Performance Bicycle, the nation’s most popular bicycle shop with over 70 stores across the country, announces its newest store will open in Dallas, TX in late June, 2007. The Dallas store will be the company’s fifth Texas store. “We’re opening our new store in Dallas because thousands of our internet & catalog customers in the area asked that we open a store near them and because this is a terrific cycling market,� said Stuart Westland, Performance Bicycle’s Marketing Director. According to Westland, the new Dallas store complements the company’s Metroplex stores in Plano and Ft. Worth, and is part of their plan to open 100 new stores over the next five years.
Racing Through Downtown Austin
The Daily Texan has a short article along with 16 pictures of the USA Crit Series. Article link.
Have you heard of “Ghost Bike Memorials”?
I spotted this article in The Daily Texan.
“White bicycles stand chained to trees and utility poles across Austin. Each represents a bicycle casualty, usually a fatal one.
The spectral bikes, a labor of love for bike messenger Ben Lynch and friends, stand to raise awareness amongst both cyclists and drivers. …”
Single Speed Bikes Are the Rage
Lately there has an increased interest in single speed bikes. The ride experience is different from the 10/18/20 speed speedsters. Make Magazine has a video podcast that explains how to convert a bike from a multi-speed to a single-speed.