The Fire Ant Gazette – A Midland, Texas Blog | “”Breaking Away …
by Eric
Cycling technology has changed dramatically during intervening years, but at its core, the act of riding a bicycle should still be about adventure and making memories. That’s something that transcends technology. …

Riding for life
by Killeen Daily Herald
Wounded warriors from across the country, many of them amputees, began a portion of the Texas Road 2 Recovery bicycle tour Thursday morning at Fort Hood. They were joined by three Vietnam veterans and riders from the Army Cycling Team. …

Bike for Alzheimer’s Research: Krashing to Kerrville
by Nancy Kelley
Nancy Kelley: I am bicycling across the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Alambama, Mississippi, and Florida with a host of wonderful women through Womantours, a company specializing in bicycle tours for women. … At that point Michelle decided that all those not presently on the way to Kerrville from Medina would ride the van. Very wise decision. We dropped off our head injury rider at the hospital for a checkup, visited the local bike shop, …

Meanderings on Two Wheels
by Macrobe
Yes, it took that long to ride down to Terlingua. But then, we were already on Terlingua time. After packing the bikes, we headed to breakfast at La Trattoria in Alpine. I had an omelet with a blackberry pancake. … In front of Voni and Paul’s house was a beautiful specimen in leaf and flower. The temptation of photographing Voni’s red bike behind the ocotillo was too tempting. Soon it was time to gear up and ride south to Terlingua. …

Blazing a trail: Work under way on addition to trails at Kit …
by Lufkin Daily News – Lufkin,TX,USA
Funding for the project, which includes a $60000 grant from the Texas Parks and … When complete, the trail will meet International Mountain Bicycling …

Shimano launch new Ultegra groupset, April 2, 2009
Second-from-top road gruppo now 150g lighter
By James Costley-White
Shimano have finally lifted the veil of secrecy on their new Ultegra road groupset. Slotting in second-from-top in the Shimano hierarchy, just below Dura-Ace, the new kit replaces the old Ultegra and Ultegra SL ranges, and weighs in at 151g lighter than the former and 107g lighter than the latter. …