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Meet the pro racers of Kelly Benefits Strategies Pro Cycling Team …

by elliott

Domestic pro racing team Kelly Benefits Strategies Pro Cycling will be doing their 2009 racing season team launch from the heart of Texas this Thursday at 7 PM. … Austin Bicycle Shops. Eastside Pedal Pushers …

Nearly Famous Fred – Texas Cyclist: An exercise in a forgone …

loby Nearly Famous Fred

Nearly Famous Fred – Texas Cyclist. The musings and observations of an avid North Texas cyclist. “Yes, I could go faster. But why?” …. Nearly Famous Fred: An avid cyclist, living in North Texas. View my complete profile …

2009 Big Thicket Bike Ride set for March >> www.beaumontenterprise …

from Beaumont Enterprise
Cycling enthusiasts and anyone interested in a great opportunity for the entire family are invited to grab their bicycles and ride in the annual Big Thicket Bike Tour, Saturday, March 21. The Southeast Texas Hike and Bike Coalition, …

Bike Geek: Breaking records and rolling to better health…

by Justin

Our ride took us along quiet country roads with farmland as far as the eye could see. The sound of silence during water breaks was inspiring. It would have been easy to find a fence post to lean the bikes against and sit down to enjoy the silence and that … At the halfway point, in Castroville, TX. Instead, we hopped back on our bikes and listened to the wind in our ears and enjoyed the cool breeze on our faces. Quite an awesome experience, I must say. Kudos, Shannon! …

Adventure Discussions » Blog Archive » Rebecca Rusch Wins USA …

by kcooke

All I have to do while I’m on the trainer is close my eyes and envision that fast, flowing Texas single track! For full results and a few photos of the race, check out: Desert Sports Report · Cycling News ..

Blogs, News and Other Stuff, February 23rd

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Route Report: Access to Lance Armstrong Bikeway restored at north …

by elliott

Additional bicycle and pedestrian routes will be added in the area with the completion of Sand Beach Park in 2009 and the Pfluger Bridge Extension project in 2010. Ultimately there will be a variety of routes to take bicycles and pedestrians from south of Lady Bird Lake to the Market District and beyond…

VeloTutor: New Texas Law – Bicycle Safety

by Bobby

New Texas Law – Bicycle Safety. As a cyclist in Texas I am aware that most motorist don’t like us. When my friends and I head out onto the open roads we are harassed, honked and yelled at, have had stuff thrown at us, and I have even …

Race reports abound from this weekend | Austin On Two Wheels

by elliott

Wenger comments on how his back was hurting during the race from having to constantly lean into the 30 mph+ winds. While Wenger podiumed for third in the Pro/cat 1 field, Mike’s Bike Blog has a report of just trying to hang on in the Cat 5 field. After being dropped off the back at Schwertner, Mike partnered with another racer to form an echelon to get off the ….

burnt orange piping: Shoal Creek Sunday Stroll

by katie

(btw, for you who are not cyclists, a trainer is a device you can use in your home to ride your road bike inside like a stationary bike) So today we intended to meet up with other HCRA riders, but we missed their meeting time as we were trying to get in about fifteen miles before …

A suggestion for MS150 alternate route

By KEN HOFFMAN Houston Chronicle

If San Antonio-to-Corpus Christi can take my advice, why can’t Houston-to-Austin?

Starting this year, its 20th anniversary, the autumn MS150 charity bike ride has a new name and, more important, a new route.

Instead of huffing and puffing from San Antonio to the beach in Corpus, riders on the Bike MS: Valero 2009 Alamo Ride to the River…

Skinny tires just don’t compare… « The Official Blog of Greg the …

by aardvark102431

That’s road racing, and right now, methinks road racing isn’t all that fun, so I will keep a focus on mountain biking until further notice. The next race is this weekend at St. Jo in north Texas, one of my favorite courses. …

What’s Clogging the Tubes, February 22

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Project Tandem Blog » Quite a day:

by Morrigan
We rode on, through Buda, Texas and into Kyle where we had set up an interview at an inn called The Inn Above Onion Creek. The owners designed and built the inn seeing themselves as stewards of the land and as such, decided to use a …

Biking Bis – Bicycle Touring and More :: One bike tour begins …

by Gene Bisbee

Texas may be a southern state, but the winter weather there can be challenging for someone doing their first solo bicycle tour. Hollandsworth covered about 630 miles across the state to Alpine before mechanical and personal problems …

We need a pre-ride checklist! « Bike Noob

by rainycamp

Cold in Central Texas in February is in the mid-30sF. Our friend Scott, who was organizing the ride, called to suggest we hold off until 10 a.m., when the temperature was supposed to get a bit higher. We were all for that. …

Richardson, TX/Galatin Nature Preserve Bike Ride « bibliosk8

by bibliosk8

Richardson, TX/Galatin Nature Preserve Bike Ride. February 22, 2009. Took a bike ride up the bike trail along Central Expwy today — up through the Galatin Woodland Preserve. Fun ride. Here a link to the rest of the pics from the ride. …

Pondero: Epoch-Making

by Christopher Johnson

After trying many of Grant’s suggestions and finding them useful, I now own a Rivendell bicycle. Living on the gently rolling plains in rural Denton County, Texas and riding on low-traffic county roads of the paved and unpaved variety, … Unloaded, it is reasonably light and nimble, but it can easily be fitted with racks and carry stuff for the occasional S24O or tour. Most days, it will simply have a small bag of some kind to carry a few items for a day’s outing. …

The Central Park of Houston – Memorial Park: Hike, Bike, Golf …

Mountain Biking in Urban Houston, Texas. In the southwest section of Memorial Park is a grid of mountain bike trails affectionately called the Ho Chi Minh Trails. Park in the lot west of the baseball fields and follow the double track …

What’s Clogging the Tubes, February 21

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Nearly Famous Fred – Texas Cyclist: It was the best of times, it …

by Nearly Famous Fred

Being from Texas, I’m somewhat unfamiliar with it. * Phil just referred to the Rabobank team as “The Men of Orange”. Oooooh, scary. That’s a nickname sure to strike fear in the hearts of the other teams. * Looking at the team kits, …

Pedal Pushers: Beginners Page # 6 First Time Trial

by Roy and Christine

Dedicated to the San Angelo Bicycling Association. Contains articles about recreational bicycle tours in Texas, articles for beginners, and general biking interest. … He also emphasized that it was all about beating your own time, not racing anyone. Now, if I just had to beat myself I didn’t have much competition, so I decided to try it out. Finally the big day came, and it was time to ride the wind. And ride the wind was the theme of the day. ..

rekre8: Messing with Texas (part 1)

by rekre8

The camp where this was happening had all of 3 miles of trail, but it was a nice warm up to stretch out and try out the bicycles that our friends had assembled for us. I rode an old Amp and The Honey managed on a Jamis with some seat post issues. … And of course we didn’t start our drive until mid afternoon, after a day of heavy labor and that quick ride, so we actually stopped and slept in the middle of all that, at Monahans Sandhills State Park. …

Texas Trek: Hellacious Winds Today

by Texas Trekker

Carle Aldrete: Austin, Texas, United States: Training for the Tour de Cure in May 2009. I want to be a lean, green, cycling machine. Anyone want to ride?…