Nine Hours « Daniel Kietzer
by dkietzer
I was up at 6:45, after about four hours of sleep, to go ride my bicycle with the 2009 Texas 4000 team. My breakfast of scrambled egg and bacon rice cakes was with me as I walked out the door, and after a quick stop at JP’s Java for …

View from the Passenger Window: Exploring Irving on bicycle
by Sahasi
Yesterday I clocked about 20 miles of bicycling on two trails: Campion trail in Irving, Tx and the Blue Bonnet Trail in Plano, Tx. I carried my camera for the Campion Trail ride… which actually slowed down my progress. …

PingWi-Fi — Full Bodied, Yet Unpretentious
by Ping
I wanted to ride my bike today. On two wheels, I can turn up the iPod, burn a calorie, think and solve most of the world’s problems. But today North Texas was forced indoors by heavy rains. I turned to the tube … … Forget for a moment that, yes, people steal the free bicycles and they also vandalize them. The biggest problem is just plain old laziness. Everyone wants to use the bicycles for their downhill needs. But nobody wants to ride them back up the hills where the …

UrbanGrounds » Blog Archive » Countdown to the BP MS 150: 6 Days
by Robbie Cooper
I didn’t buy my bike until late last year, only getting to ride it 5 times (and never longer than 9.3 miles) before the MS 150. This year I’ve done a bunch of rides over 20 miles and feel stronger and faster in the saddle than I ever have. … All of the 1300K riders participating in the BP MS 150 next weekend have pledged to raise at least $400 in donations for the Texas Chapter of the MS Society. Thanks to my wonderful friends and family, I have already exceeded that …

Paisedome» Blog Archive » The Courtyard San Antonio Downtown …
by PRWeb – Daily News Feed
This fall, join the Courtyard San Antonio Downtown Market Square in welcoming Bike MS to San Antonio as the Bike MS South Texas ride celebrates a new route and new name, Bike MS: Valero 2009 Alamo Ride to the River. …

Mounting a new tire « Bike Noob
by rainycamp
I did a hilly 52-mile route from Dripping Springs to Johnson City, Texas, and back again. It was a training ride organized by the Hill Country Ride for AIDS, but I used it as my last hurrah before the MS 150 next weekend. …

GT Dirt Coalition Texas: Wow, a week without a race
by Jim Thomas
Jim Thomas: San Antonio, Texas, United States: GT Dirt Coalition member racing aboard an awesomely agile GT Marathon Pro in the Texas MTB Racing Association XC Spring and Fall Series. Category 2 (40-44). View my complete profile …