Houston Bicycle Club
Sat 07/02/11
Montgomery
Ride through the beauty of the pines in Sam Houston National Forest to Dobbin, Dacus, Richards, and Anderson. Expect hills and country roads.

We REALLY need your help next Sunday @ UAR!!!
Austin Ridge Riders
by Laura Scagno on Mon, 06/20/2011 – 11:03
We REALLY need your help next Sunday!!!  And you will have a great time!!! VOLUNTEER for the Urban Assault Ride! Sunday June 26, 2011 – Various Locations around Austin. Providing volunteers for the UAR is one of our biggest opportunities to raise funds to support club programs (Trail Work, RLAG, Kid Trips, Monthly Rides, etc.)…

Austin Ridge Riders
Sunday, September 11, 2011 – 09:00
Kid Trips will be conducting training for adult scout leaders at the BSA’s Powder Horn 2011 in Salado, TX at their private ranch. We could use a few more adult volunteers to assist us with the rides and bike skills training. Contact John Southrey at 512-589-5453 for more information.

El Paso Bicycle Club Rides
Saturday, July 2
Romp in the Valley-7:30 am
Start at Rio Plaza and ride for 25-30 miles through the beautiful flat roads of the Upper Valley at a B/IG pace. Terry Campbell, 915-497-0882.
Sunday, July 3
Chamizal exploration-7:30 am
Meet at Chamizal National Memorial parking lot. Ride Scenic to Alabama to Loop 375 to Global Reach to North Loop to Delta & back. Moderate pace, “BIG” (Beginner-Intermediate Group) riders encouraged to join. 35-40 miles. Jim Weaver, 915-775-9757.

2011 Team Mileage Challenge
www.northwestcyclingclub.com
Team Mileage Challenge Standings – FINALLY!!! I think I’ve got all of the emails sorted through and the weekly mileage tabulated correctly for the first eight weeks of the challenge. Please check your mileage and if you find any discrepancies, let me know and I will correct it. Now that we’re at the end of Week 9, if you haven’t already done so, send in last week’s mileage and I promise to get back to my weekly blow-by-blow reporting. Cheers, David…

Denton Katy Trail reopened
by bikedenton

Yesterday, along with the reopening of passenger train service, Denton also got the rail trail back after two years of closure. Parks and Rec says the bike and pedestrian bridge over Loop 288 will be constructed by Spring 2012. …

Red, White and Bike – Ride To See The Fireworks At Breckinridge Park
by dickdavid    Bike Friendly Richardson
We are proud to host another group ride for Richardson bicyclists. The Red, White and Bike ride will be a slow paced, evening ride out to Breckinridge Park to enjoy the July 4th celebration. We’ll meet up at Galatyn Park and…

Living Large Driving Less
by marc@mcmumby.com        BikeDFW
What makes a community livable? How about getting rid of cars?
By Tom Vanderbilt | Illustrations by John Blanchard
At the risk of sounding like your grandfather, I am about to tell you how I walked to school when I was a kid. It may not have been three miles, through heavy snowdrifts (though, since I lived in Chicago, there were those), but on most days, I walked. It was just what most kids did. …

Trail riders help forge solution
Park still lacks funds to repair washed-out path beloved by equestrians
By Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe / Staff Writer
One year after furious runoff from a summer rain cut a 20-foot gorge into the Greenbelt Corridor trail, park officials are still seeking a solution.

Officials closed the east side of the equestrian trail from FM455 to FM428 after the washout, the scale of which caught even the park superintendent by surprise.

“The guys told me it had really eroded, but I was in shock when…

TxDOT, City of Amarillo and Amarillo Metropolitan Planning Organization will hold a series of public meetings to discuss and gather citizen input about the use of Loop 335 from SW 77th Avenue south and east to Western Street .
Please join us at one of the meetings:
Thursday, June 23 from 5 to 7 pm at Trinity Fellowship Church, North Ministry Hall
Thursday, June 30 from 5 to 7 pm at First United Bank, 4501 First United Bank Parkway
Thursday, July 7 from 6-8 pm in Amarillo Civic Center, Heritage Room (Entrance 7)
(“TxDOT is receptive to bicycle and pedestrian suggestions for this project on the southwest part of the loop”, Ken Graham)