Taking bike sharing to a new level: the tech behind Social Bikes
from Ars Technica by jacqui@arstechnica.com (Jacqui Cheng)

Car-sharing services are becoming increasingly popular in the US, particularly in urban areas where it’s more convenient and cost-efficient to borrow a car instead of owning one. However, for many urban dwellers and visitors, a car can still be impractical for getting from one place to the next—parking, traffic, and other concerns come into play. …

You need a high gear for a Rocky Mountain bike ride
by San Angelo Standard Times
I encourage the athletes that I mentor to “push the limits” occassionally by completing a workout that’s longer or harder than normal.

Doing so forces your body to adapt to a higher level of physical stress, and successfully completing the workout provides a tremendous boost to your confidence.

It’s like taking double the normal daily dosage of your “Two-Footed Prozac.” …

Denton Bike Polo Group Prepares For Tournament | North Texas Daily
by Arts-Life-Editor
On a blistering hot Thursday evening, a devoted group of nearly 20 Denton residents meet, as they do every Thursday and Sunday, to play a few games of Bike Polo.

Bike Polo is a sport similar to original polo but instead of riding on horses, players ride on bicycles. Matches consist of two groups, three players each, typically playing on a roller hockey court with homemade mallets. …

High School Racing League Goes National
by Bicycle Retailer
BY NICOLE FORMOSA

MATT FRITZINGER USED TO laugh off suggestions that he grow his NorCal High School Cycling League to a national level. After all, he had enough on his plate as it was running the first-ever high school mountain bike league, an idea he conceived more than a decade ago while teaching math at Berkeley High School.

But, slowly things progressed. The NorCal League, established in 2001, ballooned from fewer than 100 riders in its first year to 500 kids on more than 40 teams by 2008. That year, the SoCal High School…

Yellow Bike Benefit Show @ Red 7 – Lotsa bands, and a ride …
by Jason
The show starts at 9pm, Thursday August 26th, but according to the flyer they’re going to hook up with the Social Ride, so if you want go but want to stretch your legs a bit beforehand, this is the perfect opportunity. …

Texas 4000 cyclists almost to Anchorage – Austin – Local News …
from upi.com
Fifty-three University of Texas students cycling from Texas to Alaska – that’s twice the distance of the Tour de France – are expected to roll into …