I was reading Dr. Mirkin’s latest email newsletter and was struck by the lead off  article about exercise, “More Exercise is Better”. I have heard, or read, that you should exercise 20 minutes or more at an intense heart rate for exercise to have any benefit. According to this article, “Dr. Paul Williams of the University of California at Berkeley thinks that the American Heart Association’s recommendation of “half an hour a day of exercise” is way too little.”  The article goes on to discuss how excess sugar in the blood stream affects our health. So you need to exercise more an skip the donuts. Longer rides and no sweet breaks. You can read the full article at www.drmirkin.com (January 10th newsletter.)

Texas New Year « thrubike.net
By thrubike
We have some catching up to do with all that we’ve done since we left Austin on Monday December 28th.  It’s been an interesting ride, here’s the details:

We rode 72 miles from Austin to Palmetto State Park in Luling, Texas the first day back on the road.  We just made it to the park at sunset and had a beautiful descent down into the park with pink skies above us.  The rain started the next morning and didn’t stop for the next 24 hours.  We moved our tent to the driest spot…

Real life adventures while cycling in Texas, 32.3° N 96.6° W
by Chipseal
Since I live about 170 miles north of the City of Manor, I can only fantasize about protesting in person their bicycle ban. But I have some ideas about how to make some noise about it if I lived in Austin.

I would drive my bicycle up to the edge where bicycle use is prohibited. I would dismount and take off my cleats and socks. I would then cross the road…

Fat Cyclist » Blog Archive » I Think I May Have Nearly Enough …
by fatty
A “Hey, I’m On The Radio!” Note from Fatty: I’m on The Story with Dick Gordon today. You can listen to it on public radio stations or listen to it online here (the Listen Now link is at the bottom of the page, and the direct link to the MP3 file is here).

I am not a reckless consumer. I consider all my purchases carefully, and do my best to do without if I can make do with what I already have. Consider, for a moment, my bicycles. Clearly, the Superfly 29″ fully rigid singlespeed and the Waltworks 29″ fully rigid singlespeed are very different bikes — one has a carbon frame, one has a steel frame. And they have different cranks, too. …

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 1/7- 1/13/09 | Austin On Two …
by elliott
With overnight temps in the teens, make sure you bundle up out there this weekend. Despite the cold temperatures, there’s still plenty to do. For those not inclined to cheer the Longhorns tonight, Social Cycling ATX is putting on a Skeeball tournament as part of their Thursday Night Social Ride and Austin will have its first Tweed Ride this Sunday.
Thursday Night Bike Polo
5:30 PM, Eastwoods Park, 3001 Harris Park Ave
Thursday Night Social Ride
7:30 PM, The Scoot Inn, 1308 E. 4th St. (Corner of 4th and Navasota
Hill Country Randonneurs 200K January Brevet
7 AM, 3108 Creeks Edge Pkwy, Austin, TX 78733
Mellow Johnny’s Scout-A-Ride: New Nelo’s, New Time!
NEW TIME: 9:30 AM, Mellow Johnny’s, 400 Nueces St
Nuts for Nueces Ride Rally
10: 30 AM, Cafe Medici, 2222B Guadalupe St
Super Squadra Road Racing Beginner Cycling Skills Clinic and Tactics Seminar
8:30 AM, Bicycle Sport Shop Central, 517 S. Lamar Blvd. and The Driveway Austin, 8400 Delwau Lane
Sunday Morning Fixie Ride
10:20 AM, Posse East, 2900 Duval St
Dapper Dan Dash, AKA the Shannon Tweed Ride
2 PM, Lamar Blvd Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge
Hardcourt Bike Polo
2 PM, Eastwoods Park, 3001 Harris Park Ave
Weekly Ladies Ride presented by Mellow Johnny’s
3:30 PM, Mellow Johnny’s Bike Show, 400 Nueces St
Hump Day Ride hosted by Social Cycling ATX
11 AM, Lamar Blvd Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge, Lady Bird Lake
Wednesday Night Road Ride XXVII
7 PM, Check site for start location

Former Mav preparing for the ride of his life
By ROBERT AVERY
Taylor Yong won’t be waiting till he gets his degree in the medical field to begin helping others battle an assortment of diseases.

The former Pasadena Memorial High School football and soccer player will begin doing it in less than six months after completing his junior year at the University of Texas.

But his first contributions to the medical field will be a bit out of the ordinary considering it’ll all be done on the seat of a bicycle with the purpose of pedaling all the way from Austin to Anchorage. …

Discovering America on 2 Wheels: Good Morning from Muleshoe Tx!
by Wills on Wheels
I’ve begun a series of cross-country bicycle treks beginning in my hometown of Lake Jackson, Tx. Leg 1 began in Lake Jackson Tx and traveled northwest into the Hill Country of Texas to Inks Lake State Park 50 miles northwest of Austin. …

Colonel’s Blog: 2010 Starts with pain!
by ano_green
The “Excruciation Exam” was for many of us one of the toughest races in the state of Texas. The race was January 2nd at Bluff Creek Ranch in Warda. It started at 7:30 AM and had 150 racers ready to go with a le mans start (30 degrees with ice on … About 85 miles(I did hear a few reports of 87 miles) of hard hitting mountain bike racing. 5th place was ok for my first time, but I’ll be ready for a “w” next year! Oh yeah, big props to my buddy Wayo for the support and for …

Dr. Paul Williams of the University of California at
Berkeley thinks that the American Heart Association's recommendation
of "half an hour a day of exercise" is way too little.