MS 150 starts a day late because of rain
by Austin American-Statesman – Austin,TX,USA
The first day of the BP MS 150 was rained out Saturday, but participants were set to gather in La Grange this morning to bicycle the second and final leg of …

Dutch bikes the new status symbol of the recession? | Austin On …
by elliott
This new It object is the glossy black Dutch bicycle, its design unchanged since World War II. Increasingly imported to the United States and starting to be seen on the streets of New York (and in the windows of at least one clothing store) , it appears to have everything a good craze needs. That includes a hefty price tag — usually between $1000 and $2000 — and a ….

Prijatno!: Pedaling to Austin in the MS150!
by Dragana
… firmly seated on a bicycle pedaling, much of it uphill, about 175 miles between Houston and Austin. About 13000 riders and I don colorful team jerseys, special biking shoes and helmets, and leave the flatlands of coastal Texas. …

Artcolony: Sunflower ala Prima ~ V. Bridges Hoyt
by V. Bridges-Hoyt
It is still raining cats and dogs here in southeast Texas. This was the scheduled weekend for the MS150 bicycle ride from Houston to Austin, and it is the first year ever the event had to be postponed or cut short. …

a little bike ride this weekend « a UU Deist in Texas
by jules
This weekend is my bicycle ride from Houston to Austin. Admittedly I’m pretty friggin scared. I haven’t trained like I should have and the weather is gonna be really, really bad. Not a good combination to be riding on wet rode with 1/2″ …

San Marcos Record, San Marcos, TX – Big rains pound East and South …
by The San Marcos Record
Houston — The initial leg of an annual 150-mile charity bike ride involving more than 13000 cyclists raising money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society was washed out Saturday as heavy rains pounded Southeast Texas for a second …

Andy’s 2009 MS150 training blog: I spoke too soon –
by Andy Brickell
when I said that my next ride would start in my garage and end in LaGrange. Mother Nature intervened with heavy rainfall and high winds all through central/east Texas. LaGrange was pummelled, the camp site completely flooded and many of …