Daily Blog and News Roundup for March 7th

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331 Miles: Cycling Along the Rio Grande
by 331 Miles
Cycling in South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley is not boring. It’s flat, and often windy, but it’s not boring. Friday, March 6th, my Dutch buddy and I rode a 58 mile loop that started in urban McAllen, meandered south through the city, …

Durango Texas: Sansom Park Hiking & Druids
by Durango
The Sansom Trail scares me in Fort Worth, and I won’t bike it. Well, maybe I would bike part of it, but there were a couple places where I could not hike down, no way could I bike it. Yet I saw tire tracks. Texans are tough. …

What’s Clogging the Tubes, March 6th

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Council votes to build boardwalk

by UT The Daily Texan – Austin,TX,USA
“This is an important addition to our transportation resource structure,” said Robin Stallings, executive director of Texas Bicycle Coalition. …

Lessons from the biker/cop summit

by UT The Daily Texan – Austin,TX,USA
This prompted Austin’s Bicycle Advisory Council to organize a Q-and-A forum with Police Chief Art Acevedo last Most bicycling issues require ongoing …

mtb law girl: At the Capitol (of Texas)

by mtblawgirl
The goal is to have cyclists from every legislative district in Texas visit the capitol and show the legislature that cyclists are voters and we want them to represent our interests. Clubs from Houston, Dallas and San Antonio have …

Tri Life 101: Knees and crushed bikes

by Morgan
So I’m prepping for the race – now a 3.5 mile run, 12 mile bike, 3.5 mile run (supposedly the runs were 3.0 miles… but not according to a friend’s fancy Garmin thing) – and trying to figure out how to keep from freezing in a tri suit packed when it was … Chances are, I’m taking the blame for chipping the bug protector on homeboy’s giant-axx, Texas-sized truck which crunched Big Tex like a a thin piece of cardboard. I don’t care about the new plaque in my front seat. …

Wheeling for Women; The Heroine’s Journey: Broken wheel spoke

by Wheeling for Women; The Heroine’s Journey
For the past two years, I came in first in my age category for the Standard Olympic Triathlon in Farmington, New Mexico ( the first race of my adult life). A native New Mexican, born in Albuquerque, I have lived in several states and abroad … Ft. David is the highest community in Texas, a little over 5000 ft. Thursday morning I knew it was a good day not to ride as my body was not responding well to much of anything. The bike was fixed with a new spoke and we were ready …

Biking Bis – Bicycle Touring and More :: Romance brings bicycle …

by Gene Bisbee
But what really brought his Cycle for Life Tour to an end was one of the female residents of Langtry, Texas, who offered Hollandsworth a bowl of soup. Langtry. Anyone familiar with The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean — a western …

Columbia TAP Bike Trail opens tomorrow

by Houstonist – TX, USA
In January, a small item ran in National Geographic called “The Bicycle Bump,” which noted that Houston had an increase of 235% in the number of bike racks …

Lake Effects: Cycling, Texas Style

by Karen
Cycling, Texas Style. Bike ride yesterday on a trail that went through the middle of nowhere and afforded occasional views of cows. This was called the Greenbelt Corridor, which runs from Denton north to Ray Roberts Park, about 9 miles. …

What’s Clogging the Tubes, March 5th

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Triple Crankset: Rocky Mountain High, Don’t Mess With Texas …

by Granny’s 30
In Part II of our NABHS series, we’ll take a look at some of the framebuilders from the states of Colorado, Montana and Texas, and their creations that were on display last weekend at the 5th Annual North American Handmade Bicycle Show. ….. As someone who admittedly doesn’t follow the NRC much except for when it’s racing nearby, this fans’ point of view is useful for staying abreast of the various personalities and storylines.” (Luke Seemann) …

National Bike Summit 2009

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Our keynote speakers have been announced! The opening banquet of the 2009 National Bike Summit, Tuesday March 10 at 6.00pm, will feature Andreas Rohl, head of the City of Copenhagen’s Bicycle Program Office – 36% of trips in Denmark’s capital city are made by bike, and Andreas’ job is to increase this to 40% or more! Also on the program that evening, the presentation of the National Center for Safe Routes to Schools’ James L. Oberstar prize – the award will be given by none other than Congressman Oberstar himself.

Wednesday morning’s opening plenary will be kicked off in traditional style by Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), with a discussion to follow featuring prominent players in the upcoming transportation bill authorization.

Wednesday lunchtime our focus shifts to the critical links between transportation, land use, recreation and physical activity. Our featured speaker is Larry Selzer, President and CEO of The Conservation Fund, a national nonprofit organization headquartered in metropolitan Washington, DC. The Conservation Fund protects the nation’s legacy of land and water resources in partnership with other nonprofit organizations, public agencies, foundations, corporations and individuals. Through land acquisition, community initiatives, and leadership development, The Fund and its partners demonstrate sustainable conservation solutions emphasizing the integration of economic and environmental goals.

2009 National Bike Summit program