Head for the Hills Rally
A great big THANK YOU to all our riders, volunteers and sponsors. Here’s a link to all the photos Rotary can provide, shot by 2 professional photographers and a couple of volunteers.

Ft Worth Bike Routes and Bike Law
by Doohickie        www.bikeforums.net
The city issued a little pamphlet. The first page shows bike routes in the city core; the second page is a summary of cyclists’ rights and Texas and Fort Worth bicycle law. Handy for those in the DFW area. Most of the rights sheet applies to the whole state (except where Ft Worth law is explicitly cited).

It’s official: Dallas is still the (one and only) worst city for bicycling in the entire country
By Robert Wilonsky            cityhallblog.dallasnews.com
Um, Mayor Mike, you may wanna see this …

An old friend of the show wanted to make sure we didn’t miss this note from Bicycling magazine dispatched earlier this week, which — yet again — names Dallas among the worst cities for bicycling in the country. Which comes as no surprise to those following City Hall’s inability to roll out The 2011 Dallas Bike Plan — because, ya know, those bike lanes are just too expensive. …

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 5/24- 5/30/12
by elliott        Austin on Two Wheels
Bike Month way be winding down with Memorial Day weekend, but there is lots to do bike bike including Austin Bike Zoo’s latest theater production by bike, a comedy bike benefit, and a special Thursday Night art ride. Get out and ride!

Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. As always, if there is an event you know about that’s not on our calendar contact us, and we’ll add your event on and possibly add it to the weekly round up. …

I Bike Richardson – Bethany Sauls
by dickdavid        Bike Friendly Richardson
It’s time for another installment of the I Bike Richardson series, where we put a face on Richardson cyclists. We’d like to introduce Bethany Sauls. She took the time to answer a few questions about biking. Enjoy:

Name:
Bethany Sauls

How long have you been riding?
I have been riding for 5 years. I got into a car accident back then and realized how scary cars are. When I ride I am alert, aware, appreciative, and more alive than I ever was behind the wheel.

How often do you ride?
I ride everyday. My bike (chi chi) is my transportation. If I need to go…

Bike the Bricks brings heart-racing thrills to downtown McKinney
By City of McKinney
Third annual bicycle race offers entertainment for everyone

McKINNEY, TEXAS – McKinney Main Street is teaming up with local cycling organization McKinney Velo once again to host the Third Annual Historic Downtown McKinney Bike the Bricks Criterium race on Friday, May 25.

Bike the Bricks features several interval races, food, spirits, festivities and a purse worth more than $20,000. Warm-up laps begin at 4 p.m. and the races kick off at 4:30 p.m.

“Spectators of all ages will enjoy a free Friday night in Historic Downtown McKinney with cycling, festivities, food and drinks. We are estimating up to…

Real Ride 2012
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This is by far the largest collection of Fairdale kits every assembled and I’m not even in the picture! Texas summer bike rides requires a thorough group sunscreen coverage session. Here the Full Factory/ OTX office and Sandy Carson prepare for the 85 miler. …

Monday, June 4 6:00pm Walnut Creek
Austin Ridge Riders
Ride Like A Girl is a series of women-led, all women mountain bike rides scheduled from May to September. Women learn differently from men so instruction is designed to help women build confidence while having fun and experiencing nature. Each participant chooses which group to ride with based on skill level, experience and speed. New riders are always welcome…

Coldspring by Michael Haney
www.violetcrown.org
Coldspring Road Race, May 5, 2012
John Bartle, Rick Hall, and I drove to Coldspring Friday afternoon, stayed in a very nice “Sunday house” about .5 miles from start, and showed up bright eyed and bushy tailed, which has not always been my experience going to Coldspring. Bartle continued demonstrating his good form, getting second in the 60+ race (and 7th on the 50+ 60+ race).

Last half of the last of 3 laps, I got into what seemed a promising 3 man break (I thought there was another 6 man group up the road). It turned out the earlier break had been reabsorbed, so we were brought back by the main field maybe 5 or 6 kilometers from the finish, as they were not…

Alkek Velodrome
We are down to the last Friday Night of the Spring Mini-Series! Who is going to take it all on the last night?

In the Cat 1/2 race, Andrew Carlberg (Spincycle) doing an internship in Seattle leaves the door open for Robert Bodamer (Matrix) to claim the top spot, with a tough battle for third between…