Today I learned about two bicyclist terms I had not heard before: gutter bunny and bikelash. Checking google.com I found several sources for a definition. These may be new terms to you as well.

According to the Urban Dictionary the gutter bunny is the cyclist you see cranking along the snowbanks every morning in January, huffing home sweating bullets in August, and pedaling off to work, come rain, shine and everything in between. … refer to themselves as. May have originally started as a disparaging remark mountain bikers used to refer to commuters as but it has now been accepted.

Wordspy.com defines bikelash: n. A strong, negative reaction towards cyclists, particularly by police officers or drivers. Also: bike-lash. Call it a bikelash! The NYPD has been ordered to begin a borough-wide crack-down that will hit renegade riders for often-overlooked “vehicular offenses” like failing to obey traffic signals and signs, breaking the speed limit, tailgating, and even failure to signal before turning.

12 reasons to start using a bicycle for transportation
from mother nature network By Chris Baskind
Economic instability and ever-increasing climate change are just two of the many reasons riding a bike is an excellent alternative to driving.
In honor of May’s Bike to Work Week, we’re continuing our look at smart ways to start saddling up and using bicycles for real transportation.

We’ve always taken the greenness of bike transport as a given. But if you’re just getting started — or perhaps trying to convince an employer that bicycle commuting is…

Nationals Qualifying Races Set
By Singletrack.com
Published Mar 4th 2011 2:09 PM EST
Qualifying races for USA Cycling’s Mountain Bike Cross-Country National Championships have been announced.

Dates and locations for the 2011 American Mountain Bike Challenge (AMBC) include 21 races in 14 states, with cross-country nationals being held in Sun Valley, Idaho July 14-17. AMBC gravity events will qualify riders to compete at the USA Cycling Mountain Bike Gravity National Championships, Sept. 24-25 in Beech Mountain, North Carolina. … September 2-4: Camp Eagle Classic MTB Festival – Rocksprings, Texas

Mountain Bike Whisperer Radio
Episode 5 FWMBA Woman’s Mountain Bike Clinic with Suzy Laine (03-03-2011)

March Shifting Times
The Newsletter of Lone Star Cyclists

Cyclocross superstar Tim Johnson rides to D.C. in support of bicycling and PFB
from The Blog www.peopleforbikes.org
Starting today, six-time national champion and cyclocross superstar Tim Johnson will throw his leg over his bike for a hard training week. But this time he’s not riding to improve his cycling; he’s riding to improve bicycling for everybody else. …

Help BikeHouston save a much-needed bike bridge!
from BikeHouston » Blog by Darren Sabom
The neighbors near the construction of the Tierwester bicycle and pedestrian bridge near Scott Street on the Brays Bayou trail, are trying to stop the project that has already begun construction.  Council member Wanda Adams needs to be…

The Road Trip to NAHBS 2011 – Film
from Biking In Dallas by Christopher Curnutt
I thought it would be fun to film some of the road trip we took to Austin for the 2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show.   I used the footage I took with the Flip, some …

Off-road events offer muddy fun
by San Angelo Standard Times
If you’re interested in giving off-road multisport a try or just want to hook up with other local athletes who race these events, check in with the MAC Racing team here in San Angelo (www.wix.com/macusa/texas). This team includes athletes at all levels …

Texas state parks provide physical fitness events
by Graham Leader
The largest field of competitors to use state park facilities, up to 15000 bikers, turn out for the annual MS 150, a two-day, 150-mile bike race from Austin to Houston held each April. Some 15000 competitors pedal the pine tree-lined road linking …

TEXAS 4000 RIDE: Lessons in Sagging
from www.texas4000.org
This past weekend, some of our team volunteered at the Texas Cycling event by sagging and corner marshaling. I felt I had a general idea of what I would be …