Frisco Cycling Club
Jeff Ellis started the forum topic Message From BikeDFW in the group Club Members
To Collin County Area Cycling Organizations, BikeDFW is working with the Collin County Sheriff’s Office to broadcast cycling-related incident reports and complaints to bicycle organizations and groups that may ride in the Collin County area. The… More

Three rabbis bike around US for Friendship Circle
by thejewishchronicle.net   by Toby Tabachnick
It’s a sight uncommon to Pittsburgh, much less rural America: three rabbis donned in beards, kippot, tzizit, and … bike gear.

Native Pittsburgher, Rabbi Dani Saul, along with former Pittsburgh Yeshiva Schools student-teacher Zalman Perlman and Shmuel Rothstein from Baltimore, are raising eyebrows, along with awareness for Friendship Circle International, as they bike 4,000 miles across the United States.

…The rabbis’ bicycle trek, which began about two weeks ago in New York City’s Central Park, will continue along the East Coast down to Georgia, then west to Louisiana, through Texas, and will conclude in Los Angeles on Aug. 22. …More

$3 million in Trails Grants awarded by Texas Parks and Wildlife
by Your Houston News
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has approved $3,318,450 to fund 21 National Recreational Trail Grant projects in communities across the state, including in Waller County.

The commission also awarded an additional $485,000 in re-allocated trail funds to underwrite trail improvements in seven state parks and three local communities. …More

Memorial Park Criterium #7 2011
by Ken    Texas Racing Life
Today’s race was Clockwise, the preferred direction for most racers.  There were a couple new notables in the race this week, including Carlos Vargas of Nick Lopez, and Michael Pincus of Metro/VW.  The fast strong men on Bike Barn and Proactive were ready to race hard as always!  With new racers to attack and be aggressive, the… More

El Paso Bicycle Club Ride
Columbus Road Challenge
Description: Meet at Rio Plaza and ride to Columbus Road at intermediate pace. At Columbus Road, everyone rides 1/2 hour west at various paces (going for maximum distance) and turns around, regroups and ride to Gadsden HS and back to Rio Plaza at intermediate pace. About 35 miles. Randy Limbird, 915-542-1422 or 915-328-4110 (cell).

Officer cleared in death of armed bicyclist
Photos showed wound in back of man’s head
By CINDY GEORGE        HOUSTON CHRONICLE
A Harris County grand jury has cleared a Houston police officer who fatally shot an armed bicyclist along a dark Fifth Ward industrial strip last year.

David Butler, 26, was apprehended by a pair of lawmen on Dec. 29 as he rode against traffic at night and without a head lamp. …More