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Your committee and crew are meeting tonight to discuss our rider feedback from the 2012 Tour. We are committed to making 2013 even better!

— Tour du Rouge (@TourduRouge) June 13, 2012

Oak Cliff Film Festival for Cyclists!
Bike Friendly Oak Cliff
The first annual Oak Cliff Film Festival begins this Thursday!

Bike Friendly Oak Cliff has partnered for half-price discount on full-access badges for cyclists who bike to the events (use password f4iend50f0akclifffilmfest to purchase online). This is your pass to all the film screenings and parties throughout the weekend. You can park blocks away and bike up or bike from home, but you make your scouts honor pledge to…

12 Reasons to start using a bicycle for transportation -Add your reasons: http://t.co/k8lYVSHj

— I BIKE DALLAS (@IBIKEDALLAS) June 13, 2012

Come race our first ever mountain bike race – the Cranktastic Dirt Fest at Rocky Hill Ranch on June 23-24!… http://t.co/A2QWP8R0

— AustinCyclingTeam (@ATXCyclingTeam) June 13, 2012

Definitely great news for George Mitchell Nature Preserve (aka Flintridge)! http://t.co/3azLl20B

— MountainBikeTx.com (@MountainBikeTx) June 13, 2012

Cranktastic Dirt Fest http://t.co/za9O7FgP

— CyclingATX (@CyclingATX) June 13, 2012

UNT's new Green Light To Greatness posters have people riding bikes on them. Men and women. pic.twitter.com/z5pTQFR6

— Bike Denton (@bikedenton) June 13, 2012

ACA volunteer picnic and bike ride (Velo Vista)
www.austincycling.org
This ride is open to all. The picnic is for ACA volunteers from the past year. Please send an RSVP to Susie at susietruxillo@gmail.com. The picnic will be from 11am – 2pm. Meet at Brushy Creek Lake Park in Cedar Park for the ride start and picnic. The park is located off of Brushy Creek Road just east of Parmer Lane. Please park at the back of the parking lot near the restrooms and water feature. We will be doing a new route for this ride named Velo Vista. The ride will go through…

Reimers’ Ranch Ride & Ice Cream Social
Saturday, June 30, 2012 – 09:00
Austin Ridge Riders
Join Mark Henneke and the new Reimers’ Ranch Trail Steward Brad Sikes for a wonderful ride at Reimer’s Ranch and some post-ride ice cream and watermelon. Nothing hits the spot after a ride like sweet ice cream and cold watermelon. You’ll be thinking about ice cream and watermelon as you are barreling down that sweet downhill at the back end of the trail.

A lot has happened at Reimers Ranch. While this beautiful piece of property suffered from wild fires, there has been all kinds of infrastructure improvement, a new pump track, a return of the wildflowers and, of course, the crazy fun trail that is…

AMBP’s requirements and reimbursement policies
by Il Pirate         Austin Ridge Riders
AMBP Coordinator Carla is off on a fantasitc adventure but emailed the below reminder. Interested in how to get invovled in the Austin Mountain Bike Patrol? Don’t wait….email arrambp@gmail.com. You’ll be glad you did!

…Note that to patrol, you must maintain current certifications in first aid and CPR, as well as memberships in ARR and IMBA NMBP.  It’s your responsibility to keep track of when your certifications lapse, and to renew your certifications before they lapse. ARR will reimburse you for these expenses, provided that you meet all…

Falling Over in Glove Love
by Steve A        Dallas Point-to-Point
I wear gloves most of the time when I cycle. In the past, in this blog, I’ve described many of them, including mittens and heavy winter gloves. Yesterday, I was reminded of why I also appreciate gloves as personal protective equipment.

I was riding home, much like any other weekday. As occasionally happens, I encountered a motorist at a four way stop that tried to be nice and waited for me to go. She didn’t realize that not only did she have the “right of way” by virtue of having stopped at the sign before me (and to my right to boot), but that my intention was to make a left turn and that she’d then…

DAY 12 SIERRA: On our way to Zion National Park earlier today. http://t.co/NZa5lfqo

— Texas 4000 (@Texas4000) June 14, 2012

Weight weenie bike-riding photogs: Superheadz wide angle cam that @fortworthology got me into is 87.4 grams. With film.

— Bike Denton (@bikedenton) June 14, 2012

“@bikenoob: Whew! Riding in the afternoon after work is different. Today, 95 (35C) and humid! Did 18 miles, though.” > Nice!

— Bicycle Sport Shop (@BSS_Austin) June 14, 2012

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 6/14- 6/20/12
by elliott        Austin on Two Wheels
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.

Thursday, June 14
Driveway Crit Series
5 PM, The Driveway, 8400 Delwau Lane
Weekly Thursday night road racing through October that takes place on the closed car-free driving course at the Driveway. Races include Cat 3/4 women’s and juniors race at 5:00, Cat 3/4 Race and Women’s Open at 5:30, Kids Fun Lap at 6:20, Cat 4/5 Race at 6:25, and Pro/Cat 1/2/3 at 6:55. Races registration Weekly: Men $25, Women $10, College Students $10, Juniors $10. 5PM Junior race is free. Additional races $10 each. Season…

CATS Debuts at UTB & UTA
biketexas.org
BikeTexas is delighted to announce that University of Texas at Brownsville and University of Texas at Austin campuses debuted BikeTexas’ new College Active Transportation Safety, CATS program at the first in a series of new student orientations at Texas colleges and universities this summer.

Many thanks to Charles Hart, lecturer at UT Brownsville (UTB) for delivering the very first BikeTexas CATS presentation, and Beth Rosenbarger, graduate student in Architecture for…

Welcome to the temporary Home of DORBA!
www.dorba.org
Our old site is unavalaiable and we are working to put in place a permanent replacement site soon. In the mean time it is important that we stay in touch regarding events, trail work, clinics, races, etc. so we have provisioned space here at Meetup. It’s not ideal but it will allow us to stay in touch.

Please feel free to use the forums to discuss the site transition issues and other topics. You can also check out…

Cycle Cowtown – JPS to roll out North Texas 100-mile bicycle ride in 2013
by WB admin        The Wheel Brothers – Cycling in Texas
Billed as a “warm-up to the Hotter’N Hell Hundred,” which attracts 14,000 or so people from all over the country to Wichita Falls each August, the first Cycle Cowtown is planned for June 22, 2013, Robert Earley, CEO of the JPS system, confirmed at the end of May.

With early support from Fort Worth’s bike-loving mayor, the county judge, the Chamber of Commerce, the downtown business district, Sundance Square, county commissioners and Earley, who loves riding his bicycle almost as much as he loves promoting community health, Cycle Cowtown should prove a popular venture.

“Who to better put on a great cycling venture than the JPS Health Network?”  Earley asked. “Our medical team is so committed to health, and cycling is such a healthy sport. A lot of our residents and other physicians and…