Group-Ride Tips for Cyclists
By Michael Clarke • Active.com

Group rides can be a great way to boost your cycling skills. But it can also be a challenging, if slightly dangerous, activity—especially in urban locations.

In this video, Robert Panzera of Cycling Camp San Diego offers his tips for ensuring all your group rides are safe, and how best to keep an effective and productive pace.

Senior Games: 1st meeting and Race Skills Clinic
by Val Tiemann             www.northwestcyclingclub.com
Our Senior Games Team is having it’s first team meeting and Race Skills Camp on Sunday, January 8, 9:00AM at Zube Park.

Team members will receive coaching and assessment from Team Coach, Lori Walker. Lori has also agreed to serve as Team Captain. Lori also coaches the NWCC Race Team and is the store manager of our sponsor, Northwest Cyclery. Lori is a USA Cycling Level 2 Coach. …

Specialized’s chief warns of Amazon
Bicycle Retailer & Industry News
MORGAN HILL, CA (BRAIN)— Specialized president Mike Sinyard is warning the company’s retailers to beware of Amazon.com’s incursions into the bike market.

Sinyard sent a letter to dealers Tuesday evening to bring their attention to Amazon’s Price Check app, a smart-phone application that allows consumers to scan a bar code from a product in a store and then order it immediately from Amazon. It raises the specter of customers trying on shoes in a bike shop and then buying…

YEAR IN REVIEW HOUSTON: Light Rail Funding, A New Beltway, and Red Light Cameras
By gdelaughter            transportationnation.org
…In a heavily car-dependent city, Houston cycling activists are encouraging people to try pedal power to get around.  Figures from the League of American Bicyclists show a 62 percent increase in the number of bike commuters. The idea of cycling to work isn’t always an easy sell in a city known for its extreme summer heat, but Houston’s Bicyclist-Pedestrian Coordinator is touting the benefits of leaving the car in the garage. …

STCC Hangover Ride – New Years Day
by sooner1            Shawnee Trail Cycling Club
What better way to start off 2012 than a bike ride!  Shawnee Trail Cycling Club invites you to join us for a quick roll to get the juices flowing.  We’re offering two routes, one of around 40 miles and the other of 15 miles.  There will be several pace groups – we’ll match you up at the start.

This is not a rally, so all traffic rules apply!  Also, there will be minimal support on the routes.  We’ll provide you with a number to call for SAG support, but come prepared to be fully…

The Hump Day Quick Tip – A Quickie Clean Up
By Shawn            www.texasmountainbiketrails.com
After finishing a ride, especially with the light rain we keep getting, your bike is likely to be covered in a layer of dirt, mud and grime. Today’s quick tip gives you the easiest way to quickly clean off all that nasty stuff and get your bike back into showcase mode.

To get that uber-clean bike try using Grease Monkey Wipes. These are pre-moistened cleaning wipes loaded with citric acid to easily cut through the grease and grime you acquired on the trail. The best part of this product is it is dedicated to Texas Mountain Biking and a product of Austin TX.  They even…

Wheelbrothers / UClear entry: Wounded warrior Douglas picture from Texas Ride 2 recovery
The Wheel Brothers – Cycling in Texas

My entry is memorable to me on several levels.

First I am a Wounded Warrior stationed at Fort Hood Texas. I am in the Warriors in Transition Unit here under going treatment and transition. This picture was taken by Aloha Joe, and is one of his many pictures taken during the Texas Ride 2 Recovery in May 2011.

This picture shows the end result of the determination of the many people who helped plan and execute the ride. I ride to help and support my other Wounded Warrior Brothers and sisters but I also ride for my own therapy. This picture…

Wheelbrothers/UCLEAR Christmas Contest: Mary McLachlan – Entry
The Wheel Brothers – Cycling in Texas
I have attached 2 photos because both were & will always be most memorable

This is my youngest grandnephew at the finish of the 2011 Hotter n’ Hundred. His name is Zane T. MacFarland & he’d turned 8 years old the week before the ride this year. Of course, this isn’t his first ‘rodeo’ as he’s been riding with me for 2 – 3 years since he was 6, & has done the Tour d’Italia three times, the Richardson Wild Ride twice. Up until this year, he’d only ridden the short family distance routes but at the Tour d’ Italia in June he rode the…