Quitaque Quest
West Texas Cycling Association
Date: September 23, 2011 – September 25, 2011
Location: Caprock Canyons State Park, TX
Contact: Randy Mulsow
Details: The Quitaque ride at Caprock Canyon State Park will be on the last weekend in September (23, 24 ,25). The ride is approximately 65 miles with SAG support. Participants can go up Friday night and camp or stay in a local hotel in Quitaque or Turkey. Several campsites will be reserved for Friday and Saturday night at the Honey Flats Campground. Ride start time is usually around 8:30 or 9:00 am, depending on the weather. It is a SAG’d ride with lunch provided at about the 40 mile mark (after 2 mile hill). Pasta dinner…

Tour de Tolerance
El Paso Bicycle Club
SUNDAY, OCT. 16, 2011 Every October, hundreds of cyclists and runners from El Paso and the surrounding region come together for a fabulous morning of athleticism and fun – all to raise money for the El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center. The Tour de Tolerance, which began in 2006, is one of only a handful of races in the region that gives cyclists the opportunity to ride in 100K, 50K and 10K rides. The rides are designed to cater to the most advanced cyclists who want to test their endurance in the 100K – to the “just for fun” cyclists who enjoy a nice ride on a cool October morning. Families love the 10K! Originally created as a cycling event, the Tour de Tolerance added a 5K competitive run/walk in…

October Rides Announced
Fort Worth Bicycling Association
The October ride list is up. Please go to the Ride Events page for all of the exciting details!
Wheels for Meals, Fort Davis TX (details)     Saturday, October 1, 2011 7:00 am
Dill Road Adventure, Willow Park TX (details)     Saturday, October 1, 2011 8:00 am
Paluxy Pedal, Glen Rose TX (details)     Saturday, October 1, 2011 8:00 am
Wish 100, Plano TX (details)     Saturday, October 1, 2011 8:00 am
Joe Pool Lake, Grand Prairie TX (details)     Saturday, October 1, 2011 9:00 am…

Category C Official’s Clinics
Presented by Texas Bicycle Racing Association
Dallas, TX
Saturday, October 08, 2011
Online Registration Closes Friday, October 07, 2011 at 1:00 PM ET
The clinic will cover the basic rules of road, track, cyclocross and mountain bike officiating, as found in the current rule book and will be taught by Steve Crews, National Commissaire Road, Track , Cyclocross and Mountain Bike.

An open rulebook exam will be given at the end of the session and those individuals passing with a 70% or higher will be certified as Category C officials and be…

UTA Bike Thefts Prompt Bait Bike Use
Campus police set traps for bicycle thieves
By Bruce Felps
Careful what you steal on the University of Texas at Arlington campus, there, thieves.

Six purloined bicycles so far during September — five in one day, and that’s a little over-kill — prompted campus police to go all covert on criminals.

The force introduced two bikes equipped with GPS transmitters into the general bicycle population. Steal one, Mr. or Ms. Filcher, and appear on a tracking screen near assistant UTA police chief Rick Gomez. …

Why do we ride? I was reminded during Pride
David Taffe            www.dallasvoice.com
I participated in the Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade for the first time in many years, riding my bike with the Lone Star Ride Fighting AIDS group. Along the route, a young man reminded me why we’ll ride this coming weekend.

As we proceeded down Cedar Springs Road, the bike riders made circles and loops because it was too hard to stay on a bike behind the walkers and the Riderless Bike that is walked in memory of those we have lost to AIDS. Along the sidelines, parade-goers held out their hands to give us victory slaps. Keeping balance, riding a straight…

Study: Bikes Hit More Pedestrians Than Previously Thought
gothamist.com
In the ongoing bike lane debate (now with added bike shares!) there always seems to be a little old lady who complains about being rundown by packs of rascally rogue bikers. But as much as they complain, there really wasn’t much data available regarding how many bicyclist/pedestrian accidents actually occur. And there still isn’t. But a new study from bike report happy Hunter College shows that there are definitely more collisions…