride’
By John Hall, Texas Baptist Communications
TEXARKANA—More than 35 cyclists, grueling hills, daily rides often longer than 70 miles, and an adventure in faith from Beaumont to Texarkana—that’s Bike Out Hunger.

But at its heart, participants said, it was not about any of that. It’s about people coming together across the state to do something to help others in Christ’s name. …

Videos of Complete Streets in other cities
Old Tascosa Cycling Club
bikelaneguy writes “I recently found an interesting web site (www.streetfilms.org) that is useful in showing other how necessary bike lanes and other biking and walking improvements are to a city.  What I like about the site is that it demonstrates how bike lanes can work in almost any city, large and small, in a variety of climates.  They also introduce new concepts in bike lane design.  Their recent film, Complete Streets, is one of their best.

State Championship and Overall Results
by League Director in News
The results from the high school state championship road race and crit as well as the final overall series standings have now been compiled and uploaded.  You can access them via the race series tab.

All of us have seen the riders with the strange looking Mohawks on their helmets at bike rides. If you have wondered how they made them this next article from Make Magazine will show you how to dress up your helmet.

How-To: Helmet Mohawks
via Make: Online by Sean Michael Ragan

A commenter on yesterday’s CRAFT-y Bike Projects round-up alerted me to the DIY bike helmet mohawk phemonenon. Those pictured at left are from 2009 by Instructables user dan. The bright orange model is made from cable ties. To lower right is a helmet mohawk made with…

Urgent call to action on TX Complete Streets Bill from Bike Texas
We have just received an urgent alert from Bike Texas on the Complete Streets Bill making its way (hopefully) through the Texas Legislature.  This bill would help the Texas Department of Transportation and the Texas Transportation Commission transition to full consideration of all road users in all decision making and projects.  This would mean better sidewalks, better compliance with ADA requirements, more safe bike routes, and the proper consideration of all of these things throughout the design and implementation of projects. …

Waco Bicycle Club
Thursday Beginning Cyclist Ride
Thursday 05:30 PM
Road/beginner More

Cameron Park Beginner Mountain Bike Ride
Thursday 05:30 PM
Mountain/beginner More

Thursday Hewitt Park Road Ride
Thursday 05:30 PM
Road/all levels More

Oncor Transforms Rights-Of-Way In Richardson
by dickdavid

Several folks have been sending us information about Oncor and their efforts to improve north Texas cities through the creation of hike and bike trails through their transmission rights-of-way. As reported through Pegasus News, the Oncor Texas Trails SM program will produce trails that “will help create pathways that will be integral…

Kids Kup this weekend – time change
by jack@biketexas.org (Jack Sanford)
The BikeTexas Kids Kup on Saturday, April 30 will take place earlier than usual due to a busy race schedule at the Mellow Johnny’s Spring Classic at Juan Pelota Ranch near Dripping Springs.

For this day only, Registration will be 9am to 11am, with the Kids Kup safety clinic and race taking place starting at 11am sharp. …

High School State Championships
by League Director
The final of seven weekends on the Texas High School Cycling League road race series schedule is heading to the Houston area next weekend with the Medical Colleagues of Texas RR in Coldspring, TX on Saturday May 7th and the Mother’s Day Crit in Houston on Sunday May 8th. …

Bike-to-the Ballpark May 1, 2011
by Darren Sabom
Join BikeHouston, the Citizens’ Transportation Coalition and the Houston Astros for bike-to-the-ballpark day!
Sign up in advance to receive discounted tickets, then ride your bike to the stadium on one of the two guided routes or directly from your house.  Details about the routes and starting times will be released soon.

Bike-to-Work Day May 20, 2011
by Darren Sabom
Friday, May 20, 2011, is National Bike to Work day.
BikeHouston is working with the City of Houston to implement multiple bike rides that begin at various neighborhood bike shops and converge upon City Hall simultaneously at 8:00 AM.  Participants will include bicycling advocates, customers and team members of Bicycle retailers, as well as corporations and City Officials.
Currently, Bike Barn, Bike Sport and West End Bikes have all agreed to host guided rides into downtown for the event.  Stay tuned for additional details and starting points!

An Oklahoma man on a pedaling pilgrimage
FARMINGTON — A man biking across the country hitched a ride into Farmington on Tuesday to do laundry and pray before heading north into the Rockies.
Kevin Woolley is biking through every state in the continental United States for what he is calling the “Awake America Tour. …Chris Reed, a temporary accomplice who is joining Woolley for three weeks, also passed through Farmington.

Reed, of Austin, Texas, is an event producer, who met Woolley during a Bible study, heard about his cross-country trip and said God called on him to join. …

Hill Country Bicycle Touring Club
2011/04/30 Gruene River Road Ride
Start: April 30, 2011 9:30 am
End: April 30, 2011 12:30 pm
Venue: 1601 Hunter Road, Gruene, TX, United States, 78130
For those who missed this ride in February, there is still another chance before traffic picks up.  Ride starts at 9:30 a.m.  Meet in the parking lot next to Gruene Hall in Gruene, Texas for a 27 mile scenic ride along the picturesque Guadalupe River. The ride is rated one…

Lone Star Cyclists
April Rides and April Meeting
Next Club meeting April 18, 2011 Bob Duncan Center in Arlington
Executive Board at 6:30, Club Meeting at 7:30

April Rides from the flyer

Cycling – The Fort Davis Scenic Loop (78.1 Miles +5,000 Feet)
by donbynum
As noted in my previous post, Peggy and I recently took a vacation in west Texas in the Fort Davis area.  The area has many attractions ranging from abundant wildlife to beautiful alpine areas in the Davis Mountains, which extend to the west and north of Fort Davis. …

Texas High School Cycling League
Updated Results
Posted in March 29th, 2011
by League Director in News
The Baylor race weekend results as well as the updated overall results post Baylor are now posted under the Race Series tab.  This also includes the DFW weekend results and overall results post DFW weekend. …