Cycling notebook: Bike-to-work days roll out this spring
By Dale Robertson
Mayor Annise Parker has confirmed her involvement, and City Council members are also being encouraged to ride in the first of three upcoming bike-to-work days that are intended, more than ever, to emphasize the viability of pedal power for commuting in Houston.

Parker will be part of the April 13 ride from the Memorial Park Picnic Loop to City Hall, which, for the first time, will also offer a group ride back to the park at 4:30 p.m. The mayor, for her part, will be using an…

Dave Preston’s TX RAAM Cycling Challenge – “Go Slower to Go Faster”
By John Foote             www.ultraracenews.com

Dave Preston didn’t have too much going for him heading into the 2012 Texas RAAM Cycling Challenge 400 mile race in Marble Head, TX.  Preston, from  Issaquah,Washington had planned on racing the TX Hill Country 600km race the week before, but wasn’t able to make it.  Seeing how he was counting on seeing the Hill Country, Preston signed up for the 400 mile race the following weekend.  Strike two came after he had confirmed all travel arrangement and the developed a couple of different medical issues including the flu and kidney issues.

According to Preston, “It was a crazy, crazy week.  I wasn’t able to do anything, zero, zilch, nada in terms of activity since last Saturday until the actual race.  I was having bladder/kidney stones issues and flu-like symptoms (achy, weak).  I got the…

The April San Antonio Wheelmen Pedaler Newsletter
As usual, March has turned out to be a great month for riding.  We all should take advantage of the weather when temperatures are in the 60’s and 70’s.  This past weekend, I saw a lot of riders having fun on their bikes in Gruene, Cibolo, Garden Ridge, and Schertz.  A few riders were even stopping to take photos with a background of beautiful flowers.  Of course, daylight savings time provides us with an opportunity to get in a ride after work.  I’ll take the hour-long ride after work over…

BikeTexas KidsKup
BikeTexas.org
Come out to the BikeTexas KidsKup this Saturday, March 31 at the Double Lake Recreation Center in Sam Houston National Forest
Greetings!

This Saturday, March 31, there is a KidsKup event at Sam Houston National Forest Double Lake Recreation Center, near Coldspring, TX, as part of GHORBA’s Big Ring Challenge TMBRA Race.

BikeTexas KidsKup introduces youth, from 18 months up to 12 years old, to basic bike safety and handling skills in a fun outdoor environment. From strider bikes and training wheels to 24″ wheels, everyone’s welcome! …

Ride Schedule for April-Cyclopaths of Georgetown, Texas

24th Annual Beauty and the Beast Bicycle Tour
Tyler Bicycle Club
The weather was perfect, over 800 riders, a WWII aircraft flyover, a little competition, and 200 plus volunteers made up the 24th Annual Beauty and the Beast Bicycle Tour this year.  People came from miles around, as far away as Nebraska and as close a Bullard, aging from nine to 79 to ride this year’s tour.  The efforts of everyone involved could be heard in the positive echoes of both riders and spectators located at each rest stop, on the routes, and especially from those finishing “The Beast!”  As hard as it was to get up that…

The boom in biking benefits everyone, not just bicyclists
PeopleForBikes.org
For the past year powerful voices around Washington have singled out programs to improve biking and walking as flagrant examples of wasteful government spending.

Since last summer, proposals have flown around the Capitol to strip away all designated transportation funds for biking and walking—even though biking and walking account for 12 percent of all trip across America but receive only 1.6 percent of federal funding.

But yesterday (March 29) the U.S. House of Representatives—the hotbed of opposition to bike and walking as well as transit programs—voted to extend the current surface transportation bill for another three months, saving the funding of bike and ped programs. The Senate followed two hours later. (This marks the 9th extension of the…

Your weekend fitness lineup!
By Pam LeBlanc        Fit City

Not competing alongside Lance Armstrong at the Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas in Galveston this weekend? We’ve got plenty of fitness events to choose from right here in the Austin area:

…FrankenBike — This month’s Austin FrankenBike is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 31 at Ozone Bike Department, 3202 Guadalupe Street. The city’s best bike swap meet will be set up in the shaded area behind the shop. Sponsor Independence Brewing Company will be provide beer. For more…

Professionals change stance on sports injuries
by San Angelo Standard Times
By Bill Cullins SAN ANGELO, Texas — The attitudes of most physicians and other medical professionals have changed significantly compared to when I first started cycling and running several decades ago. Back in the dark ages, if a runner went to see …

DFW bicycle trail offers a way to travel without the traffic
by Fort Worth Star Telegram
Foster has his doubts about cycling ever becoming a legitimate commuting mode in car-loving North Texas. But advocates say the region is making progress in building a system of trails — known as a veloweb — that would let pedestrians and cyclists …

Come and Take It
by Gonzales Inquirer
The inaugural Come and Take It Bicycle Race in July 2011 attracted 366 cyclists from across the state to downtown Gonzales. The second annual Come and Take It Bicycle Race, sponsored by Southern Clay Products Inc., gets underway Saturday morning in …

SCCCC: University of Texas/Texas State Race Weekend
by Kristen Kjellberg            www.usacycling.org

Eggenschwiler (MSU) leads the women’s A field during the RR. Photo courtesy of Texas Cycling
On Saturday, the University of Texas hosted a road race and team time trial at Pace Bend Park. The park was teeming with fresh blooms of Texas wildflowers, as the week long Texas spring was still in effect Saturday morning. The road race consisted of multiple laps of a 6 mile loop, with several short but steep climbs totaling about 200 feet of elevation change per lap. The hills seemed easy at first, but begin to add up after a few laps. The growing women’s A field experienced a total of 1700 feet of climbing over their 49 mile race. Untouchable Midwestern State (MSU) rider Jessica Prinner broke away on her own early on, allowing her 3…

Top Ten Mountain Bike Websites
by Shawn        Texas Mountain Bike Trails
If you’re a bike junkie like me you are probably looking for great mountain bike websites to get your fix on. Here is my take on the best and most useful sites to keep you on the trails and constantly improving your ride. …