12-Hour Cycle for the Cure Sponsored by SMU Mustang Fitness Club & Benefitting JDRF
JDRF Dallas Chapter
JDRF is so grateful to the SMU Mustang Fitness Club for arranging a 12-hour Indoor Cycle Marathon on November 13th to help fund diabetes research! The event, supported by SMU staff and students is open to the public and everyone is encouraged to participate. The event is sure to be a great blend of fitness […]

Cannondale and Shimano join other industry leaders in supporting Bikes Belong Grant Program
from www.bikesbelong.org
Boulder, CO— Cannondale and Shimano have aligned with Fuji, Giant, Specialized, and Trek to fund the Bikes Belong Grant Program by participating in the Employee Pro Purchase Program. These Bikes Belong member companies collect a small donation from employees whenever bikes and equipment are sold at a pro-deal discount; this money in turn goes toward the Grant Program.

“Participating in the Employee Pro Purchase Program is an easy way for us to enable our employees to give back to the sport…

Bicycle Cities: a plan for car-free communities
from www.peopleforbikes.org
What do you think it would be like to live in, work in, or visit a community where there were no cars? The idea for a Bicycle City was first conceived in the 1990s, and now the idea may be finally coming to life. Bicycle City South Carolina is an eco-friendly, car-free community being built between the mountains and the beach near Columbia, SC. It will feature miles of biking and hiking trails, kayaking on the lake and convenient parking on the edge of the community. …

TxDOT to Help Dallas Pay for “Enhancing the Safety of the City’s Shared-Use …
by Dallas Observer (blog)
“Safety is our number one priority and this project will make bicycle and pedestrian areas in District 12 safer and more efficient,” said Councilmember Ron …

November – C ycle * D allas: November 2010
from cycledallas.blogspot.com
Houston, Texas installed a bicycle lane network in the mid-1990s (although some say that rather than being planned, it was drawn and quartered by TxDOT, Wilbur Smith Engineering, BikeFed Consulting, and the City of Houston). As Dallas embarks on an equally politicized plan (replacing our 900 lane-mile on-street network), we have much to learn from our Big Brother to the south.

Vastly underutilized, like all ill-conceived bike lane systems, some of Houston’s lanes have since been removed, some have been converted to wide outside lanes (by removing…

DFW Dealer Tour, Day 3
by Bicycle Retailer
On the final day of the tour we rode on scenic multi-use trails and paths (right when we thought that perhaps cyclists in this sprawling metro area were relegated to sharing the road with cars on unmarked streets) as we visited shops in central Dallas. We took the White Rock Creek Trail and a portion of the White Rock Lake loop, riding past swanky…

Litespeed Bicycles: Litespeed Carbon Road Show Heads to Texas
by Cary B
The Litespeed Carbon Road Show heads to Texas during November. There is a fleet of Archon C3s, Litespeed’s new aero carbon road bike, that is ready to ride! First stop will be Colonel’s Bicycles in Ft. Worth on November 11. …

Every Minute
by RootsAndRings
That night we drove to New Braunfels. The next morning, Stephen participated in a bike ride called Tour de Gruene in Gruene, Texas. He woke up at about 6:00 that morning to go ride in the 37 degree (!!!) weather and I did my best to …

Onset of winter means it’s cyclocross season
by San Angelo Standard Times
Fast forward to now, and cyclocross has become its own sport, completely different from the traditional road racing or mountain biking. In Texas, as in …