Discover, Explore and Create New Adventures with Updated Rails-to-Trails Maps
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Cf-lgWhen surfing our many on-the-trail mapping offerings you may have stumbled across the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) trail maps, and wondered what the heck that is. Well, RTC is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., whose mission is to create a nationwide network of trails from former rail lines and connecting corridors to build heSc-02-lgalthier places for healthier people. With that being said, you can see why we have…

Collegiate National Rankings Start to Take Shape
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With two of the four USA Cycling Collegiate National Championships completed, the national rankings for the 2011-12 school year are starting to shape up. Once again, Fort Lewis College and Mars Hill College are each out to an early lead in their respective divisions in the hunt for the coveted number one ranking at the end of the school year.

USA Cycling holds National Championships for four disciplines in its Collegiate program: Track, Mountain Bike, Cyclo-cross, and Road, and teams earn points based on their finishes at each, which accumulate to a total at the end of the academic year, when the final National…

TexSun Randonneurs
Schedule of Events – 2012
January 28
200KM ACP Brevet
Participation by pre-registration only.
Registration must be received by January 24
February 25
200KM ACP Brevet
300KM ACP Brevet
Participation by pre-registration only.
Registration must be received by February 21.

Querencia to expand to Denton square
by bikedenton

Denton’s nonprofit bike shop, Querencia, is moving to the square. Back in the beginning of the summer, I came clean that things were getting tough, and there weren’t enough volunteers. And it was crazy hot working outside. Since then, Querencia has had more coordinators, volunteers, and patrons than ever. Salut!

Starting January 1st, 2012, we’re growing up and expanding indoors. This week, we signed a lease with the SCRAP (based in Portland, OR) nonprofit for a garage shop space on Cedar St, just off the Denton square. SCRAP is opening this Denton location for their recycled art-supplies, and…

Volunteers needed to build bikes for Bike for Kids
By Pam LeBlanc            Fit City

Looking for a bike-friendly way to give back this holiday season?

Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop needs volunteers to help assemble bikes for the 15th annual Bikes for Kids campaign.

The JB & Sandy Morning Show on radio station Mix 94.7 has given away more than 10,000 brand new bicycles to needy families in the last 15 years. But someone has to put all those bikes together before they are handed…

Skellies’ FALL FREAK OUT! Benefit!
Austinist.com
The Skellies, Austin’s favorite ride-or-die bike crew, is populated by hardcore street cyclists who also happen to be do-gooders; each month, they throw a benefit bash.

The Skellies’ most recent benefit, which was in October, raised nearly $600 for Austin Children’s Shelter. Woot! We’re betting that this month’s benefit, FALL FREAK OUT!, will be equally fruitful. It’s…

The item below is an interesting overlay of photos on the ride route map.

Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio Bike Tour – Texas, United States
by cyberdanny  with EveryTrail for iPhone
Pete, Kaye and I rode in the Inaugural Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio Bike Tour.  It was only 22 miles long but we did it on the mountain bikes and kept a good pace at about 15 mph (stats are wrong for this ride, it was 1.5 hours).

The following is a GPS map of a ride in Austin. I think an iPhone app was used to record the ride.

Heavy Breather 11/16
www.trimbleoutdoors.com
Stiff North wind of 15-20 mph. Super nasty on the way out but we bombed back to town. We started with a group of about 20, down to 15 by Whip-In, a few went home around campus area, 8 finished at Btn.Spgs Saloon. I bailed at Btn.Spgs/Bouldin so ignore the route from there to Live Oak.

Walnut Creek Park, Austin
Mountain biking in Walnut Creek Park 7 miles South of Round Rock TX just off I- 35 … great …

OTC Christmas party/ride and cookout 12/4/11 HO-HO-HO!
Old Tascosa Cycling Club
@ Palo Duro Canyon
Road bikes, Mountain bikes, runners, and everyone welcome!
We will meet in Juniper day area @ noon to ride, or earlier or later however you feel, @ start eating around 3. Burgers will be provided by the club, and we are asking people to bring chips, or dips, or a deserts if attending. Ride the road or the trails, or come out and run or walk!
Please RSVP if attending by commenting on this message for an estimated # of burgers to buy.
VERY IMPORTANT-The date might be changed to a later Sunday due to bad weather, so be on the lookout for an weather update a few days before the event!