Shifting Gears luncheon scheduled for Jan 21 | Austin On Two Wheels
I just received word that the Texas Bicycle Coalition, aka Bike Texas, is sponsoring a luncheon called Shifting Gears on Wednesday, January 21.  I just received word that the Texas Bicycle Coalition, aka Bike Texas, is sponsoring a luncheon called Shifting Gears on Wednesday, January 21. The focus of the luncheon is to learn how we can change the dynamics of transportation in Texas, while building healthy communities and reducing traffic. …

Bicycle ride down memory lane « Texas Tailwind
by Ben
Assuming it’s not pouring down rain (which unfortunately looks like the case) I’m riding the Cowtown Classic tomorrow on my TT bike as prep for the Texas Time Trials. I did the Cowtown Classic last year on a single speed, …

David Byrne talks bikes in Austin; win his book! | Fit City
By Pamela LeBlanc
Rob D’Amico, president of the League of Bicycling Voters; Annick Beaudet, bicycle pedestrian co-ordinator for the City of Austin; and urban planner Jana McCann. Byrne devotes about 34 pages of his 300-page book to biking through American … Sweetwater, Texas. He spends four pages on that West Texas town, where he ate at a steak restaurant, read the local paper and rode through older parts of town. He describes people selling watermelons in parking lots and an American …

Man traverses country on foot
by Natchez Democrat

… southwest back to Texas, and he is now headed back east. He is loaded with only a bicycle and enough gear to get him through all four seasons. …

2009 Texas Custom Bicycle Show: TCBS now on Facebook!
by info@rideDaltex.com
The Second Annual Texas Custom Bicycle Show will be held Oct 23-25 at the Austin LiveStrong Challenge Expo featuring fine frame builders from the Lone Star State. Bicycles crafted from steel, titanium, and carbon fiber will be on …

Vintage bikes on display this Saturday
by Bastrop Daily Enterprise
Many years later, however, he found an identical Schwinn at a flea market in Canton, Texas. Matthews said he now owns between 30 and 40 restored bicycles …

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Flip Over Handlebars Leads Bike Rider to File Product Liability …
by Dr. Shezad Malik
The plaintiff believes the defendants breached express and implied warranties that the bicycle was of merchantable quality and was safe. Warren states the defendants violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by making “false, …

In the Saddle with KU: Kolaches
by KU
I dreamt I was doing some kind of organized bike ride, not a race. It was getting very close to the end of the ride, but it felt like a race because everyone was gearing up for the sprint. As we approach the “finish” there is a guy who locks handlebars with someone and begins to lean into me . Instincts take over and I lean back and push him into the barriers. The guy goes down hard. …