Bicycle fair part of BBQ and music fest this weekend at Lake Cliff Park
By Roy Appleton/Reporter        oakcliffblog.dallasnews.com
In a recent post about the Blues, Bandits & BBQ bash with the bands and beer and all at Lake Cliff Park this Saturday, we left out an important B: As in Bicycles.

The folks at Bike Friendly Oak Cliff and Richardson Bike Mart are hosting a Bicycle Fair and Showcase as…

Gateway Park Workday
Fort Worth Mountain Bikers Association
On Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 9:00am the Fort Worth Mountain Bikers’ Association begins construction on the 5.5 mile extension to Gateway Park. This trail will be located east of the Trinity River within Gateway Park, traverse many of the hills adjacent to Interstate 30 and provide the mountain bike community of north Texas some amazing views of downtown Fort Worth. If you have ever drove along I-30 south of Gateway Park and wondered what…

Tour for the Cure
Tyler Bicycle Club
When: Saturday, October 22, 2011
Why: TJC is celebrating its 85th anniversary with this unique event, which will promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the College’s continuing commitment to healthcare education. As part of the local Fit City Challenge coalition, we hope you will join us for the Tour, which will benefit TJC’s School of Nursing and Health Sciences and Tyler’s affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Where: Mike Carter Field, including 85K and 50K bicycle routes, “Party in Pink” Zumbathon and a…

To Helmet OR Not to Helmet?
by katiejo        Austin on Two Wheels
Through riding my bicycle I’ve met some of the coolest people I know. Although the two aren’t mutually exclusive, riding a bicycle and being cool. Maybe if riding a bicycle and cool were connected exclusively then helmet and bicycle would form together in a single thought bubble above riders’ heads at the thought of pedaling two wheels. I’ve felt a smidge of drool on my lip when I look…

Twenty Months Later by Toni Youngblood
Biking In Dallas
Almost two years ago Toni sold her car and began life In Dallas on two wheels.  This is her 3rd update for Biking in Dallas, you can follow her story here, or catch up with her at the Tits Tuesday ride.

I can’t believe it, I have been happily CAR FREE for TWENTY MONTHS now!!  It has been a unique experience and I feel fortunate to have a lifestyle conducive to this bohemian adventure—but it hasn’t been entirely without consequence. In addition to being hit by an S.U.V. downtown last year, I’ve found myself walking home from Greenville Avenue to Downtown at 3am after a blowout for which I was ill prepared.  Earlier this year during that…

Bicycle race team braves the heat for cause
North Texas Conference News (UMC)

Dr. Ellen Palmer (left), Dr. Jeannine Hatt and Keith Mumma, ICC director for the U.S., took part in the Hotter’N Hell 100.
This year the temperature of the Hotter’N Hell bike race topped out at 109 degrees. It was the 30th anniversary of the largest and oldest cycling event in the nation, held the last weekend of August in Wichita Falls. The multi-generational Race for Grace Team did not flinch from the challenge.

The Race for Grace, which benefits Grace Children’s Hospital, has raised more than $100,000 in its four-year history.

This year, for the first time, Race for Grace riders sported team shirts, thanks to the efforts of radiologist Dr. Chuck Phelps of Waples UMC, Denison. …

Couple ride bikes; horses to traverse across country
Mary Bernard, Vernal Express
French couple pause at the Hank and Tamara Peltier ranch in Jensen before heading south.

How does anyone top a cross country bicycle tour from New York to California? Simple, make the return trip by horseback.

At least that’s what one French husband and wife team decided to do on their first trip to the United States.

…“We left New York City traveling south through New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and north through California to San Francisco,” Groult said.

The bike tour took four months, ending in late June just outside San Francisco at the home of friends. …

Bicycle ride to pair injured soldiers, supporters
by Larry Rodgers – The Arizona Republic
Annual nationwide bicycle rides to aid wounded soldiers Saturday, including one in Apache Junction, have been expanded this year to allow the public to participate.

When: A “landing ceremony,” open to the public, is 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 21. Registration for the ride starts at 7 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22. Ride starts at 9.
Where: Landing ceremony at U-Haul headquarters, 2727 N. Central Ave., Phoenix. Ride starts at Rodeo Park, 1590 E. Lost Dutchman Blvd., Apache Junction.
Admission: $5 donation for landing ceremony. Ride registration is $25. Riders must have $150 in pledged donations.
Details: 877-832-6997, soldierride.org.

This year’s visit to the Valley by Soldier Ride, amo9ng 12 rides this year by the Wounded Warrior Project, will let…

…More than 20 wounded soldiers are expected to travel to the Valley from two military hospitals in California and Texas for Saturday’s ride, with courses of 21 and 47 miles, according to Joanne Fried of Phoenix-based U-Haul International Inc., a founding sponsor. …

A ride to remember
by SHELTON GREEN / KVUE News

AUSTIN – Riding a bicycle is an activity which most kids of all ages may take for granted, but hopping on the back of two wheels became a life-changing experience for dozens of youngsters in north Austin Monday night.
“Every kid loves bicycles. C’mon man!,” exclaimed Matthew Schiwart, a student at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired in north Austin. …

Missoni for Target Bicycle
by Justin           The Plano Cyclist

Claire, who offered to let my other blog, Biking in Dallas review her new Missoni for Target bicycle, brought it by the house late last night so I could assemble it for her. So far, all I have done is unload it from her car. Since the hits on this blog go crazy whenever I make a post about the Missoni for Target bicycles, I thought I’d boost my ego…

I Love it When a Plan Comes Together.
by Justin         The Plano Cyclist
I am a Brooks saddle guy  – I know that paints a picture in your head of a fussy old dude with a beard, but I don’t always have a beard…

I’m also a guy that reads lots of blogs – the other day, on Rat Trap Press there was a post about work space cleanup. While that doesn’t sound particularly exciting, there was a picture in the post that made my heart race. For the past few weeks, I have been cruising eBay and various bicycle parts websites halfheartedly searching for a red…

Twenty Months Later by Toni Youngblood
Almost two years ago Toni sold her car and began life In Dallas on two wheels.  This is her 3rd update for Biking in Dallas, you can follow her story here, or catch up with her at the Tits Tuesday ride.

I can’t believe it, I have been happily CAR FREE for TWENTY MONTHS now!!  It has been a unique experience and I feel fortunate to have a lifestyle conducive to this bohemian adventure—but it hasn’t been entirely without consequence. In addition to being hit by an S.U.V. downtown last year, I’ve found myself walking home from Greenville Avenue to Downtown at 3am after a blowout for which I was ill prepared.  Earlier this year during that…