Ride Like A Girl 2011 Season Starts Monday, May 9
Austin Ridge Riders
The ride starts at 6:00 p.m. from the ARR banner at Walnut Creek Park. Bring your bike, helmet, water, and enthusiasm and ride like you mean it! There’ll be a celebration after the ride, so bring some goodies to share.  See you there.

May Club Ride at Reimers Ranch Park, Saturday, May 14
Join us for a ride and lunch at Reimers Ranch Park.  Check out what’s changed with the construction, and ride the familiar trails.  More info on the Events page.

El Paso Bicycle Club Rides
Transmountain Challenge
Description: Meet at River Run for a spirited ride up Transmountain, then return via Anthony Gap and return via the Valley. 72 miles, moderate to fast. Fernando Astiazaran, 915-613-9297.

Gap Ride
Description: Moderate leaderless ride meets at Rio Plaza, Artcraft and Upper Valley. Ride up the valley to join the rollers by Vinton Rd, then ride up to top of Anthony Gap and return.

Hill Country Bicycle Touring Club
May 15, 2011 8:00 am
2011/05/15 Jett Around Somerset Ride
4015 S-Texas-1604 Loop W, San Antonio

May 28, 2011 8:00 am
Old Corpus Christi Road Ride
Harlandale Memorial Stadium, 8535 Mission Road, San Antonio

Cycling Questions for Dallas Mayor and City Council Candidates
by marc@mcmumby.com (Administrator)
We sent a questionnaire to each of the Mayoral and City Council candidates in the upcoming Dallas city elections. The questions covered quality of life issues, the Dallas Bicycle Plan, the Complete Streets initiative, and a safe-passing ordinance. …

Arlington Bike Plan Needs Your Help
by marc@mcmumby.com (Administrator)
The City of Arlington has been working to make cycling safer and more accessible in new Thoroughfare Development and Hike and Bike Masterplans that would add bike lanes and more miles of multi-use paths. This is great news from the only major city in the US that has no public transportation system. …

Biking biz in favor of BikeShare
City’s idea becoming more well-received
by Jarrod Wise
After initial hesitation by the bicycling community, the idea of a city-operated Bicycle Share program is slowly gaining support.

“I think it’s long overdue. They’ve been doing it in other cities all over the world,” said Mark Mitchell, owner of Barton Springs Bike Rentals. …

Surprisingly, Texas Gets Bike Friendly
by Howard Draper alttransport.com

A decade ago, looking for signs of bike friendly improvements in Texas was like looking for life on Mars. Gas was cheap, sprawl was kicking into overdrive, and local and state governments committed funding towards every pie-in-the-sky, auto-centric transportation project. From 1990 to 2005, Texas population increased 35 percent, while driving increased 45 percent, according to this data. …

OT Events 050411
by Amarillo.com
The purpose of the bicycle ride is to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured by motorists while cycling and to remind motorists to share the road with bicycles. The ride is seven miles long and escorted by the Amarillo Police Department. …