Daily Blog and News Roundup April 2nd

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Cannondale Plans To Shift Manufacturing from Bedford, PA to Taiwan
from Bicycle.net | Attitude is Everything by editor
Cycling Sports Group (formerly the Cannondale Sports Group) plans to consolidate all North American product development, marketing and business management functions for the four cycling brands Cannondale, Schwinn, GT and Mongoose to Bethel, CT, said Dorel Industries in a press release this week. Bike frame manufacturing will shift from the Bedford, PA location to the new Taichung, Taiwan CSG location. Nearly 200 of the current 300 employees will be cut from the Bedford location by 2010 as a result of this shift. …

Corpus Christi, TX | KRISTV.COM |Austin unveils bicycle sharing …
by KRISTV.com
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A new going green project in Austin involves people power and balance. The city on Thursday unveiled a bicycle-sharing program for municipal workers who need to travel short distances for meetings or other business. …

A new kind of charity bicycle ride – cycling 100 miles indoors …
by Ben
A new kind of charity bicycle ride – cycling 100 miles indoors! April 2, 2009 · No Comments · indoor-cycling · Fat Cyclist is organizing a very interesting charity ride – a 100 mile ride to nowhere. That’s right. This ride will raise money for the Lance Armstrong Foundation, but instead of …

Hot News: 2009 Texas Custom (Handmade) Bicycle Show is gonna be in …
by Jason
The 2009 Texas Custom (Handmade) Bicycle Show is scheduled for October 24-25 in. Austin, TX to coincide with the Livestrong weekend… …As always, the show will be no charge to the public… …Our goal is to make this second Texas …

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 4/2- 4/8/09 | Austin On Two …
by elliott
Come and cheer even if you don’t plan to race so you can start your weekend right. Saturday, April 4. 10th Annual Pedal Power Wildflower Ride 8 AM, Lyndon B. Johnson State Park, Stonewall, TX Routes of 12, 23, 36 and 60 miles. …

Should I buy a fixed gear bike?
by Carles
… sometimes ’subcultures’ can develop out of people ‘being unreasonable.’ I think with only 1 gear, u have to do more work in order to ride ur bike fast. Might be some sort of new age weight loss gimmick, kinda like what ‘large people’ will do in order to shed some calories. Not sure how useful. One time I saw a group of fixed-gear alts riding around Austin, Texas with Lance Armstrong. Made me wonder if Lance is using fixed gear technology to win the Tour De France. …

Charley and Kamala in Tandem: Oil Patch
by madhatter
So, unlike what we’re finding in so many of these small West Texas towns, there’s not a whole lot of empty buildings and storefronts. House prices have gone up and there is activity on the streets. The neighborhoods are generally middle class with lawns trimmed, flowers in the gardens, … Where was the picture above taken? The picture in our title bar was taken on in the Gila Mountains on our 2005 summer bicycle tour. … What color socks do you pack for a tour? …

Durango Texas: Seeing the Signs in the Tandy Hills
by Durango
I have seen a kid on a mountain bike. I remember asking him why? Due to the Tandy Trails not really being conducive to mountain biking. He told me he didn’t realize the trails were so rough. I hope this wind isn’t blowing in anything …

Daily Blog and News Roundup April 1st

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I will try to filter out the April Fool’s items.

Cycling: Pair cycling for health, cause
from HoustonChronicle.com — Cycling
Anna Rocha and Wayne Dolezal are riding in the BP MS 150, April 18-19, raising funds to help fight Multiple Sclerosis, just like several other thousand cyclists. While they are at it, they are also working on improving their own physical condition by losing weight. Both riders weighed 270 pounds at the start of training for the ride. …

Nearly Famous Fred – Texas Cyclist: I do not like surprises
by Nearly Famous Fred
Just wide enough for a bicycle tire to slip into and cause all sorts of mayhem and destruction as 4000 riders go by. This was a little more serious than the hole and steel plate that we encountered earlier in the ride. …

Tall Lady on a Bike: Day 25, March 30: Armistad to Bracketville, TX
by Carol Moehrke
A short ride today, a recovery ride of sorts. The first 23 miles featured smooth pavement, often taken for granted before crossing into Texas, and for which I now have great appreciation. The final 20 miles was jarringly Texas normal. …

Why buy a bike from out of town? What a difference a day makes!
by kgsbikes
The first is to travel to San Antonio and enjoy not only our hospitality, but experience the creation of a bicycle designed for you by one of the world’s best. The second is to be lucky enough to live in Texas, where I travel to Austin, …

Hiker Hell: Mountain Biker Caught in Crack
by B-Real
What happened: A man was rescued after being trapped in between a couple of rocks while riding his mountain bike alone in the hills of Texas. The man suffered a knee injury when he somehow became stuck between some rocks. …

Dr. Mirkin: Prolong life with exercise after age 50

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Since I fall in this category I am very interested in this subject. An excerpt from Dr. Mirkin’s latest post:

“Men who start or increase their exercise programs after age fifty live longer than those who remain at their present activity levels, according to a study in the British Medical Journal (March 2009). More than 2200 men were checked at ages 50, 60, 70, 77 and 82 years. The greater the increase in exercise duration over that span, the longer their lives were extended. The reduction in early death from increasing exercise was the same as for men who stopped smoking.”

