KidTrips August 27, 2011 Boys & Girls Club of the Austin Area
Austin Ridge Riders

Thanks to the efforts of Brian Beaulieu, Director of Operations with the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area, fourteen boys and girls hit the trails at the Slaughter Trail for a KidTrips adventure they will never forget. Before the ride, the six basic International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) Rules of the Trail were discussed and emphasis is placed on the significance of…

The 2011 Calavera @ the Ranch (Reveille Peak, that is!)
Submitted by Laura Scagno        Austin Ridge Riders
Saturday, October 29 at 12:00pm- October 30 at 12:00pm
Location: Reveille Peak Ranch
105 CR 114, Burnet, Texas
The Calavera at the Ranch is a 24-hour mountain biking festival held at the beautiful Reveille Peak Ranch on Halloween weekend. The event will contain a race for our competitive riders and a Just-for-Fun ride for the mountain bikers who want to have a good time. …

Tuesday Night Time Trials
Fort Worth Mountain Bikers’ Association
they’re back, and with a variety of NEW GAMES!!!
I’ll send out a more formal announcement, but for now I’ll give you the basic schedule:
October 4th
October 11th
October 25th
November 1st
November 8th
November 15th
Each event will feature a “special twist” and we are going to incorporate the Trinity Trail as ONE of our venues… get ready for some high speed action, and spread the word about these FREE, super FUN off-road events!!!

We won! Federal support for bicycling is preserved
peopleforbikes.org
The U.S. Senate affirmed its time-tested support of bicycling Thursday by forcing Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma to withdraw his proposal to eliminate dedicated funding for the Transportation Enhancements program.

Peopleforbikes.org supporters and our advocacy partners influenced this outcome by sending close to 50,000 emails and making thousands of phone calls to their U.S. Senators in just 48 hours. Thank you! …

Making streets safer for our kids and ignoring the bull
by elliott        Austin on Two Wheels
This morning I attended an exciting meeting at my children’s elementary school put on by the City of Austin’s Safe Routes to School program. We have been chosen as one of 6 campuses to receive support from the program designed to encourage parents to skip being a juvenile’s chauffeur and let kids do what they used to do for decades: walk and bike to school. …

Commuter Buddy
by minorbaker        Austin on Two Wheels
I have been using my bike as a mode of transportation on and off for the last 10 years. At this point, it does not seem extraordinary to ride to the store to get a sixer of Fat Tire, take the boys to get donuts on a Saturday morning, or to ride to work.  Maybe I am getting old, or maybe it wasn’t that significant, but I don’t remember that first time I rode my bike to work.  I wanted to try and remember what that felt like, so in my post a couple of…

Please Be Kind to Cyclists ride on Sunday
By Pam LeBlanc        Fit City

Here’s a pedal-pumping good deal: A group bike ride that celebrates cycling, doesn’t cost anything and includes free food.

Please Be Kind to Cyclists, the non-profit organization responsible for those animosity-easing bumper stickers all over town, is hosting its fourth annual group bike ride starting at 8:30 a.m. Sunday at Pure Austin, 907 W. Fifth Street. …

Beilue: Vietnam veteran rides toward another miracle
By JON MARK BEILUE

Bob Wieland’s first letter to his parents from a Vietnam hospital bed after his legs were blown off when he stepped on a 82-mm mortar round gives a quick glimpse at an unquenchable spirit:

Dear Mom and Dad,
I am in the hospital. Everything is going to be OK. People here take good care of me. I don’t think it will be much of an adjustment. Please don’t worry about me. …