Fort Worth Bicycling Association Club February Rides Announced
The February ride list is up. Please go to the Ride Events page for all of the exciting details!

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 1/19- 1/25/12
by elliott            Austin on Two Wheels
Here’s a quick run down of recommended events for the coming week from our comprehensive calendar of all cycling events. As always, if there is an event you know about that’s not on our calendar contact us, and we’ll add your event on and possibly add it to the weekly round up.
Thursday, January 19
Thursday Night Bike Polo
5:00 PM, Metz Park, 2407 Canterbury St
The Austin Bike Polo Club’s holds 3 hardcourt matches a week, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays, at Metz Park. All bikes and skill levels are welcome and spare mallets and balls are available if you don’t have…

Dallas Parks and Recreation Happy Trails Program is on Facebook
by Christopher Curnutt            Biking in Dallas

Just a quick note to say that one of the least known yet best resources for information regarding hike and bike trails in the City of Dallas might be the Dallas Parks and Recreation’s  Happy Trails program which can now be found on Facebook.  Go here as they say.

While the funding (and construction) of many of the trails in the City of Dallas might be a joint City/County/other effort, most of the hike and bike trails are managed by the Dallas Parks and Rec department, so keeping up with…

Bike, coffee shops partner up
By Jordan Gass-Pooré Contributing Writer    www.mysanantonio.com

Local Coffee owner Robby Grubbs’ fondest memories are hanging out and studying with friends at coffee shops on snowy days as an undergraduate in Colorado.

Grubbs hopes to keep the buzz alive with the tentative March grand opening of Local Coffee’s second location next door to Bike World Alamo Heights, 5911 Broadway.

Independently owned and operated local companies Local Coffee and Bike World Alamo Heights began…

Mountain bike festival set for February
www.alpineavalanche.com
The Chihuahuan Desert Dirt Fest mountain biking festival will take place Feb. 16-18 in the Terlingua and Lajitas area.

The featured route will be the 54-mile “Epic Ride” in Big Bend Ranch State Park on Feb. 18. It can be done in one or two days, said ride organizers.

The three-day event will offer riding opportunities for all levels of mountain bikers, ranging from the mostly flat ranch roads to the Dome Trail and Rincon Loops, or the “Epic Ride,” which goes up Fresno Canyon to Sauceda. …

Outdoor notebook: Mountain-biking picking up speed at Texas State Parks
By RAY SASSER                 www.dallasnews.com
Mountain-biking is picking up speed at more than 40 Texas State Parks, even those without mountains.

“Many trails in state parks provide great opportunities for all levels of mountain-bike riders to test and develop their biking skills, get a good workout, refresh their minds and spirits, spend family and friend time together and experience the great outdoors,” said Dan Sholly, deputy director of Texas state parks and an avid mountain biker. …

2012 AMCT Alumni Banquet
Texas A&M Cycling
Howdy!
Please join us for our Annual Alumni Banquet. Come one, come all for a night of wonderful enchantment and an opportunity for the old to meet the new. A delicious and nutritious, gourmet meal (Italian), served to you by the current members of AMCT. Please feel free to pass this along to anyone who may not be an active listerver! We hope to see you there replenishing the calories you burned at the day’s race!
When: Saturday March 3, 2012 @ 7pm-9pm
Where: The Garden Room in the Rec Center
Cost: $5 for current members, $0 alumni (*charitable contributions are appreciated)

Winter Training Update
by Ken            Texas Racing Life
It only seems like yesterday, in some ways, since I got off the bike after an exciting sprint to end my 2011 season.  It has been about 4 months since the Ft Hood State Championships.  The last 3 months have been spent training for the upcoming road racing season.  In October, I knew I would have to work hard to make the complete jump to the Big Leagues and be competitive in Texas’ top category: P/1/2.

Each year in my short 3 years of cycling, I have made huge improvements in the off season.  This year I was fearing that my progress would plateau without fundamental changes in training efficiency, time management, and…

I use my time biking to think, maybe that is why I have trouble getting my average speed above 15.x!

Thinking hard may make you slow
By Ashley Yeager         bicyclelab.com
Before a big ride or race, you put air in your tires, fuel in your belly and water in your bottles. But, you may be forgetting to check one very important piece of gear – your ego.

Like your tires, you don’t want to over-inflate your ego, but now new research suggests that, like your water bottles and your belly, you don’t want to under-fill it either. …