Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup
‘Pints for Prostates’
Beer, cycling provide way to peddle message
By Jim Haug Herald staff writer      durangoherald.com
A white trailer crammed with craft beers from Texas was locked up next to the stage at Ska Brewery on Thursday night.
Colorado liquor-licensing laws would not permit the beers to be tapped at the local brewery, but the locked-up beers symbolized the closed-off cause of the cyclists from Austin, Texas, riding for “Pints for Prostates.â€
“The real problem with prostate cancer is men. We don’t want to talk about it. We don’t get…
ROD SANTA ANA: Texas A&M Forest Service played key role in organization
www.themonitor.com
McALLEN – The city of McAllen has won a statewide award for its McAllen Arbor Day Challenge, a bicycle and running competition that drew more than 500 athletes, according to Salvador Alemany, a Texas A&M Forest Service regional urban forester in Weslaco and an organizer of the Feb. 9 event.
The Gold Leaf–Outstanding Arbor Day Award was presented to city officials Thursday at the 34th Texas Tree Conference in Waco during the…
Leisure Trends: Bike sales at IBDs highest since May
by BRAIN Staff      www.bicycleretailer.com
BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) — Retail merchandise sales grew 1 percent in August to hit $361 million according to Leisure Trends Group’s RetailTrak IBD sales summary.
Unit sales were down 1 percent, but average retail-selling price continued to climb and was up 3 percent. This growth was still not enough to offset the slow start to the season, with this year’s dollars off by 3 percent and units down 5 percent.
The good news is that bike units in August climbed the highest since May, gaining…
CycloBia gears up for bikers Sunday
HE BROWNSVILLE HERALD
Vehicular traffic through downtown Brownsville will again be limited Sunday as the city holds its fall CycloBia event whereby pedestrians, cyclists and skaters are encouraged to take over the city’s center.
The event will run from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. and downtown streets will be closed to vehicular traffic from East 12th Street to Palm Boulevard and between East Adams and East St. Charles streets.
The free event seeks to turn major streets into…
New Event Added to the Texbiker.net Calendar
New Event: Tyler SpeedWavesâ„¢ p/b Richardson Bike Mart – Tyler, TX: When: Sun Oct 13, 2013 8am to 2:30pmÂ
CDTWh… http://t.co/iuQJ2ubLfV— Rick Ankrum (@texbiker) October 4, 2013
Tweets
Take a peek at tomorrow's #SixShooterCX course, running clockwise. http://t.co/7JqbVgoh9V #TXCX
— BSS CX Club (@BSSCX) October 5, 2013
https://twitter.com/trevormccurry/status/385125793921134592
Joe and Mark making the #SixShooterCX course happen! #TXCX http://t.co/wV0VBKOAJO
— BSS CX Club (@BSSCX) October 4, 2013
Item #38 to close trails to nighttime bicycle traffic is posted to Oct. 17th City Council agenda: https://t.co/wiOo5IylUm
— Bike Austin (@bikeaustin) October 4, 2013
Props to everyone who's riding their #bike to #ACLFest! pic.twitter.com/OkuJwsHcVi
— ACL Festival (@aclfestival) October 4, 2013
https://twitter.com/EPMPO/status/386152301406068737
Machado! State champ and supermodel! http://t.co/ozGskhkec2
— BSS CX Club (@BSSCX) October 4, 2013
Looks like @MSUCyclingTeam member @SeanB0826 had an interesting time BMXing… :-/ hope your feeling better soon. pic.twitter.com/sL6h2RoG7U
— The SCCCC (@SCCCC) October 4, 2013
That's how I park my bike 😀 #bike #bicycle #Houston #htown #htx #tx #texas #txsu #tsu #usa #usa… http://t.co/qvLUGpwG4C
— Ali D. Shehri (@3lucci) October 4, 2013
https://twitter.com/ANGELGUADIANIA/status/385992161553969152
#HappinessIs Riding to the DMV to renew your license! #Cycling #Texas #Houston #iRideWithMS #RecumbentTrike
— DeniseSebestaLanier MFA (@TXmoonspeak) October 4, 2013
https://twitter.com/bicyclesplus/status/386110626897993728
I will be doing Mission Hike and Bike Trails maintenance tomorrow to clear the ways to the MTB race coming up… http://t.co/MJqLYbYK1r
— Trek Bicycle Mission (Bike Masters) (@thebikemasters) October 4, 2013
