Daily Blog and News Roundup March 25th

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Jake and Marty’s Bicycle Trip Across the USA: About Texas and a …
by Marty
We should have just 2 more days in Texas, then onto LA. With this in mind, I’ll share some observations of Texas: – Texans are proud of their state and their country. I have seen hundreds of people flying the state and US flag. …

Texas Hell Week and Other Assorted Death Rides: Races This Year
by Keith Wilkinson
From the non race side of the house, in May I am heading back to Texas to do the Shiner GASP, also looking at The Insane Terrain, Udder Century, Spring Forward and a few other group rides on the tandem with Taylor. …

Wheeling for Women; The Heroine’s Journey: The land becomes flat …
by Wheeling for Women; The Heroine’s Journey
100 days Cycling Coast To Coast Diana will ride her two wheeled bicycle for 100 Days covering 3500 miles. This event is a fund raising campaign for Navajo United Methodist Center’s New Beginnings Program which is a transitional shelter for women … We will camp in Village Creek State Park in the Texas’ Big Thicket. A black water creek with a clean sand on the bottom which does not carry diseases as it is tannic acid from the oak leaves deposited by the nearby oak trees. …

A good way to get involved
by Austin 360 – Austin,TX,USA
By Jason Whaley | Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 03:38 AM If you want to get involved and do your part to push through valuable legislation for bicycle safety, …

Super Squadra » Blog Archive » Fayettville Road Race – Stage 1
by wheeler
Bicycle Sport Shop Elite Cycling Team. 24thMarch. Fayettville Road Race – Stage 1. The Fayetteville stage race has always acted as an important benchmark for cyclists in Texas. It’s not only a great opportunity for riders to race against the clock in the stage 2 time trial but it challenges the individual and the team in their ability to work together over the course of three stages. Every rider needs to sacrifice their own personal goals for the team in order to help …

A&M backpedals on plan to impose $10 bike fee | Bryan/College …
by theeagle.com
Texas A&M officials have abandoned a proposed $10 fee on bicycles on campus after bicyclists objected. Transportation Services officials said the fee would have helped fund a bike- registration program to make it easier to locate lost …

Head for the Hills Bike Rally – Cedar Hill, TX

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Head for the Hills Bike Rally, Cedar Hills High School, U.S. Highway 67 and the Cooper Street exit, Cedar Hill, 8 a.m. Presented by the Rotary Club of Cedar Hill. Routes of 20, 41 and 64 miles. $20 through April 30, $25 afterward. www.headforthehillsrally.com

What’s Clogging the Tubes on March 24th

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Jake and Marty’s Bicycle Trip Across the USA: Independence and …
by Marty
Independence and Coldsprings Texas. Yesterday’s ride out of the park was pretty hilly, but we were blocked from the wind. When we got out of the parks, we saw a bit a wind. To put it lightly, it was stupid. (Tom Habich, you would have …

mtb law girl: Thoughts from the hearing today as well as a …
by mtblawgirl
… are also protected by the proposed bill, a cyclist, and the Executive Director of Bike Texas, Robin Stalling. The cyclist shared his experiences as well as his grief about a friend who was struck and killed while riding his bicycle. …

Round Rock’s ‘Spike’ Announces BP MS 150 Bid
by OurSports Central (press release) – Marshfield,WI,USA
Spike has been training in secret for several weeks and will begin working out today on a specialized recumbent bicycle from Austin-based Music City Cycles. …

Advanced Arm Dynamics: From the battlefield to a bike Wounded …
by Elizabeth Mansfield
This month, he joined about 30 other injured veterans in cycling about 15 miles around Austin during the Wounded Warrior Soldier Ride’s Lone Star Challenge. The three-day event, which included rides in San Antonio and Corpus Christi, was designed … Along with family members and local cyclists, the veterans pedaled up Congress Avenue, through the University of Texas and on to Camp Mabry. Passing motorists honked their horns and people on the street waved their support. …

K-SPoT’s Adventure Racing Blog: Tour de Houston 09, etc.
by K-SPoT
The week after Stubblefield, it was 3 days of HART training, 2 days of swimming, basketball with the SES folk, and then running with the Warship during the Texas Independence Relay. I did the 5.6 mile section from downtown to Mason Park …

Dallas – Unfair Park – How to Cycle in Dallas Without Getting …
by Robert Wilonsky
Toots and Lakewooder are right, i can’t tell you how many times bicyclists have ridden in the middle of the lane refusing to let anyone pass and forcing multiple cars to putt putt along behind them. Sooner or later, the arrogant attitude a lot of … BTW: Texas law is that if a lane is less than 14′ wide a bicyclist may take the whole lane.  Anonymous says: byx says: Um, did you see any laws violated in any of the seven videos? …