Sante Fe Trail/White Rock Trail Bridge Update? Maybe.
from Biking In Dallas by Michael W. Hubbard
As I drove down Garland Rd. past White Rock Lake this morning in front of the 7-11 there by the Spillway, I saw this sign: In the background, if you look hard, you can see the …

Premier bike study starts in San Antonio
by San Antonio Express
An out-of-state research firm launched a study of the riding habits of bicyclists in San Antonio by inviting them to one of the most dangerous places in the city to ride: Loop 410 near U.S. 281.

On Tuesday, ETC Institute started to hand out GPS units to more than 100 local cyclists from a ballroom at the Holiday Inn…

Man pedalled with dress shoes
by San Angelo Standard Times
Oklahoma resident Don Jonason finished the 2009 Hotter’N Hell Hundred in less than five hours in these dress shoes after he accidentally left his cycling shoes at home. Next to the shoes is his Shimano SPD SL pedal, which would have attached to his cycling shoes.

WICHITA FALLS — When Norman, Okla., resident Don Jonason began putting his gear on the morning of last year’s Hotter’N Hell Hundred, he got an unpleasant surprise — his cycling shoes were not in his bag.

“All I had was brown dress shoes with soft soles. I was pretty panicked,” he said. …

Ride for recovery helps wounded heal | Philadelphia Passion …
by admin
LAKE HALLIE — Just 10 months ago, Juan Carlos Hernandez was laying in surgery having his right leg amputated. Tuesday, he biked70 miles and was so energized, he turned back and traveled several more.

Hernandez, of San Antonio, Texas, was one of about 50 bicyclists participating in the second day of Ride to Recovery’s Great Lakes Challenge. The tour, which began Monday in Edina, Minn., stopped at the Holiday Inn Express and Suites in Lake Hallie Tuesday night. …

Cyclists laud camaraderie, health benefits of sport
by LubbockOnline.com
Members of the West Texas Cycling Association cycle near Buffalo Springs Lake Thursday afternoon. Cyclers meet twice a week and ride from Chisum Truck Stop on the Slaton Highway.Thursday, August 19, 2010 (Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)

The Chisum truck stop is an unlikely hangout for travelers who don’t need gas and aren’t ordering fast food.

Each Tuesday and Thursday, though, a group of spandex-clad cyclists gather there — stocking up on Gatorade, stretching their muscly limbs and discussing the wind and the weather.

To most of us — who haven’t ridden since grade school…