Daily News Roundup February 16th – Texas Bicycling
RGV Life: Monte Bella Mountain Bike Race #2 Series
by Shaine Mata
Monte Bella Trails Park West Alton Gloor Brownsville, TX CATEGORIES FOR EVERYONE! $15 Early Registration $20 Late Registration For Flyer download, race details, and rules…
BikeLid Stories: BikeLid at Austin Park and Ride
by Kim
Austin’s Capital Metro is offering commuters at their Pavilion Park & Ride a new, safe and eco-friendly bicycle parking product known as the BikeLid. The BikeLid is an innovative form of bicycle parking that provides protection from vandalism … Metro may decide to install more BikeLids at passenger facilities throughout city. The lids are a green product, made from industrial plastic waste materials and recycled steel, and is 100% recyclable. – Texas Transit Association …
National MS Society Raises Handlebar with 26th Annual BP MS 150 Bike Ride …
by Business Wire (press release)
An estimated 13,000 cyclists will make the two-day, 180-mile journey from Houston to Austin as part of the 26th Annual BP MS 150, supporting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society: Lone Star in its quest to create a world free of multiple sclerosis (MS).
“The passion shared by cyclists, sponsors and volunteers alike is a significant component to the success of this event year after yearâ€
Throughout its 26-year history, the Houston-to-Austin MS 150 has experienced monumental…
Mike Davis hand cycles Austin Marathon
By Pamela LeBlanc | Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 05:16 PM
I met Mike Davis two years ago, when I wrote an article about how the U.S. Army veteran stays fit despite being paralyzed from the waist down.
Davis, 48, was crushed by a military Range Rover during a training exercise in New Mexico 15 years ago. That never changed his need for daily exercise, and now he gets it through swimming and racing his hand cycle. …
Largest Static Cycling Class – world record set by Life Time Fitness
from www.worldrecordsacademy.org/
HOUSTON, Texas, USA — Life Time Fitness held the “Ride of a Lifetime,” a two-hour long, high-energy outdoor stationary cycle ride which sets the new world record for the Largest Static Cycling Class. …
Ryan Lee Dorsey: Winter training and the upcoming 2010 season.
by Ryan Lee Dorsey
Very few people know and many don’t, that I recently upgraded from an amateur cyclist to a Professional mountain biker. It has been a very exciting journey. I have always ridden bikes in on form or another, from bmx to fixies and even some downhill mountain bike. Since 2008, I have managed to get most of my time in on road and mountain bikes. On the cross country mountain scene I feel that I can combine the thrill of downhill or bmx riding…