Bikes Guru » Travelogue Entry » Crossing the Texas Plains by Bicycle
by jennifer8163
Crossing Texas by bicycle is not an easy feat at all and certainly I am not suggesting that anyone try to cross from El Paso to Beaumont; that would indeed be a nightmare. As big as Texas is there are only a few really good routes to take which go fairly straight thru. And we need to start where it makes sense, so lets start in Hobbs, NM. You see Hobbs, NM is only 3 miles from the border…

$360,000 boost for grassroots bicycle racing in US
from www.bikeradar.com
USA Cycling is doling out nearly $360,000 to support racing at grassroots level. The money, earned from the sale of race licenses, will go to its 34 Local Associations across America.

The largest payout, $36,105, goes to the Northern California/Nevada Cycling Association, followed by the Southern California/Nevada Cycling Association ($32,210), the New England Bicycle Racing Association ($30,520), the Texas Bicycle Racing Association ($23,225) and the Pennsylvania Cycling Association ($15,495). …

Bike Geek: Reflecting on 2009
by Justin
2009 was a first for this and for completing my first two bicycle tours – one to Fredericksburg, TX and another to Wimberley, TX (a full write-up of that adventure is coming soon). Other highlights included: A VIP ride with San Antonio …

old year, new year « mileage may vary
by mileagemayvary
… ten years of the red dog, my first 50k bike ride in the pouring rain, visiting with family in May and November, and participating in some new community activities (bike/ped task force, aids athens, POUR food drive, the senior farmer’s market nutrition program). … Semi-successful; I visited my brother in Houston once and my brother in Dallas twice, but didn’t make it to Colorado, mostly because I still don’t like to fly (I drove to Texas both times). …

Texas Routes | Austin’s boutique mountain bike shop for Titus …
from www.hammerheadbikes.com
I would be very interested in hearing what routes people have done in Texas that are off pavement.  I have only done the Big Bend area, but have a modified version of that in mind and also one that I am looking at in Sam Houston National Forest.  Sucks that Texas has so little public land.  Definitely makes it a challenge to find long routes that justify a loaded bike trip. …

Texas Flyers Cycling Club of Flower Mound / Lewisville, TX
from www.texasflyers.org
Our next meeting is Tues. January 12th@ 7pm at the Village Grill in Highland Village. Our meetings are open to all area cyclists. Grab a friend and join us!  …