Bastrop Wild Fire Benefit at RHR!
Incase you have not heard, Rocky Hill Ranch is holding a fundraiser for the Bastrop firefighters this Friday and Satuday September 16th and 17th.   There will be music on Friday as well as food for sale and free beer both Friday and Saturday.  All proceeds including entrance fees will be dontated to the Bastrop firefighters.  For more information check out RHR’s…

Weehoo Recalls Bike Trailers Due to Fall and Crash Hazards
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Weehoo iGo Bicycle Pedal Trailers
Units: About 2,700
Manufacturer: Weehoo Inc., of Golden, Colo. …

Do you bike and vote? Tell our Senators not to gut bike/ped funding
by elliott        Austin On Two Wheels
League of American Bicyclists mounts e-mail campaign “I Bike, I Vote.”

Since they were elected into power on Capitol Hill last fall, Congressional Republicans have been on a war path to eliminate government spending they consider wasteful. The latest project on the chopping block is the Transportation Enhancements (TE) program which creates safe space on the roads for vulnerable users like cyclists and pedestrians and to a lesser degree highway beautification. In a move to encourage more active…

Missoni Bicycles for Target, who knew?
by Christopher Curnutt        Biking In Dallas

Missoni for Target collection

Missoni is an Italian fashion house based in Varese that’s known for making colorful knitwear, housewares and such.  The kind of stuff your wife asks you to go shopping with her for and you’d rather have a root canal instead. Turns out they partnered with Target stores not long ago to produce affordable apparel and other goodies known…

Bastrop State Park will close at least through October
by By Pamela LeBlanc        Fit City
Texas Parks and Wildlife just sent out this press release about Bastrop State Park:
Sept. 13, 2011
Cleanup efforts underway at fire-blackened Bastrop State Park

BASTROP – Bastrop State Park will be closed through at least October as Texas Parks and Wildlife Department personnel continue to douse hot spots on the mostly-burned property and begin assessing damage as well as developing a plan to get the park reopened to the public.

Tuesday, a week after the fire situation at the park reached its worst point, TPWD firefighters and other personnel were working to put out lingering hot spots from the wildfire that first began threatening the park on Sept. 4. Crews also were busy cutting and…

Construction means 10-month detour on Lance Armstrong Bikeway
by By Pamela LeBlanc        Fit City
Heads up, bicycle commuters.

Downtown construction of a wastewater tunnel project near Shoal Creek will mean a 10-month detour along the Lance Armstrong Bikeway.

From Oct. 3 to July 2012, the section of trail next to Shoal Creek between Cesar Chavez and Third streets will be closed. …

Blue Line gets (well-deserved) national notice
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No one has to tell Heights residents what a great bike shop Blue Line Bike Lab is, but now the local business is getting some well-deserved national recognition as well.

The League of American Cyclists has awarded Blue Line, 3302 White Oak, a Fall 2011 Silver Level honor as a Bicycle Friendly Business. The only other Houston area bike shop to be so honored by the group is Bikesport, 2909 Joanel, a bronze level winner in 2010. Other Houston area businesses on the…

Fort Belknap: The ‘silent jewel’ of Young County
by David Rupkalvis             www.grahamleader.com
Fort Belknap is a jewel in Young County, but it should be used more to attract tourists.
That’s the message county commissioners heard Monday when Margaret Hoogstra, executive director of Texas Forts Trail, discussed the trail that includes eight frontier forts in north and central Texas.

Hoogstra explained that for decades, Texas has been split into 10 travel regions to attract tourists. The forts trail is designed to draw those interested in Texas history. Best of all, the regions do their job. …

Truck on the trail.
by Justin        Seen On The Train
…I am back into the swing of riding, and feeling pretty good about myself. I did try to go for a longer ride on Labor Day, but the wind was terrible, and I found myself lying by the side of the road about twenty miles in, with my chest heaving like I just started riding. This weekend I’m working the RV Supershow, but I’ll do my best to squeeze in a ride on Sunday morning. I need to do at least 35 or 40 miles in order to build up to…