from The Dallas Morning News Online
While many people spend Saturday mornings lounging in bed, a group of men and women known as the Texas Flyers Cycling Club breaks out the spandex for a ride through Denton County.
The Texas Flyers started as a race group that sponsored competitive riders. But a few years ago, the club switched its focus to recreational riding, says club president Renee Massengill, 39.
The city of Austin is hoping to boost its bicycle-friendly level to gold status, as designated by the League of American Bicyclists.
Austin, which climbed to a silver level in 2007, is the only Texas city to receive an award by the league. Austin City Council members approved a resolution Thursday to upgrade the city’s bicycle network to attain a gold level.
“We are number one, and we don’t want to be number two,” said Councilwoman Sheryl Cole.
The League of American Bicyclists determines bicycle-friendly levels by the amount of engineering, education, encouragement, enforcement and evaluation a community puts into planning its bicycle network.
from the Dallas Morning News online
Scottish Rite officials presented the McKinney Police Department with five $900 police mountain bikes Wednesday as part of a statewide campaign by the fraternal organization.
“Law enforcement has never been just a job for the men in blue,� said M. Douglas Adkins, sovereign grand inspector general for Texas. “It is a citizen and a community effort.�
Kerr Middle School, 517 SW Johnson Avenue, Burleson, Texas
Registration begins at 6:00 a.m.
Riders will be staged 10 minutes apart beginning with the 60 mile route at 7:50 a.m. No late starts after 8:30 a.m. – course closes at 3:00 p.m.
Entry Fee: $20.00 if received by deadline – May 16th
$15.00 per family member of families of 4 or more – if received by deadline – May 16th
Late Entry Fee $25.00 per rider – after May 16th.
Routes vary in length. Some are easy and some are not so easy. The 60 mile, 53 mile, 25 mile or 10 mile. All route mileage is approximate and subject to change