Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for April 5th
Austin Bike Summit this weekend to plan what’s next for bike advocacy
from austinontwowheels.org
6:00pm-7:00pm Kick-Off Ride
Meet at Pfluger Bike/Ped Bridge, over Lady Bird Lake, near Lamar Blvd.
7:00pm-11:00pm Opening Reception
Bike Texas Headquarters, 1902 E. 6th St. @ Chicon St.
Includes food and beer
Saturday, April 10th, 2010
All Saturday events are at Yellow Bike Project Headquarters, 1216 Webberville Road @ East 12th Street …
Hil Street’s Hill Country Ride for AIDS « On Hil Street
by hilstreet
Saturday, April 24, Husbanks and I will participate in the Hill Country Ride for AIDS, a very hilly bicycle ride through the beautiful Texas Hill Country. We’re riding with our United Methodist church’s team. The ride is defined as …
‘Our little corner of bicycle heaven’
“Bicycling is one of the least expensive ways to get to work. Maintenance and upkeep of bicycles is relatively inexpensive and food is the only fuel needed!â€
– Bicycle Commuter’s Handbook, prepared for the North Texas Clean Air Coalition
It may be just an excuse, but I’ve heard people say that, sure, they’d commute to work by bicycle if only there were a place to take a shower and a secure storage area for the bike.
Bernie Scheffler hopes to remedy those problems — at least for bike commuters who work in downtown Fort Worth or take the train from there to Dallas — when he opens his new bike shop, Trinity Bicycles, on April 16. …
Ruth and Mary Jo’s Cycling Adventure: Day 15, Van Horn to Fort …
by Mary Jo and Ruth
While eating breakfast this morning, we were surprised to discover that our waffles were in the shape of the state of Texas. Ruth pierced her waffle with a fork on our location. We have miles and miles to cycle through Texas. …