These designs look very strange against the bicycles we have today. I am not sure why there is a need to radically change what we have now but the search for a “better” bicycle is interesting. Bicycles make good design assignments for design schools since they are not so complex and everyone can identify with them. I do not expect to see these on Texas bike rides anytime soon though, if ever.

Imagining the bicycles of tomorrow (images)
from news.cnet.com

Results are in for the international Seoul Cycle Design Competition 2010, organized by design magazine designboom  in collaboration with the Seoul Design Foundation, and they’re sure to make you rethink your old balloon-tired cruiser with the coaster brake. …

Almost Levi’s Grand Fondo
from Mike’s Bike Blog
Yesterday I had a surprising tweet come through from @RoadMag:
“@RoadMag: Mike Wiland and Bruce A MacDonald you’ve won the Levi’s Grand Fondo tickets!! Please contact us today”

My first though was “is that me?” So I emailed the contact person back to see as I do recall doing something for a contest or two recently. I went to the Road Magazine Facebook page and read the contest was for uploading a photo for a chance to win a free entry to the sold out Levi’s Grand Fondo. This seemed like a contest I might…

Local driver is indicted in cycle deaths
by San Antonio Express
A local businessman who struck and killed two bicyclists in a wreck along Texas 16 a year ago today, causing an uproar in the cycling community, …

KGS Bikes Adds Italian Bicycle Framebuilder Passoni to Product Line
Custom bicycles designed in Texas, now built in Italy
by eReleases
SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 1, 2010 — KGS Bikes, a custom bicycle design studio in San Antonio, Texas, designs custom bicycles from $7,000-$32,000, with select components and proprietary geometry and designs. The legendary Italian framebuilder Passoni is now providing frames for custom KGS creations.

Kevin Saunders, President, states, “We have spent 25 years developing a bicycle positioning system that is accurate enough…

Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day – Dallas mountain biking | Examiner.com
With summer behind us, you may have noticed the pleasant drop in temperature. Like bears waking from hibernation during the winter, our young ones have started to venture outside after the long hot brutal summer of Texas. One great activity for your cubs is the annual International Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day at Rowlett Creek Preserve and River Legacy. Wheels start rolling at both locations at 9 a.m. and finish at noon.

Load up the car and motor out to Rowlett Creek Preserve in Garland. This will be a great opportunity for children…

Blinking lights could work here
by San Angelo Standard Times
The Midland Parks Department has come up with a great safety idea. To help cyclists and pedestrians be seen when they’re out exercising before daylight or after sundown, the parks department plans to pass out small blinking…

Turning Tricks in Houston: Urban Bicycle Gallery Pet Adoption on …
by Amanda Warr
“Urban Bicycle Gallery will be hosting a registration and packet pick up site for the 38th Annual Bike Houston Moonlight Ramble  that Saturday. We expect our dogs up for adoption to charm the outdoor enthusiasts and find loving homes,” says Lisa Cari, event organizer.

“Last year, more than two thousand cyclists participated, and this year, BikeHouston has added a 10-mile course which will attract new…

Woman critically injured after crash with bicyclist on Katy Trail
by 33 KDAF-TV
DALLAS, TEXAS – A 28-year-old woman remained in critical condition Friday after being hit by a bicyclist on the Katy Trail, police said.

Lauren Huddleston was injured about 7 p.m. Thursday in the 3100 block of Routh Street along the Katy Trail when she turned in front of an on-coming cyclist, …

Doctors’ group giving away bicycle helmets to kids Saturday
by Austin American-Statesman (blog)
In all, the Texas Medical Association’s Hard Hats for Little Heads program will give away more than 1900 bicycle helmets during Brain Injury Awareness Month …

Texas Tech Cycling: A hit to Lubbock Cycling
by Texas Tech Cycling

She helped make it easier for our Team to join the West Texas Cycling Association and ease financial stress on our race by suggesting a donation from the WTCA. Judy’s memorial service will be tomorrow, Saturday Oct. 2nd. …

Durango Texas: Suffering In Texas With A Flat Tire And Other …
by Durango
So, the River Legacy Park Mountain Bike Trail Ride was aborted. On my way back here I dropped in at my neighborhood Wal-Mart Supercenter to get a couple inner tubes. Among the tubes was a new one that for $19.99 a tube guaranteed to be …

GHORBA Group Ride – Cameron Park, Nov. 6th, 9am
The Bicycles Outback Blowout race will be held the weekend of November 6th and 7th at Cameron Park in Waco, Texas so we’ve decided to hold a pre-ride plus group rides on Saturday November 6th. Scott Prugh of the Waco Bicycle Club will provide group leaders to show us the trails. We will offer beginner, intermediate, and advanced group rides so no one will be left out. The Waco Bicycle Club…