Expanding bike programs makes sense in a time of shrinking budgets and soaring gas prices
from www.peopleforbikes.org
Gas prices have raced toward four bucks for the second time in three years. So it’s more crucial than ever to find quick, enduring ways to free our nation from over dependence on oil.

Millions of Americans suffer when prices at the pump rise, because they have no alternative to driving almost everywhere they go. We need to create a transportation system that will not be held hostage by volatile fuel prices. …

Tuesday Bike Night recap, sprint series announced
by bikedenton

I attended the Tuesday Bike Night last week and snapped some photos. Drew and Owen are actively curating the rides, often giving out hand-printed flyers to the first attendees. Tomorrow night they start a month-long sprint series at secret locations each week. …

Cycling – 2011 Real Ale Ride – goin’ up… and down…
by donbynum

Saturday May 21, 2011 started sorta early…  4am!  I had to get up that early to get myself ready and drive from Lake Buchanan, to Blanco, about 60 miles. I had preregistered to ride my Catrike Road racing hammock in The Real Ale Ride, a cycling event of significant proportions.  My registration packet was waiting at the Real Ale Brewery in Blanco, Texas.  The drive is usually a very pretty…

EPISD Begins Training for Safe Route To School Program
by KTSM News Channel 9
By Lauren Zimmerman – Web Content Producer EL PASO- Teachers involved in the Safe Routes to Schools program will get a lesson in bike and pedestrian safety from the Texas Bike Coalition on Thursday. The training, which is held at MacArthur…

Jimmy Button Bicycles from San Diego to Florida
Former supercross racer cycled 2,475 miles for Miles for Miracles
By Troy Hirsch  from www.sandiego.com
Ask Jimmy Button how far he rode on his bike across America, and he’ll show you his arm.

“It`s just a nice reminder that we did something pretty big and did something pretty special,” he said.

Button tattooed the number 2475 on…

New Giant Brand Store Opens in Austin
from www.bicycleretailer.com

The newest Giant Brand Store, Texas Cycle Werks, celebrated its grand opening this past Saturday as customers enjoyed group rides, prize raffles and a mountain bike trials stunt show by Giant athlete ambassador Jeff Lenosky. …

New 10-mile bike trail could come to Lindsey Park
May 24, 2011 (Tyler Morning Telegraph – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — A new 10-mile mountain bike trail in the rugged terrain of Lindsey Park is in the works, highlighting Tyler-Smith County as a destination for bicyclists and outdoor enthusiasts who love a challenge.

A proposed public-private partnership between the Tyler Bicycle Club and city of Tyler was rolled out Monday for the Parks Board, which voiced enthusiastic support for the plan. …

Long distance bicyclist carries full amateur radio setup as he prepares to ride to Texas
by Dermot Cole

Keith Stebbings of Joseph, Ore. is one of the first of this year’s crop of long-distance bicyclists to head from Alaska to the Lower 48, but I don’t know that anyone has ever been as well supplied as he is in the radio transmitting department.

He has an Automatic Position Reporting System transmitter on his bike, which will be tracking his location for the next five months. …

Spartanburg’s Jeter finishes 3,100-mile bike trek, raises 214K
By Kim Kimzey from www.goupstate.com
High winds, a sandstorm and three flat tires were temporary setbacks for Katherine Jeter. The 72-year-old Spartanburg grandmother said she never considered abandoning a 3,100-mile journey from California to Florida on her Trek Madone bike.

Katherine Jeter gets ready to depart for a recent bike ride in Spartanburg. The 72-year-old grandmother recently pedaled across the U.S. to raise money for nursing scholarships.

The trip across the United States was also an opportunity to raise money for nursing scholarships. She exceeded her $200,000 goal. As of Sunday, she had raised more than $214,000 to benefit the…

…A longtime cyclist shielded Jeter from the wind for at least 15 miles in west Texas. “It didn’t make any difference how hard I pedaled, I only went about 6 or 7 miles an hour the winds were so strong, and that was a 40-mile stretch and it was dreadful…