Daily News Roundup April 17th – Texas Bicycling
Trail Under Central – Serious Progress
by dickdavid
Looks like the forms are up on the southern underpass (just south of Renner Road). It usually doesn’t take them long to pour the slab once it’s at this point. That doesn’t mean the trail will be open, yet. There is a bunch of finishing work that needs to be done before it will be open for riders. We’ll keep you posted.
8:00am – Chisholm Cattle Drive
by Scott Franklin
When: Sun Apr 24, 2011 8am to 10am CDT
Where: Denton North Branch Library
Event Status: confirmed
Event Description: Ride departs from Denton North Branch Library @ 3020 N. Locust Street, Denton, TX
2011 Texas Bike Rides and Races
from texascyclist.com
April 2011 bike rides. 9th Annual Salado TX Smokin’ Spokes Bike Ride, Salado, TX , April 2 … Bicycle Sport Shop Art Ride, Austin, April 9 …
Who are the Wheelbrothers?
It all started in the summer of 2004 when a soccer player with the name of Rainer, convinced several of his teammates, that the idea of riding in a 100 mile bicycle race, called ‘Hotter n Hell 100′ three weeks later, sounded like a great idea. Not knowing what they were in for, 3 of his friends signed up. The rest as they say, is history…
Moving bikes stay upright—but not for the reasons we thought
by jtimmer@arstechnica.com (John Timmer)
The phrase “just like riding a bike” is used to refer to something that, once learned, you never forget how to do. As it turns out, bikes make that easy on us. If a typical bicycle is moving forward fast enough, it tends to remain upright and steer in a straight line, even if the rider…