CycleDog: Devastation in Ronam, Texas
by Ed W
(The following does not reflect in any manner on the city of Manor, Texas, and its bicycle ban. Huh-uh. No. Not ever.)

This is a transcript from the ten o’clock news broadcast.

The city of Ronam, Texas disappeared overnight, seemingly swallowed up by the earth itself in a cataclysm of Biblical proportions.

Billy Bob Ignatowski, Ronam city manager, was fortunate to survive the devastation through an accident of timing. He was out of town for a church convention in Dallas when news of the disaster reached him. He has this to say for local television:

I was astonished and horrified to see that story about Ronam…

Biking In Dallas » Welch’s Bike: The 1976 Schwinn Speedster
by Michael W. Hubbard
Welch’s Bike: The 1976 Schwinn Speedster
In Flamboyant Red, single speed, 24 inch frame. I call it “The Spirit of ‘76?.
Here is what it looked like when I bought it:

I found it here in East Dallas on Craigslist for $125.00. At the time, it was the most that I had paid for a used bicycle. The guy that I bought it from told me that he found it in his mother’s attic when he helped her move. It had apparently been owned by his step-father and had sat up there for almost 25 years. My version of one of those “barn find stories”. Check out the chainguard, it’s beautiful……..

Walburg Road Race, Walburg, TX
by tilford97
I thought we all were working together to make bicycle racing fun and safe. That detracted from the fun factor. Especially so early in the morning. There wasn’t the past wind. It never got over 15mph. But, after about a half a lap it started … Not the easy, sunny Texas weather I was hoping for. We’re racing 80 miles tomorrow at Pace Bend. I was 3rd there last year and have won it before. Should be interesting. Probably a little more aggressive racing tomorrow I’d guess. …

DFW Point-to-Point: Daily Violation
by Steve A
They fought long and hard here in Texas for a similar law, before Governor Rick Perry vetoed it. Texas Bike Coalition has a petition castigating him for that veto. If you want, you can go here and sign it. If you look, you will not find my …..

Discovering America on 2 Wheels: Leg 3A – Southeast Texas Loop
by Wills on Wheels
As I said in my “Data Dump” post, I’m working on a lot of different things right now… one of which is the concept of using my Trek 1500 Road Bike as my “touring bike” for the 1168 miles of Leg 3 from Santa Fe NM to Los Angeles / Hollywood / Malibu CA.

I’ll go into the details of what I’m doing on “equipment change / upgrade” in another post.

What I’m planning right now is an 8-day / 392 miles of cycling / 45 miles of hiking “warm-up / equipment checkout / get back in road shape” Southeast Texas Leg 3A. …

Magnolia Randonneur: Knee pain messes up 300k
by Michelle
Well, not the best cycling day.

Pat, Matt, Doug, LeRoy and I all started my Natchez Trace Lil Mountain 300 k in very cold 30 something weather. The forecast was for the temps to reach the low 60s. The start was very cold. I guess I was thinking 60 and not 30 at the ride start!

For whatever reason, I started having knee pain behind my knee at mile 12 of what would end up being a 159 mile ride. I am guessing I have started sitting lower on my seat and thus I am closer to the pedals which would cause pain behind the knee. I am also still having problems…

Cycling Diary: February 20th
by Cycling Diary
Oh gee. Didn’t get a chance to ride my bike last weekend. Crazy weahter in Texas. We received 8 inches of snow and it that is very unusual for this part of Texas. Actually I think it is very unusual for any part of Texas. …

Bike the Borderline: 1000 miles across Texas …done!
by Ant and Kat
There’s not much to say about today’s ride. The road was smooth, the journey was a short 32 miles and the wind was strong but thankfully didn’t hamper our progress too much. It has been a fascinating trip through the mountains, valleys, …

Bastrop State Park – My RV Talk
by whereigo
They tout a bike ride between the two parks, unless your in really good shape for a lot of up and down hills you may not want this ride. It is a road that is somewhat narrow but paved. But cars do use it too. …

Pedal Pushers: Allen Lane
by Roy and Christine
Allen Lane according to the road sign; Allen Road according to MapQuest. Take your pick because either route is a good one.

Saturday was lining up to be a good day to ride. The temperature was to be mid-60’s and the wind 13-15. Since our average wind speed is 12, what was new? So a ride was called for 1 pm to start at the old Toni’s Restaurant outside of Christoval. Allen Lane is a 7.4 mile stretch of hills with grades ranging from 6 to 12% with one or two stretches at 14%. It is an ideal location to train for rides that have hills as a theme. …

Michael Pincus’s Cycling blog: Walburg cat 3s 72 miles
from Google Alerts – Texas cycling by Michael Pincus
Walburg , one of the most miserable courses in the state of Texas, this was my first race in 2010 and I’ve been looking forward for it for several months. I left for the race after school friday with my old teammate Rich. We headed up our hotel and slept pretty good considering we were watching figure skating. The morning of the race we packed up and drove off to a burger king for some breakfast yatta yatta yatta. …

Walburg Classic Road Race
Mike’s Bike Blog
I started the morning with a good breakfast of red curry chicken, rice and eggs. The race didn’t start till 11:20 so I had more than the 3 hour window to digest and build my glycogen stores. I also got to Walburg, which is only 32 miles from my house with plenty of time to pin on my numbers and warm up. I wanted to ensure I was ready to go from the start so I warmed up for 30 minutes getting about 267 kJ out of my system. Moving forward with other races I think I’m going to employ…