I don’t know about you but I am glad “black Friday” has passed. I have hype fatigue.

Black Friday a Boon for Some, Bust for Others
Bicycle Retailer & Industry News
NEW YORK, NY (BRAIN)—The record number of shoppers who turned out for Black Friday may have been encouraging to retailers overall, but bike shops contacted Monday by Bicycle Retailer reported mixed results for their sales promotions over the long holiday weekend.

Despite deep discounts on bikes and 2011 summer clothing, customer traffic was slow at Sid’s Bikes NYC’s Westside store, noted Alex Jacobson. Sid’s offered the first 25 customers $45 Giro winter riding gloves for $10, but even after extending the offer for the entire day a few pair remained at close of…

National Bike Summit March 20-22, 2012
League of American Bicyclists

The 2012 National Bike Summit is already setting records: 200 people have registered, which is more than double the number at the same point last year. Clearly, people understand how critical it is that every bike advocate is on Capitol Hill March 20-22, 2012 to have our voices heard and to save cycling in the Transportation Bill. What can you do in the mean time? You…

NWCC 2012 Senior Games Team is Forming!
by Val Tiemann
ATTN Club members ages 50 and over:  We are forming a team for the 2012 Texas State Senior Games!

As an NWCC Senior Games Race Team member, you will receive coaching and reimbursement for your race fees. The Senior Games cycling competition is for experienced cyclists with – or without – race experience.  Regardless of your speed, you will find competition at all levels.  If you are interested, please email president@northwestcyclingclub.org.

The 2012 Texas State Senior Games will be held in San Antonio in March/April…

Salado Creek Greenway Park bike ride- envision! – San Antonio, Texas

A bike ride on the Salado Creek Greenway from envision! at http://envisionfilmvideo.com This video is copyrighted by envision. The ride starts at Hardberger Park off of Blanco and finishes at Huebner Road.

Find out more about San Antonio Park Greenway trails at http://www.sanantonio.gov/parksandrec/greenway_trails.aspx

Cold Setting A Bicycle Frame
by Justin        The Plano Cyclist

Rob Sherlock from NuVinci dropped by the PC offices the other day to drop off a wheel (and some socks) for me to install on the Bloggipide. (Wheel for bicycle, socks for blogger.) On a side note, if my name was “Sherlock”, I would totally go by the nickname “No Shit”.

This blog doesn’t bring you here to hear my opinions on nicknames, you come here to look for the glaring grammatical errors that surround my bike prose – and presumably you want to know something about bikes. …