Link to Dr. Mirkin’s full post.

Daily Blog and News Roundup March 31st

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Team San Angelo
by Bill Cullins
A blog style newsletter for cycling, running, and multisport in the San Angelo, Texas region. The blog is updated weekly unless someting really important happens. … Take a look at the events listing at the end of this post to see the events, and visit the Road Lizards and San Angelo Bicycle web sites for a full listing. Goodfellow triathlete Kathy Rakel did a great presentation at last week’s ASUFit Brown Bag luncheon. If you missed her session and need some motivation, …

Race Report: Enchanted Rock Extreme Duathlon | Austin On Two Wheels
by elliott
We have photos of every participant in the bicycle phase, click the image to see them. My Experience. For challenge and natural beauty, this race did not disappoint. First though, I’d like to say there were two instances of false advertising on this race. The first run was actually 5 miles, not 4, and the third leg of the race was advertised as a run. ….

Biking Bis – Bicycle Touring and More :: What bicycling record …
by Gene Bisbee
The west-to-east solo record for Texas is 32 hours 20-minutes to cover 574 miles by Steve Born of Idaho. The east-west record holder for Delaware is Gerry Eddlemon who knocked out the 38-mile trip in 2 hours and 16 minutes. …

Crazy Square-Wheeled Bicycle :: Cool

The Texas A&M Physics Department’s students wanted to prove it’s not that crazy to build a square-wheeled bicycle and you can actually ride it quite smooth .. if you have a really bumpy road. …

Tall Lady on a Bike: Day 24, March 29: Sanderson to Amistad (Del …
by Carol Moehrke
… of training could prepare you, as it would be next to impossible to replicate the conditions which, combined, gave this ride its difficulty. It’s over, and I cheerfully proclaim that I will never visit this part of Texas again. …

Cyclophile: Miles and Miles of Texas
by Speedo
I am very good about checking the weather reports before I go for a ride. I usually check two or three weather services to be sure. This served me well the last ride I went on. I rode north until I hit the front coming down and when I …

Laurey Bikes: Oh blessed rest!
by Laurey
We are in Campwood, Texas now. Seems that we have left West Texas and are now in Hill Country. Our elevation is considerably lower and we are now seeing lots of green. I’m not sure, but I might have seen a hint of blue, as in Bluebonnets. … We are only half way through that number of days on this ride. But I keep riding and my body keeps working and my bike keeps working and there we go. What a time. What a thing to do. What a life. Thanks for caring about this with me. …

Tri Life 101: Galveston in 2 days!!!
by Morgan
I have yet to find anything that can beat a 2 hour bike ride in 70 degree, sunny weather with light winds. It’s better than… well, you know. Sorry guys. We’ve got all our team plans finalized for this weekend. 7 of us will be staying at my mom’s home on the Strand on … Morgan: Texas, United States: I love adventure – anything outdoors will do, but triathlons are my favorite, and backpacking would be in a close second if I only had more TIME! View my complete profile …

There he blows! | Biking To Live
by Bryan
I also had to stop using the wind as an excuse because if I continued to do so I may never get a ride in here in Texas. That said, I got home, changed, make the quick drive to the train station, rode one stop to White Rock Station and …

Bicycle and Pedestrian Summit Brainstorms the Region’s Future
by Community Impact Newspaper
Bicycle and pedestrian experts, advocates and members of the public from around the region are converging Saturday, May 3 to discuss the latest in planning and implementation of bicycle and pedestrian facilities, education, and advocacy. Part of the Austin Cycling Association’s Bike Month activities, the “Central Texas Bicycle and Pedestrian Summit”…

Durango Texas: Gateway Park’s Failing Boardwalks & Fort Woof
by Durango
A mountain bike trail has supposedly been built, but the one mountain bike trail like spot I’ve seen does not look promising. With no one riding it. I think the Gateway Park bike trail may have been abandoned. …

MTB Race News: TMBRA Spring Race #4: Warda, Texas
by mtbracenews.com
Fawley has only attended 2 of the 4 races so far this spring, claiming he is concentrating on the road more than mountain bike racing in 2009. Since this race was only an hour from his home town of Austin, TX, he decided to show up. …