Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for August 31st
Bicycling in a world built for CARS!: Riding to Dallas and Back!
by Commute-a-sarus
My legs were feeling heavy after Hotter’n Hell this past weekend, so I needed a long slow ride. Carola needed a new bike light and REI had the one she wanted on crazy sale. I called around FTW to see if anyone could beat the price and no one could match it, so off I went on an adventure. I have never ridden on this route further east than Grapevine so I was a little apprehensive…
Durango Texas: My First Bike Ride In Over A Year Went Well For The …
by Durango
I am glad I found Colonel’s Bicycle Shop. Getting back in the saddle, after more than a year of not pedaling, went surprisingly well. I was surprised at how solid the bike now feels with its fixed wheel. I quickly realized I put up with …
Matt Nowak – Money-making bicycle rides can be a blast, too
by Leavenworth Times
Many of our local riders made the annual trek recently to Texas to ride the Hotter-N-Hell One Hundred. It is flat as a pancake, but it is in August in Texas …
Durango Texas: Fort Worth’s Colonel’s Bicycles Has Me Back On 2 Wheels
by Durango
I believe it was after that that Steve A pointed me to Colonel’s Bicycle Shop on University Drive in the heart of purple TCU territory. It seemed like a long ways to go at the time Steve A mentioned it. But, I wanted a working wheel. …
Team McAllen Cycling sweating for a good cause | South Texas …
by Helen Escobar
The race was comprised of a two mile run followed by a 15-mile bike ride and then concluding the race was another two miles of running. Hansel Ibarra and Jose Zamudio were the first to cross the finish line that morning. …
C y c l e * D a l l a s: You see, this is very different from what …
by PM Summer
Recently, a paid Texas bicycle advocate commented that with bike lanes and cycle-tracks (aka, side-paths), Texas would look like Amsterdam in 20 years (in terms of bicycle usage). To do that, the population of Texas would have to …